[Project] Living up to my username

Slammed03 · 07-20-2007, 01:17 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Dr. Pepper

damn adam, that looks killer! that black realllllly makes that blue pop like crazy. looks way bluer than before. cant wait for it to be all back together.

thats what i was thinking too...

xtucking22s · 07-20-2007, 01:21 AM

thanks guys, believe me i couldnt wait to put somthing blue ontop of the freshly painted and now glossy frame, i knew it would look killer with the blue and im so happy with how it looks. The blue is so sexxy!

~~sws10~~ · 07-20-2007, 01:55 AM

damn... keep taking your time, it will be awesome

GCash · 07-20-2007, 06:56 AM

i'm sure it was said earlier, but what's the reasoning for shortning the driveshaft?

xtucking22s · 07-20-2007, 09:02 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by GCash

i'm sure it was said earlier, but what's the reasoning for shortning the driveshaft?

because at full lift when i tested it the driveshafts was shoved into the tranny as far as it would go and wouldnt allow the truck to get any more lift. it actually never got to full lift. And same thing would happen when aired out, it would bind up im sure. this happens because at full lift and dropt all the way the axle moves forward slightly because the front link bars are relatively short. the shorter the bars the more you suffer from the axle moving forward, its just simple geoemtry.

TubbD · 07-20-2007, 10:11 AM

Damn, that look fuggin' hot with the black n' blue

stevehh · 07-20-2007, 01:41 PM

I'll second that.

Looks killer Adam!

jimhrabe · 07-20-2007, 02:03 PM

coming along nicely

Chris0nllyn · 07-22-2007, 06:14 PM

its sex on wheels....

xtucking22s · 07-23-2007, 12:29 AM

oh boy, its that time again, more pictures, and these are probably the most pretty and most satisfying pictures of the whole project in my opinion:

the cutest little air filter ever!

ok all the above pics were progress from saturday, from here on out was tonight good battle with the carrier bearing crossmember. This is the first thing on this project that i truely hated doing and really wasnt any fun at all. I cant stand rivets, I absolutly hate them, and working under the cab on back under the truck sucked ass. but nonetheles i got it done after fighting hard for like 4 hours. first the exhaust was in the way and the bolts to get the piece off the cat were so rusted and took so much force to get off, and ya ill stop talking, here are pictures:

notice how the thing hangs like 2" below the frame, thats the reason why this is getting replaced, it will hold me up from getting as low as i wanna go.

drill kept overheating, it was literally smoking so i put an ice pack on it to help cool the metal casing on it, which acts as a heat sink anyways, but the damn drill was burning up hardcore with the drilling out of the rivets haha

finally, i won!

test fit, ill bolt it in tomorrow, it was getting late and i was happy just to have the old one out of there. But notice how the bottom of the new crossmember is now flush with the frame. For those of you who dont know this is only an issue the extended cab trucks have to deal with

one more piece for the junkyard pile

mister880 · 07-23-2007, 12:55 AM

lookin good man. maybe i missed it but y did you take the exhaust off?

mccord · 07-23-2007, 12:57 AM

exhaust is over rated

xtucking22s · 07-23-2007, 01:03 AM

the exhaust was in the way of being able to drill out the rivets for the crossmember, i couldnt get the drill in there with it in. ill put that pipe that goes into the cat back in, then ill eventually get around to buying a new muffler and finishing that up. But i noticed the Y pipe up front hangs damn low and its gonna hold the front up so i dont know if i wanna do somethihng about it or just see how things go. im only trying to lay body kit but i dont wanna put the entire weight of the truck on the Y pipe cuz im pretty sure thats gonna end up bending and breaking something haha. but ya thats a whole nother issue ill have to deal with later on. i might just have an exhaust shop give me an entire new exhaust. and I might wanna buy pretty headers since i wont have inner fenders anymore then have everything from there back custom made so i dont drag any of the exhuast...thats the most likely scenario.

