BENDER stays in hibernation with me

[K85 Octane]

The spot welds are all breaking where the inner "roll bar" is in the roof. The damn thing taps all day inside there. Also got some new cracks showing. I wonder what the hidden cracks all look like Gotta get that cage in there to stop it from getting worse.

 

[cybrfire]

Battle scars. Dents and rash tell a story!

 

[GWeakland620]

Battle scars. Dents and rash tell a story!

Well I'm working on a novel then

Isn't that a Murphy's law? Pull the front bumper, and smash goes the fender?

Looking good either way

 

[Big Ray]

Stop drill the cracks to keep them from growing.

 

[K85 Octane]

Stop drill the cracks to keep them from growing.

Oh yeah, good tip. Never thought to do that with the body, just frame stuff etc. Will do.

Here's a little video.

 

[wetoolowdingbangow]

Never knew this thread exsisted! I hope youre ready to wheel up here again this next coming year...

 

[GWeakland620]

You have been missing out then^^^

 

[wetoolowdingbangow]

You have been missing out then^^^

I know right! First time ive traveled over into this forum. They forgot to close my cage so know im out and about!

 

[waybad1]

I use the Fast efi fan control to keep the fans on all the time or raise the temp to keep them from coming on

 

[K85 Octane]

Update for Bender

A-Bomb
Slightly longer custom leaves and a pushed forward axle in the future

 

[K85 Octane]

Not sure what to do with this new gap though. I had 1" BL pucks here but the bumper was made, I believe, with the BL built in. Not sure if I should shim or suck it down. Or, if I'm mistaken and somehow I need to get my BL pucks back in

 

[solvire]

Oh nice. This thread is back alive.

 

[K85 Octane]

Oh nice. This thread is back alive.

Two things

1) that other truck has taken all my time and funds. The front end stuff is still fuked up but I needed some time away from it.

2) Moab is coming up, quick enough. I want to move the rear axle back by flipping my 56" springs. I also want to finish the cage forward, mostly to stop things from cracking and keep my doors from binding. So it will go through the dash, firewall, and connect to the shock hoops. I don't see how I'm going to get though to the front bumper, I'm using all the core support space for vital things.

Need to finish pulling DIY4x dash out, for cage work. Need to continue cleaning up the wiring also.

 

[cybrfire]

the body mounts are not adjusted for any sort of body lift.

When we adjust for a body lift, basically we are making the front or face of the bumper 1" higher to compensate for your body being higher from a body lift. The body mounts are left in stock location.

Suck it down, maybe throw on some new body mounts and a good portion of that would be gone. Couple shims if need be.

 

[K85 Octane]

ekk, then the 1" puck should still fit in there. Damn, the other side is even closer. Sounds like I need to jack the core support up and put my pucks back in.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Glad to see you are back on this Brent.

 

[K85 Octane]

Ooooohh lordie does it feel good to see a bumper and grill on this thing again. I've only driven this thing once since BB15 IIRC. Got rid of the bumper and it's just mainly sat It will get tube outriggers and a stinger much like I used to have. It's much stronger and closer to the grill than the old one, should help with approach angle.

 

[Bent77]

Ooooohh lordie does it feel good to see a bumper and grill on this thing again. I've only driven this thing once since BB15 IIRC. Got rid of the bumper and it's just mainly sat It will get tube outriggers and a stinger much like I used to have. It's much stronger and closer to the grill than the old one, should help with approach angle.

Is it 2wd?

 

[K85 Octane]

Is it 2wd?

a passive aggressive middle finger to all the crazy lifted 2wd trucks in my neck of the "woods", sporting bigger tires than myself

 

[GWeakland620]

Looks good dude!