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im doing a bodydrop still

evryone forgets that its a daily driver.
to top it off i live in appartments
all my work is either done on the side like these lca's and ho i did my notch
i try not to park it for more than a day so it makes it even more of a challenge

ive bagged two of these trucks and both layed rocker.
i would love to z it but my time and space dont meet the requirerments

all my side work is based out of my truck and i do more of mobile fabrication
granted im still a kid in most eyes but i have much more knowledge then im given credit for.



as for the lca's they will be plenty strong, i know i didnt completly box in the back part of the control arm but you learn alot about stregnth when working on trophy trucks and rock crawlers
theres more than enough
like i always say "bolts are for people that dont trust their own fabrication skills"

not trying to be rude, its just how i say stuff

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AMEN! :metal:

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Got some pics for you bud
Pic of the rim with no hub cap and the inside of the hubcap and you can kinda see the lip
You can see mid way on the rim that there is three nubs
The hubcap stretches over it
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...psa649db20.jpg
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...psd3b817ed.jpg
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1751b481.jpg
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Also got some updates....
Got the lca's all bolted in

http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...psd2d88653.jpg

http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7b22aa68.jpg
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Thanks for the pics, they clear it up for me in my head. Keep up the good work.

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took some pics of the lca's bolted in and aired out
and some other issues im going to clear in the next couple weeks

carrier bearing crossmember is hitting so thats next to go
exhaust is scraping on just about everything lol

need to get some more 3/8 dot line so i can bolt in my pie cut ucs's to get an inch or two lower because the balljoints are maxed out when lowered all the way

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What do you think, patina?
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ps06099c42.jpg



And since I bolted in the lca's I've yet to take a pic of it aired out in the front and rear
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1f053ed5.jpg
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Looks good!!!!

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great work so far man!!! keep it up :metal::metal::metal::metal:

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Missed this build on here man...I'll follow along here now since I'm on here more ;)

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Been super busy lately
Doing a lot of side stuff

Cupping a set of lca's for a fellow forum member
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ps38f4a054.jpg
Fixing the front end of a family members avalanche that tboned a car
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...pse286b5e9.jpg
And trying to get my 84 k-5 in running order
961,000 original miles!
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9879104c.jpg

Going to be working on tonneau cover pritty soon
Will be something different that I haven't seen or heard of before
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anyone have a extra 6 lug steelie??
i want to have an extra as a spare and show piece to mount in the bed
already got an extra hub cap and tire now i just need the wheel

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not my year truck but im enjoying this thread. great fab work. I only wish i knew a fraction of what you can do. Im determined to learn to weld. That being said those HF cheap welders like the 70a arc welder or the 90a flux wire, would those be ok to learn on? and with one of those would i be able to do anything sturdy enough to my truck where i dont kill a family of four on their way back from the mall as one of my welds breaks? just sayin'

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thanks man,
as for the welder and why i use it its also to prove that it can be done.
please practice practice practice before you touch the truck.
safety is a huge thing for me and i wouldnt put someone in danger of bad welds

but it would be an excellent welder to learn with
once you have it down i would invest in a nicer one

im a full certified welder so i can make this piece of crap work just fine

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I'm pretty sure my spare is a stock steelie ,I'll have to look tomorrow to be sure. You wouldn't happen to have another wheel such as a rally to swap for it would you? I will let you know if its got the nubs for caps tomorrow ,I know it is definitely a 15. Dan.
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If a trade is good for you I will find one
I just want the steelie lol


Ill check around I'm sure there's someone I know that has one for you
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Yes my spare is a stock steelie with the nubs for caps . I just went under the truck to look. Dan.
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Haven't been able to find one for you but I still have an eye out bro
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Of course when you ride low and the way your not suppose to things tend to break. My bar for my bridge in between the notches broke before the welds, do to a design flaw and using thin tubing.
Finally decided to bust out the 1 1/2" round chromoly
Put a little twist to it but I like it

Let me know what you guys think
I did this in about an hour and I'm not so sure I'm done yet and might have some other things up my sleeves
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ps80e0e955.jpg
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0cacce4c.jpg
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...psc0d8b967.jpg
The bars do not touch but because its a higher strength steel it won't require being attached to each other
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I love your build.. so much diy fab, its great. Wish you had a pick where the truck is slammed but even front and rear. Seems like the rear is always lower.. great work man.. really.

Eric (Evaded)

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Looking good.

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Thanks bro, I'm not a big fan of "bolt on" stuff
Plus I don't mind the fabrication

Next step will probably be a body drop to get the rockers on the ground which should get this pig level
When it's aired out its kinda a bummer seeing it so close to the ground, but seems so far lol
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Thanks bro
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Got some goodies
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...psa40c18d2.jpg
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ps877eae53.jpg
Just gathering some fittings and valves to clean up my setup before I start doing the bigger projects
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Nice build! Just finished the body drop on mine shouldn't be much trouble for a fabricator like urself! I'm subscrided
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Thanks man means a lot.
Which way did you do yours? Conventional or chop the frame
Got any pics of yours
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My only update for this hot weekend

http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ps217d483d.jpg
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Lovin' the build. Not a fan of the copper tubing. I highly recommend using steel tubing or DOT plastic air lines.

Keep the updates coming.

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Thank you
And it's something different
Dot fittings are mainly rated for big rigs otherwise its just a name basically
The copper is plenty strong for this application
The only dot hardware I have are the 1/4" lines ran from front to rear and thats to the gauges in the cab.
There's not enough going on to need brass fittings

I get most of my air line fittings a grainger and pay like $2-3 a piece
Never had a leak and they work great, even the cheap plastic check valve from the has worked for 2 years

My main reason for the copper tho is that you don't really see it to often.
The metal is just soft enough for push to connect fittings to work also
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Haven't got my pics up yet this might help... Make sure u angle the front of the frame by the tranny crossmember though so u don't have huge holes like in the link! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=70926
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Thanks man, big help.
Curious if he capped the end of those cuts or made some gussets for strength
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I capped mine. I just used this as a reference and improved upon his mistakes. Don't learn from ur mistakes... Let them screw up first lol!
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Ya true dat!!
My biggest challenge is figuring a way out to do it with my daily driver
I have been doing everything in stages and planning it all out so I don't have to park it

I'm kinda thinking for the first step to lower all the body mounts first and make some risers to keep the body where it is
Then cut the frame and finish that.
I can modify the tranny hump too and raise it a couple inches
My main concern is the driveshaft, do you thing I will have to raise the tunnel for that?
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In all honesty I jumped the gun and cut my tunnel before I test fitted and didn't even need to but we are talking two different cab styles... Idk I would suggest doing the vs then test before cutting may just make extra work. Plus I'm running a 305 v6 with four speed granny! With ur skills u should be able to do it in a weekend... All added up took about 24 hours +/-
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By the way did mine a max of 4" u prolly won't need that with the bags.
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i figure go big or go home lol
id much rather have the clearance instead of tearing off a crossmember going 65 on the freeway lol
the highways here suck!!!
but i totally agree, ill fix the mistakes of other bd's haha
gunna be fun!!

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cool build

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thank you

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how did you make your side markers very coooool