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<blockquote data-quote="JEEPKEVIN" data-source="post: 747350" data-attributes="member: 13136"><p>So a follow up as to what I have learned. The mounting holes at the chassis side of their subframe allow 2" total change between the upper most hole and lower most hole. With the upper arms in upper most hole, they are just barley down hill to the chassis at ride height and this seems to eliminate rise and squat for the most part. Very acceptable. With them at the lowest hole, ass end moves a bunch! So 2" makes a big difference. Rear links have 11" separation at the rear axle. So I'm right in line with the 25% rule, I'm on 43"s.</p><p></p><p>I think it would be interesting in future to change the upper mounts on rear axle. Maybe incorporate some adjustability. That will be a pain to change what I have so might keep my eyes peeled for a bare 14b housing and build up to reduce down time. A project for another day.</p><p></p><p>I'm moving forward with teardown and paint.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and paint, learned something there. I chose to go with the Rustoleum Hammered finish. I'm brushing it on to reduce mess in my garage. Plus tube work is just a pain to coat everywhere. I started with my skid plate because nobody see's that. I brushed on like anyone would do and it didn't come out like the picture on the can. Brush strokes, poor hammered finish. Tough as nails but not real attractive. Then I figured it out.</p><p></p><p>1" wide brush, and dab dab dab like you would if you were sponge painting. Aerate the paint, all rough and texted nasty looking. Then over the coarse of seconds, the paint starts to lay down. It just smooths its self out. The hammered look is really fish eyes or separation of the colors of the paint. I did my whole front housing with truss and all brackets this way and took about 30 mins rolling it around to hit everything. Looks super good!! The black is really more of a charcoal gray and the silver is pretty light once applied but darkens up as it cures. Use throw away brushes. Brush will look like muppet hair as you abuse it. After about 15 mins, trash that brush and grab a new one. The paint starts drying in brush and doesn't hold paint real good. I'll add some pics once I get more done.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all the help on the suspension!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JEEPKEVIN, post: 747350, member: 13136"] So a follow up as to what I have learned. The mounting holes at the chassis side of their subframe allow 2" total change between the upper most hole and lower most hole. With the upper arms in upper most hole, they are just barley down hill to the chassis at ride height and this seems to eliminate rise and squat for the most part. Very acceptable. With them at the lowest hole, ass end moves a bunch! So 2" makes a big difference. Rear links have 11" separation at the rear axle. So I'm right in line with the 25% rule, I'm on 43"s. I think it would be interesting in future to change the upper mounts on rear axle. Maybe incorporate some adjustability. That will be a pain to change what I have so might keep my eyes peeled for a bare 14b housing and build up to reduce down time. A project for another day. I'm moving forward with teardown and paint. Oh, and paint, learned something there. I chose to go with the Rustoleum Hammered finish. I'm brushing it on to reduce mess in my garage. Plus tube work is just a pain to coat everywhere. I started with my skid plate because nobody see's that. I brushed on like anyone would do and it didn't come out like the picture on the can. Brush strokes, poor hammered finish. Tough as nails but not real attractive. Then I figured it out. 1" wide brush, and dab dab dab like you would if you were sponge painting. Aerate the paint, all rough and texted nasty looking. Then over the coarse of seconds, the paint starts to lay down. It just smooths its self out. The hammered look is really fish eyes or separation of the colors of the paint. I did my whole front housing with truss and all brackets this way and took about 30 mins rolling it around to hit everything. Looks super good!! The black is really more of a charcoal gray and the silver is pretty light once applied but darkens up as it cures. Use throw away brushes. Brush will look like muppet hair as you abuse it. After about 15 mins, trash that brush and grab a new one. The paint starts drying in brush and doesn't hold paint real good. I'll add some pics once I get more done. Thanks for all the help on the suspension!!! [/QUOTE]
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