Front End Re-build


RaceRanger97

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Now that schools out I finally had time to put the new beam set-up on!

before:
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New Beams all painted up:
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Torn apart:
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new beams mocked up at full bump:
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Painted the coilovers while they were off:
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a shot of my sub-frame ive been workin on:
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Tabs all welded up with c/o's installed:
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rolled her out of the garage..needs an alignment:
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Im looking for a set of air bumps to call the front end done for a while..ill probably test it out later this week.:headbang:
 
looks great! now go test the hell out of it lol. how much did you extend over stock?
 
looks great! now go test the hell out of it lol. how much did you extend over stock?

ooohh dont worry i will...i put a 6.5" extention in them but after the bend it puts it at 5"..my track width is 76"
 
lookin sweet man show more pics of your subframe
 
ooohh dont worry i will...i put a 6.5" extention in them but after the bend it puts it at 5"..my track width is 76"

oh ok, thats not bad. i see your wheels dont have much off set neither so you can get a bit wider lol. If you were gunna race that would be perfect for the old 7200 rules but they made it 85" track width now. I cant wait to get mine from dave!
 
oh ok, thats not bad. i see your wheels dont have much off set neither so you can get a bit wider lol. If you were gunna race that would be perfect for the old 7200 rules but they made it 85" track width now. I cant wait to get mine from dave!

oh i bet...ya it sucks going from 78" to 76" its def. got me lookin for more offset rims
 
the new front looks good

wish i saw it in person

lol i parked by ya..testing didnt go so well..hit a fence lol but it handled great..just need some paint and a new grill
 
lol ill post some tonight or tommorrow morning for sure..
 
heres the damage..not all that bad:
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and some more pics of the new stance:

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lol dont fix that chicks love battle scars.

by the way i might give you a call to help me out with instalation of chevy springs on my truck
 
lol dont fix that chicks love battle scars.

by the way i might give you a call to help me out with instalation of chevy springs on my truck

ok cool...i just helped a budy install his on a 98 extended cab
 
got some sweet action shots..truck held up amazingly:

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also got some really cool vids..ill post them as soon as my buddy sends them to me
 

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