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Rear suspension brackets completed, bit ironic that painting can take as long as fabricating Regards Stephen

Strong enough trailing arm???? Lol Regards Stephen

Fingers crossed Mike regards Stephen

Sorted, this is the final position with what @muddy suggested Wheel is 40" off the ground although that will be slightly less once springs back on, it's enough I would say, never had this much before, if it's not, well gas axe and welder will be out Front suspension bottom brackets altered and now getting full range without touching anything sorry about shading on left of pictures camera cover got in the way regards Stephen

Have a great time all.. Hopefully me and Sid will be there next year Regards Stephen

Working on it as we speak regards Stephen

Really........lol You must have a big fab appetite Regards Stephen

Oh by the way I've built myself an electric car.......... How awesome really, you are the man...Regards Stephen

That's kind of the angle they were at, will look at it again tomorrow, obviously my shocks are way longer than those, no way I'll get them under the tub, the angle they would need to be would make it a total waste of time buying the shocks in the first place With the portals the centre line of wheels will be 5" lower than yours so there will be differences as to where the wheels tip to regards Stephen

Could be, my previous try in stock position tyres starting to rub, however brackets were made so tub wasn't cut, I could remake straight and cut the tub I guess regards Stephen

@muddy I'm assuming your talking about installing the shocks to the rear of the axle regards Stephen

@Michele Off the bay Regards Stephen

A tad too close to the chassis, chassis is directly over radius arm mount, I could cut away some of the strengthening and mount it at the bottom of radius arm mount, either way I'm still going into the tub however by my calcs I will not be above stepped section so I figured the floor section not affected by shocks could be boxed in to make storage compartments regards Stephen

I did think %%%# it might as well go for it..lol Regards Stephen

Ohhh dear.... I fear the worst..... She will be used to having lots of children running around her....... Best lay off the workshop for a couple of decades.... You are going to need your energy...... Will be hard work looking after a tribe of little Ross's But on the bright side in the future you will be like me and get plenty of workshop relaxation.... Regards Stephen

That's exactly what Gon2far did I remember reading about it Not really going to be able to move bottoms out but I can move tops in a wee bit, although I might wait as once recovery gear, winches, roll cage etc are back on weight is going to increase substantially regards Stephen

Had a bit play today with rear suspension so with this mod I found out the shocks have more dampening power when upright, so I may need softer springs as they did not compress as much as before Took the compressed spring out and we have this rear wheel is now 42" off the ground as appose to 36 before, it won't go quite that far with springs back in Thoughts as always regards Stephen

One of the few advantages of age, family up, workshop 15metres away.... You'll find out one day Ross.... Regards Stephen

I get that, however my argument would be that if it's hammered over bumps at speed it's not getting down to the bottom and therefore not getting full articulation, speed helps to level the bumps out as your skimming over them, you could bottom out the suspension at speed but again both shockers compressing in alignment and the little green thing has been built for speed prior to you, I'm more into rough terrain handled at a lower speed but necessitating full movement at all angles to drive over if you get my drift regards Stephen

I would totally agree with that regards Stephen

Just read the Will Warne thread, what a crying shame it never got completed, some fantastic work there and certainly not always glacial. Rest assured mine will be completed regards Stephen

Have you had it at full flex to see how close things get Regards Stephen

Some of us have feelings you know......... LOL regards Stephen

I did wonder, please enlighten me regards Stephen

Apologies not needed... I'm aware you have a lot on and a short deadline to try and meet Regards Stephen