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PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:43 pm 
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Here are some pics of my new Front supension . After 3 years of running a Warrior 6" over beam it was time to replace it for something that will handle the Odyknuck effect better. :wink: My good buddy Madmike made me up one of his special beams using 2 1/4" od 1/4" wall dom tubing. Because i dought i will bend this one like the other one, I desided to weld this one on in lieu of the traditional clamping method. I also decided to go with frame mounted shock towers in lieu of the beam mounted plate style like I had. there is just something about the tube sytle that makes the machine look way Cool. I went with Fodril Chromoly Combo spindles with no drop and 4" longer Woods Chromoly arms. I discovered after I got the spindles that they were set up for 1/2" or 5/8" Hiems in lieu of the 3/4" I was using. So I had to improvise and modify them. I then discovered that the Arms were for a non coil over shock and had to relocated the shock mounts to accomadate my Coilovers. I also decided the standard SACO rack was not going to cut it so I went with a new SACO Magnum Rack. I will not even get into the Issues I have been dealing with on that. I also decided i needed better lighting so i went with a pair of 6000 K HIDs on the mid mounting position and added a pair of 130 Watt Halogens to the front to act as fog lights in the Dusty situatuions. No pics of bumper installed.

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Modified tie rods to accomadate 5/8" Hiems on one end with the 3/4" Hiems on the other. Also had to lengthen them.:
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Power steering Mods:
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Welded and painted stage:
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Panel refitting:
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Assembly stages:
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:10 pm 
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LOL, thanks Ody, I was having a hard enough time keeping up with you b4 :shock:
Just go run the Baja allready :mrgreen:

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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2011 9:01 am 
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That's A sweet ride for sure,looks good and I like the looks of the shock hoops like that also.makes'em look a little angry lol.but I can't believe you've went single seater too,lol.Chad :mrgreen:

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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2011 3:18 pm 
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those double shear Fodrills sure look sweet :!:


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Very nice Steve ! I thought your buggy looked different but was hard for me to tell since you decided to put 60 pounds of mud on it . 8)
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Looks good Ody, you and Mike comes up with some of the best mods/designs I have seen yet, great job guys 8)

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Baddvw wrote:
Looks good Ody, you and Mike comes up with some of the best mods/designs I have seen yet, great job guys 8)

Thanks, Mike and I talk regularly and have similar design concepts that we share.

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PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:27 am 
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Very nice Steve ! I thought your buggy looked different but was hard for me to tell since you decided to put 60 pounds of mud on it . 8)
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Yea its all DVs1s fault Ya know! He got stuck in the same Mud hole and i was trying to keep him dry! :shock: :lol:

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That's A sweet ride for sure,looks good and I like the looks of the shock hoops like that also.makes'em look a little angry lol.but I can't believe you've went single seater too,lol.Chad :mrgreen:



Single seaters happen when the Wife unit pisses ya off! :shock: :twisted: Nah both seats are back in!

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PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 12:15 pm 
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looks great! Your gonna love those lights :mrgreen:

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RaceBugg1098 wrote:
looks great! Your gonna love those lights :mrgreen:



Got to try them out over this past weekend. They are Awsome compared to the Halogen. I may rasise them up about 4". The shock towers create a black spot in the center.

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That did come out nice, one day I'll learn how to build stuff.

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MadMike wrote:
That did come out nice, one day I'll learn how to build stuff.



Ha! Ha! Thats funny, such Modesty!

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Ya'll are both men of vision thats for Damn sure. I love a well built anything :!:


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Thanks Rock. The Vision is simple, the better built the longer it takes for me to break it! :shock: :roll: :wink: :mrgreen:

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AND the less I half to do.

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MadMike wrote:
AND the less I half to do.



Well! Just what are ya sayin Bud? :? :?:

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The better I build stuff now, the less I half to do later is all.

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And here I thought you were insinuating you gotta fix to much of my Carnage! :wink:

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