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02-23-2008, 07:51 AM | #1 |
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Well lets not get to far ahead of our selfs as rear axel placment is along ways off. Once the cab if done I will take a set of step side fenders and section them so they just cover the rear tires, then I will clamp them to a long bed and start moving them forward and back to see how it looks. Once I find a good starting point for what I am looking for then I wil start shortening the bed until it looks right to me and my wife. Not that I do not like all the help from the board members but I am building it and she is not giving mne slack for doing it. Also I have found over the years her eye is dead on when it comes to the right perportions on vehicals. Their have been several builds were I sketch it out only to have her cut it up and change things on it. The worst part is she has always been right so far.
I have a way that I will be sectioning the bed that will only leave one weld seam per side no matter what I do to it so adjustment will be easy. All this is still a ways off as my curent project Trazer needs my full attention until it is done then I can start working on the crew cab between other projects. I also like the suicide idea problem is one of the big reasons for this build right now is to get things ready for two other customer builds that are going this way. So I really need to do this one with 4 regular doors for mock up and templetes for the other builds. Trust me doing the suicide route without a B pillar would be alot easier to pull off and I still will keep it as an option if I can get the 2 customers to go that way as well Keep in mind with the axel placement that it will have alot to do with the step side fenders and how close they can get to the bed corners. I will not shorten the fenders and do not want them right up to the corners of the fleet side bed, I think that would look funny. I hope to have enought time in the next month to get most of trazer finished up but if it takes more than so be it. Kevin LFD Inc. Last edited by Rokcrln; 02-24-2008 at 04:08 AM. |
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02-24-2008, 10:39 AM | #3 |
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I had not picked up on that so far. Thanks for pointing it out
Do you have a shot of yours from the back showing how wide it is with your fenders on? Kevin LFD inc. |
02-24-2008, 11:32 AM | #4 |
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I have a couple of direct rear shots, but they do not really show the width. I added a few more at slight angles to try to show how they really look. I cut 3" off of the stepside fenders and the outside of the tire sits about 1" inward from outside of wheelwell. I used a 14 bolt rearend out a '97 C3500 dually pickup. You may already know this, but the cab and chassis rearends are narrower, and you would have to run spacers to get the width of dually pickup rearend. If you build one without the wide rearend, you will have tub the inner fenders. Mine measures 92" across from the outside of the outer tires. Rearends out some cube vans, box trucks, and short buses are wide like the dually pickup rearends as well.
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02-23-2008, 10:33 PM | #5 |
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mspaint (if you dont have photoshop) is your best friend for figuring out proportions. No cutting or welding required
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02-24-2008, 04:07 AM | #6 | |
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Here is one I just saw in another thread. Make it a crew cab 4dr and we are almost their once it gets an altitude adjustment! and a rear shot of another Kevin LFD Inc. Last edited by Rokcrln; 02-24-2008 at 07:05 AM. |
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03-01-2008, 08:02 AM | #7 |
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Looks like its gona be a killer project... But that light blue one has the best rear fender treatment I have seen. Look at the white one it looks like square fenders were added to the bed..
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Also check out what one of my customers/firends (Project Trazer) gave me today! A set of front and back alcoa's with lugs and caps! Now I need to get his rig done so I can start this one one day comming up. Kevin LFD Inc. |
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03-01-2008, 11:15 AM | #9 | |
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03-13-2008, 04:33 AM | #10 |
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I got to really looking closer at my rear fenders and noticed that they seemed to be angled down more than the were when I cut them, and I figured out why. Is was the fact that the wheelwell has been cut off the fleetside bedsides, the weight of the stepside fenders were making the whole panel droop down. I got out there today and added some support like what was on there from the factory and got everything straightened back up. It looks much better.
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03-13-2008, 06:10 AM | #11 |
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Yes that looks much better, nice job!
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03-01-2008, 09:33 PM | #13 |
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03-22-2008, 10:38 PM | #14 |
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If not a diesel, why not a Caddy motor?
I have one pushing more hp and more torque than the Cummins in my 2005 Dodge Ram on gas, which is now cheaper then diesel. It's also slightly heavier than a SBC :p This is a nice thread for me, since I am building a dually K45 (C50 frame converted to K, with a 2.5 ton rear and a 1.25ton front) :p I've been waffling over an 8ft bed with step side fenders or a custom tow bed. Last edited by FormerMember; 03-22-2008 at 10:41 PM. |
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