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2006 Chevy D-Max SAS
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What it looks like now
Pictures of it now still waiting to do slip yoke elim. kit and new drive line on front. The 456 are in rear but waiting to get slip yoke kit to put them in front. And still want to do a panhard bar to tighten it up going down the road esp. on corners. What was supposed to be a bolt on kit was far from. It took modification to almost every bracket that came in kit, mods to my control arm brackets, steering box and getting replacement bolts for the bolts that were supplied in kit that were longer. Not a lot of fun but came out looking in my opinion "not to bad".
Pictures of it now still waiting to do slip yoke elim. kit and new drive line on front. The 456 are in rear but waiting to get slip yoke kit to put them in front. And still want to do a panhard bar to tighten it up going down the road esp. on corners. What was supposed to be a bolt on kit was far from. It took modification to almost every bracket that came in kit, mods to my control arm brackets, steering box and getting replacement bolts for the bolts that were supplied in kit that were longer. Not a lot of fun but came out looking in my opinion "not to bad".
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DHR Motorsports
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Not too bad!!! 
Question is though...
Would you do it again????
Question is though...
Would you do it again????
Pickle
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Do it again?
Yes, after running the Fabtech 8" lift on it I like the solid front axle for that reason itself, SOLID. It will be a lot better in four wheel drive than it was before. I am hard on my rigs and the light duty front end didn't like the abuse that it got getting the wheeler to the starting line. It rode soft on pavement and was comfy when going straight but corners not so pretty. Because of the amount of lift and tire on it the ball joints would wear out quick and tie rods were not the trucks friend.
Yes, after running the Fabtech 8" lift on it I like the solid front axle for that reason itself, SOLID. It will be a lot better in four wheel drive than it was before. I am hard on my rigs and the light duty front end didn't like the abuse that it got getting the wheeler to the starting line. It rode soft on pavement and was comfy when going straight but corners not so pretty. Because of the amount of lift and tire on it the ball joints would wear out quick and tie rods were not the trucks friend.
DHR Motorsports
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Cool...
I have only had one duramax and hated it for those reasons and the allison was the first gen(01).
I have stayed with ford and dodge since.
I like it though and the KP 60 you have is a good one!!!!:awesomework:
scoutjbrown
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what about the abs?
Pickle
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The non abs brakes stop great.
skinny_pedal
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I dunno. my ifs has been through plenty of 4wd launches. My tr ends and bj's are still tight with my 6". I find it hard to believe those leaf springs even compare to comfort than the ifs did? Where are you towing your wheeler where you feel your going to grenade the factory ifs on the tow hoe?
Dont get me wrong, the truck looks good....I just dont enderstand why?
Dont get me wrong, the truck looks good....I just dont enderstand why?
solidaxlesub
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my 96 sub rode great with leafs in the front on a hp60. I loved the way it handled offroad too. I would do another in a heartbeat. I used the offroad unlimited stuff and didnt have any problems with anything fitting. I would love to do a newer sub with one of the coilover kits out there.
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wheelinjp
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As far as the abs question, the light just stays on, and with the stock mastercylinder it made the brakes a little weird. I owned this suburban after sam and the brakes were a little sticky in the morning. I think it just had a caliper sticking, but thought it was the abs at first. They wouldnt lock the brakes up though, a little spongy.
I have seen this heavy chevy go so crosseyed on the steer tires, I wish I had a picture to show you, for example pulling out on to the dunes in four wheel drive when the sand got deep and you have to get with it the front tires would look at each other. and to tow in the snow you would go through patches of traction and slipery so when the front tires would hit the traction frist it was all bad, and not to mention the tyerods that are as big as my pinky that really did not like to carry the load of the duramax's power and all the weight of the truck, trailer, and jeep ( BAM ) every time. and there we are no steering and no going any where, and keep in mind 8" of lift and 38/13.5/r20 tires, thats alot of load for a front suspension ment for a half ton two wheel drive truck :fawkdancesmiley:
so maybee the truck should have been kept stock so the factory engineering would have been somewhat sufficient? :fawkdancesmiley:
Wheres the fun in that????????
besides where we go in the snow in the winter that would never work
Wheres the fun in that????????
besides where we go in the snow in the winter that would never work
Getting to the rock garden isnt that hard man:flipoff:
Rig looks good, Takes some balls to rip up dirty like ya did..props:awesomework:
Clark
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nice work man:awesomework:, you make me jealous, i wish i had a d60 up front too