GCash · 07-23-2007, 02:18 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s

because at full lift when i tested it the driveshafts was shoved into the tranny as far as it would go and wouldnt allow the truck to get any more lift. it actually never got to full lift. And same thing would happen when aired out, it would bind up im sure. this happens because at full lift and dropt all the way the axle moves forward slightly because the front link bars are relatively short. the shorter the bars the more you suffer from the axle moving forward, its just simple geoemtry.

weird never heard of that problem with an ex-cab. i know regular cab guys have to shortern theres sometimes.

and the exhaust on these things do hang to low, they dont really hold ya up, you tend to smash it after laying it out a few times then you drag it off, then you get annoyed with the loud exhaust and make a new one lol.

sonoma99beast · 07-23-2007, 03:27 AM

i see everybody put these filters n the rear end what are they for??

snakenet · 07-23-2007, 06:00 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by sonoma99beast

i see everybody put these filters n the rear end what are they for??

stock, theres a ventalation hose coming from the rear dif, the hose is about 14in long, so they replace with the small filter and it looks pretty

mister880 · 07-23-2007, 08:05 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by sonoma99beast

i see everybody put these filters n the rear end what are they for??

helps cool down/ventilate the rear end so it doesn't over heat.

mister880 · 07-23-2007, 08:06 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s

the exhaust was in the way of being able to drill out the rivets for the crossmember, i couldnt get the drill in there with it in. ill put that pipe that goes into the cat back in, then ill eventually get around to buying a new muffler and finishing that up. But i noticed the Y pipe up front hangs damn low and its gonna hold the front up so i dont know if i wanna do somethihng about it or just see how things go. im only trying to lay body kit but i dont wanna put the entire weight of the truck on the Y pipe cuz im pretty sure thats gonna end up bending and breaking something haha. but ya thats a whole nother issue ill have to deal with later on. i might just have an exhaust shop give me an entire new exhaust. and I might wanna buy pretty headers since i wont have inner fenders anymore then have everything from there back custom made so i dont drag any of the exhuast...thats the most likely scenario.

you may hit the y-pipe. i do in my truck, mccord drug through his y-pipe

boricua4_life · 07-23-2007, 10:52 AM

damn dude! one of the cleanest setups ive ever seen! keep it up!

got_u_sick · 07-23-2007, 11:01 AM

Lookin awsome.

BlkS10Kid2002 · 07-23-2007, 11:49 AM

looks awesome man... how much por15 and the topcoat stuff did you use? i gotta order some more this week.

xtucking22s · 07-23-2007, 12:00 PM

Thanks everyone, compliments are greatly appreciated

Quote: Originally Posted by BlkS10Kid2002

looks awesome man... how much por15 and the topcoat stuff did you use? i gotta order some more this week.

I only used a hair more then half a quart of the the POR15, and about half of the pint of the top coat-blackcoate stuff. im amazed at how little was used. I put 3 coats of the POR15 on everything and 1 coat of the glossy coat on everything.

shade_tree_slmd · 07-23-2007, 01:18 PM

looks good

kovz34 · 07-23-2007, 02:02 PM

mmmmmm mmmm mmmm so sexy. good work adam. looks like it's almost time to start the front!

i take it that it wont be done in time for carlisle though? i cant make it this year anyways...

zap-man · 07-23-2007, 02:06 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s

Thanks everyone, compliments are greatly appreciated

I only used a hair more then half a quart of the the POR15, and about half of the pint of the top coat-blackcoate stuff. im amazed at how little was used. I put 3 coats of the POR15 on everything and 1 coat of the glossy coat on everything.

Have you brushed it on or sprayed it on?

xtucking22s · 07-23-2007, 03:09 PM

yup, almost time to dig in to the front of this thing. ya i definitly wont be taking the truck to carlisle but im gonna be there all weekend for the show, i love carlisle and im excited that this year i will get to look at all the trucks and exhibits a lot more since i wont be tied down to my truck, so its kind of nice not taking the truck, a lot less to worry about.

