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#1 current LED setup, Hella Rallye 4000 Compact Xenon pencil |
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8 | 29.63% |
#2 current LED setup, Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon Euro Beam |
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1 | 3.70% |
#3 BD Squadron wide cornering, Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon Euro |
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1 | 3.70% |
#4 BD Squadron w.-crn., Hella Rallye 4000 Comp. Xenon driving, Hella Rallye 4000 Comp. Xenon pencil |
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2 | 7.41% |
#5 BD Squadron wide cornering, Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon euro, Hella Rallye 4000 Comp. Xenon pencil |
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2 | 7.41% |
#6 BD Squadron wide cornering, Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon euro, Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon pencil |
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0 | 0% |
#7 HIDDEN BD Squadron wide crn, Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon euro, Hella Rallye 4000 Comp. Xenon pencil |
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1 | 3.70% |
#8 HIDDEN BD Squadron wide cornering, Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon euro, Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon pencil |
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2 | 7.41% |
#9 BD Squadron wide crn, Hella Rallye 4000 Comp. Xenon driving, Hella Rallye 4000 Comp. Xenon pencil |
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9 | 33.33% |
current LED setup |
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2 | 7.41% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 27. You may not vote on this poll |
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
Seats are finally mocked up. I must say I think the seat fabric works great with the retro theme...
![]() Besides the windshield a-bar and the rear x, everything is well hidden, almost a sleeper cage. ![]() Thanks to Craig and his crew at Stewarts Raceworks for doing such a great job on the cage.
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
does it ever work well,great rollcage btw
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
damn those headlughts are cool! sweet overall build also.
I am interested in your projector headlights. I just finished my second retrofit on my 74 GMC Suburban...got any more info on yours? ![]() low beam output! didnt take a pic of the highbeams ![]() I added angel eyes behind the Porsche Panamera Shrouds I used, but still need to connect those. Here is a video of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTpkbV4KdK0
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
Thank you! Craig @ Stewarts RAceworks and his crew are doing the cage. I love their work as well!
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But other than this setup being different than what everyone else is doing, what really sets these apart is the auto leveling system. The truck has an ultra sonic snsor in the front and one in the back, measuring the distance to the ground at all times when the lights are on. When you load the truck and the tail comes closer to the ground, the headlights adjust down with an electric motor on each light unit. that way you donīt blind oncoming traffic and can still see where you are going. The same is true fpr accelerating and it also works when braking, the nose comes down, so the headlights adjust up to not just light up 3 feet in front of the truck. You can say they always stay at the same level, no matter what the body does. It is called adaptive auto leveling system. It also comes from Hella. Pretty sure no other truck has this feature! ![]() Hope this helps as to what I have set up here.
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
yeah got it! supercool setup man! rockin
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
Some more cage pictures. Itīs done now and the cab is ready to be shipped...
![]() ![]() little triangle added to mount the rear view mirror... ![]() seats are wrapped up... ![]() cab is being put back in the crate... (pretty cool sun visor mounts!!!) ![]() Thanks to Craig and his team at Stewarts Raceworks for their awesome work!!!
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
sweet!
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
Great pictures. I do wonder about the van 14-bolt axle, any positive or negative aspects of that swap? increased stability? narrower turning ratio? I would like to use the same axle. I found one -91 g30 with locking (gov?) and 4:10 gears for my K20 Suburban instead of the 14-bolt sf. Just need to open the wallet and convince my wife.
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
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Stability is the exact same as the truck axle and your turning radius will suffer, so get worse. That is why they put the narrower track width on the truck axles to begin with, to give them better turning radius. Turning radius will increase! Iīm happy with that, because it gave me the chance to loose the wheel spacers and my truck has such a bad turning radius that I didnīt care about making it a bit worse! ![]() Hope this helps! (Gov lock -> Detroit locker)
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
This is a hell of a build!! Subscribed! any chance you can post up additional pics of the ORD x-member and what it looks like for clearance in and around the engine corners and A/C stock location for those GenIII/GenIV engine?
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
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The cross member is very close to the oil pan. I had to space the engine mounts up to even make it clear. the pics show the first setup, where the transmission mount was a little low, with the new trans-mount, it is up a little higher. Next time I take the engine out, I might notch the cross member a little, just to make sure. Right now I have about 1/4" between the oil pan and the cross member. If you want A/C you need to move it up to the top passenger side, it will not work on the bottom unless you notch the frame... and I would not do that, jsut my 2cents. Iīm not running A/C yet, so I canīt show you pics with an A/C installed. here are the pics I have for now... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hope this helps for now. Iīll take more at the end of May.
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
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Thanks for the pics. I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on this crossmember. ORD should send you a gift card or something for securing a sale. |
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
So I did some more renderings with the Hella 4000 Xenon that I already have on the shelve....
This is with the pencils moved in a bit more, I like this better myself.... ![]() And this is with the rings "blacked out", as someone mentioned it would look better if the red was gone... ![]() Let me know what you guys thing of this setup. Thanks!
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
I would go with the red. But it depends if you want to stand you or be just neutral.
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
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Sure, the LEDs are very low profile, but they donīt shine far enough. The HIDs give me all the light I need but are kind of large, though more classic looking. And a combination of both might also give me the light I need, but could look funny and it might be hard to fit that many lights. I think this option looks fairly vintage and classic....
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
Cab made it to the body shop, but it had too many small dings and stuff, so we just got all of that worked out and got it primed.
Still need to modify the transmission tunnel to fit over the ZF and Atlas. So itīll be a while til that is all painted and swapped onto the truck. ![]() ![]() ![]() Doors put back into place and alligned ![]() ![]()
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
good progress....what is the tape on the doors for?
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
the tape is just there to not scratch anything while putting the doors on. I just left it into place until the cab gets onto the truck to recheck the allignment before taking it off. Itīll be a while for that though.
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
oka, thanks...I thought it was something brilliant in the door alignment stuff, hahahaha
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Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
You are going all out man this is awesome. I love this truck
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