Builds The honey badger build (5 Viewers)

[Firemedic831]

So i have not done anything this week , except go to work come home and go to sleep . This may be a good thing as i was going to start the cage . It just so happens that Metal Tech has 1 in stock that is already built . So i think i might cheat a little here and just go grab that . I will add some to it but this will be a great time saver . I will then switch gears to get going on the suspension . I am already getting close to hitting the panic button to be ready in June .

 

[Firemedic831]

Drove up to Metal Tech today and picked up the cage . I am going to add to it ( dash bar , seat belt bar , some overhead bars ) But this is a huge time saver for me .

 

[bluehawk]

How thick of material are the base plates?

 

[Firemedic831]

How thick of material are the base plates?

i believe they are 3/16 but i will make sure

 

[Firemedic831]

Happy Thanksgiving to all you turkeys . Cage is in and mostly done . Still need to add the dash bar and trying to decide if i want to add the windshield bars ? \ /. I think they look cool but in my samurai they kinda blocked my vision . MT also has the hip guards but i am not sure on those either since i think they may make it difficult getting in and out ?

 

[Firemedic831]

Added some tube

 

[bluehawk]

On the base plates, what size bolts are used

 

[Firemedic831]

3/8

 

[Firemedic831]

Cage is done

 

[Firemedic831]

Front end Friday.

 

[Firemedic831]

I was trying to keep it oe ish looking yet be functional.

 

[Firemedic831]

This should be about right. 4 inch stretch and with the new wider axle

 

[Firemedic831]

Should go rt about here . Once I get it all in place I will get Aluminum links . Waiting on the top mount for the axle. Today is just getting me a idea and next weekend I should have the green light . I am doing the blue 40 also at the same time

 

[Firemedic831]

Doing some body work every night as my therapy . I don’t even want to talk about how many man hours I have into these fenders from start to finish . To do over. I would not .

 

[Mike Shull]

They look amazing!

 

[Firemedic831]

They look amazing!

Thank you. i pulled them off today and getting the underside prepped . Thinking about Raptor lining the underside .

 

[Firemedic831]

So after sleeping on this for the past 6 months I decided the green was not working for this build and made up my mind to go with what I want . This will be my big hot wheel so I am going to build it as one . I will build a stocker in spring green . So I busted out the sprayer and have started the transition

 

[Firemedic831]

A few more . The color is 2022 gmc Denali black.

 

[Firemedic831]

Just to get a idea what it will look like. With half doors.

 

[Mike Shull]

It is looking great!