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[amrg]

How much wld the front part of a rancho cost? And where can it be bought?

 

[954paulo]

How much wld the front part of a rancho cost? And where can it be bought?

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[4speedfunk]

On the note of high clearance skid plates, I've also read some people mention U-bolt flips and reversing/flipping the shock hanger while keeping it SUA but freeing up the space. Anyone done this? I'm interested in seeing what I can do with this idea as a backup.

I have seen this done before on other SUA trucks. You need "square" u-bolts and they get installed 90-degrees from the direction they are now. That is...the U-bolts will sit parallel to the axle tube, rather than perpendicular. Of course they get installed with the threaded ends pointing up, and this allows you to completely get rid of the spring plate from below the spring. They only thing hanging down will be the thickness of the u-bolts, and you can gain quite a bit of ground clearance by doing this mod. A lot of hard-core guys think you should never clamp a spring without a plate under them because it can create a stress point where the U-bolt sits. If this is a concern...just add a 1/4" plate under your spring pack to act as a load spreader.

Also, remember that on the H3...the shocks are mounted to the spring plates, so you'll have to move the lower shock mounts somewhere else. Like the SOA mod, you can simply weld new shock tabs to the axle tubes but, you must check your shock length and make sure they are not too long. Don't forget...you'll be moving the lower eye of the shock up an inch or two and you can accidentally shove the piston thru the top of the shocks if they are too long. You will also need some sort of "plate" on the top of the axle tubes to tighten the u-bolts against. I think it might be possible to modify the factory bump-stop perches so they can be used for this purpose. Perhaps as simple as drilling some holes in them to accept the new u-bolts? Whatever the case...you'll have to fab all of this yourself. No kit or anything that I'm aware of. When you're done it should look like this:



Lastly...because your bump stops will now have a quadrant of nasty sharp bolts sticking up thru them...you'll want to make sure the yellow bump stops don't come into contact with them and tear them up. You might have to get creative like this guy did. He built a small tower so the bump has a smooth landing pad (I'm actually running something very similar to this on my SOA axle)...

 

[ROM4D]

I called Rancho about this and they did not deal with the sales portion of this. They did email me the instructions for installing the kit though with all the part numbers. From there he said that I could take those part numbers to part stores thy could sell the kit and have them itemize the price out. As of present this will not be an option for myself though as I want to be sure that I want to invest this amount of money into the H3 just for the 4" of lift. Still curious on if the IFS will support what I'm wanting to do with it. This is why I'm going to focus first on the clearance issues I have, protection and tires. Updates to come soon as I'm working on some ideas.

 

[Chocflip201]

I've always been a solid-axle kind of guy, but I see the benefits IFS has, and I think with the right upgrades (solid axles need upgrades too) you have a suspension that is better than solid axle. I've got some fairly big ideas for my suspension, yet they all include IFS.

 

[ROM4D]

^ What are your ifs upgrade thoughts?

 

[Chocflip201]

^ What are your ifs upgrade thoughts?

Oh....

 

[zackcrum]

Did you leave us??

 

[frumaker]

He now has a jeep


FRU

 

[zackcrum]

Darn. Sad to see another one go. Especially one so unique

 

[ROM4D]

Yes, after going back and forth between our two rigs I decided that we should just focus on one build. Especially since we never took them both out together. Basically came down to which one we could invest into to get the results we wanted. For our rock crawler this just made more sense.
Really hoping to make it out to Moab with the group in the Spring though so we will keep in touch with the group for sure. Good people and great advice. Plus I'll be back at it once we find a good H1 or Alpha H3. Lol

 

[zackcrum]

thats great. choices have to be made and sometimes we make the wrong ones, lol jk. stick around, make a build thread for the jeep, tell me where the hummer is so i can snag that roof rack lol.

 

[SickStringC]

I will say the Jeep is coming along nicely though! :thumbs: