PIG + Chebby Avalanche Trim =?

[LC_Hamma]

Turn Signal Guards

Sidestepping the pass. side fender today, I thought about making a pair of turn signal guards. Kind of a simple design, but time consuming cutting, bending & rewelding angled steel. They'll be affixed on the upper fenders.

 

[Mrbinks79]

Bet it was exciting making the two have the same bends and cuts. But you are a professional right you made a jig. Looking good can't wait to see it finished. Gonna be a monster.

 

[LC_Hamma]

Bet it was exciting making the two have the same bends and cuts. But you are a professional right you made a jig. Looking good can't wait to see it finished. Gonna be a monster.

Jig I'm using my calibrated eyeball special measuring tool so I know it's dead on ;p Thanks guys I'll wheel, I mean push her out in the driveway for more pics soon...... Getting there slowly

 

[1973Guppie]

you should have a guest star role in the new mad max films with this truck........

this thing is going to be a true BEAST! nice......

 

[LC_Hamma]

Bout time these are done whew
Mr. Farr Off Road how they lookin now?

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Aside from all the skill it takes to put this together, I'm not sure I have the creativity to do it either.

Can't wait to see this thing on the trail!

 

[1loudLX]

Wow this thing is silly serious! Ok, I admit...being from the mall-cruiser crowd I dont understand why the doors have huge holes in them, could you enlighten my asphalt hugging ass?


I did check the whole thread, but I only looked at pictures....damn you have some skill/creativity as was said above.

 

[CDUFF7]

Are you going to name her?

 

[LC_Hamma]

Wow this thing is silly serious! Ok, I admit...being from the mall-cruiser crowd I dont understand why the doors have huge holes in them, could you enlighten my asphalt hugging ass?


I did check the whole thread, but I only looked at pictures....damn you have some skill/creativity as was said above.

Initailly, I wanted to give them a lightened look w/o going full on tube doors & also show the raised armor @ the door bottoms. Then, I thought I'd need a can holder for the rear doors & could use some extra storage in the base of the front doors

Are you going to name her?

I'll revise my sig to show it's new name

Thanks all for the thumbs up

 

[1loudLX]

So the doors hold fuel cans and/or act as storage cubbies? Interesting!

 

[LC_Hamma]

Yes, the front doors have a small storage area & the rears have a beverage holder, which is what I shoulda said before

 

[1loudLX]

oh hahaha! Nice touch....us 100 guys have cupholders from the factory

 

[LC_Hamma]

Hood Latch Bracket Brace

Since I pushed my winch as far rearward into the grill as I could, that meant it was necessary to fab up a brace for the hood latch bracket. The winch motor was in the way of the stock vert. brace. I coulda rebent & added mat'l. to it, but what fun is that The fender bars tuck nicely behind the front valance, so minor bracket redo on the pass side is all that was needed. Should have the front all assembled later today - paint is drying....

 

[Farr off road]

Bout time these are done whew
Mr. Farr Off Road how they lookin now?

Total Sweeeetness! Nice work dude!



This thread is great b/c I only have to check it once a month or so!;p

If I check it any more aften then that I'm....what can I say, I'm too impatient!

 

[landcruisnman]

Check out my Pictures in my Profile. I took off the complete roof skin and the back behind the rear doors and made a roll cage to stretch a soft top over. Came out sweeet.

 

[landcruisnman]

You 've got a really sweet setup. I'm about to tackel the same mod with the coil/link front and soa rear. Any tips on the front? What steering box are you running? A 60/62 box? I'm going to be running my 55 axles with 60 discs on front and a disc kit in rear. I'll probably put some spacers on also. Thoughts??
Very motivating stuff you have.

 

[LC_Hamma]

You 've got a really sweet setup. I'm about to tackel the same mod with the coil/link front and soa rear. Any tips on the front? What steering box are you running? A 60/62 box? I'm going to be running my 55 axles with 60 discs on front and a disc kit in rear. I'll probably put some spacers on also. Thoughts??
Very motivating stuff you have.

Thanks dood
Steering box is a PSC modded hydro-assist Scout Saginaw version.
You'll need to figure out what type of linked front you wanna go with. 3 link would be the least amount of work. I've done a y-link on my 40 & this received a true 4 link. I would not do a y-link again (more joint binding), but due to low hanging headers w/ stock width axles, I had no choice to keep the links inside the frame for maximum travel. On the 4 link, you can see how I fabbed some headers that freed up frame space for the link ends & I'm using a hybrid front axle that's wider than stock. If you 3 link yours, just use the pass side to mount that frame link end. You will need spacers for stock width axles. Knuckle/ coil/ frame clearance will be tight but doable. One of my MAIN goals was to keep the ride ht. as low as possible. That meant an obscure panhard location/ swing but I had no other availabe choices. Those are some quick general tips. Post up any other questions & I'll be happy to opinionate.

 

[LC_Hamma]

Minor updates

I've been slowly progressing along lately. I finished up the front end bodywork, mounted the hood, started routing some wiring, finished adding the flooring to the roof rack (pic later) & have already begun fabbin the sheet metal roof rack "feet". I'll cut center holes in these to slip over the tube bases. Then, I'll weld in a bottom plate so I can Gorilla Glue on some waterproofing membrane for the seal.

 

[Gumby]

Very nice.


I'm going with a 3 link myself this next week. Got some good ideas from your threads.

 

[RHINO]

i dunno about gorilla glue,,, it dries so hard that it might crack up with vibration, maybe something that will stay soft instead, weatherstrip adhesive?