My 'day off' daily driven project.

[TA^Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by bluez

i love how it came out. it looks better in person then pics. now that he has been working on his i need to start working on mine again.
(it gen with v8 3in drop)

Well while stressing over my truck I thought of what we can do to fix that bed of yours.

I think our best bet is to weld up the tail gate first to reinforce the bedsides. The cut out the entire bed floor and use angle iron to mount it on. Then from there we can figure out what kind of flooring you want. Maybe we can flush mount or counter sink both the fuel cell and battery into a custom floor.

As for sheet metal to replace the dented and rusted areas we might be able to use panels off the wrecked bed.

What do you think of a retro/old school look to it? Some '32 Ford style LED tail lights, phamtom gill or a chrome one to match the bumper... just a idea.

[BeyondeXtReMe]

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

i'm impressed by the work on the bumper...but the tails seem to take away from the truck to me...i think if they were the stock colorados right side up, it would look better...but as you said...everyone is entitled to their opinions...but again..i really like the work on the bumper..that was definately sweet.

I compleatly agree, i am 50/50 over the tails but man I love the bumper! that turned out really well! mad props to you

[kms_dude1]

truck looks good it reminds me more of an Xtreme colorado more than an s-10 with a tail swap from the reat

[Myst]

i think your a little to far in to be switching ideas...lol

[blazedime]

Quote: Originally Posted by TA^Guy

I'm in a mad rush to get the back of it done. Have exactally one month from today. I wanted the tail lights finished by fathers day because of the show we have every year here, but I think I might skip entering the truck and just show the bike again.

or skip the shaow all togeather and work on the truck there will be plenty more shows

[TA^Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Myst

i think your a little to far in to be switching ideas...lol

No no, lol.

That idea was for bluez's dime. He has a nice clean '92 or '93 with a healthy small block 350 and a T5 tranny. Damn thing will spin the tires at 70mph. However he had it on the car dolly hooked up to his Blazer and not one, but two people hit it within a week. Neither one stopped, so nowthe bed is trashed. Just had the cab corner pulled out and frame straightened... Before he wanted to tub it an dbuild it for the track, now he's seeing all the cool custom crap to do to them and now wants to build a sweet cruiser.

Just giving him ideas.

[TA^Guy]

Ok been working alot but here is my update.

I made 4 cuts on each side and pulled out the corners to meet the tails. I then coated it with All Metal, and now I am on the first coat of filler. The drivers side has alot more filler used because it had a huge dent there that I needed to pull out thanks to a Dakota. I work the next few days and nights but then I'll get back on it again.



Getting dark out now so I'll get better photos after I finish sanding.

[White&Crazy]

edge looks a hell of alot cleaner

[TA^Guy]

Yeah it does. I welded a 1" strip on the inside to make like a flange. It gives it more strength and finishes it off.

I'll try to get some in the day light once I finish sanding it.

[bluez]

looks much better. and yes now im starting to change what i want to do to mine. but im still not sure.

[blazedime]

lookin good bro. keep it up

[TA^Guy]

Ok I had to work on the bottom part of the 'bucket' today and I always forget to take photos until it's just about dark so I'm sorry for the crappy quality. I'll be putting a few hours into it tomorrow so hopefully many more photo will show up soon.

[TA^Guy]

Still working on the tails and dents in that area, but while some filler was drying I decided to start the third brake light...





Ill get more tomorrow.

[Slammed83Mazda]

good progress man, the paint matches nicely killer lookin truck.

[93blazer4dr]

nice like the bumper a roll pan is nice but i got something in mind for mine i been working on

[TA^Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Slammed83Mazda

good progress man, the paint matches nicely killer lookin truck.

what paint? lol

Quote: Originally Posted by 93blazer4dr

nice like the bumper a roll pan is nice but i got something in mind for mine i been working on

Yeah, like I said I think Caddy tails and a roll pan looks great but it's been done one too many times for me. Thought I'd try smething else.

