[Wicked Mayhem]

maybe a dumb question but when people plate there frame are they running like 1/4" or 3/8" plate all the way down the part of the frame rail that lays on the ground? or putting like 4-5" etc plates on the bottom of the frame in places? just curious.. i put some like 6" pieces of 1/4" plate on the front n rear part of the frame rail that lays out.. can you buy long strips of like 3/8" plate thats like 2" wide?

 

[xdraggerx]

either should work

 

[Myst]

you mean plating just the bottom ...im lost? ..you mean plating/boxing in the frame right?

 

[rcmaniac]

you mean plating just the bottom ...im lost? ..you mean plating/boxing in the frame right?

No he means plating the bottom of the frame, to drag. So you don't drag through the frame its self..

I do not know what people usually do tho..

 

[Wicked Mayhem]

yeah just the bottom.. in already drug through enough so pretty much the whole bottom of frame is almost seperated from the sides.. so i had to plate it to keep it together but now i want to plate the whole frame.. i dont like seeing space under the truck when layed out with spacers in certain spots:haha:

 

[Myst]

lol but your faking it ...your extending the frame to lay frame?>

lol

 

[kink2227]

its like a body drop... but not ...its a frame lift... lol

 

[Wicked Mayhem]

it will lay flat frame non plated so its not like im plating it to make it lay.. im plating it to keep it together:haha:

 

[BlackEsDime]

plating the frame so he doesn't drag the frame off... Welding some meat on the frame so you can drag it away without damaging the truck

 

[ESBaged]

Drag it off, replace, and repeat again.

 

[Myst]

it will lay flat frame non plated so its not like im plating it to make it lay.. im plating it to keep it together:haha:

SURRRRRRRRRRRE ...



yea I understand what you mean by beefing it up and making it so you dont drag through even more ...def...

 

[BlackEsDime]

Drag it off, replace, and repeat again.

i've seen the damage this causes... no thanks.

 

[Wicked Mayhem]

SURRRRRRRRRRRE ...



yea I understand what you mean by beefing it up and making it so you dont drag through even more ...def...

you made me...

drag marks showing both rails on the ground:haha:

seperating

flat on the ground

 

[Myst]

PHOTOSHOP!!!!..

lol...yea I hear ya ...plate that thing

 

[Wicked Mayhem]

PHOTOSHOP!!!!..

lol...yea I hear ya ...plate that thing

:haha: it was.. now theres barely enough to hold the bottom of frame from seperating.. will finish draggin that off when i get more plate..

 

[Myst]

that sucks...how are you doing it ...cutting the bottom plate than welding your own ..?

 

[Wicked Mayhem]

that sucks...how are you doing it ...cutting the bottom plate than welding your own ..?

finding random plates that are about the same size n around 2ish inches wide i guess n welding them to the frame.. theres nothing left laying around anymore

 

[dropped94]

can you buy long strips of like 3/8" plate thats like 2" wide?

yep sure can go to the welding supply and ask for flat bar :tup:

how much you need???? you can get it for around 1.50 a ft

 

[Wicked Mayhem]

yep sure can go to the welding supply and ask for flat bar :tup:

how much you need???? you can get it for around 1.50 a ft

however much it takes to do from my radius arm crossmember to where my frame starts curviing up:haha: ill have to measure tomorrow.. maybe i can pick some up when i get my nitgoren bottle refilled....

 

[Myst]

they sell metal over at the welding supply stores ...hmm I should of asked today...I ahd to replace my gas