TreeFarm
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I agree with you guys. I was sitting staring at it last night and they stick out a bit much. The question is, radius the corner or 45* it
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I agree with you guys. I was sitting staring at it last night and they stick out a bit much. The question is, radius the corner or 45* it
I think either way would look good.
Radius
Shape it around the body curve but a 2" extension from the body.
I know its alot of work but it would look and function pretty well imo.
I know its alot of work but it would look and function pretty well imo.
I need to redo my rear bumper to have the fender protection like yours does.
I am going to do similar on my suburban except it will hug the contours of the body and out an inch or two
I really like the overall design.
Trimming the corner to match the radius of the body corner would be a nice bit of detail. Blend it all down and it will look like it was formed that way on a bender.
David
TreeFarm
Internet fabricator.
After looking at it some more and playing around with various radius things I could use to draw lines I will defiantly be putting a radius on the corners eventually. My main goal right now is to get the truck fully driveable and legal
No major updates for today. I’ve decided to take the weekend “off” yesterday 3 weeks of building this thing pretty much full time caught up to me. My already crappy hands were completely useless. I felt it coming on the night before using the grinder building the bumper sides but I powered though.
Today they feel a bit better so I tackled some little things. Painted the tailgate. Attached super lame mudflaps to the rear bumper so I don’t get pulled over every block. Fixed my ground issue, Wired up my mirror, and overhead console.
The big thing, I wired the cruise control and it actually works. I can’t believe how stupid simple it is. If you ever do a DBW lsx swap and you don’t hook up the cruise control you will be kicking yourself. I know I am for driving the green truck for a year without it. Every road trip I kept telling myself to hook it up but I never did.
It’s just 4 wires assuming you have the pcm pined correctly. “on” power, “set” power, “resume” power, and “stop light” power. Realistically you don’t need the resume. You also need “tcc” power at the pcm, basically reverse of stop light power. And obviously you need a VSS signal at the pcm.
I’ve been using every excuse to drive the truck. I’ve got 70 miles on it now and everything seems okay. I got the steering wheel centered. No leaks anywhere. It has good power. Most importantly it’s quiet inside the cab. It’s almost comfortable, once the AC is functional I will call it comfortable. I put zip ties on the shocks. I’m using 1/3 of the exposed shaft just driving around town normal. I need to find a place to flex it a bit and how it does.
No major updates for today. I’ve decided to take the weekend “off” yesterday 3 weeks of building this thing pretty much full time caught up to me. My already crappy hands were completely useless. I felt it coming on the night before using the grinder building the bumper sides but I powered though.
Today they feel a bit better so I tackled some little things. Painted the tailgate. Attached super lame mudflaps to the rear bumper so I don’t get pulled over every block. Fixed my ground issue, Wired up my mirror, and overhead console.
The big thing, I wired the cruise control and it actually works. I can’t believe how stupid simple it is. If you ever do a DBW lsx swap and you don’t hook up the cruise control you will be kicking yourself. I know I am for driving the green truck for a year without it. Every road trip I kept telling myself to hook it up but I never did.
It’s just 4 wires assuming you have the pcm pined correctly. “on” power, “set” power, “resume” power, and “stop light” power. Realistically you don’t need the resume. You also need “tcc” power at the pcm, basically reverse of stop light power. And obviously you need a VSS signal at the pcm.
I’ve been using every excuse to drive the truck. I’ve got 70 miles on it now and everything seems okay. I got the steering wheel centered. No leaks anywhere. It has good power. Most importantly it’s quiet inside the cab. It’s almost comfortable, once the AC is functional I will call it comfortable. I put zip ties on the shocks. I’m using 1/3 of the exposed shaft just driving around town normal. I need to find a place to flex it a bit and how it does.
Yeah it looks pretty good. Not super odd on either end of the bed. Just shorter.
Schwing
Lol that’s all I own. She ain’t a lady if she ain’t 6080.
Haha you should name it Tina!
Doesn’t surprise me that it weighs that much. I think my crawler weighed 6200 with 42s and steel beadlocks. That was before it was backhalfed, and I’m sure that it lost a couple hundred pounds when I did that. It was way overbuilt and had a bunch of 1/4 wall bracing and crossmembers.
TreeFarm
Internet fabricator.
I took it on it’s first little road trip today. Did 100 miles on the highway heading downtown and back. Put it in the magical 5th gear, set the cruise at 70 and it just went. So much more quiet and comfortable in the cab at highway speeds. No driveline vibes or weird noises. So far it all seems good
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