Recent content by wrigh003

Man removable hard tops on anything are $$$, and it's not better as they get older. I'm gonna wind up redoing the top on the project '69 I have in the yard, but it'll be a minute. It's fine, overall, but needs a new gutter/ frame to tie all the other pieces to due to rust. That piece alone will...

Are those 33s or 35s? Wheels look great, tires look like there might be some rub. I'm planning on 35s and going further down the path of a small body lift and stuff - I've already clearanced my pinch welds and washer reservoir cover up front.

I'm excited. I'm with everyone else in the world, I guess - here in 2025 everything I buy seems crazy expensive. But a set of 5 brand new wheels that aren't cast pot-metal junk for $1200ish (plus that is actually *made to fit* this kinda-hard-to-fit truck) is just not bad. And internal bead seat...

These look really good, and I like that the offset would make my current spacers unnecessary. I'm not quite ready to order yet (tires are too expensive not to have your alignment and suspension on point when you buy new ones, and I'm middle of big rehab there, plus about half through my current...

Nope- not me. I could see it being the right jumping off point for the right person... but there's like 3-4 of that "right person" around. 🫥 Somebody buy it and make a LC popemobile or something.

Years ago I bought a pair of 100 series mud flap eliminators somewhere and found that they weren't anything special. One less thing to get hung up off road, sure, but certainly not worth the $40 plus shipping or whatever they were, and the OEM parts- I'd hate to think what they cost if you have...

I'm a state over from you and saw that one on Marketplace as well. Looks like a good candidate for a pop top camper to be added on. Shame, too- truck looked OK until I saw it had been can-opener'd.

Buddy of mine bought one a few months ago and I *was* guilty of going “cmon really?” I get it now. 😂

It’s been a lot with mine lately, but I’ve been chipping away at stuff that’s needed doing for a while. I won’t say it’s almost there because who knows, but maybe for a little bit I can avoid major problems. Over the last several weeks: Replaced a banana-shaped rear lower arm. Have the other...

Man I love this place. This is happening to me right now because I’m chasing out serpentine belt problems (fan clutch and idler pulley done but ran out of time to swap the fan bearing and tensioner). I figured there was something related here but had NO idea the AC compressor had any smarts to...

Man, are you me? I'm waiting on the "cmon down and get it" call from the shop after a new steering rack and a bunch of related front end/ suspension work, and this list, pretty much exactly, is my next set of stuff. Just... the next items on the never-ending old-truck maintenance list. The good...

Upside - greaseable shackle pins and pretty new bushings in there, at least on the shackle/ spring side where they were pulled off. I'll need new ones for the truck side, I'm sure, those are half there or empty holes in the springs themselves. I don't think there's a whole lot of years/ miles on...

Nice. Yeah I figured for ~$400 new shocks were almost definitely worth it to just go on and do, and the homie hookup on the lift springs makes that easier to justify. What width tires are those? My christmas present from my wife was/ is some steelies similar to those; I went 15x8 for the wheels...

Hey y'all - while slowly gathering parts for my semi-running backyard project truck, I came across a lift kit a buddy didn't need for just a few bucks, so I took that off his hands. Plan for this truck is 35s, the lift, freshen up anything else drivetrain related in unacceptable shape and see...

The rearmost driver's side one took a little finagling the last time I messed with mine, but on balance it really wasn't too bad and they came out and went back in OK without removing much of anything. I changed them in the parking lot of the campground before driving 300 miles back home from a...