Before & After thread.

[Brians89K5]

Before

after

Sold it and now startin a new project soon. WOOHOOO.

~Brian

 

[chevy wrangler]

kool

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

I can elaborate a little more on my previous post so here goes:

Dec. '76 (my dad bought it brand new):

Stock suspension, 33" tires and a locker in the rear:

4" BDS lift, 33" tires with a locker in the rear:

Same 4" BDS lift, 37" MT/R's, locked front and rear:

Just over 30 years from its beginning:

 

[chevy wrangler]

when i first saw it:

when i first got it:

added 31" mts:

added 6" lift and 35"s:

 

[NorCalKid]

when I got it

Half doors and 33's

35's

38's 1 tons and h1's

 

[warrior454]

Pic of 2wd body and frame i had brought up from Texas with my orginal in the background and then the finished truck other then i still want to make up some bumpers

 

[pennsylvaniaboy]

when i got paid $1200

then after as it sits

check out the build thread for more info

 

[Mudstud]

Bone stock, A/C even worked.

6" lift and 33s

Then put 35s on it.

Then went 1 tons and H1s and crappy 36s.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

well i will play.

When I bought my truck last september

Back in April( i Put the emblems back on)

last month(it now has new carpet)

My newest upgrade

and another upgrade

Basicaly I bought it it just had a new 350 put in tranny and transfercase rebuilt, 4.56 gears, 33's and 2.5 inches of lift.
I ve done lots of small things, Like cleanup old parts, new carpet, emblems, OEM grille, the pushbar. and i am gonna be putting some lights on the pushbar, a wilson 1000 on the roof and a uniden 78 in the truck. and when i get some more money more agressive tires. also have a tranny cooler that ive been to lazy to put in, and a tranny temp gauge is also going in.

 

[GEORGIA GABE]

before

durring

Dixie run 07

 

[onetonbb74]

here is an updated pic since i posted back in July.

and this

The smashed door and blown motor are new to the truck.

 

[vortec]

so, it looks like everyone is a purist and leaves their trucks bone stock.... riiigght.



seriously though, cool thread. makes me want to dig out old pics to see the change in mine. it didn't change nearly as much as most of them on here, though.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

I get a kick looking at how clean and stock everyones truck used to be. I hope I dont go the wheelin route with my truck, concidering that most off the truck were pretty nice just like mine.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

I get a kick looking at how clean and stock everyones truck used to be. I hope I dont go the wheelin route with my truck, concidering that most off the truck were pretty nice just like mine.

Its not even body damage (from hitting rocks, etc.) that kills the bodies on K-series trucks.

The frame flex wreaks havoc on the body too. Mine always used to sound like a soda can being crushed when the suspension flexed (you could hear the sheet metal popping). I had problems with the body flexing so far from the frame that I couldn't get the clutch to disengage . Poly body mounts fixed that for a while but you could tell it was getting worse before I cut most of the body off.

When I cut mine apart it wasn't too terrible looking but the body was totally shot. The cab/roof was almost completely torn away from the bed (you could see big cracks in the sheetmetal on both sides), the rear fenders were only held on by a dozen or so spot welds (there were probably 50+ holding them on from the factory) and even with the poly body mounts I was developing the same issues with the clutch (the body had very little structural integrity at that point). No serious rust issues, it had just been wheeled.

IMO, its just a matter of time until the body gives out on these trucks. You can continually fix/repair them, but it will happen. Maybe some will last longer than mine did, maybe not.

I'm not trying to scare people off from wheeling their trucks. My dad 4 wheeled this truck a lot before he ever gave it to me and I sure as hell have not been easy on it. These trucks aren't new: the older they get the weaker everything gets (frame, body, rivets, etc.).

Get out there, wheel your truck, and have fun but don't expect your truck to be perfect and last forever if you are wheeling it

 

[1978Blazerk5]

i wish i would of taken a picture but i flexed out the suspesion and the bumper was about half way over the turn single. the frame and body's do move quite a bit on these old trucks.

Get out there, wheel your truck, and have fun but don't expect your truck to be perfect and last forever if you are wheeling it

That's a good simple way off saying it

 

[big dan]

here is before while jackedjimmy still had the truck


this is about 4 months after I bought it, 3inch lift and 35s


here it is now, I dont have any good side shots and its a little hard to tell but I rattle canned it grey, did a little trimming (you can faintly see the lines marked in the previous pick) and added a ck5 sticker.

 

[odoa3]

Before

After 1 tons, lift, new engine, tires, and who knows what else:

 

[roadnotca]

When the body and frame are finally shot, just get another truck and swap the drivetrain.

 

[ramjet gmc]

this is the oldist pic i got and this is after i did the 1 ton thing and 4x4 bumpers ect UPC run 2003




and now in the build stage and running this weekend at RC

 

[1bgsub]

The beginning.
½ ton with 33’s

Mid point.
14 bolt rear with 4.10’s and Detroit locker, 35’s with a 2” lift.

Almost done, than again you’re never really done.
6” lift with 35’s

later
Trey