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GM Silverado/Sierra 1500 4wd 2007-2013 Long Travel Pre-Runner Kit - McGaughys Part# 59750

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Fits: Chevrolet Silverado & GMC Sierra 1500 4wd 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

- Front Upper Chromoly Plate Steel A-Arms With Delron Bushings, Front Lower Chromoly Plate Steel A-Arms Fully Boxed And Internally Gusseted With Horizontal 1-1/2" Uniballs, Front Lift Spindles With 1" Uniballs, Extended Hardened Axles, Deaver 16" Long Travel Leaf Springs, Fox 2.5 Remote Reservoir Coilover Shocks Front & Fox 2.0 Remote Reservoir Shocks Rear, 7/8" To 3/4" Heim Joint Steering Links, Braided Brake Lines, Grade 8 Hardware

- 7" Suspension Lift, Fits 35" Tires With Stock Fenders, 37" Tires With Fiberglass Fenders

- 19" Of Front Travel, Adds 4 1/2" Of Width Per Side

- Up To 20" Of Rear Travel

All Parts Cad Designed, CNC Laser Cut, CNC Machined & Formed On A CNC Press Brake

Upper A Arm: Chromoly Plate Steel, Fully Boxed, CNC Machined & Includes Delron Bushings

Lower A Arm: Chromoly Plate Steel, Fully Boxed, Internally Gusseted With Incorporated Horizontal 1 1/2" Uniball, Tig Welded For Quality

Spindles: Uses Factory Wheel Bearing, Calipers & 13" Rotors, Utilizes Factory ABS Technology, 1" Uniball Incorporated Into Design For Upper Pivot

Leaf Springs: Deaver 16" Progressive Series Long Travel Leaf Springs

Shocks: Fox 2.5" Remote Reservoir Coilover Shocks (Front), Fox 2.0" Remote Reservoir Shocks (Rear)

Brake Lines: Stainless Braided Extended Brake Lines

Hardware: All Grade 8 Hardware Included

Additional Options: 14" Cross Drilled Rotors, 18"-20" Travel 3-Link Suspension, Fully Fabricated 9" Rear End Housing

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CHEVROLET/GMC 2500/3500HD 4WD LONG TRAVEL KIT 2001-2010

Kibbetech 01-10 Silverado/Sierra 2500/3500HD 4WD Long Travel Kit The front 4x4 LT kit includes;

First 2 cad pictures represent the new style kit!  All new design will feature taller spindle with upper a-arm mount ON TOP of the chassis and better geometry like the 11-19 2500 kit.

New style Billet upper control arms New style Billet tie rods Fabricated 4130 lower control arms (updated design) Fabricated 4130 spindles (updated design) Fabricated 4130 weld in shock mount with integrated a arm mounts All rod ends, uniballs, steering clevises and stainless misalignment spacers

Now comes with all  RPI  12pt aircraft hardware +$1750 VALUE Limit straps included Will work on 2wd and some 1500HD models Retains factory hubs and brakes The kit requires and includes custom 300m axles built to spec

• 12'' travel with 8'' stroke shock
• Up to 16'' travel with 10'' stroke shock-This requires moving of EVERYTHING in wheel well area for shock mount room and tire clearance 
• Moves hub center 2'' forward 
• Increases track width to about 92'' 
• Up to 40'' with a lot of work 
• Clears 37'' tire with minimal work 
• Requires fiberglass fenders 

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When choosing with shocks you will be ordering a set of KING 3.0''x8'' coilovers with compression adjusters GOLD anodize, Black cerakote body, Clevis shock end with axle pass through, remote Gold resi.  Extra options are available at extra cost.

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99-06 Chevy Silverado 1500 4WD Long Travel Kit

• 100% CAD Designed and Manufactured in the USA
• 16″ of travel
• Utilizes a 2.5″x8″ coil-over shocks and 2.5″x8″ bypass shocks
• Boxed upper control arms, with 3/4″ heims for the frame pivots
• Custom stainless steel spacers for upper arms
• Fabricated spindle adaptors, utilizing a 1″ uniball for the upper arm pivot
• Boxed & internally braced lower control arms
• Fully fabricated shock mounts
• Aluminum tie rods with 3/4″ heim pivots & stainless steel clevis
• Powder coated finish
• MSRP $4495.00

$ 4,745.00

Add Coil-over Shocks

FOA 2.5″ x 8″ remote-reservoir coil-over shocks with springs (per pair) ( $ 645.00 )

