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Im not going to go with the apg suspension. I will do King 2.5 Coil overs with upper arms and use factory lower and factory axles. I will run 35 12.5 17 Yokohama Geolander M/T G003 on a beadlocked 17 wheel with -38 offset if that wont be enough poke i will use a spacer
Sounds like fun!
Yea that's what I mean, adapter/spacer. From what I've read a spacer goes onto the hub but an adapter bolts onto the hub with the factory lugs and has its own seperate lugs to bolt the wheels to. I'm probably gonna order the BORA 2" adapters from stage 3. Once I get the bedsides I'll see how much more poke I need because I have a -10 offset and my wheels are like 11.4" wide. I also have to take the 1/2" of poke into account by moving up to 315/75r16's which is about 12.5" wide. I know the ADV fiberglass is 4.5" wider but my wheel is sticking out right now, so I've got to find the right poke with the fiberglass on the rear.
Your's looks pretty good with the -38 offset.
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I wish I had the stones to rip apart my truck. it looks sweet. how much weight is lost/gained?
 
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I wish I had the stones to rip apart my truck. it looks sweet. how much weight is lost/gained?
Negligible. Lol just kidding man to me they feel the same. When I get the rear bedsides off I'll hold one in one hand and the fiberglass in the other. I wasn't consciously thinking about it while I did the front.
 

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Sounds like fun!
Yea that's what I mean, adapter/spacer. From what I've read a spacer goes onto the hub but an adapter bolts onto the hub with the factory lugs and has its own seperate lugs to bolt the wheels to. I'm probably gonna order the BORA 2" adapters from stage 3. Once I get the bedsides I'll see how much more poke I need because I have a -10 offset and my wheels are like 11.4" wide. I also have to take the 1/2" of poke into account by moving up to 315/75r16's which is about 12.5" wide. I know the ADV fiberglass is 4.5" wider but my wheel is sticking out right now, so I've got to find the right poke with the fiberglass on the rear.
Your's looks pretty good with the -38 offset.
Nice!! What suspension are you planning to run? I was actually looking at the bora spacers on stage 3. Those look really solid! I will see how the wheels sit. Because i want them to sit just at the edge where they can tuck if i need to flex on the trails.
 
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Nice!! What suspension are you planning to run? I was actually looking at the bora spacers on stage 3. Those look really solid! I will see how the wheels sit. Because i want them to sit just at the edge where they can tuck if i need to flex on the trails.
Yea BORA adapters do look solid! I found some on Amazon too and they have the right specs (bore size, bolt pattern, thread pitch, grade 8 studs, heat treated aluminum although it doesn't state which kind such as 6061) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D717N6...abc_8EQ1FB2BJRS9FM3161XS?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
But ehh idk I haven't seen them in person and there aren't any written reviews.
So I got the Bajakits LT kit for the front it came in yesterday
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I'm gonna see how it goes with the eibach 3" lift coils on the bilstein 5100's at the lowest setting so no messing with preload (I am currently running the 5100's with stock coils at the highest setting so about 2.4" of lift) and I got them paint matched
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And in the rear I want to bolt some mounts to the frame and run a bed cage to the mounts with like a 16" shock strapped at like 14" or something with deavers springs. I'm getting the front installed this Friday but the rear cage will probably take me like a year to do by myself I have a ton to learn about cycling suspension. If anyone makes a cage I'll buy it by this summer.
 


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Yea BORA adapters do look solid! I found some on Amazon too and they have the right specs (bore size, bolt pattern, thread pitch, grade 8 studs, heat treated aluminum although it doesn't state which kind such as 6061) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D717N6...abc_8EQ1FB2BJRS9FM3161XS?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
But ehh idk I haven't seen them in person and there aren't any written reviews.
So I got the Bajakits LT kit for the front it came in yesterday
PXL_20210323_005844381.jpg
PXL_20210323_004411202.jpg

I'm gonna see how it goes with the eibach 3" lift coils on the bilstein 5100's at the lowest setting so no messing with preload (I am currently running the 5100's with stock coils at the highest setting so about 2.4" of lift) and I got them paint matched
PXL_20210320_205741664_exported_0_1616537856539~2.jpg

And in the rear I want to bolt some mounts to the frame and run a bed cage to the mounts with like a 16" shock strapped at like 14" or something with deavers springs. I'm getting the front installed this Friday but the rear cage will probably take me like a year to do by myself I have a ton to learn about cycling suspension. If anyone makes a cage I'll buy it by this summer.
Wow! Thats going to look really good!???? What comes in the kit?
 
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Wow! Thats going to look really good!????
Well I really wanted kings but I'm probably gonna play around with different suspension setups idk. The fiberglass is definitely one of the first steps.
 
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I had the same thing it turned out to be the wire harness attached to bottom of the bed

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Now that I'm looking at this again, no I unplugged that wire that's what I was referring to when I said I unplugged the tailgate.

My problem was around the fuel lines it looked like wires were connected to the bed but in your picture they are all together in the top left of your pic.

Looks like we're getting rain over here in 30 min all night so maybe this weekend I'll look.
 
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Got the LT kit installed Saturday, which is the whole reason I installed the fiberglass in the first place. I also lined up the right fender better to the door. I still need to drill one more hole on the bottom to bolt up to an existing threaded hole that I'm not using (there are 2 stock bolt locations on the bottom and I'm only using 1 right now), and it should line up next to perfect.

Overall I'm pleased with the quality of the ADV fenders I didn't do any sanding for fitment up front but the painter did sand for the primer.

Remark: The valence and the fenders don't exactly match up perfectly so you could sand it flush to each other. Also the valence is too thick to fit under the headlights the same way the stock valence does. There is somewhat of a slot at the bottom of the headlights that the stock valence fit into but my fiberglass valence didn't. Fiberglass is much thicker.

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Looks good! Add another thing to my to do list, LOL
 

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Somewhat twins! Westin Pro Mod and wide body, I have the Yokohama X-A/T's. I love that you went with the G003's? What made you go with Yokohama? (Only asking since I work for them lol) Send me a PM, I can get you a little kickback when you purchase.
 
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Somewhat twins! Westin Pro Mod and wide body, I have the Yokohama X-A/T's. I love that you went with the G003's? What made you go with Yokohama? (Only asking since I work for them lol) Send me a PM, I can get you a little kickback when you purchase.
What's up man! I remember you because I kept a tab on my internet where you had your truck for westin with the wide body and I would tell myself one day! You also swayed me to get the westin bumper without even knowing it. And tbh, the bumper looks so much better in person than on the internet.

Sooo, I actually have the KO's in 285/75r16. It looks like 315/75r16 should clear up front so I'll be getting those within a year. My plan is to get a bed cage and add 2 vertical spare carriers to the cage as far back and as close to the sides of the bed as possible to fit up to 35's. I've also been looking at general grabber all terrains but I'm not sure if I could put the white on the inside. Anyway, I'm sticking to all terrain tires because it's common for me to hit 100 or a little above on the express lane so I need the R rating. I haven't looked into yokahamas yet, how do you like them?
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