I have been paint brushing the POR15 on, i dont have the equipment to spray.

BlkS10Kid2002 · 07-23-2007, 03:17 PM

i have 2 quarts of por15 right now... im gonna order some metal prep and clean and a quart of topcoat

xtucking22s · 07-23-2007, 03:18 PM

yup, then thats everything you need and you will be golden. you will be glad to get the top coat, it makes it So glossy!

BlkS10Kid2002 · 07-23-2007, 03:32 PM

yeah i guess i didnt know u had to do all 4 stages... i thought it was just knock the stuff off and then paint. o well it will look great when done. Im unbolting the cab and pulling the bed so i can get as much of the frame as possible.

Mindless_Self · 07-23-2007, 03:53 PM

This install is so clean i wish i had the time to do mine like this. still got frame goo all over mine. but it works

Great install.

xtucking22s · 07-23-2007, 05:50 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by BlkS10Kid2002

yeah i guess i didnt know u had to do all 4 stages... i thought it was just knock the stuff off and then paint. o well it will look great when done. Im unbolting the cab and pulling the bed so i can get as much of the frame as possible.

ya i didnt realize it really until when i went to order and saw on the site all this other stuff so i figu

07-20-2007, 01:17 AM	#651
Slammed03 Twizted Intentions Age: 21 Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,658 Location: Radcliff, Ky User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by Dr. Pepper damn adam, that looks killer! that black realllllly makes that blue pop like crazy. looks way bluer than before. cant wait for it to be all back together. thats what i was thinking too...
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07-20-2007, 01:21 AM	#652
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username thanks guys, believe me i couldnt wait to put somthing blue ontop of the freshly painted and now glossy frame, i knew it would look killer with the blue and im so happy with how it looks. The blue is so sexxy!
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07-20-2007, 01:55 AM	#653
~~sws10~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,036 Location: Amarillo, TX bishes User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username damn... keep taking your time, it will be awesome
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07-20-2007, 06:56 AM	#654
GCash Frame Laying Member Age: 21 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,729 Location: Crest Hill,IL User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username i'm sure it was said earlier, but what's the reasoning for shortning the driveshaft?
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07-20-2007, 09:02 AM	#655
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by GCash i'm sure it was said earlier, but what's the reasoning for shortning the driveshaft? because at full lift when i tested it the driveshafts was shoved into the tranny as far as it would go and wouldnt allow the truck to get any more lift. it actually never got to full lift. And same thing would happen when aired out, it would bind up im sure. this happens because at full lift and dropt all the way the axle moves forward slightly because the front link bars are relatively short. the shorter the bars the more you suffer from the axle moving forward, its just simple geoemtry. Last edited by xtucking22s : 07-20-2007 at 09:03 AM.
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07-20-2007, 10:11 AM	#656
TubbD It really does... Age: 21 Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 22,834 Location: Linwood, MN User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Damn, that look fuggin' hot with the black n' blue
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07-20-2007, 01:41 PM	#657
stevehh ^ Im With Stupid ^ Age: 26 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,770 Location: Levittown, PA-☆-NE Philly-☆-Trenton, NJ-☆Tha 19057 Bitches☆ User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username I'll second that. Looks killer Adam!
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07-20-2007, 02:03 PM	#658
jimhrabe Turbocharged Pimp Age: 35 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 903 Location: Mokena, IL User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username coming along nicely
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07-22-2007, 06:14 PM	#659
Chris0nllyn tu-tu guru Age: 21 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 6,829 Location: Southern MD User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username its sex on wheels....
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07-23-2007, 12:29 AM	#660
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username oh boy, its that time again, more pictures, and these are probably the most pretty and most satisfying pictures of the whole project in my opinion: the cutest little air filter ever! ok all the above pics were progress from saturday, from here on out was tonight good battle with the carrier bearing crossmember. This is the first thing on this project that i truely hated doing and really wasnt any fun at all. I cant stand rivets, I absolutly hate them, and working under the cab on back under the truck sucked ass. but nonetheles i got it done after fighting hard for like 4 hours. first the exhaust was in the way and the bolts to get the piece off the cat were so rusted and took so much force to get off, and ya ill stop talking, here are pictures: notice how the thing hangs like 2" below the frame, thats the reason why this is getting replaced, it will hold me up from getting as low as i wanna go. drill kept overheating, it was literally smoking so i put an ice pack on it to help cool the metal casing on it, which acts as a heat sink anyways, but the damn drill was burning up hardcore with the drilling out of the rivets haha finally, i won! test fit, ill bolt it in tomorrow, it was getting late and i was happy just to have the old one out of there. But notice how the bottom of the new crossmember is now flush with the frame. For those of you who dont know this is only an issue the extended cab trucks have to deal with one more piece for the junkyard pile
