2012 with bds long arm lift just finished 01/07/13

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:05 pm

hey guys here are some pics of my truck with the long arm lift before and after etc. if anyone needs any advice on lifted a fourth generation I can help now!

cause I installed this kit myself at my shop with one friend and it took awhile but for the majority it went very smoothly.
just have to modify the skid plates now to work with the driveshaft at its full droop position but that's pretty straight forward just a bit of cutting and welding.
wheels and tires should be here shortly planning on going eagle alloy 027 with a mickey t. mtz 37x12.5-17 wheels will be 17x9 with 4.5" bs. should allow me to clear the new control arms fairly easily. I hope....

twistedpw · Post by **twistedpw** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 2:08 pm

looking awesome, love the stance.

Post by **Cactus Red** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 6:19 pm

Did you happen to take any measurements before and after to see what the actual gain over stock is? Looks good at that height. I also assume those are the stock 33's?

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:54 pm

Cactus Red wrote:Did you happen to take any measurements before and after to see what the actual gain over stock is? Looks good at that height. I also assume those are the stock 33's?

no no measurements but I would assume its closer to five or six inch as it sits. my truck had about 50k on it when I did the lift and the suspension sag at this point was pretty huge especially with the front coils. and yes those are the stock rubbers just ordered the 37's today. should be here by Wednesday and be mounted and ready to go for Friday.

TwinStick · Post by **TwinStick** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:08 am

Gotta give us a front-to-front pic of the Wagon & the F350 with the new tires on !!!

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 10:27 pm

TwinStick wrote:Gotta give us a front-to-front pic of the Wagon & the F350 with the new tires on !!!

It's coming tires going on tomorrow! Thank u visa..... :/ lol

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:40 pm

heres wheels and tires boys and gals

RustyPW · Post by **RustyPW** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:23 pm

JBM Power Wagon · Post by **JBM Power Wagon** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:43 am

LOVE the look with the wheels and tires on. More pics!!!

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:13 pm

I'll take some tonight at regular stance have to do the bumper spacer and pinch weld mod to clear on full flex and turn. Also had to add a steering limiting puck on the from axle to keep the tires of the uppers with the wheels fully locked side to side. But overall less trimming then expected

I love it

04Ram2500Hemi · Post by **04Ram2500Hemi** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:45 pm

Looks pretty bad ass!

TwinStick · Post by **TwinStick** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:53 pm

I'm diggin it !!!!

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:18 pm

heres some pics of the wife and the wagon and some random ones from work today

can wait to chop the fenders and space the bumper...actually just had the guy at on all fours in Newmarket price me out some smitty built m1 bumpers....really thinking about just adding it to the bill right now and mounting her up next week lol

this sucks! :winchmob:

does anyone know how well a fab fours bumper or smittybuilt bumper will work with our winch set ups from factory? im thinking just run two fairleads and Ive seen my buddies f350 with an m1 smittybuilt and if the access hole are the same then getting to the factory free spo0o0l lever and the factory remote connection and the factory block heater (important in Ontario) shouldn't be an issue

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:21 pm

o and coolant jug roll over to show ground clearance lol

RustyPW · Post by **RustyPW** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:35 pm

Looking good.

TwinStick · Post by **TwinStick** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:57 am

Still waitin for the f-t-f F350 shot !

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:46 am

TwinStick wrote: Still waitin for the f-t-f F350 shot !

its coming probably next time we go wheeling lol I would like to get a bumper for it first. does anyone know how well the fab fours pre runner premium bumper works with our trucks I see the icon vehicle dynamics truck has one without the pre runner section but I really like the pre runner portion for lamp mounting etc.
I was looking at the elite series but they don't look like they would work well with the stock fairlead and the stock free wheel bar and connections etc.
id like to have a similar look to the icon truck but maybe with a prerunner instead-looks like the grill may need to be painted to match the rest of the trucks black
scheme.

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:43 am

wow looking at prices for the fab four premium series with grill guard 2500$ us without a fairlead....smittybuilt m1 offers same features with a light kit and is 1300$ without fairlead think I know what route im going

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:39 pm

just got the smittybilt m1 bumper in today-added lights and fairlead tonight very disappointed with the lights smittybilt sent with it they are cheap offshore garbage...there isn't even water tight connectors on the lamps and the housings are cheap and look like they will be crushed into mush by the earths atmospheric pressure not to mention having to face the obstacles the wagon will see.but the rest of the bumper is very impressive! very heavy duty and very stout

stubiePW · Post by **stubiePW** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:02 pm

Thats a good looking bumper. I might go that way one day. I want one but like ya said $2500 is a lot of moolah

04Ram2500Hemi · Post by **04Ram2500Hemi** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:13 pm

Just a thought on Bumpers- We have a guy on the forum that sells Road Rhinos. They are basically a Road Armor for a lot less. Check the vendor section. I'm not sure how active he still is, but it might be worth a look.

RustyPW · Post by **RustyPW** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:29 pm

The first picture. Thought you was trying to mount the bumper on the quad.

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:24 pm

stubiePW wrote:Thats a good looking bumper. I might go that way one day. I want one but like ya said $2500 is a lot of moolah

Taxes in this bumper was 1600$ that's with a fair lead and the lights even though their cheap as $&@$

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:07 pm

okay boys and gals heres the pics of the smittybilt bumper doing some flex and some of the front inner fender liner modifications I did to match the bumper but also protect the lf impact sensor I found during the install. it doesn't look very waterproof so I did my best to shield it from the elements using the cut off section of the inner fender liner I removed and it actually worked really well. looks alittle cheesy with the self tappers but it works for me. function before form I think is
the way the wagons should be. ps the bumper install was really lengthy a lot longer then I thought the winch basically had to come out to release to frame bolts in order to install the new brackets for the winch tray section with the d ring slots of the smittybilt. I love the look of this thing now! painted my winch hook with black Loctite rubber coat for wrench handles and such looks nice and clean now well see if it lasts and I had the wife paint the 7/8" d rings red like the power wagon badging its just enough to let you know its alittle different

miss the simple look of the old bumper though but this new m1 bumper is so easy to access all the controls I will post a pic of the free spool handle and the winch remote connection that's all accessible while standing now makes it handy when stuck in the deep stuff.

hope this sways some people to look at one