Swick's Prerunner

[2004xlmiller]

any plans on paint anytime soon?

 

[swickwake]

soon

 

[swickwake]

any plans on paint anytime soon?

once i get the canti kit installed ill be able to look into painting the truck. im never satisified with the look of the truck plus i care more about the performance then the looks.

 

[swickwake]

rofl SOON....

 

[swickwake]

got to work on the truck again this last weekend.

shock mounts and cross member


ten steps back wards.


jk... rebuilt and prepped the leaf packs. striped the frame and repainted. i need to get some por 15.

 

[swickwake]

had a little fun with the truck.






also replaced this chunk of swiss cheese.


my remaining to do list.
get axle rebuilt/geared
swap in new b2 tank with expo emission stuff
swap ranger evap canister for the expo one
get truck to ref
figure out body panels and color
then profit.

 

[swickwake]

not much happen this weekend i modified a new to me B2 tank.

 

[swickwake]

good progress today.





tomorrow gonna focus on getting the bed sides cleaned up/mounted and install tail gate.

 

[swickwake]

Ok.. Now I'm concerned about the looks of my truck. So i looked to Mcqueen Prototyping. I went with Mike's glass because it an amazing product, look good and I cannot complain about the how simple it was to fit the glass to the truck. Plus my truck will be black again.

So with the install it took me about 4 hours to fit all the front glass. I do need to spend some time on cleaning up the lines.

 

[swickwake]

productive day today



i hate this part whenever i get new bed sides.

but all is well in the end.

 

[swickwake]

Today marks the 9th year of ownership of my truck. Im looking forward to many more years and money to be spent on this truck.

Today's efforts were to prep the truck for my justification 2.0 trip. Unfortunately I was not able to complete all the tasks on my prep list. My main task was to replace the thermostat housing. I hope that I don't have to do that again.



I also reinstated my little house.

 

[swickwake]

My KOH Experince.

This year I went to KOH to volunteer and test the truck. I was assigned to amazing locations to do race and crowd control.

I rolled in around 3 am Wednesday


Wednesday: My first location that I performed crowd/race coarse control. It was really cool to see the start/finish of the UTV race and meet all the drivers.

Cars rolling out for KOH qualifying.




Thursday, Friday: I was stationed at RC 1. It was out in BFE and near the Marines Base.

Tuesday was the EMC race.















Friday was the KOH race. I took more video on this day.




My carnage.

This happen while looking for a camping spot in the dark. I turned left to cross this wash and the next thing I know my axle is hung up.

I have some issues to work out.... I was able to catch one of the SAW guys and figured that the valving in the shocks is way to stiff on rebound and compression. So back to the drawing board for new shock mounts and valving.

 

[swickwake]

This is RAD!! Screen Shot from the latest KOH teaser video.

 

[RB7 Ranger]

I like your truck Swick if you don't mind can I ask what are the tire dimensions and wheel dimensions? back space, width etc..
Thanks

 

[swickwake]

I like your truck Swick if you don't mind can I ask what are the tire dimensions and wheel dimensions? back space, width etc..
Thanks

Thank you, it a work in progress..

I'm still running a small tire set up.. 31x10.5 wild peaks.. on 15x7 craiger nomad II, the back spacing is 3.75, I do not remember the off set..

If your interested I do see myself selling this current set up in the next month or two.

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