Spent some time removing paint this morning. Some of it flakes right off and some of it has a primer behind it. Lots to go but I got a decent start.
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Fortify Offroad Mission Race Blazer
- Thread starter sreidmx
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Looking good dude, how far you taking this thing down?
As far as possible. Basically if I can get to it with some form of power too it'll likely have the paint removed.
Removed the rest of the electrical and vent lines from the back of the truck to gain access to the rest of the steel.
We're looking to reduce the fuel cell to one if possible without spending 3-4K on a custom unit.
We're looking to reduce the fuel cell to one if possible without spending 3-4K on a custom unit.
Sorry. But why are you wasting time cleaning paint off?
Get the new functional parts in that thing, and get it out for some test runs. Grinding paint is a waste of effort imo.
Get the new functional parts in that thing, and get it out for some test runs. Grinding paint is a waste of effort imo.
looking for cracks. Thats why a lot of chissis are clear coated only.
Cracks would most likely be next to welded joints though...
Because, race truck. It had been sitting and is part of any rebuild.
Good reasoning.
Plus it's never been brought down this far and wades right, it has to be done at some point, I've counted 4-5 layers in some spots, others a single layer.
Also if the paint is really on there you might not get the cracked paint showing through so I'm just going through the motions st this point to be damn sure.
And we want it to look good for the mint. That's the point right? To beat the hell outa moss and look damn good doing it.
We might have some leaf springs for sale soon
Also if the paint is really on there you might not get the cracked paint showing through so I'm just going through the motions st this point to be damn sure.
And we want it to look good for the mint. That's the point right? To beat the hell outa moss and look damn good doing it.
We might have some leaf springs for sale soon
If anyone wondered what the bottom of this thing looks like I got you some pics.
This last one is crazy, a front driveshaft let go.. would not want to be near that when it happened. This is from the back of the trans crossmember.
This last one is crazy, a front driveshaft let go.. would not want to be near that when it happened. This is from the back of the trans crossmember.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!We might have some T shirts for sale soon
Is that a 9" back there? What gear ratio is in this thing?
Yep it's a 9, 4:56 in both differentials.
Bam! Blackwidow has signed on with us to make this bad boy howl, we can't wait to get the widowmakers onto this to see what it sounds like! Should be awesome!
More paint removal.. man this things got like super paint in some areas, nice primer though not gonna grind that off.
More great news!! Bilstein has jumped on board to help us out as well! Yeah! This is a big deal because we have so much we can improve on with this truck!
handloader90
Building!
Those shackles are sexy!
They're super beef!
