aTX's Tru WW Evo bolt on coilover build

AZ Explorer

AZ Explorer

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Been following but wanted to wait til' you got it together. Looks awesome and really like the aluminum bumpers.
 
aTX427

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Thanks. I am a huge proponent of minimizing weight and Evo is the only mfg I am aware of that produces a 100% aluminum front bumper.
 
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aTX427

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I really wanted aluminum links, but had some 2x2x.250 laying around, so I welded up some front lowers and rear upper control arms. The welds are not the prettiest, but these things are beef!
 
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wayoflife

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aTX427 said:
I really wanted aluminum links, but had some 2x2x.250 laying around, so I welded up some front lowers and rear upper control arms. The welds are not the prettiest, but these things are beef!
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Way cool that you made your own links. Nice job :thumb:
 
aTX427

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Thank you. I know I will eventually upgrade to long arms and can reuse the Johnny Joints. I specifically ordered the "narrow" width JJ's, which provide an extra 5* of articulation over the standard JJ.
 
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aTX427

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It looks like Evo supplies spherical bearings with high misalignment spacers on their front upper frame side long arm control arm's. Is that correct?
 
Rb1boxer_3

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Nice build I thought about making my own arms too but I want long arms so don't wanna buy twice. Also I saw you don't have c gussets I hope you ordered some, or do you plan on changing the axle any time soon.

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aTX427

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Thank you. I want to long arm as well. My plan is to have aluminum links fabricated and reuse the Johnny Joints when the time comes. I haven't decided what I want to do about axles yet, but have my eye on a set of full floating 1-tons from Dynatrac.
 
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aTX427

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Also had some DIC lights come on that I need some help with. My code reader doesn't show any error codes.
 
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Rb1boxer_3

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aTX427 said:
Luckily I didn't drive 3.5hrs out to Hidden Falls this morning. I installed my new contol arms and decided to go to a little test bed about 5 miles from my house to check for clearances. Rolled up on a wall, bounced off and bang - this happens. Of course I left my wallet and phone at the house. Just to go test something - what's the worst that can happen. Needless to say, I got my workout in jogging 5 miles home in 93* heat wearing flip flops. The weld looked good, but it must not have penetrated the DOM. Luckily I wasn't 3.5hrs away or even worse somewhere if the middle of nowhere Colorado.







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Ouch damn that's crazy. What arm is that front lower. And your abs lights so maybe your steering wheel is off or your speed control sensor is broken. Idk.

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WJCO

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Wow. Crazy. So you have about 100k on that weld before it broke? Or that's a new weld? Just makes me want to check over mine to be safe. As far as the lights, they may be related to the tie rod break. Get a new one on, center the steering wheel and recheck.
 
VeruGE*144

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aTX427 said:
Luckily I didn't drive 3.5hrs out to Hidden Falls this morning. I installed my new contol arms and decided to go to a little test bed about 5 miles from my house to check for clearances. Rolled up on a wall, bounced off and bang - this happens. Of course I left my wallet and phone at the house. Just to go test something - what's the worst that can happen. Needless to say, I got my workout in jogging 5 miles home in 93* heat wearing flip flops. The weld looked good, but it must not have penetrated the DOM. Luckily I wasn't 3.5hrs away or even worse somewhere if the middle of nowhere Colorado.







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Holy shit, you lucky it didn't happen on the highway. I am checking mine tomorrow before a leave for a 2 hr drive to the off-road park.


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aTX427

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WJCO said:
Wow. Crazy. So you have about 100k on that weld before it broke? Or that's a new weld? Just makes me want to check over mine to be safe. As far as the lights, they may be related to the tie rod break. Get a new one on, center the steering wheel and recheck.
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Yes, I know right. On Monday, I'll order a solid 7075 aluminum tie rod and drag link. I'm also going to cut these ends off an weld on new ones. I'm interested is examining a cross section of the weld.
 
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aTX427

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I ordered some custom 1.25" spacers with a 71.5mm to 84mm hub centricity machined into them for my Level 8 Bully Pro's. This should reduce some tolerance stack.
 
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