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Completed Project Stic-o's 2nd gen. radius arm/coil SAS

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Nick26 said:
something tells me the gas milage complaint is not going to help your case very much if you want to get a super duty... ;)

Well I only drive 9-10 miles to work, and I can't tow with a civic :p
 



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Stic-o said:
...and I can't tow with a civic :p
well definitely not with that attitude :D
 






IZwack said:
well definitely not with that attitude :D

No kidding...maybe a Cummins diesel swap is in order :p
 












so i guess the next project is to regear the civic to 5.13s for optimum torque :D or a doubler <--- ouu thats a hot idea!
 






First of all I would never own a civic....

and now for a update, went down to the JY yeasterday and found a 93 explorer that looked almost like it just rolled off the showroom floor. well exsept the the driver front corner that got hammered pretty good. It must have been a total from the ins. co. The truck only has 75k on it, and I kid you not, I have never seen a Explorer so clean on the inside. This was someones baby. Kinda sad. Any how, so we ripped the steering box out of her, which was sort of a pain, because someone tried to take the motor, I think or maybe just the trans :rolleyes: and then just threw the motor back in the bay flywheel up :confused: I just don't understand some people. We also snagged the rear springs on off her. So the box and the springs went in mine this weekend. Steering is much tighter, but I need to replace the the mount at the firewll like section did. The rear springs are much stiffer and ride very nice, I noticed though that some of the leafs were longer though??? :confused: I'll have picks of the springs side by side later. and that's about it. I have to replace the u-joints in the front axle reall soon though, the passanger side actually had a cap fall out :eek: at least I'm not using the front axle right now. :rolleyes:
 






Stic-o said:
First of all I would never own a civic....

do not be putting the civic down, 40 mph in the city able to get 480miles on 12 gallons. 17 dollar tires at wal mart driving about 100 miles a day it well for me untii i get my BS.......

but ya it is still a civic


and we need more pics, action????
 






Charlie's_93EB said:
do not be putting the civic down, 40 mph in the city able to get 480miles on 12 gallons. 17 dollar tires at wal mart driving about 100 miles a day it well for me untii i get my BS.......

but ya it is still a civic


and we need more pics, action????
Nothing wrong with Honda...had a Accord for ten years, drove it every day over 100 miles, beat the living S&%t out of it, and put over 200,000 on it before it started falling apart.
 






BKennedy said:
Nothing wrong with Honda...had a Accord for ten years, drove it every day over 100 miles, beat the living S&%t out of it, and put over 200,000 on it before it started falling apart.

mine civic gets more air time then a rent a car. I know (hope) he was kidding.
 












Those are pretty cool matt. :thumbsup: I think mine just fell out because the clip was not in there. I got reallt frustrated dealing with them durring the build up, and just threw them in and said I'll deal with it later. Now it's later :( I'm going to get some new shafts (probably Yukons) but need to get those fixed and working for spare reguarless.

Are you going to go to the Off road expo? Someone has to leave a note about my crappy welds :p
 






If I am in town I will probably go. Work is keeping me busy so Im not sure. Yesterdy nd today were my first 2 days off in 2 months.
 






So I tried to flex the truck a little yesterday. I have this spot up the street that I've used in the past, but I use to lift tires there. Now it just flexs a bit. I probally flexed the drivers side a good 5" or so, and still had pletty of room for more. I just can't find and thing big enough anymore :D :p
 






Stic-o said:
So I tried to flex the truck a little yesterday. I have this spot up the street that I've used in the past, but I use to lift tires there. Now it just flexs a bit. I probally flexed the drivers side a good 5" or so, and still had pletty of room for more. I just can't find and thing big enough anymore :D :p
Don't worry, I know just the spot...........TRUCKHAVEN!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:
 






Working on getting the front bumper back on the weekend. Pushing in closer, took a couple of inches off the front of the frame. If you recall my bumper, it had that center hoop in the middle. Not any more! :D I'll have some pics tommorow. Later on I will tube the top, something like Jefe probally.
 






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Alrighty, bumper is back on :thumbsup: Came out nice. Here's the pics..

In process...
Mounting.jpg


Finished product. Sorry for the crappy pics, but it was so bright today, there was alot of glare outside. Still have to put the fairlead back in...even though I have no winch :rolleyes:

Bumper1.jpg

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Bumper4.jpg
 






Stic-o said:
Still have to put the fairlead back in...even though I have no winch :rolleyes:

I have a prediction on what the next note left on your truck will be :p
 



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i was going through pics i had on my comp and i saw one of stic-o's pics. how bout that for a before pic.
 

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