We then got our frame back from
Langley U-Blast and
took it over to Hi-Pro
Coatings to be powdercoated in Cardinal Red to match our Baer brake calipers. They took
the main crossmember off the main frame so that it could be
cleaned and coated better.
Once we got the frame
back we started to assembly our suspension components from
Ridetech. Some of the
parts got scratched etc during mock up so we scuffed them all up
and gave them a coat of Duplicolor epoxy paint as well so they all had the same
satin black finish. All of the suspension parts were fastened
with products from Totally Stainless and
ARP and the bushings were from
Energy Suspension.
Several of the braces and suspension mounts are mounted with
very specific OEM fasteners and parts, all of which we got from
the folks at LMC Truck. Once all the suspension components were mounted we started
plumbing the frame with our brake lines from
LMC Truck, our airlines
and Fuel lines from
Aeroquip. All of the lines were secured using clamps from
Made4You products.
We used brake line fittings and flexible lines from Speedway
Motors and Baer. All of our
airlines were plumbed with bulkhead fittings through the truck
to make for a much cleaner installation instead of having them
run through grommet or over frame rails. We then mounted our
bolt in power rack and pinion kit from
Flaming River. Using
tie rods from MOOG, we
then attached it to our CPP Modular dropped spindles.
We packed all the bearings with
Royal Purple grease and then mounted our massive
Baer brakes to the spindles.