haha good to see you in this kneck of the woods. i'll be sure to do a detailed writeup once i get everything together

 

thanks man, i try to keep this updated as much as i can so people don't make the same mistakes haha. the budbuilt took almost 2 months to get to my door. i'm not sure what their deal was, but i suspect they don't have a lot of demand for the single case crossmembers so i bet that had something to do with it. either way, i was disappointed in their service. product seems well built though

 

over the weekend the electrician finished up my garage. i asked the landlord for a 20 amp plug to run my tools and she ended up having to run all new wiring from the house, so i got 3 plugs, a 240V plug for my welder, and even put a light over my workbench!





so i finally organized all my junk and got to work







sliders are 90% done, still need to sand and paint them.

 

Do you plan on notching your rockers or do you have a body lift so the 2" square tubing will clear it?

 

yea i'm gonna notch the pinch weld, but i do have a 1" body lift

 

Looks like I'll be doing the same with mine, thought about notching the supports but don't wanna weaken them any I suppose. But I don't have a body lift so I'll be hacking more away than I really want to.

The brick wall in your shop looks awesome, like there should be a bar there.

 

That's cool that you got your garage all wired up! Having those extra outlets and good lighting over your work bench will make things a lot easier. That's something I need to do in my carport. My uncle gave me a 240V stick welder, I need to repurpose an old hot tub circuit that's not being used anymore for a welding outlet, and add more lighting and at least one 20A outlet for my tools. I really need to build a work bench too, lol, been working off the back of my trailer project for too long now, lol

Can't wait to see the sliders finished!

 

Ya i wouldn't weaken the support legs any. I wouldn't think you'd have too many clearance issues, i only have a 1" body lift and i have plenty of room after notching the pinch weld. I actually bought way too much material so i may try to make an extra set of sliders and sell them. lmk if that's something you'd be interested in. here's how they fit







haha yea i like the brick too, and i definitely wouldn't mind having some cold colorado brew on tap in there but then my wife would never see me

 

haha yea its nice having a clean work area. my workbench is pretty redneck but it works great and has room to store my tools underneath.

 

Congrats on the power hook ups! Get those sliders on!

 

I may have missed it, but what size tube for the sliders?

 

hopin to get a lot done tonight

2x2 x 3/16

 

well i was expecting to get my sliders on last night but i ran into a snag, i couldn't bring myself to weld them on with this under the trim cap


It will be nearly impossible to access this area after the sliders are welded on, so i figured i need to do it right and ended up spending most of the evening cutting out rust and welding in new metal. its amazing how bad these things rust right in this area, i ran across some speaker wire poking out of the hole haha

 

I'm scared of what I might find if i take those trim prices off, its either gonna be nice shiny paint under a thin film of dirt, or a giant rust hole, lol. I've been contemplating doing a DIY bed liner on the lower half following the body lines up around the fender wells. I have a few color sample chips from Monsta-liner, they have a shade of red that looks like it would match pretty close, can't decide on whether to go with the red or just use black

That sucks that you have to do body work before you can finish up your sliders, but i look forward to seeing how it all turns out!

 

That's no fun, my 85 doesn't have those caps anymore and doesn't look to have rust there, only areas I have found it is in the front of the drivers side wheel well in the cargo area and in the front fender well area. If I decide to fix the front rust I'm just going to go ahead and push that section of the body back so there will be no rubbing issues. Should probably get the thing running before I worry about that stuff though haha.

 

finished up the sliders last night. man i hate body work! spent most of my time repairing rust, and finally got to welding on the sliders at about 9 pm. the body work actually turned out ok though...keep in mind i'm not a body guy and i'm not building a show truck, just want it to look decent. I cut out all the rust i could get to, then tacked in sheetmetal and bondo'd over it all. i wasnt too concerned with the body lines as they meet the rear fender since that area will be covered with the trim piece. pics:











and the other side, all finished and painted:

 

I'd say that's a pretty good job on the bodywork! What color spray paint did you use? I need to do a little body work on mine under the fiberglass topper on pass side and I'm pretty sure our trucks are same color.

 

Nice job on the body work it looks great! Your rock sliders turned out awesome too!

 

thanks guys, the paint is "regal red" from rustoleum, its not an exact match but it's the closest i've found

 

Geez!!!major progress,looks great!!and I love the power hookups,and your brickwork n your shop!