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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 04:22 PM
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Nice addition man, trucks coming along nicely!
 
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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awsome







p.s. don't forget about gears and upgrades for the procharger

I believe he's already got 4.56 gearing.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 11:43 PM
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were jumping it sunday fo sho
I'm gonna hold you guys too that lol
 
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Old Jul 10, 2010 | 08:24 AM
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so how much travel do you have with that kit?
 
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Old Jul 10, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 01f1502wd
so how much travel do you have with that kit?
+1

Fabtech markets it as a "long travel" kit but I haven't seen anyone pull the coil and actually cycle it. Since it has a balljoint upper and balljoint lower, I'm guessing it's gonna be around 10-13", which is more like a midtravel kit. Pretty awesome nonetheless.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 02:21 AM
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man your truck is sick in person, and your new kit is just naaasty.

nice meetin you and your dad. sorry we kept yall out so long tho ha
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 10:24 AM
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Sorry I was out guys

I have no idea how to check how much travel I have, but its supposed to be 14". Whether I really have 14" or not is beyond me, but it sure does ride nice.

We didn't manage to jump it, but we got alot of good pictures. Plus we hit up hooters on luau night . Just a FYI, if anyone wants to invite Travis(blackedoutv6) anywhere make sure you tell him to be there earlier then when you will be there . Im just giving him a hard time, but it was a fun trip none the less.

I gotta hand it to Jake for hooking me up with some nice deals, and making it easy for me . Thats pretty much how I picked up this....

 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by blackedoutV6
man your truck is sick in person, and your new kit is just naaasty.

nice meetin you and your dad. sorry we kept yall out so long tho ha
Thanks man! We are glad you could make it out
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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Sweet! I'm glad it all worked out for you, it was good meeting you and your dad. Thanks again!
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 10:35 AM
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Sorry I was out guys

I have no idea how to check how much travel I have, but its supposed to be 14". Whether I really have 14" or not is beyond me, but it sure does ride nice.

We didn't manage to jump it, but we got alot of good pictures. Plus we hit up hooters on luau night . Just a FYI, if anyone wants to invite Travis(blackedoutv6) anywhere make sure you tell him to be there earlier then when you will be there . Im just giving him a hard time, but it was a fun trip none the less.

I gotta hand it to Jake for hooking me up with some nice deals, and making it easy for me . Thats pretty much how I picked up this....

you best let me drive it after its installed now. especially since you couldnt go to corpus for me or even remember to bring the leds
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by slow96z
Sweet! I'm glad it all worked out for you, it was good meeting you and your dad. Thanks again!
Hey no problem man! Let me know how everything goes, and make sure to get some pictures of that beast up.

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you best let me drive it after its installed now. especially since you couldnt go to corpus for me or even remember to bring the leds
I will, I feel bad as-is for that. Before I left I carried all the crap I needed into the dining room(including your LEDs and a wad of cash that I needed) and just so happen to forget both . God help me, if my head wasn't attached to my shoulders i'd probably loose that too. I will make it up!
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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Sorry I was out guys

I have no idea how to check how much travel I have, but its supposed to be 14". Whether I really have 14" or not is beyond me, but it sure does ride nice.
what you do is use a forklift and chains hooked up to your tow hooks and use a quick-release to "drop" the truck. measure how far your hub is from the fender and just eyeball it when its fully compressed and measure it, then subtract the fully extended amount and the compressed amount and then you have the travel.

atleast thats how ive seen some people do to check it...
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 04:05 PM
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lmao, hey i actually got there earlier than i was supposed to since i got off work an hour early!

and i hate you for how easily you (i mean jake) finds parts haha
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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^^ ill hook you up travis.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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hahaha all right you craigslist *****.
 
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