Subscribed... I have the same truck and am looking to head in the same direction you are. keep up the good work!

 

Thanks man im hoping to get started this weekend if I can get home in time I have been workin in Arizona for the past few months which is why I have the stockpile of parts right now but it's gonna be a fun few weekends

 

Hey everyone sorry its taken so long to update this thing but I have made good progress on everything and will hopefully be posting some pictures later today of the work done so far

 

hey guys its been way too long since i have been on here but i have made a lot of progress on the truck and still have a ways to go. I have my locker installed now and it has made an amazing difference my buddy cody installed it for me and it works perfectly! Ive mostly finished the front bumper and the sliders are done but my brother has been driving my truck for the past month or so, so i havent had time to work on my rear bumper at all. i have some pics of the build in progress and some of a couple wheeling trips i did.

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The first step was to remove the front bumper so we could get to work


Im gonna break it up to different posts so i can try to keep my thoughts straight but i have plenty of time to work on my build thread because i just got my appendix taken out so im bed ridden with my laptop

 

the next thing we did was to build the winch plate and mount the winch to build the rest of the bumper around I ended up going with the bulldog 8000lb winch and it works amazing

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I ended up pulling off the solenoid for the winch and relocating it under the hood so i could move the winch in closer to the bumper because I didnt want it to stick out any further than it had to

Then i welded up the winch plate and we started on the tube work
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I ended up using hrew 1.75x.120 wall mild steel tubing for the front bumper and did all the work with a jmr tubing bender it was tons of fun and a lot of work but im very happy with how it came out

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the lights are from ruffstuff they are the 4in hids and they work great im also thinking of putting on a 10in led bar from rigid industries

 

forgot to take too many pics of the sliders in process but i have this one i didnt out them on there flat they are on and angle to keep them closer to the cab

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This truck has made an incredible amount of progress in this pass year without dumping a ton of money into it. It looks great. Be sure to get some close ups of the final products when you can. Keep it up. Gives me inspiration for my own.

 

now its time for a whole bunch of pictures of my wheelin trips
These are from the pismo jamboree which was tons of fun

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pullin a fellow yt guy outta the sand

 

next up is the John bull trail

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Letting tucker pick a couple lines
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The GF and the pup fighting for shotgun

 

Your truck arouses me.

 

havent done much lately to the truck due to lack of funds because ive been out of work because my appendix felt like bursting so i have been taking it easy on mods and such but i did finally install my cab light that has been missing since i purchased the truck..
2doorjorunner helped me as he is my roomate but of course the dogs felt the need to help also!

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dude... bummer about your appendix! just subscribed, love this truck. stupid question, any issues with your cv's after those bj spacers? did you also install a diff drop?

also... i like the grip tape idea. its the little things

 

thanks man and no i havent had any issues at all with the cv's and its been over a year since i have done the lift and it has seen a lot of wheeling

 

Great truck, man. You've commented on my thread a few times now so I came over to check yours out. It's truly inspiring to see somebody do all of the things that are in my head for mods to my truck (bigger tires, rear lockrite and armor/bumpers. You've got a really clean one there, though. I'm jealous of you socal people, I'm trying to psych myself to work on all this after 22 New England winters. the bulk of it will have to wait for warmer/ greener weather.
Also, that's interesting about the gearing varying with stock trucks, I run stock size tires and have been getting anywhere between 9 and 14 mpg maybe I've got a pleasant surprise in my diffs as well. Or it could just be the mountains. do you know what codes coorespond with which gear ratios?

 

I don't know them all I only know the one for the gears I have. It's on the door stamp and it says gl144 on the beginning I have a picture of it that I will put up so u can see it

 

Ill also vouch for issue free cvs after BJ spacers. I have had mine in even longer than J&H with no issues.

 

http://www.brian894x4.com/Gearratiosanddiffs.html

I don't know if this is what you are referring to, but this kinda goes over axle codes.

4:10s for me at least my pickup has 4:56's!

And thanks for vouching for the spacers, I've always been curious to hear what people actually say. If I keep my pickup, I plan on running them! I replaced both axles recently anyway, so it really shouldn't be an issue!

 

No worries man it's totally worth the cost which is pretty cheap for what it is