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cant wait to see how it comes out... if its done before I send mine out I may have you connect me with him.

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Picked frame up from powder coater today. :metal:
After whatever was blasted off it revealed some pitting in different areas. I expected this and expected that the powder coat wouldn't "fill" the pits in. I'm not after drop dead show car status anyhow...just a nice look with durability. For $550, a weeks time, and the fact I didn't have to piss around trying to attempt to make it look this good I'm pleased.

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Ill be over to pick that up in a bit :metal:

Your center cross member has exhaust pass throughs... is that something you did or was it like that when you got it? And what front cross member is that? Dont look stock...

Gotta weld in a couple patches where I had to cut out a couple areas where the PO torched notches for the headers and stuff and mine will be on its way to the same place.

Looks nice man... get Get-R-Done!

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Trailing arm crossmember already had holes put in by previous owner. Nice to have I must admit.
Pretty sure it's stock front crossmember. Bolted in not riveted. No I didn't do it.

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Looked good before tearing it apart..will be dope when done

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Yeah thats the only cross member thats bolted in on mine.. yours looks fifferent than mine though... I pulled it off. Guess Ill just get a 4 inch hole saw and do the exhaust holes in my center one.

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No updates. Too cold.
Parts are starting to roll in.
This came from vendor Laid Back Recreations. Ordered part yesterday and it was at my door at noon.

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More parts in.
Big thanks to CaptainFab for this setup. Very well made. Holy beefy!

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Looks good! I can't wait to see how it comes back together!

Joe

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Back to the powder coater again next week. Probably won't be last time I'll be there.

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Looking good :metal:

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I ain't bustin my ass by any means. I don't want to get burnt out on this thing so I'm do little bits here and there. Almost all the parts are here. What went out for powder coat is back. So, now that the weather is gettin better I'll start to do more. I've used this by KBS for my rear end, trailing arms, new spindles, and little parts. Rust Seal is some tough ****. Gotta wait for final cure to see how I like the Blacktop topcoat. I rolled Rust Seal on with good results. Tried first coat of Blacktop with brush but last coats I rolled on.

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Messin around with RCs '69 that eventually became Nicks made me love these damn trucks. Seeing first hand what you did to em made me need one. So I blame a fair share on you!!!:barn:

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Cant wait to start seeing some stuff going together. I worked on my trail arms tonight... those are the last 2 things that need cleaned up and coated of all the stuff Im re-using. Cant say enough about that super dooper purple cleaner... awesome stuff.

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Parts seem to fit pretty well.

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Glad I could help :lol: trucks looking good keep up the great work. The PBFAB stuff is really nice i have some of their parts on my truck as well.

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Man those sure are some fancy parts you guys are using there :metal:

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Yesterday. Woulda been rolling but need new spindle nuts.

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CaptainFab rear disc brackets on. Fit is spot on! I'll post pics with rotors when the calipers show up.

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Thats some big beefy brackets... what size rotors are they?

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Yep pretty hefty. Don't know the size of the rotors off hand. They use Astro van AWD front rotors. Same basic thickness (1-1/4") as fronts and using Wilwood D52 calipers.

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I think you're really gonna like those rotors. Cant wait to one day cruise the strip with the 2 coolest c10s in town.

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Got it on all fours yesterday. This is front all the way down. Now I guess I gotta start gettin the air management wired and plumbed.

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Nice alternative to the stock tie rod adjusting sleeves.