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07-23-2007, 12:55 AM	#661
mister880 Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,694 Location: St Marys County, MD User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username lookin good man. maybe i missed it but y did you take the exhaust off?
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07-23-2007, 12:57 AM	#662
mccord "SHOW TIME PRIME" Age: 19 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 706 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username exhaust is over rated
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07-23-2007, 01:03 AM	#663
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username the exhaust was in the way of being able to drill out the rivets for the crossmember, i couldnt get the drill in there with it in. ill put that pipe that goes into the cat back in, then ill eventually get around to buying a new muffler and finishing that up. But i noticed the Y pipe up front hangs damn low and its gonna hold the front up so i dont know if i wanna do somethihng about it or just see how things go. im only trying to lay body kit but i dont wanna put the entire weight of the truck on the Y pipe cuz im pretty sure thats gonna end up bending and breaking something haha. but ya thats a whole nother issue ill have to deal with later on. i might just have an exhaust shop give me an entire new exhaust. and I might wanna buy pretty headers since i wont have inner fenders anymore then have everything from there back custom made so i dont drag any of the exhuast...thats the most likely scenario. Last edited by xtucking22s : 07-23-2007 at 01:05 AM.
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07-23-2007, 02:18 AM	#664
GCash Frame Laying Member Age: 21 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,729 Location: Crest Hill,IL User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s because at full lift when i tested it the driveshafts was shoved into the tranny as far as it would go and wouldnt allow the truck to get any more lift. it actually never got to full lift. And same thing would happen when aired out, it would bind up im sure. this happens because at full lift and dropt all the way the axle moves forward slightly because the front link bars are relatively short. the shorter the bars the more you suffer from the axle moving forward, its just simple geoemtry. weird never heard of that problem with an ex-cab. i know regular cab guys have to shortern theres sometimes. and the exhaust on these things do hang to low, they dont really hold ya up, you tend to smash it after laying it out a few times then you drag it off, then you get annoyed with the loud exhaust and make a new one lol.
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07-23-2007, 03:27 AM	#665
sonoma99beast drop and dragg Age: 21 Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 670 Location: mineral springs, AR/ shreveport, LA User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username i see everybody put these filters n the rear end what are they for??
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07-23-2007, 06:00 AM	#666
snakenet Now bodydroped on 20s!! Age: 20 Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 779 Location: West Sacramento User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by sonoma99beast i see everybody put these filters n the rear end what are they for?? stock, theres a ventalation hose coming from the rear dif, the hose is about 14in long, so they replace with the small filter and it looks pretty
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07-23-2007, 08:05 AM	#667
mister880 Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,694 Location: St Marys County, MD User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by sonoma99beast i see everybody put these filters n the rear end what are they for?? helps cool down/ventilate the rear end so it doesn't over heat.
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07-23-2007, 08:06 AM	#668
mister880 Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,694 Location: St Marys County, MD User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s the exhaust was in the way of being able to drill out the rivets for the crossmember, i couldnt get the drill in there with it in. ill put that pipe that goes into the cat back in, then ill eventually get around to buying a new muffler and finishing that up. But i noticed the Y pipe up front hangs damn low and its gonna hold the front up so i dont know if i wanna do somethihng about it or just see how things go. im only trying to lay body kit but i dont wanna put the entire weight of the truck on the Y pipe cuz im pretty sure thats gonna end up bending and breaking something haha. but ya thats a whole nother issue ill have to deal with later on. i might just have an exhaust shop give me an entire new exhaust. and I might wanna buy pretty headers since i wont have inner fenders anymore then have everything from there back custom made so i dont drag any of the exhuast...thats the most likely scenario. you may hit the y-pipe. i do in my truck, mccord drug through his y-pipe