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FOA 2.5″ x 8″ remote-reservoir bypass shocks (per pair) ( $ 843.00 )

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The True Travel Dynamics long travel kit for 4WD Silverados and Sierras 1500 trucks is built tough to handle all types of off-road terrain. Our kit eliminates the factory torsion bars and utilizes a 2.5″ x 8″ coil-over shock and 2.5″ x 8″ bypass shock giving you more control over dampening and a far better ride. Since our kit is a total of 9″ wider than stock you’ll also need longer axles. Our axle set utilizes custom made CV adaptors to be able to use a 930 CV joint on the inner side to give you more articulation which translates into more wheel travel. If you want 16″ of wheel travel with 4WD, more strength and a better ride then our Silverado/Sierra +4.5″ 4WD kit is exactly what you need.

Please note this kit does not fit 2500 or 3500 HD trucks

This 4WD long travel suspension kit fits:

• Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4WD 1999-2006
• GMC Sierra 1500 4WD 1999-2006

Parts Needed:

• 2.5″x8″ Coil-over Shocks
• 2.5″x8″ Bypass Shocks
• Engine cage should be fabricated by a professional
• Wheels should not have more than 4.75″ of backspacing

Parts Included:

• Upper Control Arms
• Lower Control Arms
• Spindle Adaptors
• 2 – Aluminum Tie-rods
• 2 – Steering Clevis
• 2 – Boxed Shock Mounts
• 2 – Complete Axle Assemblies
• Limit Straps

True Travel Dynamics is dedicated to fabricating the highest quality suspension kits, made right here in the USA.

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Camburg Chevy/GMC 1500 2wd 99-06 Long Travel Kit

$ 5,495.00 – $ 11,662.89

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The Camburg long travel Silverado kit is a huge upgrade in suspension performance. To start we made a fully fabricated spindle, a boxed lower arm with internal gusseting, In our new Gen2 coilover/bypass design we have the lower shock mounts sunk into the arms. We also have available a weld-on bucket style shock mount that is setup for a 2.5 x 8″ coilover and a 2.5 x 8″ bypass shock.  1″Uni-Ball lower pivots for the lower A-Arms and 3/4″ heims for the upper arm to pivot off of. The factory ball joints were changed out to 1″ Uni-balls upper and 1.5″ lower. Others will mount there 1″ uni-balls single sheer, this is not as strong as the “double sheer” mounting we do upper and lower. There are 2x 1.5″ uni-balls 6x 1″ uni-balls, 2x 7/8″ heims, and 6 3/4″ heims in the system. The total of these parts with spacers and hardware is over $1500, this is why our kit LOOKS expensive but you just get what you pay for! You will need a set of Fiberglass fenders to make room for your tires.

This kit is for the serious offroader and requires extensive fabrication. We recommend a qualified off-road race shop to install and setup this suspension system.

• Boxed lower arms
• Fabricated race spindles
• Full heim steering
• Limit straps
• SS Brakelines
• Powdercoated Camburg grey

FOX Shock Specs

2.5 x 8″ remote res. coilover 1″ shorter lower rod end 18″ x 3″ x 800# upper coil spring 4″ x 3″ x 500# lower coil spring 1.25″ width shock spacers top & bottom

KING Shock Specs

2.5 x 8″ remote res. coilover 90 degree hose fitting 18″ x 3″ x 800# upper coil spring 4″ x 3″ x 500# lower coil spring 1.25″ width shock spacers top & bottom

• Factory upper arm frame droop stops must be removed or damage to our upper arm will occur due to the increase in wheel travel.

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99-06 Silverado 2wd Long Travel Kit

99-06 Silverado 2wd Long Travel Kit - Add Billet Upper Control Arm is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.

DESCRIPTION This kit bolts onto the stock upper and lower a-arm pivot locations. Fabrication is required to mount shock absorbers, bump stop mounts, and limit straps. Fabrication and installation should be completed by a professional.  Please check out our race kit for additional platform options

• Tabbed and slotted boxed upper a-arms
• Tabbed and slotted boxed lower a-arms with 1” uniballs
• Machined brake caliper mounts
• Heim steering with 17-4 clevises
• Fabricated tie rod
• Mig welded components
• All necessary bolts included
• All heims, uniballs, bushings/sleeves included
• Designed to run OEM hubs and brakes (For race or dana please see our 99-06 Race Kit)
• Machined UCA Available +$500

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• 90” Overall width
• 17” useable wheel travel
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The trains and stations of the Moscow Metro

2 Comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Cities , Travel , Video

The Moscow Metro is the third most intensive subway system in the world after Tokyo and Seoul subways. The first line was opened on May 15, 1935. Since 1955, the metro has the name of V.I. Lenin.

