Alright... Quit watching youtube and get out there and get it mounted! 
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Ryoken's 89 Crew Cab Tubebed build... aka Mutt....
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won't be here till monday.. 
mock up... gonna keep it even with the spare, maybe a tad higher...
gonna bring my booster pack home in the mornin and make sure everything works right...
sunday i'll probably do another mockup, and figure out mounting... than I'll disassemble it and prep the metal for satin black... also put a good buff on the lenses.. while they are very clear, which was a big sell to me, they do have a couple scuffs/scrapes that could use some attention...
while I think it looks very cool, it could be a 56" wide... 52" is just a tad narrow...
like i told the yard guy today, "heck, if something else comes along better, I'll buy it and sell this" I'd love a model 25, but hens teeth comes to mind...
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gonna bring my booster pack home in the mornin and make sure everything works right...
sunday i'll probably do another mockup, and figure out mounting... than I'll disassemble it and prep the metal for satin black... also put a good buff on the lenses.. while they are very clear, which was a big sell to me, they do have a couple scuffs/scrapes that could use some attention...
while I think it looks very cool, it could be a 56" wide... 52" is just a tad narrow...
like i told the yard guy today, "heck, if something else comes along better, I'll buy it and sell this" I'd love a model 25, but hens teeth comes to mind...
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Damn that's a good looking truck!!!!!!
Just for old school placements sake, what does it look like above the drivers seat just behind the running cab lights?
forgot the side shot...
I'll see about sliding it forward for a pic sunday.. it's going in the back tho... mounting seems pretty simple.. more than likely be a short piece of 1.5" tube and small plate per side....
the only question at this point for me is how high I make it.. it's about even with the spare.. need to bump that up about an inch.... it's a balance.. the rear view wants it high to be in proportion to the spare.. but from the front, if you make it too high, it looks goofy...
I'll see about sliding it forward for a pic sunday.. it's going in the back tho... mounting seems pretty simple.. more than likely be a short piece of 1.5" tube and small plate per side....
the only question at this point for me is how high I make it.. it's about even with the spare.. need to bump that up about an inch.... it's a balance.. the rear view wants it high to be in proportion to the spare.. but from the front, if you make it too high, it looks goofy...
You could sink those cross bars that the spare is on by half the width of the tire....???
or mount the tire on the bottom side of the crossbars?
or mount the tire on the bottom side of the crossbars?
nah, the lightbar needs to conform to that stuff..
Side view looks like it's up against the tire. There room for movement and pulling the spare off?
it's just a mockup to see what it would look like.. not an exact placement... but it is off it a couple inches in that shot iirc.. camera angle and all...
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I just love this truck. The bed is seriously awesome.
alrighty..... everything is done except I need to pull it back apart and lube the gears before final install... super easy to work on and stout build...
here's my murder'd out version....
I swapped the cover plates and put the speaker grill one toward the back, so the spare will hide it.... and the smooth up front..
and figured out something good for the T-slot mounts.. I'll start that fab this week....
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here's my murder'd out version....
I swapped the cover plates and put the speaker grill one toward the back, so the spare will hide it.... and the smooth up front..
and figured out something good for the T-slot mounts.. I'll start that fab this week....
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I love lights! Looks great. I'd get drunk and sit in the garage for a while with the lights on...
Plastic didn't look all that bad - has that been polished up? If so, what did you use?
they're pretty mint now.. just a couple scrapes i couldn't get unless i got into wetsanding em, didn't bother., ya don't even notice them........ used white 3M compound and than Finesse it on a wheel... but they didn't need much, it's one of the reasons i pulled the trigger, the lenses looked nice and clear.. MANY I see are oxidized.....
I'm thinking of running some sort of train horny/siren in the center section... scare nuns and infants....
You going to run a clear coat over the plastic for UV protection? People here polish their headlights and within 2-3 months they're yellowed up if no UV coating.
Those lights are bada$$. It's gonna look 
for now i'm just gonna put a good coat of carnuba wax on em... I'll have to investigate what are some good headlight sealer type gigs that are out there....
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I've clearcoated headlights that I've sanded. Turned out great.
actual car clear huh? i figured most people were using one of those wipe-on polymers or similar.... I'm not overly concerned at this point, i'll keep my eye on them obviously....
