camdendoughty

I recently got a thousand bucks for graduating and I'm wondering where I should put that money? I have a 94 extra cab ifs with a Chevy spring swap.

waskillywabbit

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In your savings account.

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camdendoughty

Yeah I know it should go there but the money was given to me for the purpose of spending it on my truck. Should I start an sas?

waskillywabbit

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$1k will start a SAS.
It won't finish it.

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Terrys87

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Waskillywabbit is right on that, but if it is burning a hole in your pocket. I would put it into getting all of the maintance caught up and all repairs made and dependable as possible.

If you are going to further your education and hope you are , the last thing you will need is car repairs and payments. When I was in school, gas was expensive enough and that was at a $1 a gallon. Having a paid off dependable truck was on of the best things I did when in school.

camdendoughty

Well I've put a lot of time and money into the truck already and its pretty good and I don't owe a thing on it. I look at everyone's sas's and it makes me want one. And all I need to do is the front and over time I can do lockers and gears. Is it something that's worth it or should I just forget it. I probably won't go to college I did welding all through highschool and now I have a pretty good job so I don't really need to save.

bob200587

I'd save it. If not, I'd go with armor. You might be able to get front and rear bumpers plus sliders for $1k.

Terrys87

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I know SAS is really well liked here and if you are doing some hard core 4 wheeling, the you would need it. IFS does really well if you keep it with in its limits. I have put IFS though some pretty tough rounds when I was in to harder wheeling. I just didnt hammer it and it worked for me.

camdendoughty

Yeah I suppose... I just bought ball joint spacers and did the Chevy swap. And ill be building a flatbed starting tomorrow so maybe your right.

Zelephant

Is your bed rusting; doesn't look like it in your avatar. If not, why do you want a flatbed?

Read this to help decide where to go next with your truck:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f120...mation-121264/

camdendoughty

I like the way the flatbed looks but maybe that isn't a good idea either haha.

Rt3sAwesome

Flatness are pretty kickass. Do you have access to a welder or machining equipment?

camdendoughty

I'm a welder by trade and I work in an equipment repair/fabrication shop

drew303

think long n hard about it.

if I were you i'd keep the IFS for now and armor the rig out and throw a locker n the back, you'll have tons of fun until you're ready to revamp the suspension or just totally redo it all like i did. Doesnt happen over night and a thousand bucks wont go to far in this hobby.

small steps and learn all you can a long the way! I've seen a lot of guys dive head first into these projects to contend with the vets and the big boys... then get completely discouraged when they realize how much work, patience and $$$$ it takes to build these rigs right to actually go out, wheel em and not break down every time.

I personally know a guy who dropped $8 grand out of the shoot trying to build a Toyota single can truggy on one tons only to get 80% built before its first trail test and get discrouaged and mothball the whole thing. Start small guys! START SMALL! lol

fork

flatbeds are incredibly useful. just my $0.02. $1k isn't going to get you far. at least i'm not the first to burst that bubble

wyoming9

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It is all well and good you have a decent job but having a little money on hand is always nice for when those great deals pop up.

I sense you are pretty new to this job and it is still interesting do you really want to spend your time away from work doing the same thing. Trust me it gets old real quick.

Maybe take that money and look around for a project truck to build that way you have no pressure because you need it for transport on Monday.

Good luck in any case

camdendoughty

Yeah I only tiought of the sas cause I have an 85 axle and Chevy springs in the rear so I just figured I could get a trail gear kit or wabfab and then that's all of need and I could get gears and stuff later on. I need three control arms and a new cv shaft anyways.