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OrangeCrush
10-29-2005, 08:00 PM
Since I've been a member for the last few weeks, I haven't posted any pics. I was kind of waiting till I had something worth sharing. So here it is...

Opened parts, starting laying them out.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2003.jpg

Up on the lift.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2004.jpg

Though hard to see... notice the similiarity in color on my S10 truck...?
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2005.jpg

Here she is done.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2006.jpg



http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2010.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2009.jpg
OrangeCrush
10-29-2005, 08:00 PM
Since I've been a member for the last few weeks, I haven't posted any pics. I was kind of waiting till I had something worth sharing. So here it is...

Opened parts, starting laying them out.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2003.jpg

Up on the lift.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2004.jpg

Though hard to see... notice the similiarity in color on my S10 truck...?
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2005.jpg

Here she is done.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2006.jpg



http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2010.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2009.jpg
Nixxxster
10-29-2005, 08:04 PM
The lift looks good, nice setup
WORKIN
10-29-2005, 08:05 PM
It looks great.........what tires are those?
OrangeCrush
10-29-2005, 08:08 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by WORKIN:
It looks great.........what tires are those? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

They are the Toyo Open Countrys. 38.5-15.5/20's

(last set in existance...lol, until Toyo opens their new plant.

Mark
strongrhino
10-29-2005, 09:28 PM
Looks awesome!
rodster
10-29-2005, 09:29 PM
Looks great, Mark!
Ed G.
10-29-2005, 11:04 PM
Very Nice Setup!
VTSTOMPER
10-29-2005, 11:38 PM
Very cool! Looks great!
The Ledge
10-30-2005, 12:54 AM
Very Uplifting! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
WZOMBIE
10-30-2005, 02:37 AM
very nice! what size lift? and what brand? does the ride stiffen up?
MovinH2
10-30-2005, 08:08 AM
Awesome man. That lift kit really looks good. Now I might have to do that next. Did you end up doing the lift yourself? If so how long did it take you?
OrangeCrush
10-30-2005, 11:08 AM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by WZOMBIE:
very nice! what size lift? and what brand? does the ride stiffen up? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The lift is 6" plus the tires give it an extra couple of inches. It's Fabtech's kit. Even though I got a hell of a deal on it, it still reasonably priced and comes with the frt driveshaft which alot of other kits don't.

As far as ride. PERFECT. I honestly can't tell a difference from factory.

Movin,

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MovinH2:
Awesome man. That lift kit really looks good. Now I might have to do that next. Did you end up doing the lift yourself? If so how long did it take you? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, lol, I got impatient. I decided to install it myself late Friday afternoon. Surprisingly, it took much less time than I thought it would.

I spent from 2-6pm by myself just taking things apart.

A friend came over at 6pm and by 9pm, we had the suspension in the frt pretty well completely together.

The only thing we had to in the morning was to reverse the swaybar and install the links.
We installed the drop torsion bar bracketry and did the rear end.

The two most time consuming things were actually taking the time to cut off the tab on the front diff. (I'm a little anal, I made it look like it came from the factory that way) and putting in the rear springs. With the rear shocks completely removed and the rear end just hanging there, it was still hard to install the springs. The instructions say to compress them 1-2" but we had them compressed 4" and it was still difficult.

we were done by 2pm.

That's about 12 hours total. I could probably do that kit again 10 hours.

The actual longest part that took us time was trying to get the correct lugnuts. Remember when they sent me the wrong wheels. Turns out they were for an H3. well, there was only 24 lugnuts in the box and they were too short. The first wheel we put on blew the studs out the back of the lugnuts...lol.

Overall, DEFINITELY worth the time and effort. I would have love to buy a 1000-1500 kit that was only a couple of inches but I like the extra few inches. What guy wouldn't?
W1N
10-30-2005, 11:35 AM
Do you have the flares on. It sure looks like so. What flares did you get?
NJ H2
10-30-2005, 12:41 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by OrangeCrush:
It's Fabtech's kit. Even though I got a hell of a deal on it </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Very nice! It looks great!
Where did you get the lift kit from and what kind of deal did you get?
OrangeCrush
10-30-2005, 01:32 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by W1N:
Do you have the flares on. It sure looks like so. What flares did you get? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yep, flares are on. Ended up getting Street scene flares. They're okay at best for quality but they'll do the job.

NJ H2,

I got the kit from a friend who sells accessories at a dealership. I paid 4680 for wheels, tires and kit. The kit was like 1900 and some change, that included the shocks too.

Doubt I'll ever come across that deal again.