brokenparts
1/2 ton status
Sounds like a good plan.
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I’m taking notes. Bend Tech has been a real eye-opener for me. Really curious to see how it works for you in a confined space. I’ve just been using it for bumpers and sheetmetal stuff.
David
David
brokenparts
1/2 ton status
I’ve used bend tech in previous projects... great time and tube saver. Not necessary but a nice tool to have.
Just so you know pretty close where the seats will be. "Mounting" occasionally consists of 2x4s on the floor.
The whole welding thing evolves as you go along. A bunch of different ways to do it. As long as it gets you to fully welded doesn't matter much how you get there.
Just don't get stuck on one plan. Don't be afraid to toss something if it's just not gonna work.
I have bendtech too so when you send me the file it should correct everything to match the numbers for my die set when I open the file. Lol
I like that setup!
Thanks for the insight.
Here ya go, try this and let me know how it works
Thanks for the insight.
Here ya go, try this and let me know how it works
FYI- The legs are about 1.5" long, I did that in case I want to kick them in a little. I'm hoping to bend this piece Friday or Saturday when I'm back from my East Coast meetings.
Yeah that would be about 3” too long for me... I have mine set to add 1.5” to the cut off length. Lol
Yesterday I bent the B Pillar, went pretty smooth however there was a little learning curve dealing with spring back.
Trimmed the legs to fit.
Cut the floor
With the seat in this location I have 7" between my head and the roof and 5.5" to the halo (with my head against the headrest). However with the seat in this position I cannot run a simple X design in the B Pillar because of the seats being so close to the back wall/rear window. Any suggestions here from you guys is appreciated. The harness bar running horizontal between the B Pillar legs looks doable, there is a nice little pocket for that to run.
Trimmed the legs to fit.
Cut the floor
With the seat in this location I have 7" between my head and the roof and 5.5" to the halo (with my head against the headrest). However with the seat in this position I cannot run a simple X design in the B Pillar because of the seats being so close to the back wall/rear window. Any suggestions here from you guys is appreciated. The harness bar running horizontal between the B Pillar legs looks doable, there is a nice little pocket for that to run.
another 10" in this cab would make things a lot easier.
I see your blue sharpie
There's hope for him isn't there?
I told him before he acts like one of the old guard...
Man, I would fit so easy in that thing
If it were me . . . I would do your harness bar straight across. Do another horizontal bar at the cage plates and optionally support it in the middle with another cage plate. Go from the middle of your harness bar diagonally downwards to both outside intersections of the b pillar and that lower cross bar i mentioned above. Then go upwards diagonally from the center of the harness bar in an upwards V fashion but with whatever spread you can get with the seats as the limiting factor. Upper part is same idea as a windshield bar. Not as strong as a going to corners but better than nothing and converging joint at harness bar is reinforced by the lower upside down V I've already mentioned.
that's basically how I had the lower section planned out going into this. I was just really hoping to brace those b pillar corners better.
In the halo I will brace that corner.
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What's your plan for the seat mounts? What version of prp are those and how tall are you?
