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Thanks, yeah, I bought cheap gauges and a tach to put in, I think I'll put them in the center console


It feels so much more open with no dash

I think I want to get rid of the steering column also
 
2 14" and 2 16" FOA coilovers are on their way, the 16's leak and need some work but the 14's aren't supposed to leak. Supposedly they are a little wobbly though, we'll see next week when they arrive

Either way they have reservoirs and swivel ends and all the coil hardware and I think I got a good deal on them

Hopefully the 14's will work for me up front and I eventually want to back half the rear and hopefully I can get the 16's sorted out by then
 
Thanks, I sure hope so

I'm also hoping that if it rolls it won't warp at all either
 
Done until parts arrive, I can start on my dash though

Waiting on seats and shocks

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Put my crew cabs rear seat in, sits lower, my head isn't close to the cage anymore in the back, most of the people that will be riding back there are shorter than me also, just got to mount it now

Also got a ruffstuff cover, had to grind it to fit, still easily over 1/4" thick, not gonna worry about adding any on the outside

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What tie rod are you using? Does it clear the new cover?
 
I think it's either 1.5" or 1.625"

I'll check, do these covers have clearance problems?

The countersunk holes on my cover suck because whoever had it before primed the cover and painted it and the paint is thick and its throwing off the fitment, so I'll be cleaning oout the holes with a die grinder before I install it. At least it is painted nice though, and I have a place for my J76 sticker now :thumb:
 
Oh, and still had a bit of metal shavings in the oil from the last cover being cut, I'm gonna epoxy a magnet in the housing before I put the cover back on
 
If you have diff cover clearance issues, try these:

http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/catalog/TREOFF.html
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I went made a 1.5" DOM tie rod, and since it was thicker than stock, I used these offset TREs, and my tie rod clears my stock cover - but it's fairly close. If I were to use an aftermarket cover, I'd expect I'd come nearly in contact with it, but still clear it OK. I suspect you might need to just get these TREs.
 
I've been down to work on my truck 3days now and still haven't checked yet

I was more worried about epoxying a magnet to my cover lol, I'm worried about the metal shavings that got in my diff from the last cover. Got all of it mounted today so thats out of the way now

I've dropped almost $1000 so far on my truck this summer, I'm getting depressed. Still got the frame and big block from my k35 and some scrap though thankfully

I'm about to order the just released yukon 35 spline selectable hubs also

Still need to get another suspension seat, I think I've got enough steel to finish up everything thankfully

I'm doing some marketing stuff on the internet so hopefully that works out and it gives me some extra spending money every month

It's been storming the past few days so I haven't been able to do much, of course I ran out of gas and it started to down pour, so now I've got some surface rust to hit with the wire wheel before I weld up front
 
The tie rod clears the cover with about an 1/2" to spare

I think I'll just do the single rod up front instead of two

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I'm gonna steal this idea for mounting my shocks which are supposed to show up Tuesday



forgot to upload this pic also

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I feel like I may have cut too far forward on the front, I've got to finish the edge off though, it should look a little better when I do that

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14" travel FOA's, they leaked a little but stopped when I charged them

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The shocks have some issues that need working out

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Sweet :pimp: :waytogo: that looks great ! The cage really turned out good also, I burnt myself up enough doing my bed, I'm not looking forward to the cab cage :doah: , at least mine will be minimal being a standard cab :woot:
 
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