Project Girl with Wrenches

[98lowerednewproje]

Well, I will consider myself bs'ed, then.


By the way Heather, this useless, idle, random, non-truck talk will continue until you post some progress or something. Why you ask? Just cause.

[Blade.]

Heather's project thread is pretty much the new chat... Like come on guys

[BDT00Buckshot]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blade.

Hahaha in-n-n-n-n-nstant mad!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by roademon

K don't start this in my thread pls

Not mad, its not worth it. I was just trying to give a hard time back.

Sorry Heather didn't mean to continue to side track. Common progress! What size bags are you thinking of for up front?

[deathphoenix99]

Damn man, I was just messing, I'm from Indiana......





Heather, sorry about that.

[nomacane07]

Quote: Originally Posted by deathphoenix99

I'm from Indiana

Me too.

[90blueS10]

Me too.

[StirFrey]

me too

edit: wait what are we all agreeing to?

[roademon]

Update time!!! Okay it's a minor update but it's an update. Vette wheels are on the truck. Picking up a ZR2 rear end for the truck next monday, yay posi and no more 3" rear spacers! Hit the junkyard looking for a jeep steering shaft with no luck but did find a dome light. I've been looking for a bigger dome light so I can run the led panel lights since the stock s10 one is about 2mm too small for the one I bought. So I found one from an older early 90's ranger, cut it's center out and trimmed the stock s10 dome to fit inside it.


With exposure turned down

With exposure back up

[roademon]

I'll take a pic of how it looks in the truck when it's light out.

[mostizzle]

Neato. I've been wanting to figure something out because the truck has a shitty looking dome light and the white lens sucks balls.

[roademon]

Yea I hated the white lense and when I tried to force it over the led panel I broke it. So I ran it open for a while til I found something that would work. I wasn't smart enough to take a pic of the ranger dome light before I cut it apart though but it was super easy and fits quite nice. Has a bit of a gap at the sides where the headliner curves but it's not super noticeable.

[deathphoenix99]

Very nice. The OHC was good enough lighting upgrade for me.

[roademon]

Oh yea that would give lots of light.
I'm thinking I might redo my suede headliner this summer since it has a couple wrinkles that bug me and when I do I might figure out a way to accent light the embosed chevy symbol I have in the headliner. Not sure how yet though.

[badmofo529]

looks good. i kinda miss my dome light

[roademon]

Oh and might I add the new spacers on the front of my truck are sooooooo much better, amazing what 1/4 inch does for clearing the wheel well.

[Sonomanclature]

Quote: Originally Posted by roademon

Picking up a ZR2 rear end for the truck next monday, yay posi and no more 3" rear spacers!]

Isn't a Z rear going to be too wide for your truck, IIRc the 2wd is 54" WMS-WMS, the 4wd is 60" WMS-WMS, and the Z is 63" WMS-WMS. so you would want one from a regular 4x4, not a Z, if my memory serves me correctly.

[deathphoenix99]

A Z's rear is 8" wider than a 2wd, so it'll push the wheels out 4", but a 4x4 rear is 4"
wider than a 2wd, so it only moves the wheels out 2". Either way, it's not going to be the 3" she currently has.

[nomacane07]

I thought they were only 2" wider on each side.

[roademon]

hmmm I heard 6" wider on a Z. I can't do 8.... now I gotta research lol

[roademon]

yep, you're right. DAMNIT!!!! Well at least it saved me a trip up to Edmonton and $150

[90blueS10]

Cut the truck in half and widen it two inches.

[Drain Bamaged]

Now that would be cool and alot of work

[roademon]

That would be. But far too much work lol. Especially just to fit a zr2 rear end under it haha.

But if the 4x4 rear end is 4 inches wider that would still help. What I need is 60" wide camaro rear end. But a camaro rear end would have the leaf spring seats in the wrong spot I assume right?

[90blueS10]

what leaf perches?



camaros are coil.

[roademon]

Even the old ones?

