felt like just putting a quick build thread up.
picked up the truck a few months ago. about the only positive things were the toyo tires and a new transmission, the stereo and a set of rear airbags. paid 2k for it. it needed a bunch of things








truck needed a bunch of stuff. when i got it, it leaked power steering fluid, had a wobble, lots of clunks and as you can see the body was in bad shapre.

first thing up was to fix the ujoints; where i found the bad unitbearings. while i was at it, did a trackbar, tierods and now its all pretty much brand new in the front end.
up next was the steering box. found a unit on kijiji out of a 1 tonne. swapped that in and presto! i had decent steering again. at this point, truck was running ok. still need lots though.

next came the lift. the truck had a few broken rear leafs. found some used springs, and made a custom pack with an adda leaf and another overload for some lift. made the truck run great. for the front, i added diesel coils out of an 01' and set of 3" superlift shocks. truck rides a bit stiff but overall its ok. tires are now 35" BFGs got off a buddy. cut the fenders to clear em.






last few things; had to fix my headlights. found that out on this site: the multifunction switch was the culprit. swapped it out and now they work! also found a towhook/bracket at picknpull for 4$ amazing!
last issue was the body; i have been putting it off....... until this weekend.

the dents were a pain in the butt........ i tried but couldn't pull it. so i basically just ground all the rust out, leveled off a few spots and body filled it in. then i started taping off for the spots i wanted to gatorguard/bedline... i love gatorguard hahaha

all in all took the better part of the weekend, but i think it looks a lot better now!!!!!!!!!1












anyways, its almost done now its come a long way from the piece of junk i bought a few months ago..........

cheers,
John

 

why do you have a for sale sign on it?

Traitor.


lol jk

 

Looks pretty good. I'm thinking the whole truck would look good in that black gatorguard.

 

Great progress! getting it lookin good

 

Nice job! I like it.

 

Very nice. You are doing great work there.

Body is in 'bad shape'??? I only WISH my body looked that good.

 

hahaha thanks guys.
i am VERY tempted to do the whole box in gator guard........

and chances are if it does sell, i'd step up to either a newer durango (maybe, most likely not)
or a third Gen

 

1st...Thank you for answering the age old question, Do old skool white wagon rims look good on a 2nd gen?
Answer: They do indeed!

2nd: I am once again reminded why I live in the hot south...No salt= No rust.

3rd: The truck now reminds me of a racoon on wheels...or ummm....the dog on Jonny Quest. Bandit! That was the dogs name.

 

nice wood bed liner ahahaha looks goog dut if your tape lines were better it would look even nicer..

 

looks a ton better

any thing it better than rust