The system consists of 12 lines with a total length of 305.7 km. Forty four stations are recognized cultural heritage. The largest passenger traffic is in rush hours from 8:00 to 9:00 and from 18:00 to 19:00.

Cellular communication is available on most of the stations of the Moscow Metro. In March 2012, a free Wi-Fi appeared in the Circle Line train. The Moscow Metro is open to passengers from 5:20 to 01:00. The average interval between trains is 2.5 minutes.

The fare is paid by using contactless tickets and contactless smart cards, the passes to the stations are controlled by automatic turnstiles. Ticket offices and ticket vending machines can be found in station vestibules.

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Tomás · August 27, 2012 at 11:34 pm

The Moscow metro stations are the best That I know, cars do not.

Alberto Calvo · September 25, 2016 at 8:57 pm

Great videos! Moscow Metro is just spectacular. I actually visited Moscow myself quite recently and wrote a post about my top 7 stations, please check it out and let me know what you think! :)

http://www.arwtravels.com/blog/moscow-metro-top-7-stations-you-cant-miss

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Touring the Top 10 Moscow Metro Stations

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Komsomolskaya metro station looks like a museum. It has vaulted ceilings and baroque decor.

Hidden underground, in the heart of Moscow, are historical and architectural treasures of Russia. These are Soviet-era creations – the metro stations of Moscow.

Our guide Maria introduced these elaborate metro stations as “the palaces for the people.” Built between 1937 and 1955, each station holds its own history and stories. Stalin had the idea of building beautiful underground spaces that the masses could enjoy. They would look like museums, art centers, concert halls, palaces and churches. Each would have a different theme. None would be alike.

The two-hour private tour was with a former Intourist tour guide named Maria. Maria lived in Moscow all her life and through the communist era of 60s to 90s. She has been a tour guide for more than 30 years. Being in her 60s, she moved rather quickly for her age. We traveled and crammed with Maria and other Muscovites on the metro to visit 10 different metro stations.

Arrow showing the direction of metro line 1 and 2

Moscow subways are very clean

To Maria, every street, metro and building told a story. I couldn’t keep up with her stories. I don’t remember most of what she said because I was just thrilled being in Moscow.   Added to that, she spilled out so many Russian words and names, which to one who can’t read Cyrillic, sounded so foreign and could be easily forgotten.

The metro tour was the first part of our all day tour of Moscow with Maria. Here are the stations we visited:

1. Komsomolskaya Metro Station  is the most beautiful of them all. Painted yellow and decorated with chandeliers, gold leaves and semi precious stones, the station looks like a stately museum. And possibly decorated like a palace. I saw Komsomolskaya first, before the rest of the stations upon arrival in Moscow by train from St. Petersburg.

2. Revolution Square Metro Station (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) has marble arches and 72 bronze sculptures designed by Alexey Dushkin. The marble arches are flanked by the bronze sculptures. If you look closely you will see passersby touching the bronze dog's nose. Legend has it that good luck comes to those who touch the dog's nose.

Touch the dog's nose for good luck. At the Revolution Square station

Revolution Square Metro Station

3. Arbatskaya Metro Station served as a shelter during the Soviet-era. It is one of the largest and the deepest metro stations in Moscow.

Arbatskaya Metro Station

4. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station was built in 1935 and named after the Russian State Library. It is located near the library and has a big mosaic portrait of Lenin and yellow ceramic tiles on the track walls.

Lenin's portrait at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station

5. Kievskaya Metro Station was one of the first to be completed in Moscow. Named after the capital city of Ukraine by Kiev-born, Nikita Khruschev, Stalin's successor.

Kievskaya Metro Station

6. Novoslobodskaya Metro Station  was built in 1952. It has 32 stained glass murals with brass borders.

Novoslobodskaya metro station

7. Kurskaya Metro Station was one of the first few to be built in Moscow in 1938. It has ceiling panels and artwork showing Soviet leadership, Soviet lifestyle and political power. It has a dome with patriotic slogans decorated with red stars representing the Soviet's World War II Hall of Fame. Kurskaya Metro Station is a must-visit station in Moscow.

Ceiling panel and artworks at Kurskaya Metro Station

8. Mayakovskaya Metro Station built in 1938. It was named after Russian poet Vladmir Mayakovsky. This is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world with 34 mosaics painted by Alexander Deyneka.

