The transformation of my truck.
so this is gonna be kinda like a build thread. lol

two weekends ago me and alex (algranger) welded the rear in my truck
and yay pics!


it ended up lookin pretty good!!



so we had to go test out my new locker.
we went out to elbe and wheeled it pretty hard.
and upon my return home i noticed that i broke one of the springs in the right rear corner.

i've been busy at work and got both springs and everything removed getting ready to my 63" spring swap which i bought the springs for today and i'm ordering the sky kit for it tomorrow!
yay for me!
o and i will take pics tomorrow for all of you pics or it didn't happen folks out there

 

nice looking, i did some work over in elbe. I had a magic key to get me into gated places.

 

did some more work today. got both springs and everything out. and cut the front spring hanger off the drivers side then i ran out of cutting wheel and they were out at the store so the other side has to wait til tomorrow.
then i get my steel to make the new front hangers and new shackles for the rear. doin the double shackle set up.

and on to the pics




and this is one of the springs
i took out the third one so i can keep it low for now


and this is how it sits on jack stands



oh and this is whey i started it in the first place


this little helper spring slid all the way so i decided to fix it

 

hhhhheeeeeeelllllllllooooooooo justin! i see you still have my 7/8 sitting in your tool box. haha. your going to want to keep an eye on the rear shackle when deciding where to center your axle under your truck. i moved my rear axle back to help with shackle angle and to make sure i had more room to flex. i will be watching. "WOLF HAS SPOKEN"

 

nice work man!!
keep up with the pictures!

 

Looking good , yea keep up with the nice pics.

Good use of the dumbbells.

 

lil update.
got the springs all under the axle and everything runnin dual shackles for now cuz i'm cheap.
but theyre under theyre waitin to be welded

and i got my shocks ordered
got the bilstien 5125s with the 14in stroke
theyre a bit longer then i need but i figured just buy once ya kno

i'm gonna mount them thru the bed kinda like fillsrunner did in his runner

 

Sounds like a great project, I'll be keeping my eyes open!!

 

alright so i finally finished the 63 swap it really wasn't too bad and probly only took like two days if you add it all up
but i'm so happy with the ride
she rides like a caddy!!!!

and some pics for yall




let me know what you guys think

 

looks good, can you give more pics of the rear shackles and front hangers??

 

ya man i will snap some more tomorrow

for the front hangars i just used some 3 in bxed steel
and for the shackles i just ran dual shackles with the stock toyota shackle against the frame and the stock chevy shackle it took some customizing to both tho

 

Looks good... except that shock mount but hey its functional.. kinda like my snorkel


If you get some tires on there by sunday lets go wheelin i'm hittin Elbe

 

kool i never seen a snorkel from inside the truck

 

the tops of your U-bolts might hit your frame on full compression.

 

LoL Al, how does that snorkel work exactly? ... thats a carb.. How the hell you got that thing plumbed? lol pics!!!!

 

Yeah the exterior snorkel would get busted up on trees

 

there aint no way i'll have tires by sunday alex i don't have any money left
so if you wanna buy me some by all means go ahead lol

and dude howd you do your snorkel like that just drill that thru cuz i need somethin like that

 

Haha cutting the hole was the hardest part i checked checked and double checked then hacked into it with a sawzall. I made the hole way too big but i'm gonna fill it with ultra expanding Great Stuff. Dont want water pouring in right on my feet lol.

Looking back a hole saw would have been a lot better but i'm to cheap to spring for a bi metal hole saw

Oh and i have a bunch of extra pvc and maybe some more elbows i can help you set that thing up

 

ya dude i'm down for that i'll buy the beer and we can get to work lol

i'll see if i can find us a hole say tho
help me find some tires too

 

Yeah bring yer truck over this weekend, i have a big pile of elbows in the generator shed we can pick through and find something to fit together.