79 K5 Prerunner "Lucy"

[sreidmx]

Sorry no update tonight, spent the night wasting my time on my parents flat bed. Only to find out I did not fix the short..

 

[sreidmx]

Thinking of going this direction.. Not sure about the lights though. Isn't this a pretty rare light setup?

 

[blazinzuk]

It's 89 to 91. They seem fairly common

 

[sreidmx]

Did some work last night,
Made the rear crossbar, or might have wasted tube, depending on how it turns out.
I really didn't want another bolt in cross brace, I wanted to run my V bar braces to this. I also wanted to be able to pull the motor and work on it with no obstructions but provide the support the back of the hoops needed.

The cage will tie into the outside of the hoops from the firewall. I am not concerned with it compressing the rear because it is braced by the firewall.. Or will be welded to it.

I don't know if I will leave it like that but it was an experiment.

This is how beadlocks and sore hands start.. 36 bolts and washers, the correct ring...

And 30 mins later walla! Damn these are a pita but damn they're pretty..

 

[Deuling]

I don't like it.

Just run it straight over the engine and add flanges. Not like you are gonna have shear forces on those bolts in that location.

 

[sreidmx]

I wasn't worried so much with the forces it was the room the flanges occupy, but I didn't thing to use what you posted.. I could do that and have it be pretty.

 

[Deuling]

I think having that bar how you have it currently would be a pain during engine work.

 

[sreidmx]

Yea.. your right.. this kind of what I was going for.. I need to add some bracing for the shocks.. I think ill try to make something like this.. it is really hard because the hoops are asymmetrical.
this might have to be a mix of plate and tube to work.. well see. this would be bolt in so I could remove it all at once with just a few bolts.

 

[Joe91M]

I can't wait to see this done. This thing is insane.

 

[jekquistk5]

I thought your cage will be coming through just below the A pillar. It would be way easier to tie into that after you tie the main cage to the engine cage. Bars relatively in the same plane without bends will be more efficient and more aesthetically pleasing.

 

[sreidmx]

Your right, I hadn't given that much thought..
And insane is the perfect word

I was busy today!
Did the poor boy bump install.


Built my crossmember

Mounted my tires on the front! This is the fully drooped awesomeness!


Dirty girl.

 

[bmxbryant9]

Looks killer!

 

[sreidmx]

Looks killer!

thanks!

 

[blazinzuk]

So what's full bump and full rebound?

Cute bumpstops btw

 

[sreidmx]

Full bump is past da fender. And full rebound is your wife's friend.

 

[sreidmx]

Oh and the bumpstops are secondary's because the shocks have em too..

 

[blazinzuk]

Man even I have air bumps get with it geez

 

[Deuling]

Numbers on travel?

 

[campfire]

Numbers on travel?

Every picture shows it stationary in the garage. So I think travel is still an illusion with this rig.

 

[jekquistk5]

Numbers on travel?

All of it