PLAN B

[the_blaze]

rattle can truck bed liner, for structural integrity

Lol i may try to patch some sheet metal just for the experence....

I pulled off the drivers side beam and made a couple corrections and welded that sucker on there solid. I also started pulling the trim and glue off so things are ready to paint when the time comes.

All these colors are great. I'll start looking around for whats relatively easy to find. I bet i end up rustoleum white because its EASY to get by the gallon and i can just spray it on...

Or maybe some kind of camo... might hide body damage a little

 

[skunked]

Are you worried the fenders will rip from the slider?

 

[Truckman4life]

Keep the pics coming...more of the bottom and inside the vehicle so we can see how it all gets tied in.

 

[the_blaze]

Are you worried the fenders will rip from the slider?

not really, the body will be rigid with the frame. and if it starts to rip i'll grind and weld it up again... there's really no other way to do it from what i could see. since i cut 8" off the bottom of the truck it took out all the lower mounting points for the fender.

a couple other guys on here have done the same thing and i haven't heard anything bad about it yet.

 

[skunked]

I heard of people having problems with them ripping so I didn't weld them, a fastener or two would have been another option and one I might do myself. Secondly I wanted to be able to remove the front clip when needed.

 

[the_blaze]

I heard of people having problems with them ripping so I didn't weld them, a fastener or two would have been another option and one I might do myself. Secondly I wanted to be able to remove the front clip when needed.

fair enough, i might look into that some day, its not hard to cut a weld and add a gap. eventually i'll narrow the front end and i see lots of cutting when that happens.

 

[kgblazerfive]

Yeah my only issue when I did weld them was that I had to cut it to get them off. So I bolted them after that. Mine are just skins now so the bolting is much easier.

 

[mrk5]

The slider projects I've been personally involved with that had the fenders welded to the sliders all tore off. One was my buddy's K30 regular cab pickup and the other was my old K5.

 

[the_blaze]

Just the front fenders? Or bed sides also? I have this welded to the door frame also because of how high i had to cut.. Did it just bust the welds or actually rip the fender or rip the fender off the vehicle?
@mrk5 @skunked

 

[mrk5]

Only had trouble with the front fenders. No problem with the bed sides on a K5.

 

[mrk5]

It rips the fender because the metal is thin and the weld is stronger.

 

[the_blaze]

Mocking up door seals...
I need to cut out some of the rotted floor and add some sheet metal. I imagine once i remove the seat that process shouldnt take to long.

 

[GWeakland620]

It’s looking good man!

 

[6872xtc]

I have to ask now, since I might forget to look at BB18, did you make the floor basically flat from the seat mount out? I have to remember to look at how your work comes out, since I may need to copy it!

 

[the_blaze]

I still have to fiure out the floor i have about a 1" gap currently. I need to pull the seat and carpet and figure out a plan. I had lasik eye surgery yesterday so im out of the fabrication business for a week or so...

 

[the_blaze]

Happy father's day to the kick ass dads in the group

 

[454Sub]

That's how mine are except a bit more tucked in. I just cut the fender a bit lower, and kind of lift shoved it into place. Now it's kind of pinched in there. It does well enough.

So much spot welding.

 

[the_blaze]

I had to drive this thing to home depot because my grill died and ran into another square.

Kinda fun driving when you can see the road through the holes in the floor. I need to get the support legs and patch the floors on this asap

 

[GWeakland620]

I love those H2’s and iroks. Such a good combo.

 

[the_blaze]

Decided to clean my frame, and pull off the rest of the trim and grind out some rust... turns out ill be building a cab corner from sheet metal.... also looks like this slider could be structural. Actually not could be it will be structural. And im glad i didnt have to trust that seatbelt. Yikes! That will be tied into the slider for sure.

Oh and funny enough the passenger side is like rust free lol go figure