Swick's Prerunner

[swickwake]

spent the afternoon detailing 13 years of sun damage and scratches. washed, clay bar, washed, and waxed. plus tomorrow is my 5 year anniversary of having my tuck.

before:

after:

 

[GMillion$]

Lookin good!

but is it time to bust out some gloss black tremclad an sort out the glass yet?

For real, if you have an air compressor and an hvlp gun, it's a $5 dollar paintjob to do the whole truck... good results, too.

 

[swickwake]

did some fab work in it this weekend as well. sorry for the cell phone pics.

i converted my stock hanger to budget drop hangers.

mocked up

had to trim a little

added 2x2 angel iron. gusseted the ends to help lessen side forces.

finished and mounted. the down side is that i went from 4 mount holes to 3.

here is a funny. Operation Horse Evac was a success. vehicle contents: heavy ass cage, mini horse, a bird 1" tall, two dogs, wife and i, our belongings for 4 days, and truck essentials. trip details: make sure horse and bird are living after a 6 hour drive when delivered

 

[SnC RangeR]

that pic is hilarious. your build is awsome.

 

[swickwake]

i could not tell you how many pics were taken of me while on the 6 hour drive. thank you for the complement.

 

[koda6966]

Lmao!

 

[4.0B2]

i could not tell you how many pics were taken of me while on the 6 hour drive. thank you for the complement.

this does not surprise me that much, i would have pulled out the iPhone and took a pic

nice truck!

 

[bilzy7]

love the build, truck looked awesome after getting rid of sun damage n such. wish that was my only prob lol. id have to sand down the paint and rust. hope one day my build goes beyond shackles hehe. cant wait to see more.

 

[swickwake]

this does not surprise me that much, i would have pulled out the iPhone and took a pic

nice truck!

and i would not be able to stop you. but i can smile. thank you

love the build, truck looked awesome after getting rid of sun damage n such. wish that was my only prob lol. id have to sand down the paint and rust. hope one day my build goes beyond shackles hehe. cant wait to see more.

thanks, im sorry that you have to deal with rust. here is some for your viewing pleasure.

im back in the south valley due to unwanted events. so take an edge i played with the truck. i also tested the family go pro out.

 

[4.0B2]

that thing flexes pretty good.. stuffs that rear tire.. nice pic.

 

[swickwake]

it givies you an idea of where the tire would be if i hit the stock bump. seeing that makes me wish i had some spare funds to put in to the rear.

for the 6 hour trip north i had to deliver my mom's great dane to my grandpa. poor dogs has a tumor growing in her mouth. tomorrow my grandpa's going to survey the tumor and remover as much of it as possible.

the traditional rear shock set up is out of the question.

 

[swickwake]

update: wind protection for the dogs.

picked it for 200. just need to re-key and paint along with the whole truck.

 

[swickwake]

tested the off road capability of the shell during my camping trip last weekend.

 

[Bennybooster]

looks pretty good, it would look better all one color

 

[swickwake]

^^^thank you. that it would. for now im stuck with poor man updates but in about 3 weeks that should change.