78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread

[K20chevy]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

I am digging this truck. Good work!

Thank you!

[MR6X6]

Any info on the wheels? I couldnt find them using the part number you gave.. Thanks

[K20chevy]

Originally Posted by MR6X6

Any info on the wheels? I couldnt find them using the part number you gave.. Thanks

Thanks for pointing this out, my bad, the correct number is 6059. As far as I know these wheels are discontinued though, at least in 8x6.5" and 17x9".
Mine have a back spacing of 4.62"/offset of -8mm.

I´ll probably change them out sometime this year though for something more sleeper looking!

[TheBlueBomber]

Sweet build!

[K20chevy]

Originally Posted by TheBlueBomber

Sweet build!

Thanks!

[K20chevy]

Here is just a little teaser of the new rear mount aluminum tank....

[quadzero]

Very impressive wip and a great truck. Then I saw the Dana 60 and got very depressed, I can only dream of having such a brute. From the new transmission to the new gauges to the rims, I think this is the way most people would build a 4x4. I know I would. Keep up the great work and enjoy this beauty. Your avatar caught my attention btw and I thought that is one cool rig.

[K20chevy]

Thank you! I appreciate all the kind words. I´ll do my best to keep track of all the work that I´ll do to it in the future and make sure to post pictures.

Originally Posted by quadzero

Very impressive wip and a great truck. Then I saw the Dana 60 and got very depressed, I can only dream of having such a brute. From the new transmission to the new gauges to the rims, I think this is the way most people would build a 4x4. I know I would. Keep up the great work and enjoy this beauty. Your avatar caught my attention btw and I thought that is one cool rig.

[K20chevy]

Here is the tank installed. However I might have to move it back a little because of clearance issues with the Mag Hytech diff cover and the tank at full bump.

[K20chevy]

Does anyone know how to start a vote on a few options here? I´d like to do that but have no idea how...

Thanks!

[K20chevy]

Ok guys, time for some poll action. I rendered some different light setups for my truck and would like to know what you guys think looks best.

I posted this question in another thread, but not to many people replied, so I hope it works better here...

current LED setup:



Reason for the change is, the LEDs are great flood lights but don´t give me enough distance, so I need some kind of HID to fill in the distance.

#1 (current LED setup plus 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Compact Xenon pencil beam)



#2 (current LED setup plus 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon Euro Beam)



#3 (2x BD Squadron wide cornering + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon Euro beam)



#4 (2x BD Squadron wide cornering + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Compact Xenon driving beam + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Compact Xenon pencil beam)



#5 (2x BD Squadron wide cornering + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon euro beam + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Compact Xenon pencil beam)



#6 (2x BD Squadron wide cornering + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon euro beam + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon pencil beam)



#7 (2x HIDDEN BD Squadron wide cornering + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon euro beam + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Compact Xenon pencil beam)



#8 (2x HIDDEN BD Squadron wide cornering + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon euro beam + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon pencil beam)



#9 (2x BD Squadron wide cornering + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Compact Xenon driving beam + 2x Hella Rallye 4000 Compact Xenon pencil beam)

[Billy81]

Well if were going off looks i vote #9 but i really don't know much about those lights, i know not very helpful.

[79Betty]

No idea what ANY of them light do or mean... But i like 9 too !!!

[TheBlueBomber]

I think 9 would be awesome. With an led light bar lol..

[K20chevy]

Originally Posted by Billy81

Well if were going off looks i vote #9 but i really don't know much about those lights, i know not very helpful.

Thanks for the vote!

Originally Posted by 79Betty

No idea what ANY of them light do or mean... But i like 9 too !!!

Cornering light is a light that has a similar beam to a fog light, only shines a bit further. A euro or driving beam pattern is with quite a bit of distance but still has decent throw to the sides, normally the style most people use and a pencil beam light is a very very narrow concentrated beam of light, that shines very far down the road/trail, but with no side coverage at all (only useful with additional other lights)
Hope this helps a little.

Originally Posted by TheBlueBomber

I think 9 would be awesome. With an led light bar lol..

HAHA, with that many HID´s you don´t need the LED anymore. LED´s only make sense, if you use a pencil beam hid with it, to give it some distance. I don´t want to do tooo many lights either to make it look like a trophy truck. I´m kind of trying to make it look vintage or half way period correct, even thought it is LED and HID.

[Grumpus Monkus]

I am green w/ envy, what a sharp truck. I am of no help w/ the light question as IMHO, they are all a winning set up.

[cleansquare]

Wow...awesome build....dream truck

[K20chevy]

Originally Posted by Grumpus Monkus

I am green w/ envy, what a sharp truck. I am of no help w/ the light question as IMHO, they are all a winning set up.

Thank you, been a long time til it got to the point where it is today!

Originally Posted by cleansquare

Wow...awesome build....dream truck

Thank you!

[quadzero]

I think that is one good looking rig and I like #2. Good lighting but you still see the excellent Chevy front in all it's glory. But being on a dark lonely road you would probly be thinking, "I should'a went with #9"

[youngblood78]

WoW this is one heck of a truck I could only dream of doing all this to my old 78 and that blue is the color ive always wanted on my truck. how did you do all of the wiring for the 6.2? get a stand alone kit or modify it your self?

[K20chevy]

Originally Posted by quadzero

I think that is one good looking rig and I like #2. Good lighting but you still see the excellent Chevy front in all it's glory. But being on a dark lonely road you would probly be thinking, "I should'a went with #9"

Thanks. #9 would only give me more distance over #2. All these setups are bright as heck!

Originally Posted by youngblood78

WoW this is one heck of a truck I could only dream of doing all this to my old 78 and that blue is the color ive always wanted on my truck. how did you do all of the wiring for the 6.2? get a stand alone kit or modify it your self?

Thank you. The blue is GM arrival blue metallic, I believe an ´03 color. The wiring harness is a custom stand alone harness from current performance. They also did the programming of the ECU. The rest of the truck is completely rewired with a pinless performance harness though. No old wiring in it at all. The headlights are using a custom harnes that I made up and the load leveling stuff for the headlights uses the Hella harness.

[motornut]

great work on the truck,can never have too many light options
the big older ones seem right,but the small ones look cool

[K20chevy]

Originally Posted by motornut

great work on the truck,can never have too many light options
the big older ones seem right,but the small ones look cool

Thanks! Well, what I like about the larger lights is that they have a structured lense for the driving beam and the clear parabolic reflector combo for the pencil beam, so that looks more old school than the new clear glass fre form reflector ones....

[motornut]

these are what i ran on my 88,and two still new

[smashingchuck]

very sweet build.