El Chingon

[texastrendz]

Decided to share the work so far on the chassis,







step notch for the rear.






step notch for the front.

[texastrendz]

Porterbuilt bag plates being installed, he gives you the bolt holes for the sway bar for the alignment.




Then i used a transfer punch to align the rest once i bolted it with the sway bar holes.




Then just drill and bolt it all up.

[texastrendz]

PB dropmember that is going in.

[leddzepp]

Love the work....love the project name even more

[SATownChevy]

good progress, where are you going to mount the rear bags?

[texastrendz]

bag mounts run along the front of t he notch, i will post more pics of the rear frame later tonight. the rear section is not completely finished.

[BB72CHEVKT]

nice

[ERIK D]

its gonna be nice bro.

[texastrendz]

pics of the rear section with all the bag mounts, shock mounts and panhard bar mounts.



pic of the front porterbuilt notches welded in and smoothed.

[texastrendz]

update: just got the frame and porterbuilt parts back from powdercoating. It was raining in houston so the frame already got its first wash.

[texastrendz]

If you want to get parts powdercoated in houston this is the place to go. I took them a total of 38 pieces:

Frame, rearend housing, complete front porterbuilt package, upper and lower control arms, bag plates, valve mounting brackets, u bolt and mounting plates for rear, panhard bar, trailing arms, trailing arm crossmember, air tank, and a bunch of mounting brackets and tabs. 800.00. no tax. cash.

The color option was any color as long as it was black. It is a polyester tgic powder i think he called it. I hope it was the right stuff for the application.

[texastrendz]

Few more pics:

[POPO1984]

Originally Posted by texastrendz

If you want to get parts powdercoated in houston this is the place to go. I took them a total of 38 pieces:

Frame, rearend housing, complete front porterbuilt package, upper and lower control arms, bag plates, valve mounting brackets, u bolt and mounting plates for rear, panhard bar, trailing arms, trailing arm crossmember, air tank, and a bunch of mounting brackets and tabs. 800.00. no tax. cash.

The color option was any color as long as it was black. It is a polyester tgic powder i think he called it. I hope it was the right stuff for the application.

I might have missed it but where did you get the powdercoating done?

[Slick67]

What kind of centercaps are you going to run on the ralleys?? I have a set of ralleys for my truck also but I am thinking of changing the center caps.

[texastrendz]

Originally Posted by Slick67

What kind of centercaps are you going to run on the ralleys?? I have a set of ralleys for my truck also but I am thinking of changing the center caps.

going to run smooth trim rings with the derby style cap, it is all on order and waiting for it to come in. the real caps are expensive and so are the rings. i could have bought a set of billet wheels for what i am going to have in these things. it will look nice and old school. that is kinda how i am, and wish the world would sometimes be.

[texastrendz]

Originally Posted by POPO1984

I might have missed it but where did you get the powdercoating done?

you know what i never did post the name, sorry.
custom coating applicators was the name of the company. i have the card at work for the number if you want it . pm me and i will give you the number.

[POPO1984]

Originally Posted by texastrendz

you know what i never did post the name, sorry.
custom coating applicators was the name of the company. i have the card at work for the number if you want it . pm me and i will give you the number.

PM sent

[texastrendz]

Got the trailing arm crossmember together tonight, i used 7/16 bolts instead of 3/8. It seemed that the 7/16 bolts took up more slack in the hole then 3/8, it was not for strength.

[texastrendz]

well since you asked:

[texastrendz]

i used kp components axle kit for the bag brackets and shock brackets. the bag plates for the a arms are from porterbuilt. i stitched up the trailing arms every 8 inches or so with the welder to keep them from seperating. i wish it would stop raining here in houston so i can start throwing parts on the frame......

[tremman78]

no rain and 100 degrees all weekend!! get that frame done,lol

[Slick67]

I hear ya, the rain is gettin old around here. Almost everyday for over 2 weeks! Your frame and other parts look great, they did a really good job on the powder coating. What part of H-Town are you in?

[texastrendz]

I am in N.W houston, 610 and 290 intersection. Yea, i am dropping the diff off at pyle bros. tommorrow to get assembled. It will go together real fast once i get the diff. back. I still need to install the a arm bushings i got from energy, i am actually scared to do this and hope i dont chip the arms installing them.

[Slick67]

Originally Posted by texastrendz

I am in N.W houston, 610 and 290 intersection. Yea, i am dropping the diff off at pyle bros. tommorrow to get assembled. It will go together real fast once i get the diff. back. I still need to install the a arm bushings i got from energy, i am actually scared to do this and hope i dont chip the arms installing them.

Cool. I am out 290 @ 1960, well that's were I am building my truck, although I live in Spring by the Woodlands. As for chippin them, you can use a razor blade to cut the powdercoat at an angle and it will save you from that headache. I do powdercoating on small parts and have done that in the past for the same reason. I am subscribed to the build, can't wait to see what you have in store for us!

[texastrendz]

got the upper and lower control arms together, the lowers were a pita, one was a little tweaked so i had to get the porta power out and do work. show ya guys some assembly.