any body got some pics of their sraight axle conversion or any tips, any help or advice would be appreciated

i have some pic in my garage. all i have to say is it's alot of work.

fastassdmax,

We are in Livermore and have the new Rock Krawler coil over kits.

Post:
http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=169313


Let me know if you need help, your not far from us.


Nor-Cal Nick

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Those front axle angles don't look that great. IFS allows you to mount the differential higher and run cv's at relatively shallow angles.

Those front axle angles don't look that great. IFS allows you to mount the differential higher and run cv's at relatively shallow angles.

huh?

heres some pic of mine

Here is a link to my Straight Axle build thread.

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179136

I have plenty of pictures in that thread for you to look at.

I would love to throw a 60 under my truck, I was just hoping everyone could put in there total cost they spent, and also if they did it themselves or if they paid someone. They all look great.

Dmax9 your gonna spend between 10-15k depending if you do the work or someones does it for you.

theres a lot of arguing in my thread about what i paid for it.

http://dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180401

i been thinkin about doin a new lift but as of today i been thinkin about the straight axle conversion fill me in on some helpful info and advise.

The conversion is pretty straight forward depending on how you go about doing it. It can be made more difficult if you try to source out cheap parts that aren't made for a particular kit (ORU), or try to cut corners. If you do it right, it will be the best upgrade you'll ever make to the truck. Do you feel comfortable doing it yourself? Or would you rather have a shop do it? There's a big difference in cost.

The conversion is pretty straight forward depending on how you go about doing it. It can be made more difficult if you try to source out cheap parts that aren't made for a particular kit (ORU), or try to cut corners. If you do it right, it will be the best upgrade you'll ever make to the truck. Do you feel comfortable doing it yourself? Or would you rather have a shop do it? There's a big difference in cost.

i would probably want to have someone do it for me, but i would have to look at it and see what i have to deal with. i want to run a coil over set up.

If you want coil overs for sure, you have a few options. Have someone in your neck of the woods fab it, wait for the pricing on the ORU kit, or wait to see the quality of the Rock Krawler kit. I think Nick @ Nor Cal is doing one soon, so I'm curious to see how it turns out. I would really recommend using someone that is well known for this, I'd hate to see you go with a shop that lowball's the $$ to get the buisness and ruins your truck. DO NOT go anywhere that cannot provide you with a truck to drive before you lay down any $$.

If you want coil overs for sure, you have a few options. Have someone in your neck of the woods fab it, wait for the pricing on the ORU kit, or wait to see the quality of the Rock Krawler kit. I think Nick @ Nor Cal is doing one soon, so I'm curious to see how it turns out. I would really recommend using someone that is well known for this, I'd hate to see you go with a shop that lowball's the $$ to get the buisness and ruins your truck. DO NOT go anywhere that cannot provide you with a truck to drive before you lay down any $$.

hey good lookin out bud. i guess ill just have to do a lil more research on the subject. i need to start lookin around, but from what i know is sand diego doesnt have many popular, well known, or good shops around that i know of? so we'll see. thanks again

theres so many many shops in the so cal area, a good one shouldnt be hard to find.

theres so many many shops in the so cal area, a good one shouldnt be hard to find.
throw some shops my way. which ones you heard of and would recomend here?

Looks like my pot got deleted! I had a good post going. Anywho, I will be installing a solid axle conversion on mine. I've had an ORU kit lying around for years. I just need to buy the leafs from 4 wheel. Its actually easy. I did my suburban and built a 4 link for rear and bagged rear with 25" tall semi bags (16" rear travel that went up and down). I actually fabbed up my own hangers and made my own kit from scratch for my burban. Took me 2 days to do whole lift (25" incl body lift that was on there since 1st week I bought suburban). Just took me an extra day to have rear d.shaft made, brake lines made and shock mounts made. I also made my own trac bar, tie rod, and draglink within same 2 days. was a sat and sunday, so I wasn't under pressure to do it. I would imagine that my ORU kit will take me a day except for the part that I will be making all my own tie rod, draglink, etc again. I will shop around for some nice used King bypass shocks on race-dezert, and eventually link the front and airbag it. I LOVE PLAYING WITH TRUCKS!

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