• Garage Projects

    The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – D44, leafs, and D35 Tear out

    Why buck the trend of just doing Radius arms and coils? There are a few reasons, I’m cheap (Links got expensive), and leafs should work just fine for the wheeling we do out here. The additional bonus of leafs is that it will make it retarded easy to put a D60 in if the D44 Gives me too much trouble. Why run Full Width axles? This goes back to the reliability portion of this build. While I can narrow the…

  • Garage Projects

    The Lone Ranger Project – NHL Body Lift

    I’d noticed when I purchased this truck that there were a few body mounts that were shot. There are also a few of the frame mounts that will need a helping hand, but we’ll get to those later. Since there is a doubler in the near future for this toy, I thought a little extra clearance under the cab might make it easier to install one. If you’ve never done a body lift, there really isn’t much to one. Loosen/remove…