96 cruise vessel build

[inmyownsummerami]

Had a long talk with dan from ruffstuffspecialties.com earlier about panhard mounts and all kinds of other stuff so I figured i needed to also buy something from him also so I ordered up some brakets to do a disk brake conversion out back

That guy really likes talking. Me and my cousin stopped by his place saturday to get 14B-FF disc brackets, and ended up being there for like 45mins. while he showed us all the different brackets, tabs, and other he builds/has built. All of his stuff is perfect, and he knows what he's talking about.

[Hyena]

yeah so I was over at hyena's house yesterday and he was a nice guy and pointed out there was like a 1/4" gap between my steering arms and knuckle.  Damn I guess you guys know who hasnt been checking there nuts.  While I was there I got a couple new leaf packs so I can hopefully lower my truck a little.  And I was thinking about it and its a good possibility i'll be linked by roundup time.  Maybe start this friday

I saved your life!  You owe me something cool like beer or stuff.

[Ramrod]

you owe me a night in bed with savana..........alone. jk

[Hyena]

you owe me a night in bed with savana..........alone. jk

f you, i was there first.  and it is savannah lol.

[Ramrod]

just messing with you and yeah I know thats how to spell her name i was just feelin lazy.

[kiyul4130]

fight fight fight fight!

[Hyena]

ooo, and you owe me $50!  Call me tomarrow if you are going to the shop to pick up that metal.  i will call rick and let him know.

[Ramrod]

yeah and amber owes me $50

[Ramrod]

whipped up my rear disks yesterday and got them all done today.  $85 into them including the proportioning valve and they work badass.  Pics in the morning

[locktup]

What brackets did you use. Are they the ones I sent Rick.

Jason

[Ramrod]

I got some from ruffstuff for the taco calipers

[locktup]

Sweet.  See you at MCR  .

Jason

[Hyena]

did you get the money from amber yet?  because i might be needing some soon. 

[Shamb]

You ready to roll or wha?

Let's see some updated pics or something.

[Ramrod]

yep just gotta throw on my skidplate, fill t-cases, fill tranny. and mount and air up the 4dz

[Ramrod]

I'll do all that on wednesday

[Hyena]

did you guys make it out cadillac ok?  And i didn't get the money from amber.

[Ramrod]

yeah we made it alright.  I had to get tugged up one spot but we didnt have a strap so we waited for a long time.  Ya stupid amber I told her to give you that money.  i'll probably see her tonight so i'll roust her up

[Ramrod]

Just got back from mcr6 it was a blast.  I walked the soup kitchen with no problems at all and the whole trail till somewhere right before old sluice and I got bound up trying to crawl around some traffic in double low and heard a huge bang in the frontend.  Took apart the whole drivers side because we thought it was a birf but it wasnt but it was the longfield treated ring and pinion in the front so that was gay.  I made the whole rest of the trail fine though.  My gas tank is seriously smashed now and the guage doesnt work anymore either. no dents though so thats all good.  after driving the iguana up there though I realized my truck needs some serious attention because it really rides like and is way to soft

[Ramrod]

sum pics-

[slabcs]

Sweet rig man

[Ramrod]

thanks dude yours is pretty damn clean also

[Shamb]

rig's looking sweet Pat, so how much of Saturday do you actually remember?

you looked pretty lit when I talked to you.

[Ramrod]

I remeber all of saturday I was actually super tired and worn out from the night before and being in traffic all day so thats probably why I looked like that, we didnt start really partying till the raffle if you wondering who was running the blender over marlins voice

[Shamb]

I noticed the blender in the passenger seat and the power inverter on the passenger tire.

so what plans do you have for the rear when you link it?

[Ramrod]

no plans other than the links pretty much and probably taking off fender bars on the back because the tires will rub too much with links.  with what my gas tank is looking like right now im thinking about scraping in and going with a dual triangulated 4 link and having brad make me a tank but I dont know where I could fit a big enough tank

[Shamb]

your keeping the springs .. or ?   


I might be selling my fuel cell soon if your interested. I'm going to propane soon.

[Ramrod]

what do you mean?  i already have the coil springs for it that im going to run.  I'm going to have to get a tank built if I decide to so that I can get enough capacity in the space I need it

[3rdGenIguana]

iguana needs armor

[3rdGenIguana]

wack can you email me some pics?