Project: My Turn, First thread

[67cheby]

awesome burnout !

[mrods72]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

awesome burnout !

It was a blast!

Thanks, Chase

[FL71C10]

I watched the Hot Rod christmas Burnout. That was hilarious! I was wondering when you would have to bail out of the car because of the smoke!

[mrods72]

Here is some of the progress I have made over the past two days. I will be installing the new crossmember next, will post pictures soon. I ordered the firewall filler panels from Nate this week and will be installing them as soon as they get here.

[mrods72]

Originally Posted by FL71C10

I watched the Hot Rod christmas Burnout. That was hilarious! I was wondering when you would have to bail out of the car because of the smoke!

Those are the best burnout tires I have ever owned!! They start to smoke soo fast, I couldn't hold my breath any longer!! My brother-in-law was passing by down the highway and called to see if there was a fire at the house because of the amount of smoke!! The Highway is almost a 1/4 mile away...LOL!

[mrods72]

I'm back with progress!! I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas! Ours was very busy, running everywhere. Front crossmember is in and fit excellent, just waiting on a few more pieces to arive and it will be complete. The Porterbuilt filler panels arrived and I installed two of them today, a great product!

[Bagood]

Looking GOOD Bro!!

[mrods72]

Originally Posted by Bagood

Looking GOOD Bro!!

Thanks Brandon! Its coming along slowly, but surely.

[mrods72]

I have been working as much as I can on My Turn, so far the firewall is sanded and cleaned, getting ready for paint. I removed the passenger side glass today along with the rear glass. I got the front crossmember all bolted up except for the rack, I am waiting on the notches for the frame to come in. We sprayed a test panel yesterday to try and decide on the color to paint the truck. I will post a picture of it in the morning, forgot to take one today.

[67cheby]

Looking good
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[mrods72]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

Looking good
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Thanks a bunch! I was just checking out the progress on yours! Looking good also! I bought my tubing bender from the matco tool truck, works great!

[lolife99]

Any updates?

[mrods72]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Any updates?

Sorry, I have been busy finding the wife a new car and remodeling a new shop my dad just leased. Trying to expand and grow the business. I bought my wife a 2009 pontiac G8 GT! Super sweet car I will post a pic of it tomorrow. Here is a picture of the letdown panel of the paint color, hopefully you can see the difference. Starts with the base coat of copper and then 1-4 coats of Kandy!

[Bagood]

Super sweet....gonna be killer bro

[mrods72]

I have been very busy lately! We are remodeling the new shop and office so we can move in soon. I have the bed off and moved to the new shop, starting to remove all the crossmembers getting ready for the custom rear suspension setup.

[mrods72]

Some shots of the new shop. The previous renters tore all the insulation up in the back shop, looks like crap! We will fix it sometime. We added the tin on the office wall and painted all the walls in the front shop. I pressure washed all the concrete and doors yesterday and today. Thats my brother and our electrician wiring all the lights in. The building was used as a warehouse and had no lights or plugs installed.

[mrods72]

A shot of the Wifes new, used G8 GT as promised.

[playstock]

Hey Mrod72, I have the same rims like your first pic. I'm missing the center caps and don't know the brand. Can you tell me the brand name so I can order new center caps? Thanks.

[mrods72]

Originally Posted by playstock

Hey Mrod72, I have the same rims like your first pic. I'm missing the center caps and don't know the brand. Can you tell me the brand name so I can order new center caps? Thanks.

The wheels in the first picture are Incubus Grim. Hope this helps.

Chase

[LakeAnna]

Originally Posted by mrods72

Some shots of the new shop. The previous renters tore all the insulation up in the back shop, looks like crap! We will fix it sometime. We added the tin on the office wall and painted all the walls in the front shop. I pressure washed all the concrete and doors yesterday and today. Thats my brother and our electrician wiring all the lights in. The building was used as a warehouse and had no lights or plugs installed.

Awesome build! Man you guys got it going on with that shop... super nice deal.

[mrods72]

Originally Posted by LakeAnna

Awesome build! Man you guys got it going on with that shop... super nice deal.

Thanks a bunch Chris! We have outgrown our little shop we have been in for a long time, this one popped up less than a mile from our current shop and we jumped (we meaning my dad and I). It is going to be really nice. I will hopefully have the rear suspension done and laid out next week. I leave on the 28th for my next Nuke job and progress will stop till I get home.

[chipper]

Nice truck dude cant wait to see more pics of progress

[mrods72]

Originally Posted by chipper

Nice truck dude cant wait to see more pics of progress

Thanks! I will post some pics of todays progress tomorrow. I'm in the process of removing the crossmembers on the rear of the frame. Getting it ready for the notch and rear suspension setup.

[hahjoel]

Originally Posted by mrods72

I'm back with progress!! I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas! Ours was very busy, running everywhere. Front crossmember is in and fit excellent, just waiting on a few more pieces to arive and it will be complete. The Porterbuilt filler panels arrived and I installed two of them today, a great product!

what brand is the crossmember? I have been looking into buying one and not sure which one to go with.

[mrods72]

Originally Posted by hahjoel

what brand is the crossmember? I have been looking into buying one and not sure which one to go with.

The one I have is a airbagit dropped crossmeber, It came with spindles, control arms, rack, bags, shocks, shock mounts, motor mounts and all hardware. There are many kits available for these trucks now, Porterbuilt and Scotts make them also. I went with this one for the price and they set it up for 3/4 ton for me for very little difference in price.