Project ''Second Time Around''

[88chevyshort]

nice build. how did you go about painting the dash trim like the glove box, etc?

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Originally Posted by 88chevyshort

nice build. how did you go about painting the dash trim like the glove box, etc?

Thanks. I'll be painting the rest of the plastic prices of my interior in the future. I will go into more detail then.

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Today I finished up the passenger side. Here are the pic from this weekend.







Drilled a new hole for the air line.

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Air line.



Mounted to the frame.



Lower bracket. There is a bottom flat plate that is welded to the A arm. I originally had to modify this bracket to fit down inside the A-arm. Most of the kits now come with a lower cup.

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After running the air lines down the frame to the rear I put my 22" wheels on because they are the largest wheels that I have so I can get a good idea of where to place the inner fenders when I make them. Then, I pulled the jack stands and let it down to take some pictures.




Cut the inner fender out so the tire would tuck.

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With the fender and bumper on. Test fit.











I'm going to have to move the wiring harness.

[Restrorob]

Lookin Good !

I've got another question.... Hope you don't mind my questions ?

I may bag mine if I ever hit the lottery.

Since cutting out the fender I assume the wells will need modifying as well, What are your plans for re-locating the ABS and ECU ?

I had to modify my ECU mounting to clear the hood hinge assembly I installed and to me there's little room.


Thanks

[19723DR]

Originally Posted by Restrorob

Lookin Good !

I've got another question.... Hope you don't mind my questions ?

I may bag mine if I ever hit the lottery.

Since cutting out the fender I assume the wells will need modifying as well, What are your plans for re-locating the ABS and ECU ?

I had to modify my ECU mounting to clear the hood hinge assembly I installed and to me there's little room.


Thanks

I don't know about the lottery, but maybe Uncle Sam will be sending you a check in the mail soon!

For the inner fender, I'm going to take a trailer fender and weld it to the inside of the fender for my wheel well. Right now all I need to move is the wiring harness where it goes into the firewall so that I can steer when driving low.

The 95 and up are different. I know on the new models the ABS and ECU are a little more tricky to work around. I've seen guys make brackets on the new inner fender for those, but since mine's the older model, my ECU is in the dash and my ABS is out of the way.

Here's a picture where the tire sits now, not a very good angle. There is not as much junk under the hood of the older models, so I' lucky in that aspect.