[blazedime]

nice work buddy. now hurry up and finish hahahah

[4.3Xtreme]

I really am digging the upside down 'rado tails, and esp since they are the LED's! Now you just gotta get a roll pan, and not that horrid stock bumper, haha!

[blazedime]

Quote: Originally Posted by 4.3Xtreme

I really am digging the upside down 'rado tails, and esp since they are the LED's! Now you just gotta get a roll pan, and not that horrid stock bumper, haha!

did you see that he cut the bumper in half longways and shrunk it like 3 inches??

[TA^Guy]

Some photos of my 2 yearold son giving me a hand this evening...

Quote: Originally Posted by 4.3Xtreme

I really am digging the upside down 'rado tails, and esp since they are the LED's! Now you just gotta get a roll pan, and not that horrid stock bumper, haha!

Yeah no roll pan for me, only about 90% of the members here are sporting roll pans. Nothing stock about my bumper anymore.

[Slammed03]

thats funny...


nice work on the truck...its looking good

[david4991]

Truck looks great man. I've been wanting to put a bumper back on my truck for some time now.

[70CHEVY327]

dude i love the bumper ive been wanting to do that to my c10 but i went with a chrome smothy instead so i was going to try with the s10 but wasnt sure if the gate would open right and i have a 4x4 and use my bed alot so my gate gets a lot of uses. great work on the truck keep the kids in on it i helped my dad build my c10 when i was little and ive been hooked on trucks ever since

[EYEOPNR]

looking good... just shows if you take your time anything will look good

[blazedime]

i think little John does better work than you. i bet little John did all the work on there and you helped him hahaha just messin with you man

looking great. cant wait to see it in a week. i think ill bring up my welder just incase we need to get crakin on them pesky handles you have. i can do one door and you can do the other

[TA^Guy]

Near finished. The drives side where it was hit just needs some final sanding with a long board but other than that it's looking good.



And here is a shot for those that were worried about how they stuck out at the bottom. Tomorrow I'll try to get some day light photos from the back.

[EYEOPNR]

much better

[blazedime]

looking awesome John. you want me to bring my board up next weekend?

[AmericanMuscle]

for the 1,868,583 time i love the bumber too, i was planning on building a new one completely and chroming it, but you had a great idea there. the tails are cool, i've only seen a few of them, your not one of the billions who have a cali combo and caddies.

[4.3Xtreme]

Quote: Originally Posted by TA^Guy

Yeah no roll pan for me, only about 90% of the members here are sporting roll pans. Nothing stock about my bumper anymore.

My bad, for not reading the entire thread before I posted haha! But I really like what you did with the stock bumper! +1
Keep posting tons of pics! Your work is great!

[lx64]

looking good

[blazedime]

John what did you do to get the bottom opening for the light to flair out like that? looks really good

[cipherex]

I was just reading thru here and didnt see.... but you know they have buckets now for the colorado tail lights.

[TA^Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by blazedime

John what did you do to get the bottom opening for the light to flair out like that? looks really good

I welded in a peice of metal and then used USC All Metal filler and after a few days I used a thin coat of Rage Gold.

After I did it I thought I should have made a few cuts and flaired out the metal more, but I think the All Metal is durable enough to shape like that.

Quote: Originally Posted by blazedime

looking awesome John. you want me to bring my board up next weekend?

If you want I don't think e'll have much time to work on it.
I have that inline sander however it sucks up alot of air and my tiny compressor can't keep up.

What I could use, if you aren't using it, is your contour gauge.

Quote: Originally Posted by studly350

for the 1,868,583 time i love the bumber too, i was planning on building a new one completely and chroming it, but you had a great idea there. the tails are cool, i've only seen a few of them, your not one of the billions who have a cali combo and caddies.

Yeah someone else mentioned I should chrome it and I think it would look hot chromed out on the right truck... Maybe if I can pick up a spare bumper I'll use full sheets of steel over the tops, no body filler and look into having it dipped.

Quote: Originally Posted by 4.3Xtreme

My bad, for not reading the entire thread before I posted haha! But I really like what you did with the stock bumper! +1
Keep posting tons of pics! Your work is great!

