looks good man...did you triangulate those off the truck? just wondering.. great pics and explanation of everything. keep up the good work.
looks good man...did you triangulate those off the truck? just wondering.. great pics and explanation of everything. keep up the good work.
i mocked them up on the truck but will weld them up off the truck..they are not welded yet....ill make the brackets off the arms after they are mounted to the truck...I had them tacked together with the "tool" on and cycled them to see if they moved smooth, they were right on....Im kicking around making some uppers myself, using 1/8 inch plate and making box style with a uniball...im gonna make them after the truck is on the road..that will throw me off on my time if i tackle it now....
thanks for the pics and explination of them more. The lower arms look good, and that extra bit you cut off the arm where the bag plate goes makes it look alot better to me, Adds that extra touch.
just dropping in for a small update...I have sand blasting the brake calipers, brackets, hubs....bla bla..trying to get all that cleaned up some..I have also been doing research on re doing the brake system...im waiting on dome damn round tube caps to come in so i can finish the lower control arms....
got some time in tonight....
started bad..welder was spuddering..i cleaned the liner and bam...back to normal
my round tube caps have not arrived so i said screw it and made my own flat caps...
welded it up
added the arm to the lowers, need to gusset still..
filled a few spots...NOW YOU SEE IT>>
now you dont...
also welded some fish plates to the pie cut uppers..
Im hoping to get the gussets on the lowers done and the brackets for the bar ends on the lowers done tomorrow night, might not get them welded on but will make them....sunday im planning on welding them up and getting the upper bag plates welded in....lets see what happens...
finished the lowers today...ran out of plasma consumables...so i cant make the frame mount brackets..might try to cut out with the grinders tomorrow....here are a few pics...
got the lowers brackets made and welded in, also welded in the upper bag plate....I srill need to add gussets and shocks, then ill be finished for the most part on the front end.....hope to get some more done this 4 day weekend...wait its xmas...bla
some more work pics here....
now the drivers side is pretty much done..just have to do some grinding here and there..basic clean up...
Looks good very nice front setup
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Very nice, you do some pretty clean work. I like the gussets, I need to get myself a plasma too, that would be awesome.
it makes all the difference...This is the 4th truck ive done this to and the first with a plasma......much better...I use them at work everyday but never on a project.
Even though I'm not a fan a bagged trucks, the work going into your truck is pretty nice. I've been following along very quietly. The work seems to be well thought out, the quality of the work seems to be very good. I'll continue to follow along.
thanks a lot...trust me when i say no planning..im kicking it as i go...lol...im no stranger to bagged truck or metal work but i am to bagging a mighty max...
I got the driver inner fender cut out enough to lay down and no tires rubbing, i finished the passenger side fab and welding...no pics, looks like the drivers...lol...tomorrow im gonna cut the pass inner and start relocating wires and what not.....
what do ya ll think of this color powder coat for the spindles and the control arms...its silver vein and candy blue...the calipers and brackets will be in a mirror yellow with a metallic clear...
Looking good man.
Now you just elevated your status. Like the color, and the thought behind it. Allways my biggest complaint of alot of bagged trucks is when people don't do the finish work.
How many times I've seen the fab left raw with rusty fingerprints and seams. Pinch welds hammered flat with golf balf sized hammer marks everywhere near the pinch. Inner fenders cut out with jagged edges, along with the bed, need a tetanitious shot just to go near the truck. Wiring left dangling and loose.
Glad to see that this truck will not be the victim of such carelessness
the truck will be far from finished when its on the road BUT it wont looked hacked...Im doing this in stages...since im on the suspension im gonna finish it out...I am a sheetmetal worker but have a small side powdercoating business called POWDER EFFECTZ so i cant leave the stuff looking like arse...I think almost everyone plans on finishing it off but the cost involved in just the fab work between all the grinding disks, cut off disks, welding gas and wire, the damn tools...it adds up then add the cost of GOOD coating or paint, the budget is blown before coating...im lucky to have a very nice pro setup and nice size oven and the talent to do this..plus im a person that refuses to have crap...
thanks again for the positive comments...
well no pics, nothing much to see right now, i have been cleaning up stuff, sand blasting, man there was 20 years of crud on the front...made a bracket to relocate the emissions canister, still have to mount it, opened the wiring harness to re route a few plugs, worked on the brake lines some...after this weekend i should have some update pics.
ordered DHRP flat plate uppers...had a set in stock so should be here in a week or so...
Awesome, I've been wanting to see how his flat plate arms looked.
they look great to me, ill load a pic after work tonight...they come with cross shaft, polys, ball joint, and install hardware...199 to my door, could not pass it up, they were already made and ready to go..
here is a stock pic of the control arms coming my way...
Tell me how that works out for you I tried to order a full set of tubulars and they disabled his PayPal and he hasn't responded back to me in three days
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there has been bad business with him before. But from what ive seen he's made good on everything since coming back in business
We were emailing back and forth, he guaranteed me he would have me a set of tubulars in three weeks I went to pay, his PayPal said he wasn't aloud to receive funds at the moment and I emailed asking what was up and haven't got a response... Around three years ago when he was "barnyard" his service was miserable and everyone said he had stepped up his game but I'm not sure ?
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