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looking good man

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Thanks!! I am going to traveling with the truck so if I am ever near you I'll take you for a rip.
Ya I watch it often:) They did look cool but just temporary.
Thankyou big_moss

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Well over the weekend the fam and I went to visit the inlaws. I had about $2000 of parts delivered to a friend of there's in the US. They go down about 5 times a year with there 5th wheel and brought all my parts back. (Saved shipping to Canada and duty):metal: So I got all my rubber seals from LMC, my custom headlights, cab heater, door vent windows, LED tail lights and all my intake piping for the intercooler. Let the fun begin.

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So today I painted and mounted my sway bar. Have to make some A arm mounts tomorrow to attach the sway bar. Also pulled the spindles off and got them modified for putting my Willwood brakes on. It says to cut the caliper ears off and drill and tap the 2 holes to move the caliper out for the bigger disks.
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Today I got the passenger side all put together. New 3/8" rubber air line did away with the push lock, sway bar mount and hooked up, new bolts for suspension, and Willwood brakes.
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Those new brakes and hubs look sweet!

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Thanks Diesel!! Wilwood Make some nice products.

So today I got the drivers front brakes on and finished up with the front suspension then did a test fit with the new 255/50/16 tires.
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Very nice! When's your time in the booth?

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Very nice lowers....but a set of Alcoa 19.5" wheels would look so sweet on that truck.

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Booth?
Ya they would look sweet. I built the truck for a 26" tire so if I went with the 19.5" Alcoa wheels I would have about a 3" side wall. Maybe some day.

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I have to thank my friend Joe for helping me put my windows in last night. He has the tools and knowledge that made it a piece of chocolate cake. Rear window was in in less than half hour and the front a little longer.
My helpers last night cleaning the crud off windows.
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This tool was for putting the lock bead in the rear seal.:clap:
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Then we had to put the visor back on.:metal:
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looking good

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Do you know what size the piston bore is on your Wilwood calipers. I am building my own front setup and was wondering what the kits came with, 1.38 or 1.75?

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Good looking brake upgrade. Gotta love big shiny disc brakes. Also like the idea of putting the kids to work cleaning windows.

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Great idea having the kids involved!

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Thanks guys it's so exciting!

1.2 X4 total piston area is 4.80. Wilwood caliper # 120-6816-RD

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Nice, one step closer! Lookin good

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Thanks for the info lower50's.

Looks awesome lowered. It's great having the kids out with ya isn't it.
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Thanks. Yes it is. I have to catch them in the right mood. They love the truck just don't understand the amount of time. I do most of my truck work when they are not around.

ghettoluxury no prob

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Bought my batteries last night. I have been working on finishing up the wiring in the bed, looks great. The big continuous duty relay is for my compressors. The little cube relay is for my trans cooler and the bolt is a chassis ground. This is one reason my batt trays are so big. I also hooked up my 3/8" rubber air line to the front that I replaced when I did the brakes. I installed flow controls for down on the front and up on the rear so I can make it go up and down evenly. Air gauges are mounted just beside vent leaver.
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Last night I got the box together I'm trying to get some parts back on so they aren't lying around getting scratched. In the front where the hinge for the bed goes I put in some 1/4" nut certs. Then to fit the tailgate first 2 bolts in bumper then 2 more through apron then tailgate can go on and tighten it all down. LOL
Also installed cowl vent :)
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Looking really good!!!! I really like this truck, lots of creativity within the entire thing.

Did you go with the 12.19" rotors or bigger? love the Wilwood stuff.

Also was just checking back on your "scrapers"..... you should get yourself some magnesium plates and add them to the bottom, so when you drag bottom you can shower the night with pretty colorful sparks!!!! :metal:

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Thanks ptc. Yes 12.19" rotors. Magnesium will probably happen at some point!

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I cant believe you dont have an engine driven compressor on that diesel. I know someone makes one! it will change your life, you know what the recovery time is for a lift? 12 SECONDS. 12. if you have a leak and your tank goes empty overnight, filling from slap empty is under 2 minutes.

I love how the inside tires are even with the bed wall, gave me a chuckle.

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Yes some day it will, might have both. I made york style one for my Jeep years ago. Fills a 35" tire from 10psi to 35psi as fast as an auto shop.