No problem bud, when I skim though projects I don't read every post either. Just surprised you missed the photos of it... lol

Thanks for the complements, watching what others have done in this section over the past year helped inspire me to ditch my Euro tails and grab the saw. Everyones comments keep pushing me on to do more... now I just need the cash.

Quote: Originally Posted by cipherex

I was just reading thru here and didnt see.... but you know they have buckets now for the colorado tail lights.

Hahah figures. Nope I didn't know that. Would have saved me alot of time.
Thats ok I don't reall yhave the extra cash anyhow, just had to put $300 in tires on my bike and it still needs about $300 of other general maintenmance crap.

[TA^Guy]

Here you guys go, fit much better now.

[4.3Xtreme]

Quote: Originally Posted by TA^Guy

Here you guys go, fit much better now.

:Borat voice: Very Nice!

[AmericanMuscle]

this thing is turning out so nice, and its different!

whats next on the list of mods?

[TA^Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by studly350

this thing is turning out so nice, and its different!

whats next on the list of mods?

Well the typical shaves handles, antenna, hood pissers, sport mirrors, fuel filler door relocated inside the bed...

Then I was originally going to use Cadillac SRX headlights and grill but since I'm not using DTS tails like I wanted it only made sense to stay Chevrolet with it, especially after seeing the '07 Tahoe headlights. So plans are for factory '07 Tahoe headlights and sectioned grill.

After the body is close to done I want a set of black 20' wheels (not positive on style but have a good idea) and then a nice four link out back and hide all air management stuff under the bed floor.

Won't be finished anytime soon but I'm still working on it.

[TA^Guy]

No progress lately, was busy with a weekend car show I hosted and have to travel to judged another one next weekend and work four 13 hour days in a row this week.

But after that I'm getting back to the grind

Oh yeah some custom paint!
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...7/DSCN3754.jpg
Some people from the show we hosted had fun with that washable spray paint and then I let my friend go cruise with it. When I left the hotel the thought I'd go for the first carwash a few blocks away but instead I drove it home and parked it in my driveway. lol

Anyhow,
Here is a photo of it's current condition to hold you guys and gals over until the next mods come.

[AmericanMuscle]

sweet, i always wanted to see what those caddys would look like on a dime, but the taho light will be nice too. and i know how you feel with having alot of work, i'll be going to 12 houre days 6 days a weeks starting monday. keep on it man i like all your ideas so far.

[J.Cakes]

dude that bumper is badass, if only i could weld i would do that to my bumper, ill ship you my bumper and you can do it for me

[TA^Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by studly350

sweet, i always wanted to see what those caddys would look like on a dime, but the taho light will be nice too. and i know how you feel with having alot of work, i'll be going to 12 houre days 6 days a weeks starting monday. keep on it man i like all your ideas so far.

New MiniTruckin mag has a shot of a dime with the new Tahoe lights in it. Not a good photo but I don't think I care for how the person did them. Think/hope mine will turn out better.

Quote: Originally Posted by 00redsdime

dude that bumper is badass, if only i could weld i would do that to my bumper, ill ship you my bumper and you can do it for me

Oddy enuogh I figured I can get bumpers cheap enough at local salvage yards and was think of maybe picking atleast another one up over the winter and trying something else with it just for shits n giggles.

[jman]

creative stuff. i'm liking it. oh yeah, my sd relocator makes the handle stick out a little to. i really like you smoothed everything out

[Innis]

wow that looks badass now, is aw it b4 when you had just put the tails on, and i was waiting on the updates, great job

[greencactus3]

oh wow. just saw this thread. love what you did with the bumper.
there would definitly be a market for that if you wanted

[98layinframe]

very nice! love the work ya did on the lights and bumper so far!

[blazedime]

when we doing your door handles and gas door

[David12460]

Wow man I really like how those tails turned out!

[TA^Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by blazedime

when we doing your door handles and gas door

Gas door, hood pissers and antenna is next.

[blazedime]

Quote: Originally Posted by TA^Guy

Gas door, hood pissers and antenna is next.

you jerk when are WE going to do it