Mayakovskaya station

One of the over 30 ceiling mosaics in Mayakovskaya metro station

9. Belorusskaya Metro Station is named after the people of Belarus. In the picture below, there are statues of 3 members of the Partisan Resistance in Belarus during World War II. The statues were sculpted by Sergei Orlov, S. Rabinovich and I. Slonim.

10. Teatralnaya Metro Station (Theatre Metro Station) is located near the Bolshoi Theatre.

Teatralnaya Metro Station decorated with porcelain figures .

Taking the metro's escalator at the end of the tour with Maria the tour guide.

Have you visited the Moscow Metro? Leave your comment below.

January 15, 2017 at 8:17 am

An excellent read! Thanks for much for sharing the Russian metro system with us. We're heading to Moscow in April and exploring the metro stations were on our list and after reading your post, I'm even more excited to go visit them. Thanks again 🙂

December 6, 2017 at 10:45 pm

Hi, do you remember which tour company you contacted for this tour?

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The Moscow Metro Museum of Art: 10 Must-See Stations

There are few times one can claim having been on the subway all afternoon and loving it, but the Moscow Metro provides just that opportunity.  While many cities boast famous public transport systems—New York’s subway, London’s underground, San Salvador’s chicken buses—few warrant hours of exploration.  Moscow is different: Take one ride on the Metro, and you’ll find out that this network of railways can be so much more than point A to B drudgery.

The Metro began operating in 1935 with just thirteen stations, covering less than seven miles, but it has since grown into the world’s third busiest transit system ( Tokyo is first ), spanning about 200 miles and offering over 180 stops along the way.  The construction of the Metro began under Joseph Stalin’s command, and being one of the USSR’s most ambitious building projects, the iron-fisted leader instructed designers to create a place full of svet (radiance) and svetloe budushchee (a radiant future), a palace for the people and a tribute to the Mother nation.

Consequently, the Metro is among the most memorable attractions in Moscow.  The stations provide a unique collection of public art, comparable to anything the city’s galleries have to offer and providing a sense of the Soviet era, which is absent from the State National History Museum.  Even better, touring the Metro delivers palpable, experiential moments, which many of us don’t get standing in front of painting or a case of coins.

Though tours are available , discovering the Moscow Metro on your own provides a much more comprehensive, truer experience, something much less sterile than following a guide.  What better place is there to see the “real” Moscow than on mass transit: A few hours will expose you to characters and caricatures you’ll be hard-pressed to find dining near the Bolshoi Theater.  You become part of the attraction, hear it in the screech of the train, feel it as hurried commuters brush by: The Metro sucks you beneath the city and churns you into the mix.

With the recommendations of our born-and-bred Muscovite students, my wife Emma and I have just taken a self-guided tour of what some locals consider the top ten stations of the Moscow Metro. What most satisfied me about our Metro tour was the sense of adventure .  I loved following our route on the maps of the wagon walls as we circled the city, plotting out the course to the subsequent stops; having the weird sensation of being underground for nearly four hours; and discovering the next cavern of treasures, playing Indiana Jones for the afternoon, piecing together fragments of Russia’s mysterious history.  It’s the ultimate interactive museum.

Top Ten Stations (In order of appearance)

Kievskaya station.

Kievskaya Station went public in March of 1937, the rails between it and Park Kultury Station being the first to cross the Moscow River.  Kievskaya is full of mosaics depicting aristocratic scenes of Russian life, with great cameo appearances by Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin.  Each work has a Cyrillic title/explanation etched in the marble beneath it; however, if your Russian is rusty, you can just appreciate seeing familiar revolutionary dates like 1905 ( the Russian Revolution ) and 1917 ( the October Revolution ).

Mayakovskaya Station

Mayakovskaya Station ranks in my top three most notable Metro stations. Mayakovskaya just feels right, done Art Deco but no sense of gaudiness or pretention.  The arches are adorned with rounded chrome piping and create feeling of being in a jukebox, but the roof’s expansive mosaics of the sky are the real showstopper.  Subjects cleverly range from looking up at a high jumper, workers atop a building, spires of Orthodox cathedrals, to nimble aircraft humming by, a fleet of prop planes spelling out CCCP in the bluest of skies.

Novoslobodskaya Station

Novoslobodskaya is the Metro’s unique stained glass station.  Each column has its own distinctive panels of colorful glass, most of them with a floral theme, some of them capturing the odd sailor, musician, artist, gardener, or stenographer in action.  The glass is framed in Art Deco metalwork, and there is the lovely aspect of discovering panels in the less frequented haunches of the hall (on the trackside, between the incoming staircases).  Novosblod is, I’ve been told, the favorite amongst out-of-town visitors.

