Ride Rite

I was able to get the front clip lined up and welded into place, it was a tight fit but everything seemed to go smoothly. The only modification I made was that I notched out the bottom where the clip meets the frame by about 1 inch. This allows the A-frame a little more clearance on the top of the frame and lowers the ride height just a little bit more.

Things are starting to get cramped in here, I still need to mount the sway bar yet and clear all of the steering linkage. One thing I am not satisfied with is the lower shock mount, if you look close you can see that there is no way a bolt will come out of there, so I would have to take the whole plate off the A-frame to get the bolt out. Modification necessary. I also had to modify the upper shock mounts to fit below the aframe and still give clearance for the shock when the upper A-frame travels.

Here's what i came up with, I cut the tabs off of the old mount and cut some new ones that are longer out of some sheet plate and welded them back on the old bottom plate. I may build another set or two so I can adjust the ride height when the air shocks are at their proper inflation for daily driving.

Another view of the rear suspension and rear shock mounts that I made. Hopefully everything will fit when the body gets set back on. Some people run a brace across the top of the hump but I will need the room for exhaust as the axles will bottom out against the frame when the shocks are deflated.

Finally welded in the frame center supports, I had a bear of a time cutting the angles on the front of the supports, last resort use the saw zaw. The tubes going through on an angle were a PAIN as well, I could not get any of my saws to cut at that sharp of an angle, looking back I should have welded in a straight piece of pipe and then cut it with a band saw (not hooked up at this time) or saw zaw. Anyways that will be for the exhaust to pass through to keep everything up off the ground and hopefully not dragging.