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there's always something that needs to be done. this is temporary considering im not sure if it will work with the rims i want. 20x10 zero off set. axles were installed for mock up and rolling chassis. gonna run 5 on 5. anyone got any for sale???

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sand blasted, thanks harbor freight!
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the right way to remove factory bracketry
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Looks good. Glad to see progress...

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woo hoo page 5! ha ha yeah its been eating at me to work on it. SOMETHING...:clap:

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I know I'm slacking on mine between work and family not much time...plus, I'm waiting for parts to arrive....I still have about a billion things I could be working on but it's hard to get over there w/ the hours I put in and still see my girls so the truck is the one that suffers :lol:

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progress is progress... ;)

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Great progress, glad I checked in it again. Just curious, what is the "right" way to remove the factory mounts? I may be doing the same thing on mine if I decide to buy a donor burb (86 5 hole). Plasma? Torch? or the cut-off wheel method? something else?

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well the brakets are either 3/16" or 1/4". you'd have to have a fairly decent plasma to get them off. the cut off wheel would take forever and you'd constantly have to change the wheel. i used oxygen acetylene torch with a scarfing tip. it worked well and with little clean up. for the clean up i used a 4 1/2" grinder with a sand paper wheel. it was all very little effort for a very good turn out. hope it helps

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kind of irrelevant but here i am last weekend in the desert. it's riding season![IMG][/IMG]

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OK starting to get back on track... here are some updates.
i started fixing the small dents in my front fenders, the decided to work on shaving my marker lights.
i cut out the marker light attatchment point. I made a panel with a step in it using this cool stepping tool that goes in a air hammer. the panel goes in from the back side of the fender. i tacked it in place and then used silver solder brazing rod and sealed the panel to the fender. now its sealed, as with welding a pinhole could mean rust down the line. check em out
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the only down side to brazing is the heat, BUT... i already straightened the area. it came right back with minimal effort.
it took 3 rods of silver solder to do this marker. i learned as i went...
the three rods were 27 bucks! need to get more, they come in packs of 3.
STAY TUNED!!

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Looks like a very strong joint using sivler solder. Just curious why you decided to go this direction? Just an experiment? It seem like a mig or tig would be signifcantly cheaper and hard to keep the heat level down. I really like the way you made the lip on the edge to overlap the joint. Keep it up!:ito:

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originally i was going to mig it but then my boss made a good point. when you mig sheetmetal you have to tack and tack and tack etc. until your piece is fully welded. with tacking you could still have a small pine hole and not know it. this means moisture and rust down the line. the silver solder flows into the seam, sealing it completely.

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Dude..Your doing a great job...I have not been to this side of the forum much since I got Sweet Pea done....But awesome work...Cant wait to see it all together.

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Very good point! I am doing Tig only on all our sheetmetal but it's still very difficult to keep from not getting small pin holes unless your metal is very clean. It's also a lot slower than mig, but it's still cheap.
BTW that desert trip looked like some serious FUN!

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Nice work!

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santa loved me this year
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my 2 ton cherry picker, used for cab removal and install with ease,. oh yeah and for my engine too... ha ha

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brothers urethane cab and core support body mounts

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EZ wirings 21 circuit wire harness

i also have Marquez Designs tail lights in the mail and Nate from porterbuilt is sending me my new hood hinges
TIME TO GET MOTIVATED FOR 2010!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!

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guess I wasn't as good as you :lol:.. Looks like you got some cool stuff. Hope it motivates you to get to work on it!

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Im giving you by the end of the day to have one of these parts installed!

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Man, nice set of parts. I'm going to be running the Marquez lights on mine as well....like how they give the frenched appearance.

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Santa must have thought I was a bad kid, I didn't get anything like you got. Those are some nice looking parts! I would love to score a enging lift like that.:metal:

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its a harbor freight lift, under 200. its a 2 ton and stores pretty small. a great deal

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CHRISTMAS IS OVER!!! finally i can focus again... ha ha
got a solid 3 hours on the front left fender today
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that's all you did in three hours???













j/k....looking good man :chevy:

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im going for a somewhat smooth look, maybe not, i'll move the emblems or have my buddy lazer some out for me... he he he
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