The_Dealers Build Thread

[The_Dealer]

i would but my mom and stepdad lives in mooresville and he works for Red Bull racing, the nascar team. and i can get a good job around the shop, so u know. i used to go to murphy from there all the time when tellico was open.

originally it was closed because of trouts unlimited, dunno why its closed now, or if its still open...and i flipped my shit when my dad got a TU lisense plate for his f150

 

[4.0B2]

so where's the leaked bumper plans lol

 

[The_Dealer]

like this but a little different, still workin on the cad

 

[4.0B2]

I thought about doing that.. But I wanted the winch lower then decided I didn't want to cut into my body like that.. Plus I wanted to make sure the winch wasn't going to block airflow to my radiator

 

[escort_gts]

yeah, why even have a grill? He cut most of it up anyway... but, I do like how it looks.

 

[4.0B2]

i think i'd have to have more of a completed grille, not just a stock one cut out.

 

[The_Dealer]

yea im not cutting the grill, im mounting it lower in the bumper. my "wings" are gonna be a little taller and im cutting of the part of the fender that hangs. picked up my material today...500 bux worth of metal and tube

 

[4.0B2]

$500????? Holy hell. 3 20 ft sticks of 1/4 that used was $140ish. What thickness are you using?

I gotta cut my part of the fender that hangs down to

 

[84stealthranger]

i would but my mom and stepdad lives in mooresville and he works for Red Bull racing, the nascar team. and i can get a good job around the shop, so u know. i used to go to murphy from there all the time when tellico was open.

originally it was closed because of trouts unlimited, dunno why its closed now, or if its still open...and i flipped my shit when my dad got a TU lisense plate for his f150

nah tellico is all closed up the gravel road going to it is open and there is a few side roads off it that cool to go down. but there turning the trails in to gravel roads.

 

[The_Dealer]

well it wasnt ALL materials lol, some tools, cheapo bender, but i did get some 1/4" plate and 20 ft of 2x3 .250 for my sliders, and some .250 dom for the sliders and hopefully some ext ra's. then i got a latch kit for the swingaway, and a small piece of 1/2" plate to make d-ring mounts

 

[The_Dealer]

nah tellico is all closed up the gravel road going to it is open and there is a few side roads off it that cool to go down. but there turning the trails in to gravel roads.

im gonna be going up to mooresville in a few weeks if u wanna meet up we can get together. how far are u from troy?

rough design for the front. gonna try to tuck the winch down in the bumper as far as possible

 

[escort_gts]

sweet, when you going to start making it?

 

[4.0B2]

Not gonna wrap it around the body some?v

Good deal on having the bender and stuff tho!

 

[The_Dealer]

yea im gonna cut the front bottom part of the fender off and wrap it around. not too good at the program we were using lol. just trying to get a rough idea.

hopefully gonna get moved back into my house after the remodel this week, so ill have all my stuff there. sucks having to drive 20 miles to work on something. still gotta finish my taillight boxes. im doing the driveshaft and allignment this weekend, then prolly start on it. i bought alot of 1/4" plate in case i decide to throw the d30 i have in there with some leaves under it. not really sure about it. i know it will be stronger then my d28 and its already geared and locked, so thats a plus. im also toying with the idea of tbi for the 2.8. i can get all the stuff super cheap. and i cant really justify swapping out the 2.8 right now its running pretty good. just dont like the carb on cold starts

 

[84stealthranger]

im gonna be going up to mooresville in a few weeks if u wanna meet up we can get together. how far are u from troy?

rough design for the front. gonna try to tuck the winch down in the bumper as far as possible

im about 5 hours from troy nc lol http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
if thats where ur talking about.