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merbesfield said:
The 6x6 in the yard is an older Polaris atv....the tracked skid steer is a new holland 185/80 hp. Way to big for what I was doing, but our smaller case 70xt's were rented out and this is all that was left on the lot. Awesome machine for bigger jobs and bigger areas, but tough to manuver around in some of the areas I was working in. Pic makes it looks small for some reason? Only 8 hours on that rig
Got some fasteners for my door panels, thanks for looking though
And let me know if you need me to take that lwb that you just got off your hands, gonna be needing another project here soon
Thanks, Matt
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krzyabncanuck said:
Wife cracks the whip on the house and the yard stuff.....I'm just labor and there for the heavy lifting
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buckroseau said:The 6x6 in the yard is an older Polaris atv....the tracked skid steer is a new holland 185/80 hp. Way to big for what I was doing, but our smaller case 70xt's were rented out and this is all that was left on the lot. Awesome machine for bigger jobs and bigger areas, but tough to manuver around in some of the areas I was working in. Pic makes it looks small for some reason? Only 8 hours on that rig
Got some fasteners for my door panels, thanks for looking though
And let me know if you need me to take that lwb that you just got off your hands, gonna be needing another project here soon
Thanks, Matt
seeing that you used the wire clips vs. the flat metal ones i have seen, can you feel the wire through the material vs. if they were flat you would not? just wondering. they look great. have you thought of using steam to help get the material to pull? i have seen that used and i have a steam unit that i use to clean with and can tell it would make a dif. when trying to get material to conform.
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merbesfield said:
The wire ones worked perfect, no you can't feel them.
I have used a heat gun before on vinyl to shrink it down. My panels are actually pretty nice right now.....a lot of time a day or 2 out in the sun shrinks things up just right also. For now it's just right.
Thanks, Matt
Your rig is beautiful Matt. Seeing the panels on the door was amazing... you've done some quality work on this piece. Thanks for the motivation... and frustration...
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I would have been disappointed if the Woodweld can wasn't dented.
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Had an appointment with the autoglass guy this morning and he kinda blew me off. Had some other stuff in the shop and said he just didn't have time to help me today. He did however give me a few pointers on how to get my glass going up and down a bit better....so I went home and did it myself this morning
Actually didn't take that long and I think with time they will get a lot better since the channel is so tight, but overall going up and down pretty good now.
I got home late from work tonight, but did get a care package from Shane.......... I also like the shipping label ;p
Tailights might be going in tomorrow, or at least start going in. My gaskets are shot so they need a lot of gluing back together just to get them to work. Those taillamp buckets are sweet!!!
Thanks Shane
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Actually didn't take that long and I think with time they will get a lot better since the channel is so tight, but overall going up and down pretty good now.
I got home late from work tonight, but did get a care package from Shane..........
I also like the shipping label ;p Tailights might be going in tomorrow, or at least start going in. My gaskets are shot so they need a lot of gluing back together just to get them to work. Those taillamp buckets are sweet!!!
Thanks Shane
Matt
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Your 45lv is now an ih8mud legend... hint hint
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Not a lot done on the lv tonight.....been struggling getting home from work early this week. Managed to get maybe 2 hours this evening.
I wet sanded out those cargo panels I had paint reaction problems last Saturday with. Got them hung back up, going to go to the paint store tomorrow and see if they have some white epoxy primer on the shelf. If yes, I might spray a coat of that before I shoot base again. Hoping to get them into clear tomorrow night if everything goes right?
Worked on my taillamp gaskets a bit, god they suck....
I used some
3M weatherstripping adhesive and glued the pieces back together. I guess I got them back together and semi-acceptable, but they still suck. Good as it gets for now.....I am seriously thinking of trying to carve some out of rubber myself..I think I could do it?
Glued the lense gaskets back in the buckets with the 3M adhesive, also installed the bulb assemblies.
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I wet sanded out those cargo panels I had paint reaction problems last Saturday with. Got them hung back up, going to go to the paint store tomorrow and see if they have some white epoxy primer on the shelf. If yes, I might spray a coat of that before I shoot base again. Hoping to get them into clear tomorrow night if everything goes right?
Worked on my taillamp gaskets a bit, god they suck....
I used some 3M weatherstripping adhesive and glued the pieces back together. I guess I got them back together and semi-acceptable, but they still suck. Good as it gets for now.....I am seriously thinking of trying to carve some out of rubber myself..I think I could do it?