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07-23-2007, 10:52 AM	#669
boricua4_life Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,247 Location: Waynesville, MO User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username damn dude! one of the cleanest setups ive ever seen! keep it up!
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07-23-2007, 11:01 AM	#670
got_u_sick PUNISHING GROUNDS Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,325 Location: Kentucky User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Lookin awsome.
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07-23-2007, 11:49 AM	#671
BlkS10Kid2002 Republican Masshole! Age: 24 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,094 Location: Central MA User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username looks awesome man... how much por15 and the topcoat stuff did you use? i gotta order some more this week.
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07-23-2007, 12:00 PM	#672
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Thanks everyone, compliments are greatly appreciated Quote: Originally Posted by BlkS10Kid2002 looks awesome man... how much por15 and the topcoat stuff did you use? i gotta order some more this week. I only used a hair more then half a quart of the the POR15, and about half of the pint of the top coat-blackcoate stuff. im amazed at how little was used. I put 3 coats of the POR15 on everything and 1 coat of the glossy coat on everything.
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07-23-2007, 01:18 PM	#673
shade_tree_slmd Reaching Nulowz Age: 24 Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 814 Location: Fort Meade, MD User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username looks good
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07-23-2007, 02:02 PM	#674
kovz34 I needs paint! Age: 23 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 8,189 Location: Pittsburgh, PA User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username mmmmmm mmmm mmmm so sexy. good work adam. looks like it's almost time to start the front! i take it that it wont be done in time for carlisle though? i cant make it this year anyways...
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07-23-2007, 02:06 PM	#675
zap-man CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS Age: 32 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 470 Location: In tha Lou. South Side User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s Thanks everyone, compliments are greatly appreciated I only used a hair more then half a quart of the the POR15, and about half of the pint of the top coat-blackcoate stuff. im amazed at how little was used. I put 3 coats of the POR15 on everything and 1 coat of the glossy coat on everything. Have you brushed it on or sprayed it on?
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07-23-2007, 03:09 PM	#676
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username yup, almost time to dig in to the front of this thing. ya i definitly wont be taking the truck to carlisle but im gonna be there all weekend for the show, i love carlisle and im excited that this year i will get to look at all the trucks and exhibits a lot more since i wont be tied down to my truck, so its kind of nice not taking the truck, a lot less to worry about. I have been paint brushing the POR15 on, i dont have the equipment to spray.
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07-23-2007, 03:17 PM	#677
BlkS10Kid2002 Republican Masshole! Age: 24 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,094 Location: Central MA User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username i have 2 quarts of por15 right now... im gonna order some metal prep and clean and a quart of topcoat
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07-23-2007, 03:18 PM	#678
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username yup, then thats everything you need and you will be golden. you will be glad to get the top coat, it makes it So glossy!
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07-23-2007, 03:32 PM	#679
BlkS10Kid2002 Republican Masshole! Age: 24 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,094 Location: Central MA User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username yeah i guess i didnt know u had to do all 4 stages... i thought it was just knock the stuff off and then paint. o well it will look great when done. Im unbolting the cab and pulling the bed so i can get as much of the frame as possible.
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07-23-2007, 03:53 PM	#680
Mindless_Self shaved Age: 20 Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 170 Location: Highland, Indiana User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username This install is so clean i wish i had the time to do mine like this. still got frame goo all over mine. but it works Great install.
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