Komsomolskaya Station

Komsomolskaya Station is one of palatial grandeur.  It seems both magnificent and obligatory, like the presidential palace of a colonial city.  The yellow ceiling has leafy, white concrete garland and a series of golden military mosaics accenting the tile mosaics of glorified Russian life.  Switching lines here, the hallway has an Alice-in-Wonderland feel, impossibly long with decorative tile walls, culminating in a very old station left in a remarkable state of disrepair, offering a really tangible glimpse behind the palace walls.

Dostoevskaya Station

Dostoevskaya is a tribute to the late, great hero of Russian literature .  The station at first glance seems bare and unimpressive, a stark marble platform without a whiff of reassembled chips of tile.  However, two columns have eerie stone inlay collages of scenes from Dostoevsky’s work, including The Idiot , The Brothers Karamazov , and Crime and Punishment.   Then, standing at the center of the platform, the marble creates a kaleidoscope of reflections.  At the entrance, there is a large, inlay portrait of the author.

Chkalovskaya Station

Chkalovskaya does space Art Deco style (yet again).  Chrome borders all.  Passageways with curvy overhangs create the illusion of walking through the belly of a chic, new-age spacecraft.  There are two (kos)mosaics, one at each end, with planetary subjects.  Transferring here brings you above ground, where some rather elaborate metalwork is on display.  By name similarity only, I’d expected Komsolskaya Station to deliver some kosmonaut décor; instead, it was Chkalovskaya that took us up to the space station.

Elektrozavodskaya Station

Elektrozavodskaya is full of marble reliefs of workers, men and women, laboring through the different stages of industry.  The superhuman figures are round with muscles, Hollywood fit, and seemingly undeterred by each Herculean task they respectively perform.  The station is chocked with brass, from hammer and sickle light fixtures to beautiful, angular framework up the innards of the columns.  The station’s art pieces are less clever or extravagant than others, but identifying the different stages of industry is entertaining.

Baumanskaya Statio

Baumanskaya Station is the only stop that wasn’t suggested by the students.  Pulling in, the network of statues was just too enticing: Out of half-circle depressions in the platform’s columns, the USSR’s proud and powerful labor force again flaunts its success.  Pilots, blacksmiths, politicians, and artists have all congregated, posing amongst more Art Deco framing.  At the far end, a massive Soviet flag dons the face of Lenin and banners for ’05, ’17, and ‘45.  Standing in front of the flag, you can play with the echoing roof.

Ploshchad Revolutsii Station

Novokuznetskaya Station

Novokuznetskaya Station finishes off this tour, more or less, where it started: beautiful mosaics.  This station recalls the skyward-facing pieces from Mayakovskaya (Station #2), only with a little larger pictures in a more cramped, very trafficked area.  Due to a line of street lamps in the center of the platform, it has the atmosphere of a bustling market.  The more inventive sky scenes include a man on a ladder, women picking fruit, and a tank-dozer being craned in.  The station’s also has a handsome black-and-white stone mural.

Here is a map and a brief description of our route:

Start at (1)Kievskaya on the “ring line” (look for the squares at the bottom of the platform signs to help you navigate—the ring line is #5, brown line) and go north to Belorusskaya, make a quick switch to the Dark Green/#2 line, and go south one stop to (2)Mayakovskaya.  Backtrack to the ring line—Brown/#5—and continue north, getting off at (3)Novosblodskaya and (4)Komsolskaya.  At Komsolskaya Station, transfer to the Red/#1 line, go south for two stops to Chistye Prudy, and get on the Light Green/#10 line going north.  Take a look at (5)Dostoevskaya Station on the northern segment of Light Green/#10 line then change directions and head south to (6)Chkalovskaya, which offers a transfer to the Dark Blue/#3 line, going west, away from the city center.  Have a look (7)Elektroskaya Station before backtracking into the center of Moscow, stopping off at (8)Baumskaya, getting off the Dark Blue/#3 line at (9)Ploschad Revolyutsii.  Change to the Dark Green/#2 line and go south one stop to see (10)Novokuznetskaya Station.

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Jonathon Engels, formerly a patron saint of misadventure, has been stumbling his way across cultural borders since 2005 and is currently volunteering in the mountains outside of Antigua, Guatemala.  For more of his work, visit his website and blog .

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