The Fordubishi

[Fordubishi]

got some more painting done today,finished the inside colors and the outside in E-coat.

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Interior gray and iris done.

PS Door E coat.jpg
Door in Epoxy Coat

[Acuta73]

Doing the spray bomb thing or do you have HVLP?

Looks good!

[Fordubishi]

I have 2 Pro-Tek HVLP's and a cheap siphon gun for primer. I do use spray bombs for small stuff.

[1987-bishi]

That's badass dude.. what mufflers do you have on it?

[Fordubishi]

The mufflers are Dyno-max Ultra Flows, their the older style none welded body. 2.5" in and 2.5" out

[Fordubishi]

Folded over the lip on the fender to give the tire more clearance.

Lip Notched.jpg
Notching the flange.

Lip Folded.jpg
Flange folded over

Lip in JB Weld.jpg
JB Weld to make smooth.

[camoit]

Why not bondo?

[Fordubishi]

Bondo will crack were the JB Weld will bond the metal together and flow into the cuts.Also the JB Weld put a little more strength into the edge.

[camoit]

How about fiberglass resin? That crap does not crack even with lots of flex.

[Fordubishi]

Fiberglass resin is great for flexibility but has no structural strength without the glass.

[pennyman1]

I agree - devcon makes metal - filled 2 part epoxy that works so well it can be drilled, tapped, ground, and with withstand up to 300 degrees

[Fordubishi]

Got some more stuff done today, E-coated the valance and started on the bumper mods.

Valance.jpg
Valance

Bumper Mod.jpg
little more air flow for the rad.

going to try and make steel end caps for the bumper and maybe go with a different set of turn/marker lights.

[camoit]

You going to chrome the expanded steel?
Say yes....

[Fordubishi]

Nope, might go black but not sure if I'm doing the bumper black or body color yet. If I go body color I will see how it looks and then maybe paint it black.

Chrome goes on the inside not the outside

[pennyman1]

My buddy who painted Geronimo got a set of metal end caps from a Toyota truck bumper, possibly a early 4runner, and grafted them onto his 81 Arrow truck.

[Fordubishi]

That was the other way I was thinking of going Pennyman. I found new end caps online for $13.00 but I'm not paying $89.00 shipping per.

[Fordubishi]

Spent a few hrs going through my parts box's ...... can't find my inside light and my passengers side headlight bucket is from something else. Oh well off to Pick and Pull tomorrow and see what I can find. Going to look at some different bumper turn signal lights while I'm there.

[Fordubishi]

Was out at Pick-N-Pull for a few hrs yesterday and found some bumper end caps off an 86 Nissan. Started doing a rough fit up on my bumper and with a little cutting,grinding and welding it looks like they are going to work. I will take pic's of what was needed to modify them to fit.

Bump Cap.jpg
First test fit for clearance.

[parrell456]

Was out at Pick-N-Pull for a few hrs yesterday and found some bumper end caps off an 86 Nissan. Started doing a rough fit up on my bumper and with a little cutting,grinding and welding it looks like they are going to work. I will take pic's of what was needed to modify them to fit.

That is such an awesome idea and I bet it'll look amazing! Is my bumper taller than yours? Something tells me I wouldn't be able to use those end caps.

-RHP

[Fordubishi]

Here we go with the end cap mods........

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shortening the caps.

Cap Mod 3.jpg
Notching to clear fender lip

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Rough fit up before doing some welding to fill the back of the cap.

The first gen bumpers are the same sizes, the only real difference is the holes in the center. So the caps would fit the 84-86 as well with these mods.

[Fordubishi]

Few more pic's of the bumper work.

Bump with Caps.jpg
both caps on and rough fit.

DS cap.jpg
Drivers side cap.

PS cap.jpg
Passengers side cap.

[Fordubishi]

Started welding up and blending in the end caps.Still have some touch ups and smoothing to do but it looks like is going to turn out ok.

Cap Welding.jpg
Drivers side cap welded.

[Fordubishi]

Got the welding and grinding done. Have some small pin holes to fill but basically the bumper is done.

Bump Weld.jpg
Drives side

Bump Weld 1.jpg
Passengers side

so i now have an all steel 1 piece bumper

[Fordubishi]

Yet another mod to the bumper. Making a LED truck turn signal fit into factory location.This is the first rough set up.

Turn Mod.jpg
6.5" X 2" truck light.

[camoit]

take it you are not going to use the rubber grommet to hold in the light.

Truck lite now has LED head lights. CLICK HERE