Attention: TDR Forum Junkies Now, wait... put down the rope.
Yeah, the tar, and the feathers, too.
My new-to-me W250 was lifted a reported 10 inches by the previous owner. Some parts of the lift are nicely done:
* The crossover steering is particularly nice.
* The one-piece rear driveshaft is VERY nice!
There are some other details which are less impressive:
* Keeping the stock 3. 5" shackles up front is NUTS. With this much arch in the springs, these shorty shackles just can't allow enough eye-to-eye elongation -- to prove it, there's a polished spot on the frame where the spring eye has been bottoming out.
* The rear springs are sharply arched -- and they rub up against the tension shackle hangars with just about any compression.
* This much arch ... well physics guarantees that less force ggoes into spring movement, and instead gets carried straight up into the frame.
* Floppy brake hard lines are a recipe for eventual fatigue failure.
The result is that this truck rides like a dump-truck on solid rubber tires with worn-out shocks -- all motoring across a scalloped drive-through movie theater at about 90 miles an hour.
I'd like to cut this lift down to a more reasonable height -- something that clears the shiny-new 35x12. 50 16. 5R tires but offers a smoother ride. Yeah, I know it is a truck, and I fully expect it to ride like one... . but I'd like to be able to roll over a gumwrapper at speed without shaking my fillings outta my head.
Randii
Yeah, the tar, and the feathers, too.
My new-to-me W250 was lifted a reported 10 inches by the previous owner. Some parts of the lift are nicely done:
* The crossover steering is particularly nice.
* The one-piece rear driveshaft is VERY nice!
There are some other details which are less impressive:
* Keeping the stock 3. 5" shackles up front is NUTS. With this much arch in the springs, these shorty shackles just can't allow enough eye-to-eye elongation -- to prove it, there's a polished spot on the frame where the spring eye has been bottoming out.
* The rear springs are sharply arched -- and they rub up against the tension shackle hangars with just about any compression.
* This much arch ... well physics guarantees that less force ggoes into spring movement, and instead gets carried straight up into the frame.
* Floppy brake hard lines are a recipe for eventual fatigue failure.
The result is that this truck rides like a dump-truck on solid rubber tires with worn-out shocks -- all motoring across a scalloped drive-through movie theater at about 90 miles an hour.
I'd like to cut this lift down to a more reasonable height -- something that clears the shiny-new 35x12. 50 16. 5R tires but offers a smoother ride. Yeah, I know it is a truck, and I fully expect it to ride like one... . but I'd like to be able to roll over a gumwrapper at speed without shaking my fillings outta my head.
Randii
