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Old 08-07-2009, 11:49 PM
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Get the back done. And I hope you spend as much time as possible with it low, cuz it looks WIERDed out fully inflated.
 
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the back'll be done soon enough.,
sometimes i like to ride front up, actually pretty fun people lookin like "WTF!!?"
 
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well, did a little more today
nothing new suspension wise, but i did move the ECM out of the way, cut more of the inner fender out, and did a little flare attempt, i like how it turned out, maybe i can do the rear and be able to tuck (right now its doubtful)
now i gotta gut the other fender and flare it... not gonna be easy.
but at least i wont have tire clearance problems when i drop it the last inch.5 to the ground

also this is the fender that needs replaced so if i screw it up.. no big deal

before

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after

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this is pretty much where the wheeltub will sit

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and the ECM relocated

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notice the lack of washer fluid bottle....i dont have one anymore, i'll fab up my own new one that keeps the fluid nice and hot... cleans bugs real easy
 
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kissin a$$fault
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nicely done.
 
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Tom, your ride is sick man. There isn't going to be a safe speed bump in the continental U.S.
 
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Tom, your ride is sick man. There isn't going to be a safe speed bump in the continental U.S.
or asphalt patch....
 
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Put a kill switch on the power wire to the fuel pump, and figure out how to only let the pumps run when the engine is running, and that's a 100% theftproof truck unless they try REALLY, REALLy hard.

Just park it so frame and tires are both loaded.
 
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the switchbox has a key lock, there is a secret to turning the compressors on,
switchbox has no power unless the comps are set to on,

soon the truck wont have any door handles, battery will be locked in the toolbox.....

yea, not easy to steal... or have towed for that matter
and with all the pics i have of my truck, any tow company decides to move my truck the simple way... well theres no way im paying for those damages

sorry i had a car towed once with no warning signs and if it wasnt for the brains of the cleveland police i woulda got stuck for 5-600 more than what was actually owed
(long story, guys lucky i dont have anger problems or he would still be a vegetable)
 
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Originally Posted by batman13
the switchbox has a key lock, there is a secret to turning the compressors on,
switchbox has no power unless the comps are set to on,

soon the truck wont have any door handles, battery will be locked in the toolbox.....

yea, not easy to steal... or have towed for that matter
and with all the pics i have of my truck, any tow company decides to move my truck the simple way... well theres no way im paying for those damages

sorry i had a car towed once with no warning signs and if it wasnt for the brains of the cleveland police i woulda got stuck for 5-600 more than what was actually owed
(long story, guys lucky i dont have anger problems or he would still be a vegetable)
yea, not every vehicle can exactly be undertowed....

And even then, the low ones are just as hard to get put on a roll-back

and the other day, I saw some guys unloading a roll-back at a junkyard, the truck didn't have any damage that I saw, and they pushed it off the truck while the bed was still a good foot off the ground. Dunno what they were thinking....it landed on the frame under the cab, then all but ripped the front bumper off.
 


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