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Not that I’m going to use the factory bed sides as they are to rare for me to smash up.

This more along the lines of what I had in mind.
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what does that make your wheel base? looks really long now with them little tires :stirpot:
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sitting now at 117 makes lots of room to step up to the big tire class
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117 is still fairly reasonable. Long gone are the days of 80" wheelbases...
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This a stock pickup for reference as you can see the rear departure angle sucks.


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Set of 44's just came up for sale locally :pimp: :poke:
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HillBilt wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:35 am Set of 44's just came up for sale locally :pimp: :poke:
good good deal, will even deliver :poke:
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pointsnorth wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 6:16 am Image
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Snowracer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:01 am
HillBilt wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:35 am Set of 44's just came up for sale locally :pimp: :poke:
good good deal, will even deliver :poke:
I know a guy that would be interested in your 40s :poke:
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HMF wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:42 pm
Snowracer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:01 am
HillBilt wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:35 am Set of 44's just came up for sale locally :pimp: :poke:
good good deal, will even deliver :poke:
I know a guy that would be interested in your 40s :poke:
so im delivering some 44s and a set of HMF wheel centers and bringing a set of 39.5s back with me :poke:
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lol nope Im building it around the 39.5s. the front diff would hate the 44inch tsls as it is built right now
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plan is to move the rear axle forward one hole at least on my spring perches today
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Scott Cee AKA 2drx4 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:17 pm 117 is still fairly reasonable. Long gone are the days of 80" wheelbases...
Watching that team racing a suzuki samurai in the stock class yesterday in the emc made my kidneys hurt lol. There is no such thing as go fast in a 80ish wheelbase.
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pointsnorth wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:55 am Watching that team racing a suzuki samurai in the stock class yesterday in the emc made my kidneys hurt lol. There is no such thing as go fast in a 80ish wheelbase.
:lmao: :lmao: Pissing blood for sure
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Really looking forward to what you come up with for the bedsides, as I love the bedside build on the fortywarhundred.
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