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Nice work as always, you're on the home stretch now!

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that color is soooooooo goooood

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Nice console. It has a nice flow to it.

Marc

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Looks real sharp Bam.
As always great fab work.
Kim

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Beautiful truck. The work is excellent and fab skill are awesome. Steve

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Thank you Sir

Thanks and I hope so.

Thanks man and picking a color was one of the hardest parts of this build for me. Once I sprayed it I liked it.

Thanks man it was last minute but it turned out nice. I think it will look really cool once its upholstered.

Thanks alot Kim

Thanks man I really appreciate it.

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WOW! That is Sweeet, like your console also.

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Thanks man I really appreciate it.

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For those that are interested here is a video of my makeshift paint booth setup after I painted bed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwPyBTpAf-4

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Bam did you have to push the bed side to side to get at it to paint in the booth?

Looks great Buddy!

Allen

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Thanks man, No I did not. I could get around the bed without moving it. Now ask me about crawling around on a creeper on a wet floor to paint the hard to get to places.lol Also crawling under that front panel every time I had to paint the inside.lol 6 times total 3 coat base and 3 coats clear. Ask me if I'm still sore today.

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Looking good, i haven't been around here in a while but i see you're just about there.

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Man o man its lookin good!. another question for you bam, are those Hagan mirrors on your doors, if so did you just drill holes in the door and mount them. or did you used some kind of backing plate on the back side to support them... reason Iam asking , is Iam thinking of going with those and trying to see how I can mount them... I keep having a vision of some walking buy and bump into them and the door getting distorted.

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great work --beautiful truck !!

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Thanks man I really appreciate the kind words.

Thanks man I'm trying to get this thing done for summer. The mirrors are not hagan I brought them on ebay. No I did not use a backing plate. All of the support is in the mirrors base they screw into the base of the mirrors. They are simply for looks I like the way they look thats all. I have a big back window truck so I doubt I will ever use them for driving its much easier just to look through all that back window glass.lol

Thanks man, I'm working on making it nice.

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great thanks bam

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Well I got the wood stained and protected.

Stained. I mixed three stains to come up with this color. It very close to the matching my seat. I like it.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...98bc861f_z.jpg

To protect the wood I decided to use Total Boat Marine Gleam Varnish Gloss. I like it because you can do like 3 coats a day with an hour or 3 hours between
coats depending on the weather. I used a foam brush to apply it.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bc49037e_z.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c2c02d47_z.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...32d09b26_o.jpg

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Hey BAM

Everything looks great. We all knew it would though. Your work is always spot on.

Questions: How low is the lowest part (front of the door or back of the fender) of the truck from the ground? How close is your engine pan or transmission pan from the ground also?

Did you run spacers between the chassis and the cab - either solid or flexible and if so, what did you run?

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Thanks man.

Your question as to the lowest part. I don't go by transmission and front or back of fenders. I go by front suspension cross member. because that is the lowest part under the truck. If that clears not problem with the trans. My cross member is 4 1/2 inches front the ground. That is with my a arms parallel with the ground.

Question 2. Yes I did have to shim (metal body shims) the cab in the front. It closed the gap at the bottom of my front fenders and door.

I hope this answered your question. If you really want that measurement that you ask for I could get them for you no problem but like I said I never measure for them. Your not wrong to do it that way, I just dont.

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I see. Makes sense. Sure, when u get around to it, that measurement (front of the bottom of the door to the ground) would be helpful.

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Will do when I get home. Let me get this correct. You want the distance form the bottom of the rear fender right where it meets the door to the ground right?

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Correct. You have the height and stance perfectly and want to see where I am in comparison. Need a visual reference for esthetics.

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Thanks man. Okay will get that to you as soon as I get home.

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Looks terrific, Bam! In the home stretch!

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Thanks man