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As far as I've ever seen, those IDI's only had belt driven air compressors. I've never seen one driven off the gear train. Finding a bolt on one may be a real feat now a days. But making the brackets wouldn't be too bad for you to do. A comp off an early DT360, 466, or 408 would work too. Then modify brackets etc accordingly.

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Ya my Jeep compressor was v-belt drive. I also have a york that is serpentine and I mated one to a modified starter motor as a portable. I have seen them on ford vans in the wrecking yard.

I got my batteries hooked up and got air working again. My air tanks don't leek at all and I have one small leek on the drivers front. It's on the back of the gauge. I looked this morning, so 12hr drivers front 20 psi down. I'll get that fixed.

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Put my bed on last night well whats left of a bed, more like a tonneau cover. I'm going to use ply wood for now. Then I screwed on some old signs I have. Looks neat, I also have an old home made galvanized cooler that was given to me it will go near the front between the signs. In the last pic you can also see the red main power dual batt disconnect sw. It's for a boat.
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Nice!
Not much of a bed left, but I like what you do to it, with the signs!

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Howdy! I just wanted to let you know that while I saw waiting for my forum account to get activated, I noticed your thread and read the whole thing from the beginning to current day.

I really like what you did with your truck, and have enjoyed watching the videos, seeing the pictures, and hearing about the work you have done! I'm subscribing so I can keep up with any updates you make.

Question: You said you were planning for a long time. Did you draw out all this stuff on paper, use any computer programs to work out what you wanted, etc? What was your process for the planning phase? I'm an engineer, and always like to hear about the design phase that people go through, because I know how much work goes into that part that nobody actually sees except in the execution of the final product.

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Lower, that is a great looking bed floor / tonneau cover!

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Sweet lowers!!

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Impressive... Just read this from start to now. I have similar ideas for my build with the bed floor being hinged, back halving the rear and air ride suspension. One day it will will be a diesel but now the plans are for a gas motor.

How do you like the accu air vu4 i am looking at that same controller/valving? When you built your controller box did you order a wire harness from them and it appears that you cut and spliced theirs to meet up to yours.

Great build and highly inspired to get mine half way done. Biggest issue is $$$

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Thanks Kees
Thanks Divide. Glad you like it. The build started 14-15 years ago when I started looking for my truck. With my trades Millwright and Machinist I am trying to put all the things I have learnt into this truck. I don't draw anything out prior to building. I design it all in my head and seat of my pants engineering. Part of the process was due to my 1.5 garage work space. You are very right that nobody sees all the work.
Thanks AD It looks better than I thought it would. Just need it weathered now.
Thanks
Thanks. So far I love the valve, so simple and neat. No I did not order the harness from them. Some day I will upgrade to the E-level so I just unplug the pig tail and plug the E-level in. Seems like $$ is always the factor.

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Friday eve my friend Joe brought his works mobile alignment van over so we could get that done. The alignment heads will not fit on when the fenders are on.
After 4 hrs and beers we had the rear end and front end all in the green at my normal ride height of 3.5". Track, caster, camber, toe. We also looked to see what changes at 1" and 6".
I had to put the duals on for alignment.
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This is what we started with. Sorry no after shot computer shut down when we tried to print.
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Lowers, what are the dimensions or your rad and innercooler? Do you think there is enough cooling there should you work the truck? I ask cuz I will use my truck for some towing here and there or road trips in mountains and what not. I know I can put in smaller rad and cooler just for easy cruising but am stumped how I can fit OE stuff in my Coe front end. I'm sure that engine will be similar in its cooling needs as mine. I can't move the engine back anymore to put innercooler there or vise versa. This doggone rad and cooler issue is eating me up mentally. Once I get this outta my hair it'll be smooth sailing.

I went all manual on my bag setup. Kinda wishin I went e-level. Saved a ton of coin though, to sacrifice the cool factor.

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that's a cool setup. I had to find a specific place to align mine too.

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The rad is 23" wide by 25" tall 4 core. The inercooler is 32"X13"X3.25". I'm thinking it will cool fine I will be pushing a lot less wind and a lot less weight, but I too will be pulling camping trailers from time to time. If I have trouble I'll add something like this.
http://derale.com/products/fluid-coo...0897141-detail
I have a smaller 3 core in my Jeep that works really hard on the highway and its fine. Time will tell.
Ya you can always go E-level later.