[mostizzle]

1st gen Maros are leaf sprung.

[nomacane07]

I think they were leaf sprung untill 81. Anyway you could convert a rear to work with leafs easy.

[90blueS10]

I was assuming a 4th gen swap. But yes, first and 2nd gen maros were leaf.

[mostizzle]

And 2nd gen doi. Told you I wasn't thinking today. lol I have a 3rd gen rear sitting in my garage, let me know if you want me to measure the width.

[90blueS10]

Quote: Originally Posted by mostizzle

let me know if you want me to measure the width

Giggity.

[mostizzle]

[Sonomanclature]

Buy Maro rear, Buy perches, cut Maro rear of all its crap, weld on Perches, install. Take pics . drink beer.

[roademon]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sonomanclature

Buy Maro rear, Buy perches, cut Maro rear of all its crap, weld on Perches, install. Take pics . drink beer.

Good plan, I'm on it. But I don't drink beer, someone will have to come drink beer for me....

[Stewzer55]

Scuffy will come to Alberta to drink beer for you *belch*

[Sonomanclature]

Quote: Originally Posted by roademon

Good plan, I'm on it. But I don't drink beer, someone will have to come drink beer for me....

set upa web cam and live stream it while you are working on it, then we will all drink beer and watch you slave. win win.

[Sonomanclature]

She is contemplating it, hence the silence.

[wildman ss]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sonomanclature

Buy Maro rear, Buy perches, cut Maro rear of all its crap, weld on Perches, install. Take pics . drink beer.

or buy maro rear, buy bag mounts, install 4 link, send me pics

[BLUESONOMA]

Quote: Originally Posted by wildman ss

or buy maro rear, buy bag mounts, install 4 link, send me pics

Perfect solution !!

[roademon]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sonomanclature

She is contemplating it, hence the silence.

Haha I so was.

Quote: Originally Posted by wildman ss

or buy maro rear, buy bag mounts, install 4 link, send me pics

Sponsor?

[Stewzer55]

BWildman Photography will sponsor you.

[90blueS10]

Hey o!

[roademon]

Bodywork to commence when the rain stops this week. And my trucks rear end vibration has gotten much worse. Getting a bit worried that I can't figure out what it is. I'm all for some good vibration but this is getting bad, it's making my doors rattle now Met a guy on the weekend though that has a friend that does good driveline work. He can get my drive shaft balanced and u-joints done for cheap so I'm going to try that. Also started planning my sub box so I can start cutting the huge mdf sheet in the garage Update pics soon I promise.

[nick8788]

ok... but only cuz you promised...

[roademon]

Doesn't help I left my phone on the back of my truck and drove off. It got run over in front of my house. Amazingly no cracked screen just some dents in the back from rocks on the tire and a gash in the lense for the camera. But I use my phone to take my truck pics so now I gotta find the cord for my digital camera instead.

[415rider]

That is a sick s10...I dropped my 95 that low...reminds me of my old truck but mine was teal....

[roademon]

Thanks

Hmmm also thinking it's time for a new sig pic as well. Damn I wish I could find my camera cord!!!

Oh and on another note anyone have some good pics of a 98+ bumper with a pre 98 valance? I'm really on the fence on wether I want to do it to the s10.

[deathphoenix99]

Are you talking about s10 bumpers? If so, I think it looks like crap, but that's up to you.

[BDT00Buckshot]

Check blad boys shop truck. I think he did that. Looks ok, but like something is missing. Wouldn't look bad with a few billet bars to match his grill. Some one else mentioned that.

[knock9876]

Quote: Originally Posted by roademon

Thanks

Hmmm also thinking it's time for a new sig pic as well. Damn I wish I could find my camera cord!!!

Oh and on another note anyone have some good pics of a 98+ bumper with a pre 98 valance? I'm really on the fence on wether I want to do it to the s10.

you almost just sounded like mike wolf on American Pickers lol

[roademon]

Finally got my laptop to take my SD card 8)