looks awesome man very clean and mean

 

Lookin good. Going to go for exhaust next?

 

What's that red wire behind your wheel? (2nd pic, 2nd post)

 

I'm jealous!!!!! looks awesome!!!

 

nice sled! i looped a few ties together and went arond the bolt that holds the bumper on. get thos gaps filled and your all set! stainless nerf bars to go with the crome maybe? or blacks allways cool in my book too! again, lookin great!

 

Wow, thanks for the compliments guys!! I love it, glad to see you guys like it too. Cramerica, I actually think this is the second of it's kind as Coondog's truck was my inspiration for what I have done here. Thanks again guys.

Now for those pesky gaps, well I had a brainwave yesterday. I went by an industrial belt place that supplies belting for conveyers to Mills, Mines etc. and came away with this.

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It's industrial strength material, so it shouldn't tear or fall apart. They didn't want anything for it, but I gave them $10.00 as there is quite a bit there. My tiles on my floor are 12", so that gives you an idea. It's about 17" wide at it's widest part, so lots to work with.

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Yeah, the coneheads that installed the canopy(cap) ran the power wire to the auxillary light inside the back that way. I am going to reroute it when I do a little trailer wiring. Sometimes you have to wonder.

 

Does look great! I wish I had the cashews to do a body lift on my truck since there isn't a suspension lift available.

 

Altair, I actually have a 3" single back from the y-pipe right now with a magnaflow muffler. I also have the K&N CAI. But I would like to open up the y-pipe next. What have the guys done to open up the Y, is there any specific size that works better? Thanks.

 

That conveyor belt must be HUGE! I mean, compare it to the chair next to it!

So how mechanically able do you have to be to do a body lift? I'm a pretty capable DIYer, but never tried anything like that, at least not to a vehicle I liked.

 

Kids leaving their toys around again, eh? The body lift is not that difficult. I would definately leave a whole day set aside to do it, though. There are a few steps in the instructions that I wouldn't worry about doing again. The main things that you need on the job are an angle grinder with a cutting and grinding disk, a decent torque wrench, a strong socket set with metric sockets and wrenches if you have them, drill and drill bits and a floor jack. The other good thing to have is an extra set of hands around when you need them, like removing and installing bumpers. Not a hard job per say, just time consuming. The biggest thing is seized bolts, thats when the grinder comes in handy. The only thing my kit was missing (didn't include on the parts sheet) was some 1/4" nylock nuts for the front rad support extentions.