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Mason 250r 04-24-2017 05:27 PM

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The beginning of a front narrow, rear narrowed and bobbed, maybe boat sided and a roll cage.

Mason 250r 04-24-2017 08:27 PM

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Mason 250r 04-24-2017 08:45 PM

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truckster 04-24-2017 09:22 PM

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Forgive my ignorance; is narrowing it somehow better for off-roading? I'm not familiar with narrowing at all.

Mason 250r 04-24-2017 09:31 PM

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Even more

Mason 250r 04-24-2017 09:43 PM

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Anybody like pics?

Mason 250r 04-24-2017 09:52 PM

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hewittca 04-24-2017 10:03 PM

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I always thought narrowed trucks look interesting. I normally dont like heavy body mods but these are so purpose built, I dig it. In to see how this one progresses.

Mason 250r 04-24-2017 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by truckster (Post 7924838)
Forgive my ignorance; is narrowing it somehow better for off-roading? I'm not familiar with narrowing at all.

Yes it's for rock crawling. It helps keep the fenders​ and quarter panels from being smashed before your tire can start climbing .

bilfman 04-25-2017 12:04 AM

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A lot of work! Looks like you have the right skills to tackle it😉

HO455 04-25-2017 12:33 AM

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Wow! That's a lot of work! How did you decide on where to cut and fold? It looks pretty wild. Did you consider doing something like an Eagle Ventures hood type of modification? I'll be checking back on this one.

68panelman 04-25-2017 07:21 AM

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Pretty neat, not something I would do to mine, but maybe on a spare blazer for the purpose of what your doing, great! Now I need to find a beater blazer, thanks a lot!

Mason 250r 04-26-2017 06:02 PM

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Thanks all. The hood was a ton of work. There's not many 1st gens with this done. Most of them cut the hood down flush with the fenders but I wanted it to still have most of the factory look and still have the cowl.

Mason 250r 04-26-2017 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HO455 (Post 7925035)
Wow! That's a lot of work! How did you decide on where to cut and fold? It looks pretty wild. Did you consider doing something like an Eagle Ventures hood type of modification? I'll be checking back on this one.

The fist thing I did was narrow the core support as much as possible without making the radiator hole any smaller. Then cut as much as was needed off of the ends of the firewall to make the fenders fit that angle.

I've never heard of Eagle Ventures hood mod what is that?

Mason 250r 04-26-2017 06:16 PM

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Having a 1st gen I gave it alot of thought before cutting it up. At least a year but then decided this one was a good candidate with some of the body damage and strange repairs someone had already done to.

Mason 250r 07-04-2017 12:43 PM

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Got the rear done.

Mason 250r 07-04-2017 12:54 PM

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Mason 250r 07-04-2017 12:58 PM

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The rear was narrowed to match the same dimensions as the front and bobbed 7-7.5" to make it symmetrical from rear axle to rear of the body as the front axle to the front of the grill.


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