Thank you for pointing that out...

 

Does that tell ya anything Cebby?? haha. I spent all afternoon today under my truck with a wire brush on my drill cleaning it up. It was pretty nasty under there. It still is actually but at least dirt doesn't fall on your head everytime you touch something. I'm going to wait to mount my new bumper until were done fabbing under there so it's not in the way. Just waiting on my Trail Gear order from Topher then she's off to the chopping block. Mr Delivery Man hooked me up with this stuff today too.. My Full Detroit was part of this order too I'm not sure what happened to it.

 

If its the same shop from a few years ago. It is very crowded with looots of stuff to gawk at. got to crawl all around his truck and check things out. Got a t-shirt and some other things because we picked the tranny up and he didn't have to ship it. Cool place dealt with his son Marlin was out, they opened up for us on a saturday, way cool experience.

 

They asked me what size T-shirt I wore. That shirt will totally make it worth the 3 hour drive and $2235 bill! Seriously though I'm sure the shop is way cool. And yes for those wondering that's what an ultimate box for a V-6 with the speedo sensor out the door costs!

 

More goodies today..... 37X12.5X15 Goodyear MTR's



She just needs a little trimming... I can't wait to see it once she's riding on these bad boys it's gonna be huge!!

 

Mike, no worries.

I hope you aren't excited about how huge you are going to have to go.

Robinhood has 33's with those springs and the truck looks good.

I have 37's at the same height. You are sitting on either one big SOB, or one super cut up truck.

 

This is going to be an awesome build. Can't wait for more progress pics.

 

That pic with the tire in place is how my rig is sitting right now nothing has been done to it yet. Those 37's dwarf my 33's. After the 5" springs and my 2" BL I should have no issues clearing those tires.

 

You're missing one - or is a can of fix-a-flat gonna suffice?

 

Ya I'll be running a full size spare Mike. The place I got em gave me a good deal but they didn't have any wheels that I liked so I waited to get the 5th. I've got my 15X8 chromies still in the garage but dont' think I want to use one of them. I'll come up with something.

 

cut that SOB already!

 

Gota little more work done today.

Front bumper and chrome pushbar is gone


Slee offroad High Lift mounts are on and good news a 37 fits in a Load Warrior rack. It was a feat getting it up there with no rim on it and I'll be about 2 feet taller so I'm thinking I need to find an alternative to putting the spare up there.

 

Please don't put the spare up there! Build a carrier that'll mount on your tube bumper....'runners are tippy once lifted and you don't need any extra weight up that high

I dumped my old runner on its side NUMEROUS times

 

Got any pics of a rear tire carrier on a tube bumper? I have'nt seen that set up yet on a tube bumper. I agree having all that weight on the roof is a bad idea.

 

It can be done...I don't have any pics on hand.

 

I have all of the hardware to build mine, I just have been busy with other mods and priorities that I haven't got around to building it yet. I have to get it wheeling again first. D60 soon to install.

 

Here's a spy photo of my front bumper on the truck they are using for the design. It should be finished in a couple days.

 

Here's a sketch of what I'm going to do:






And here's where it's going to go, pivot being on the driver's side instead of the passenger's as it's drawn above:

 

IFS comes off tomorrow...woohoo.. standby for pics!

 

Sweet! Where and what time! I'd love to swing by and watch for a bit.

And who is building the front bumper for you?