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Amazing I got (4) 37s, suspension, UCA, Traction Bar, Tie Rods, tools, etc in the back.
Pizza goes in front seat
Pizza goes in front seat
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Be patient…it takes a REALLY long time to get (October - April) but quality is supreme
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FOLLOWING and loving your build!!! I have been building mine since the day I picked it up.. March 31.. I come on this forum several times per day, always leave with new ideas and lots LESS money 
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Ok…Big day is over. OME Heavy Lift is installed, BFG KM3 37s and Black Rhino Abrams installed, 4WP UCA & 4WP Rear Traction Bar installed. Went smooth and pretty much followed process outlined in Stage3Motorsports video except we did not need to drop the swaybar. We loosened, supported with ratchet strap, removed bolts and just pushed outta the way. Pretty easy. Got everything torqued and got to use my new $250 digital torque wrench……Well except for the rear lower shock bolts……HOLY CRAP…..350ftlb. This we got to 250 and then use 3ft breaker bar and went a bit more. What a monster bolt. Everything else was easy and process took 3 of us about 5hrs with pizza break.
OME suspension is AMAZING and rides awesome. Absorbs everything. 37s are so cool and big. Did a bunch of measuring but the most important measurement to me was roof height. Grew from 75.5” to 78”. Pretty much as I expected. I put 2 spacers in each front strut, gaining an additional .25” but I did not put spacers in the rear. Semi forgot and before doing second one, collectively decided to wait and see.
All in all was a great/successful day with friends and the Bronco turned out AMAZING.
Need to get JCR tailgate reinforce plate and 3rd brake light relocate on before I can mount new spare.
OME suspension is AMAZING and rides awesome. Absorbs everything. 37s are so cool and big. Did a bunch of measuring but the most important measurement to me was roof height. Grew from 75.5” to 78”. Pretty much as I expected. I put 2 spacers in each front strut, gaining an additional .25” but I did not put spacers in the rear. Semi forgot and before doing second one, collectively decided to wait and see.
All in all was a great/successful day with friends and the Bronco turned out AMAZING.
Need to get JCR tailgate reinforce plate and 3rd brake light relocate on before I can mount new spare.
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Redline hood struts installed. Super easy and great benefit
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Some pics from our first warm/sunny day and drive down to get my AlphaRex headlights and Bronco aligned after lift. They said I did a pretty good job cuz alignment was pretty close.
I did have them finish off the torque of the rear lower shock bolts cuz all I could manage was torqued to 250ftlb with my digital torque wrench then more with a long bar and stop when my muscles said stop. I was probably 300ftlb as they only moved the bolt maybe 1/8 of a turn.
I did have them finish off the torque of the rear lower shock bolts cuz all I could manage was torqued to 250ftlb with my digital torque wrench then more with a long bar and stop when my muscles said stop. I was probably 300ftlb as they only moved the bolt maybe 1/8 of a turn.
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Mod today:
AlphaRex headlights. Super easy install. Went with Braptor config and LOVE it. Can’t wait till I can drive at night to experience them.
AlphaRex headlights. Super easy install. Went with Braptor config and LOVE it. Can’t wait till I can drive at night to experience them.
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Mabett mudflaps a no-go. No pics to show but a quick test fit at full lock and not a chance it will work with 37s
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Is Turtleback Trailers still in business?
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I’m not sure. They said pausing for 2023 but no explanation
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RCI skids installed today. Well almost all of them. Tmrw is LCA and Rear Diff
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Not difficult but I did have to remove the middle panel cuz rear tucks under it. My lifting jack platform was super helpful. Each bolt goes into a little welded cavity and one of the inner cavity surfaces snapped off/broke. I went to Lowes and got a longer bolt, spacer for inside and large washers (shown in pic). Not super happy with it but it works. I think the welds were not quite good enough in that spot. The 2 bolts that go into nutplates in the frame seemed off a little in thread so instead of forcing them, I reused my stock bolts. The most rear bracket that ties the aft skid to the gas tank bolt was missing 2 carriage bolts/washers/nuts in the kit. Luckily I had some laying around and didn’t need another trip to Lowes. I think in the future I’d like to replace that broken panel. Maybe when I travel to RCI next summer. I really don’t want to take it all off again.
Not the best access to draining the oil. I woulda thought they’d put a nice size access panel, but it’s just a hole. I really think you’ll have to remove this skid and since it’s trapped, the aft ones as well to drain the oil. I think this design should change.
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Not difficult but I did have to remove the middle panel cuz rear tucks under it. My lifting jack platform was super helpful. Each bolt goes into a little welded cavity and one of the inner cavity surfaces snapped off/broke. I went to Lowes and got a longer bolt, spacer for inside and large washers (shown in pic). Not super happy with it but it works. I think the welds were not quite good enough in that spot. The 2 bolts that go into nutplates in the frame seemed off a little in thread so instead of forcing them, I reused my stock bolts. The most rear bracket that ties the aft skid to the gas tank bolt was missing 2 carriage bolts/washers/nuts in the kit. Luckily I had some laying around and didn’t need another trip to Lowes. I think in the future I’d like to replace that broken panel. Maybe when I travel to RCI next summer. I really don’t want to take it all off again.Not the best access to draining the oil. I woulda thought they’d put a nice size access panel, but it’s just a hole. I really think you’ll have to remove this skid and since it’s trapped, the aft ones as well to drain the oil. I think this design should change.
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Looking good! They have all of their install guides on their site!
https://rcimetalworks.com/install-guides/
https://rcimetalworks.com/install-guides/
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Just installed RCI Rear Diff Skid…Pretty straight forward
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RCI LCA skids installed
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Pinch weld covers installed. Slider ready to go in but tired for the day. Btw someone had posted a video talking about destroying the wire harness clips as you remove them but I used my new $10 proper clip removal tool and they all came out intact and should be fine to reuse.
The scariest moment momentarily was inserting the clip nut bracket into the frame in fear it would slide somewhere lost in the frame..I was very careful, had to actually flip it over but held onto it with a pick tool I bought as well. The right tools definitely help.
Love the sliders so far but tmrw will be install and tread, so I can’t wait for finished product. They ARE very nice quality and I am very impressed with RCI off-road so far.
The scariest moment momentarily was inserting the clip nut bracket into the frame in fear it would slide somewhere lost in the frame..I was very careful, had to actually flip it over but held onto it with a pick tool I bought as well. The right tools definitely help.
Love the sliders so far but tmrw will be install and tread, so I can’t wait for finished product. They ARE very nice quality and I am very impressed with RCI off-road so far.
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