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I actually didn't realize you'd made another thread in a section I could comment in! I saw your other one and wanted to. Awesome truck! You've done some great work there.

One thing that immediately stands out though... Be wary of that Optima yellow top. Especially considering it looks like you've got a considerable amount of amperage draw in your stereo. I used to use them religiously until they were bought by Johnson Controls a while back. After they moved production to Mexico my red truck managed to kill two of them from normal usage in about six months. I switched to Odyssey and have been very impressed with them.

EDIT - Also personally I'd think about eliminating that capacitor. I've run them before and they tend to create more problems than they solve IMO. Once you get a nicer alternator I'd definitely ditch it.
 

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Thanks guys for chiming in guys. Hopefully by next winter i can get 2 Kinetik batteries and my singer 300 amp alternator.

The MTX actually has provisions for the capacitor right off the amp. Don't ask me why but by ear dyno the amp sounds cleaner with the cap as compared to without. Plus its got a voltage gauge right on it, so for cheesy look i score, HA.

So whats the general poll on where i put those air gauges, i think its trick. Free real estate and i can still use the cubbie for my alpine remote. My AVS switchbox doesn't fit but oh well.
 

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I'd steer clear of kinetik. They sold out and went down hill as well.

Truck looks killer man. Love that color and wheelcombo. Just looks right!
 

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Thanks guys for chiming in guys. Hopefully by next winter i can get 2 Kinetik batteries and my singer 300 amp alternator.

The MTX actually has provisions for the capacitor right off the amp. Don't ask me why but by ear dyno the amp sounds cleaner with the cap as compared to without. Plus its got a voltage gauge right on it, so for cheesy look i score, HA.

So whats the general poll on where i put those air gauges, i think its trick. Free real estate and i can still use the cubbie for my alpine remote. My AVS switchbox doesn't fit but oh well.
Good idea to put the gauges there. Kind of stealth.
 

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Okay so for the front i went with Thorbros bag cups and had to chop those down a 1/2 top and 1/4 bottom. I should have just specified what i wanted them cut to when they were made cause it took 2 weeks to get them anyways. I have airbaggit.com Denominator 2600's in the front on 3/8 line going to Easystreet chrome valves under the cab on frame rail. I pie cut the frame behind the bag to allow the lower control arms to rise up far enough to lay on the 20's. I used ART shock re locators and Thorbros lower shock studs. I also rebuilt the entire steering linkage with MOOG parts. I used Moog upper and lower ball joints. I tried pie cutting the area in front of the bag for the tie rods but found i'm still going to have to notch anyways. Weird but i guess every truck is just a little different.

I took out the factory inner fender well and used trailer fenders. Not the best looking job but you should see the finished result. I used a Blox racing 3x10 coolant overflow tank capable of recirc. for the coolant over flow and its mounted basically where the factory one is.


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got any pix of the rear setup. whilst I dont want to go to the ground with mine I do want to get low.
 

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No not on instagram or at least yet. Still kinda doing the old skool rebellion against things like facebook and stuff. Heck i had a flip phone till a year ago!
 

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Chris Rodgers. I will try to get some pics this weekend. i already have bed back on but you can still see most of it. This setup will get the truck to lay if done i guess "right". I have sectioned the gas tank crossmember and also raised the front crossmember for the fuel tank. OH BTW. i went by the sticky on this forum on how this should be done. Lets just say you cannot put the tank back in unless the front crossmember is attached. It makes getting the bolts in a pain but i could NOT get the tank back in unless the crossmember was attached already.

but to answer your question you can as low as you want with this kit. just depends on a couple things. if you don't want to lay out you could always put in bumpstops that stop the truck from going all the way down. Your notch could be a consideration.
 
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