[MoneyMike]

yea, i sold the black 22's like a year ago, and then i took the xtreme kit off and stated to shave it and shit,

last friday i bought me a new paint gun to get the truck all one color (satin black, the color of the bed)


i started to cut the spring pockets out, ...........them damn 72's are HUGE......lol

but time for work.... ...more pics tonight.. :rock:

 

[AssDragginSdime]

nise yo. cant wait to see it done.

 

[bmxbang]

yeah man looking good ! i saw your thread title and was like dang this guy is awsome! RATM! keep the pics coming and the progress going cant wait to see more! yeah im excited!

 

[Lowsonoma03]

git r dun!

 

[MoneyMike]

well....i had some friends come over and progress slowed do to mass amount of bull shitting going on...lol.......but i managed to cut the spring pocket just about all the way on the pass. side, and i got the bag cups trimed down a little, here is a couple of pics

lol, tomarrow morning i gotta play catch up...... i dont have school in the morning and im gonna try and knock out this one side, and than cut the pocket on the other side and trim the cups a bit......before i have to go to work at 12......

 

[nfamus10]

gdamn that looks close. did u bend the pocket out some? lookin good. i might try and swing by thursday evening. keep goin. i thought that guy had 23s and 24s on the doored truck??

 

[layinbody31]

project looks good so far :tup:

but if you only have a vehicle for like 2-3 more days then...um; you better get crackin!

and you'll probably want to cut that spring pocket out more

 

[Wicked Mayhem]

get to workin!:haha:

 

[MoneyMike]

hah, yea i know....im fallen behind on my work scheadual...lol


this morning i was able to just about finish up the pass. side spring pocket.....i have about 1/4-3/8's all the way around the bag....do i need more room? ....i also started to cut the driver side spring pocket out, i still gotta cut it up a little higher....and make both of the sides look better..

but like always im starting to make decent progress and then i have to stop and go to work ....

 

[Wicked Mayhem]

ive heard its best to have a fingers worth of clearence around the bag.. i dunno though as long as you can put it through its motionsand stuff and it you know it wont rub..

 

[pumpkinss_dime]

lookin good man

 

[MoneyMike]

ive heard its best to have a fingers worth of clearence around the bag.. i dunno though as long as you can put it through its motionsand stuff and it you know it wont rub..

yea, i put it threw the "stroke" and it doesnt rub anywhere, id just rather be safe than sorry......ya know?

 

[layinbody31]

i wouldnt drive with it unless you can fit a finger between the pocket and the bag at all places...

 

[MoneyMike]

i wouldnt drive with it unless you can fit a finger between the pocket and the bag at all places...

yea im gonna cut a little more on it.....for i can finger it

 

[C-LEE]

looking great man, and thats a pretty slim deadline ya got there lol

 

[RedXtreme]

what are you using to cut that pocket out with? a cut off wheel?

 

[MoneyMike]

cut off wheel and sawzall

 

[nfamus10]

i will be up there tomorrow for 2-3 hrs. i am wearing work clothes brother.

 

[layinbody31]

how many days do you have left now til you have to be driving your truck again?

If I were you I'd get the bags in, just run the stock, unmodified control arms for now, and then put the whole front suspension back together. Then hurry and get the front sheetmetal back on (you can leave the inner fenders out and maybe cut the insides of the fenders out but you'll most likely lay on the humps of the control arms or the tranny x member) and relocate as much stuff under the hood as you can. Thats all I can realistically see you getting done in just a few days. After you get through all that and get it driving again then you can buy yourself some SD.com control arms and install those on some weekend as well as cut your cups down to lay on the 22s. Once you get it driving after all that again then make sure you have at least a week to strip the interior enough to get at the firewall and tub it because I can almost gaurantee you'll have leaks and those are a pain and really slow you down. Then when you have that done you can actually put the 22s on and fiddle with all the little piddly shit thats gonna need to be done to actually get the truck to lay flat out with them on.

But yeah...for your current deadline i wouldn't do any more than bags with stock CA's and then rush to put it all back together. Because don't forget that its gonna take a while to plumb everything and get your compressors/tanks/valves all installed too.

Good luck with it all....i'll be keeping up on the progress :tup:

 

[blue&silverbd96]

looks great so far i am lookin forward to cutting all that pocket out too...