RADO's Off Road Rig- Build Thread

[Etfren]

Awesome thread Jon! Love seeing all the work you have put into your ride.

I will hopefully get mine into the shop this week or next to pull the SFIFS stuff to send to you. Sorry its taken me so long.

[SilverBullet75]

LOL I keep forgetting that you have my door panels.


Love the look BTW... That wrap is awesome. It'll be a PITA when/if you decide to remove it though. I did my hood with standard decal vinyl rolls (x3) as a band aid until I repainted. It took 2-3 hrs and a lot of lacquer thinner/elbow grease to remove.

[VXorado]

Thanks again guys for all of the compliments. I appreciate the positive feedback.

I will hopefully get mine into the shop this week or next to pull the SFIFS stuff to send to you. Sorry its taken me so long.

No worries Eric, you're doing me a big favor by pulling the SFIFS for me. It will save me a LOT of time and allow me to focus on the new pin assembly

Let me know how it goes and when you're ready to ship. I'll paypal you cost.

LOL I keep forgetting that you have my door panels.


Love the look BTW... That wrap is awesome. It'll be a PITA when/if you decide to remove it though. I did my hood with standard decal vinyl rolls (x3) as a band aid until I repainted. It took 2-3 hrs and a lot of lacquer thinner/elbow grease to remove.

Yes the door panels are still very cool. It might be the only modification I didn't do myself. Nice work.

I sure hope the vinyl doesn't take too long to remove. The 3M wrap is warranteed for 5 years to peel off without damaging the paint. My hood was wrapped in satin black and it wasn't too hard to remove- maybe 30 minutes. We'll see...

[Edan96]

How much did it cost you to get the whole car blue?

[rockman]

I just installed a 3 inch calming lift on my 01 VX and the front after adjustment got really bouncy like i am riding just on the bars. I also want to put 35 inch tires....can someone point me in the right directions as to what i should buy for modifications to take care of this......thanks.

[rockman]

I just installed a 3 inch calmini lift on my 01 VX and the front after adjustment got really bouncy like i am riding just on the bars. I also want to put 35 inch tires....can someone point me in the right directions as to what i should buy for modifications to take care of this......thanks.

[JoFotoz]

For my 35's.. i did the following.

At back
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919 OME springs in rear with 2 inch spacers...you'll need spacers on your calmini springs.
Adjustable rear links..to re-center rear axle.. ( no mods to rear wheel wells required)

At Front
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T-bar crank.
Diff drop
extensive cut/grind/ BFH ! ... at rear of wheel wells.
Extensive trim of cladding at front of wheel wells.

GET ALIGNMENT !

Obviously the ride 'comfort' will suffer relative to stock..
.. form & function sometimes butt heads !!

Cheers

Jo

[vxcp]

I just installed a 3 inch calmini lift on my 01 VX and the front after adjustment got really bouncy like i am riding just on the bars. I also want to put 35 inch tires....can someone point me in the right directions as to what i should buy for modifications to take care of this......thanks.

HD torsion bars

[JoFotoz]

The HD torsion bars seem to me...

I just installed a 3 inch calmini lift on my 01 VX and the front after adjustment got really bouncy like i am riding just on the bars. I also want to put 35 inch tires....can someone point me in the right directions as to what i should buy for modifications to take care of this......thanks.

HD torsion bars

...to be unnecessary.

Maybe I have an insensitive butt!!...
...but having driven both OEM and HD t/bar VX's on 35's..... I didnt see / feel any difference.

Jo

[eternal21]

Pret-ty nice ride there, my man

[tomdietrying]

Nice Job! Nice VX!
Peace.
Tom

[VXorado]

I've been looking for a slim cargo basket. Anyone know of a good one less than 5" tall.


Extra cargo space.
Still being able to fit in the garage.

[pbkid]

Ive got the same one as Jo, low profile and low cost. Its from discountramps.com, and its called the black widow or something like that.

[VXorado]

Ive got the same one as Jo, low profile and low cost. Its from discountramps.com, and its called the black widow or something like that.

I looked for that one and can't find it. Discountramps doesn't seem to carry it anymore.

[VXorado]

Wait, this one is called black widow. I thought yours was shorter, this one is too tall at 6"