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1. I'm impressed with your DIY can-do attitude!
2. Totally agree with your philosophy of working with the body lines for the flat bed and not against them
3. That's one trick jerry can holder!
One of these days I'll take the plunge and flat bed my rig also. I estimated I would be into as much as you are, so I'm biding my time.
Great work and thanks for posting all the pictures. Love the black and tan colors!
2. Totally agree with your philosophy of working with the body lines for the flat bed and not against them
3. That's one trick jerry can holder!
One of these days I'll take the plunge and flat bed my rig also. I estimated I would be into as much as you are, so I'm biding my time.
Great work and thanks for posting all the pictures. Love the black and tan colors!
#86
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WOW um.. well, the problem is I don't have the time. However, let me run it by John and see if he would be into doing it. He would be much faster than me and he was there the whole time I did mine and he knows the design.
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well I wouldn't be ready for it until the spring because I live in Tahoe and I need my truck for the snow season, but if you and john are down to doing the work, I'll pay you for your time and materials.
#89
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SHEESH! California cops are on it!
I have been stopped 3 times in the past 4 months in my rig. Got stopped this morning. 3 for no mudflaps and one for my rig looking like "a Toyota that was stolen last night."
Everything else on my truck is California compliant. The 2 Sheriffs that stopped me said the mudflap is a "chicken#$%& law." However, they have to do their job. They told me CHP is kinda sticky about the mudflap issue.
So today I monkeyed together some mud flaps. They are removable and I think they look like A$$!! At least I made them easy to take on and off.
oh well.
I also painted my gas can an army olive.
I have been stopped 3 times in the past 4 months in my rig. Got stopped this morning. 3 for no mudflaps and one for my rig looking like "a Toyota that was stolen last night."
Everything else on my truck is California compliant. The 2 Sheriffs that stopped me said the mudflap is a "chicken#$%& law." However, they have to do their job. They told me CHP is kinda sticky about the mudflap issue.
So today I monkeyed together some mud flaps. They are removable and I think they look like A$$!! At least I made them easy to take on and off.
oh well.
I also painted my gas can an army olive.
#90
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thats not so bad.. you should see some of the $h1t rollin around here lol.
i seen one truck with the flaps screwed right to the role pan under the tail gate, gotta love self tapping screws :/
i seen one truck with the flaps screwed right to the role pan under the tail gate, gotta love self tapping screws :/
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Great Work
Thats 2 jobs that look like they came off the factory floor! I like that you stayed way out of the box on the design, The trucks got "Curves" so should the headache rack.
Did you sell your old softtopper? Want to?
Did you sell your old softtopper? Want to?
#95
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I sold the softopper a few months back..sorry.
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Yeah well some folks have no use for these goofy laws so they just do the minimum. Especially if you have a $500 dollar beater you just fool around in, you don't want to drop a hundy on "mud flaps".
#97
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did you paint those flaps? no color on them in the finished photo. By the way I never did give to the props on the flatbed. I want one of those.
#98
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i did paint them. I actually had them mounted on it before and the muffler burned one of them pretty bad. So, I painted them.
I ordered a set of plain ones and they will be here sometime this week.
I ordered a set of plain ones and they will be here sometime this week.