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    10/12/2011 2:19 pm  #1

    Daze
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    For your viewing pleasure, my mocked up support system.

    on May 22, 2010, 11:31 am, Daze wrote:

    I got the support system roughed in. The crosbars are not yet welded in (or correctly positioned in the picture) but will be soon. the hardest part has been calculating the differential location. I am mounting it flush against the crossbars so it is 5º up to match the transmission down angle. because of the angle the half shafts and wishbones are shifted forward so I had to calculate how much so that the differential can be moved back far enough to center the tire in the wheel well. Also I had figure out the off set between the cross bars and differential so that the upper shock mounts will be on the cross bars. the 5º angle also effected that so I hope I calculated it all correctly.   

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    10/12/2011 2:21 pm  #2

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    Re: For your viewing pleasure, my mocked up support system.

    on May 22, 2010, 12:34 pm, Mustsed wrote:

    Daze, can you give some info on the space between...... the cross bars and the upper floor according the posts about the exhaust pipes "over" the cross bars.

    Do you think it is possible to route some 2.5" pipes around the cross bars?

    Mustsed

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    10/12/2011 2:22 pm  #3

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    Re: For your viewing pleasure, my mocked up support system.

    on May 25, 2010, 9:19 am, Daze wrote:

    I measured yesterday after I got the crossbars positioned and there is plenty...
     of room between the front bar and the floor but there is only 2" between the corner of the back bar and the dip in the trunk just before the gas tank. If a person used one bar, or notched the bar the exhaust could be run up and over.

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    10/12/2011 2:23 pm  #4

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    Re: For your viewing pleasure, my mocked up support system.

    on May 22, 2010, 7:57 pm, Joe wrote:

    Tire width I really like your set up .. the photos are great. As I am looking at your brackets I can see that they run on the outside of your frame rails. I am guessing this will limit your tire width to something stock ??

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    10/12/2011 2:25 pm  #5

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    Re: For your viewing pleasure, my mocked up support system.

    on May 22, 2010, 8:06 pm, Daze wrote:

    they are on the outside in the front and directly under the rail... at the rear with them sliding under the rail in the middle. If you think about it they occupy the same vertical space as the leaf springs only up at the frame instead of hanging down below it, so it will have no effect on wheels. Thanks for the potential catch though, I would not have been happy if wheel clearance had been a problem

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    10/12/2011 2:26 pm  #6

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    Re: For your viewing pleasure, my mocked up support system.

    on May 22, 2010, 8:12 pm, Joe wrote:

    It's better to be good than lucky I thinks that's wrong but you definitely got it right

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