Glued the lense gaskets back in the buckets with the 3M adhesive, also installed the bulb assemblies.
Matt
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I think you would be better off using flat rubber and cutting the shape out then finding some small square (or rectangular) rubber strips and glueing that to the flat piece with the 3M black weatherstrip adhesive. Making them from a solid chunk of rubber would be tough.
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Not a lot a pics and doesn't look like much, but worked for almost 4 hours this eveining on the lv.
I got some white DP epoxy primer today and when i got home I shot a couple coats on my parts. After I did that I moved onto my taillights to give it some time to dry. I had to drill a couple holes underneath in the body a 1/2" for rubber
I got some white DP epoxy primer today and when i got home I shot a couple coats on my parts. After I did that I moved onto my taillights to give it some time to dry. I had to drill a couple holes underneath in the body a 1/2" for rubber
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Not a lot a pics and doesn't look like much, but worked for almost 4 hours this eveining on the lv.
I got some white DP epoxy primer today and when i got home I shot a couple coats on my parts. After I did that I moved onto my taillights to give it some time to dry. I had to drill a couple holes underneath in the body a 1/2" for rubber grommets and the taillight wires to run up. Got that done and the wires in, hooked up everything.....I have turn signals, but not brake or taillights
I had it when we wired it....not sure, worked on it for a bit, but finally gave up and went back out in the booth.
Shot a couple coats of white base and then cleared....turned out pretty nice. Hopefully if everything is dry tomorow evening I can bolt some of it in.
Matt
I got some white DP epoxy primer today and when i got home I shot a couple coats on my parts. After I did that I moved onto my taillights to give it some time to dry. I had to drill a couple holes underneath in the body a 1/2" for rubber grommets and the taillight wires to run up. Got that done and the wires in, hooked up everything.....I have turn signals, but not brake or taillights
I had it when we wired it....not sure, worked on it for a bit, but finally gave up and went back out in the booth.Shot a couple coats of white base and then cleared....turned out pretty nice. Hopefully if everything is dry tomorow evening I can bolt some of it in.
Matt
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fakejeepsrule! said:
You must have not read my post......taillights don't work
Now I have to go bother him tomorrow ;p
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About 4.5 hours this evening on the lv. Kinda was trying to hustle a bit this evening, that car show is tomorrow. Of course it won't be totally done, but trying to get as much done as possible.
Got all my rear panels in along with the speakers. I didn't take any pics of the actual installation because I was kinda in a hurry. Before I installed the panels I used the die grinder and made a 3/8" hole in each area behind the panel then installed a 1/4" rubber grommet. Then on each side right next to the floor directly below the speaker I made another 3/8" hole with a 1/4" rubber grommet. I used a thin steel wire and snaked it through that area and then pulled the speaker wire through. This way it goes into the area between the inner and outer panel and comes back into the cab right next to the floor and runs underneath the carpet up to the front.....can't see any of the wire. Even hooked it up and had the stereo working, that was good.
Installed the little running boards on each side.......also got my taillights and brake lights working.......Bad ground last night of course. Before I put them back in this evening I ground the paint off the inside so the ground jumper wire would have a solid contact...worked perfect. All legal now
Had the wife cleaning out my 40. The 40 is a driver, but still looks pretty good I think. Want to make sure the kids know theres more out there than the standard Detroit junk ;p
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Got all my rear panels in along with the speakers. I didn't take any pics of the actual installation because I was kinda in a hurry. Before I installed the panels I used the die grinder and made a 3/8" hole in each area behind the panel then installed a 1/4" rubber grommet. Then on each side right next to the floor directly below the speaker I made another 3/8" hole with a 1/4" rubber grommet. I used a thin steel wire and snaked it through that area and then pulled the speaker wire through. This way it goes into the area between the inner and outer panel and comes back into the cab right next to the floor and runs underneath the carpet up to the front.....can't see any of the wire. Even hooked it up and had the stereo working, that was good.
Installed the little running boards on each side.......also got my taillights and brake lights working.......Bad ground last night of course. Before I put them back in this evening I ground the paint off the inside so the ground jumper wire would have a solid contact...worked perfect. All legal now
Had the wife cleaning out my 40. The 40 is a driver, but still looks pretty good I think. Want to make sure the kids know theres more out there than the standard Detroit junk ;p
Matt
