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- 1984
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Sorry I just copied my build thread to put it over here but here is a pic of the rear of the truck when I bought it couldent find any of the front.
I decided to get rid of the stock bed because it kept falling apart everywhere. Not being able to afford glass just yet I cut the stock bedside skins off and made mounts for them.
Also you can see in the pic below I built a mount for the fuel cell no more ratchet straps there is 2 steel straps that bolt on to hold the cell in but I had it out because I was welding right around there plus it makes a good tool/beer holder. and the whole mount can unbolt and come out if I ever need too.
This picture was taken before I made the center mounts and pulled them out.
I got a killer deal on some 2.5 16in piggy back FOA shocks the old mounts were at a straight 90 degrees so I cut them off and made the new ones with the shocks leaning back 15 degrees the back is cycling 16 with the junk pack I put together on none flipped shackles I dont know how but I measured and remeasured its 16. Here are some pics
Now for the good stuff I kept breaking the hoops off that came with the truck seemed like I was welding them back together and plating them every 2 seconds. plus the size of the shocks they could accept was limiting my travel so I decided to make some new hoops I pulled the old 14in 2.0 smooth body foxes off the back and started mocking things up I wanted to build them to make sure when I could I could convert over to a coil over with nothing more than changing the shocks and cutting the coil buckets off.here is
the finished product 16.5 on a coil bucket. And that is strapped a full inch and a half before the coils come unseated.
after all that I decided I needed to build a new front bumper but after weeks if not months of searching I couldent find a bumper that wrapped all the way around the front that I liked so I decided to go with this. I have tube too tie the top of the bumper into the rest of the cage too make it a lot stronger.
random picture of my welding im using a little 135 on flux. so be nice.
I decided to get rid of the stock bed because it kept falling apart everywhere. Not being able to afford glass just yet I cut the stock bedside skins off and made mounts for them.
Also you can see in the pic below I built a mount for the fuel cell no more ratchet straps there is 2 steel straps that bolt on to hold the cell in but I had it out because I was welding right around there plus it makes a good tool/beer holder. and the whole mount can unbolt and come out if I ever need too.
This picture was taken before I made the center mounts and pulled them out.
I got a killer deal on some 2.5 16in piggy back FOA shocks the old mounts were at a straight 90 degrees so I cut them off and made the new ones with the shocks leaning back 15 degrees the back is cycling 16 with the junk pack I put together on none flipped shackles I dont know how but I measured and remeasured its 16. Here are some pics
Now for the good stuff I kept breaking the hoops off that came with the truck seemed like I was welding them back together and plating them every 2 seconds. plus the size of the shocks they could accept was limiting my travel so I decided to make some new hoops I pulled the old 14in 2.0 smooth body foxes off the back and started mocking things up I wanted to build them to make sure when I could I could convert over to a coil over with nothing more than changing the shocks and cutting the coil buckets off.here is
the finished product 16.5 on a coil bucket. And that is strapped a full inch and a half before the coils come unseated.
after all that I decided I needed to build a new front bumper but after weeks if not months of searching I couldent find a bumper that wrapped all the way around the front that I liked so I decided to go with this. I have tube too tie the top of the bumper into the rest of the cage too make it a lot stronger.
random picture of my welding im using a little 135 on flux. so be nice.
