05-27-2013, 07:45 AM
So here's the LATEST batch of pics, now that she's in for the re-gear & assorted upgrades!
It's at Gibbs Automotive here in Pittsburgh - these guys are probably the closest 4WD shop to the city proper - about 4 miles from downtown - and they're GOOD! They don't even advertise, or have a listing in the phone book, but it took me 6 weeks to get a spot in their garage, from the time I told 'em I was ready to go! They're ALWAYS busy.
Here was the passenger seat, LOADED with goodies for the trip over!
![[Image: P5131341_zps82c90791.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/P5131341_zps82c90791.jpg)
Leavin' 'er out back!
![[Image: P5131343_zps43e3bee0.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/P5131343_zps43e3bee0.jpg)
Took me over a week before I could get back at see how it was coming along - DMG was working on the front axle when I came in today.
![[Image: P5211352_zps420be85d.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/P5211352_zps420be85d.jpg)
![[Image: P5211356_zpscc181ad9.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/P5211356_zpscc181ad9.jpg)
![[Image: P5211345_zpse738895c.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/P5211345_zpse738895c.jpg)
That's DMG!
The new carrier & ring & pinion are now in up front, as well as my SOLID diff cover.
![[Image: P5211353_zpsd12939ca.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/P5211353_zpsd12939ca.jpg)
![[Image: P5211355_zpsba31a51f.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/P5211355_zpsba31a51f.jpg)
![[Image: P5211354_zpse2fed264.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/P5211354_zpse2fed264.jpg)
#3 son is in the background - he had the day off, since his school is a polling place.
Turns out, DMG has a better plan for shocks - looks like Bilstein 5125's at all four corners, since shock technology has come quite a ways, since I bought this lift kit 6 years ago! We can ditch the dual shock setup, and make sure they're not bottomed out - as they are with the current setup!!!
![[Image: P5211357_zpsc028c1f3.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/P5211357_zpsc028c1f3.jpg)
Don't know if I EVER showed THESE off or not - JEGS Hi-Po cats!
![[Image: P5211347_zpsfdd8c9ee.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/P5211347_zpsfdd8c9ee.jpg)
And here's ANOTHER real PITA - the spare tire mount.
![[Image: spare-mount_zpsf028d225.jpg]](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/spare-mount_zpsf028d225.jpg)
Dodge 15" 5 lug 5.5 x 5 wheel - should be a simple enough pattern to make a mount for, right? Wrong.
Kennesaw Mountain Products (whose reputation is known far & wide as... 'spotty'... ... I had this made 7 years ago, although it sat in a basement shrink-wrapped to the pallet they shipped it on for the first 6 years - probably a bit LATE to have them fix it now) mounted the studs at a 6 x 5 inch pattern in reality, so EZaccessories is gonna custom build me a billett aluminum adaptor. I thought about heating it up with a torch and re-positioning it... or just hammering the shiite out of it... but both will leave an extraordinarily HEAVY wheel and tire, dangling precariously back there - most likely working loose eventually, and creating havoc on the road, sooooo... custom adaptor it is.
More pictures to come - DMG is doing it RIGHT, so I'll try to limit myself to picture snapping, and staying OUT of the way of the working people!
It's at Gibbs Automotive here in Pittsburgh - these guys are probably the closest 4WD shop to the city proper - about 4 miles from downtown - and they're GOOD! They don't even advertise, or have a listing in the phone book, but it took me 6 weeks to get a spot in their garage, from the time I told 'em I was ready to go! They're ALWAYS busy.
Here was the passenger seat, LOADED with goodies for the trip over!
Leavin' 'er out back!
Took me over a week before I could get back at see how it was coming along - DMG was working on the front axle when I came in today.
That's DMG!
The new carrier & ring & pinion are now in up front, as well as my SOLID diff cover.
#3 son is in the background - he had the day off, since his school is a polling place.
Turns out, DMG has a better plan for shocks - looks like Bilstein 5125's at all four corners, since shock technology has come quite a ways, since I bought this lift kit 6 years ago! We can ditch the dual shock setup, and make sure they're not bottomed out - as they are with the current setup!!!
Don't know if I EVER showed THESE off or not - JEGS Hi-Po cats!
And here's ANOTHER real PITA - the spare tire mount.
Dodge 15" 5 lug 5.5 x 5 wheel - should be a simple enough pattern to make a mount for, right? Wrong.
Kennesaw Mountain Products (whose reputation is known far & wide as... 'spotty'...
... I had this made 7 years ago, although it sat in a basement shrink-wrapped to the pallet they shipped it on for the first 6 years - probably a bit LATE to have them fix it now) mounted the studs at a 6 x 5 inch pattern in reality, so EZaccessories is gonna custom build me a billett aluminum adaptor. I thought about heating it up with a torch and re-positioning it... or just hammering the shiite out of it... but both will leave an extraordinarily HEAVY wheel and tire, dangling precariously back there - most likely working loose eventually, and creating havoc on the road, sooooo... custom adaptor it is.More pictures to come - DMG is doing it RIGHT, so I'll try to limit myself to picture snapping, and staying OUT of the way of the working people!