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Old 05-15-2014, 12:59 PM   #1
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lets see your custom touches

ok guys lets see what custom touches you have done to your trucks that didnt come factory or thing you created to make your truck stand out so lets see those one off personal things we do

i am doing my grill took out fuel cap relocated fuel door to box
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Old 05-15-2014, 01:34 PM   #2
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Re: lets see your custom touches

I welded all the seams around my doors, I also smoothed the wrinkles out of the rear of the door where the latch is,



I also cast this shift lever for my transfer case


This is my simple speaker grill, a few aluminum spacers and a couple strips of aluminum, I need to anodize them still.

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Old 05-15-2014, 04:32 PM   #3
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love it i like the smooth look too
the orange is a great color
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Old 05-15-2014, 06:47 PM   #4
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Where do I start.

Built my own cold air box.



Frenched the front bumper with fog light LED parking lights and shaved bumper bolts.



Louvered the hood. Have electric washer with nozzels on the wiper arms along with delay.




Frenched the annteana into the cab. Had custom pin stripping added to the truck



Shaved the vent windows and put sport mirrors on it.



Detrimed it all and shaved the gas filler hole.



It has LED's in all the lights. Several more but these are the most seen.


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Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun!
It sucks not being able to hear!

LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB!
After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs.
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Old 05-15-2014, 07:09 PM   #5
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love the mirrors thats a cool idea bumper is sweet i shaved all the bolts on my bumper
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Old 05-15-2014, 10:20 PM   #6
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love the mirrors thats a cool idea bumper is sweet i shaved all the bolts on my bumper
Thanks, the vent window delet was my cheap answer to one peice side windows back when I couldn't afford them. Know I just don't want them.
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It sucks not being able to hear!

LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB!
After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs.
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Old 05-16-2014, 12:59 AM   #7
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Re: lets see your custom touches

took a tailgate that had the bottom smashed from a car that didnt stop fast enough and put my last name on it
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Old 05-16-2014, 02:09 AM   #8
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took a tailgate that had the bottom smashed from a car that didnt stop fast enough and put my last name on it
Now THAT is very cool!!!

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Old 05-16-2014, 12:05 PM   #9
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took a tailgate that had the bottom smashed from a car that didnt stop fast enough and put my last name on it
now that is something you don't see really cool
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Old 05-16-2014, 12:46 PM   #10
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Here are a few I did to the wife's Blazer..
Shaved and smoothed tailgate with a "one piece" upper molding, frenched in side markers, 1st generation Dodge Dakota gas filler door, smoothed top, shaved grill emblem, power window switches and stereo in the console.
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Old 05-16-2014, 01:04 PM   #11
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All stock here,
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Old 05-16-2014, 01:06 PM   #12
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I welded all the seams around my doors, I also smoothed the wrinkles out of the rear of the door where the latch is,



I also cast this shift lever for my transfer case


This is my simple speaker grill, a few aluminum spacers and a couple strips of aluminum, I need to anodize them still.
Wow, beautiful job on the seams & wrinkles - subtle and very well done, I likey.
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Old 05-16-2014, 01:10 PM   #13
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I like the subtle things, things that look like the "could have been" factory when done. The 60-66 trucks (yes, I realize this is the 67-72 forum) had no parking brake indicator. So, necessity is the mother of invention (used a spare brake lt switch on the pbrake handle and used a vacant med duty truck indicator in the dash). Have some similar plans for the 72, maybe - perhaps use one of the windows available in the fuel gauge...
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Old 05-16-2014, 02:12 PM   #14
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EZ ac controls install that some people I have shown this to this its stock
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Old 05-17-2014, 12:01 AM   #15
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im lovin all the cool ideas it is amazing what people can dream up
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Old 05-17-2014, 12:09 AM   #16
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i have just mocked up putting aluminum checker plate where the first 6" of wood goes on my box to make it stronger and easier to replace the wood if it rots without having to separate the box from the cross sills
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Old 05-17-2014, 12:41 AM   #17
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Subtle changes
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Old 05-17-2014, 01:19 AM   #18
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made my own radio delete plate out of stainless and installed some gauges in it




Also made a mount to put my radio where my heater controls went!

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Smoothed the tailgate, latch inside.
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made my own radio delete plate out of stainless and installed some gauges in it




Also made a mount to put my radio where my heater controls went!

So TRACK, what did you do with the heater controls?
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Tail light fuel filler
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I machined a extension for my shifter, in the pic its fresh off the lathe but I've since rusted it to match the bottom part. I might still make another one a couple inches taller so I can knock the rearview mirror off and whack my girl upside the head when shifting gears

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say,…..um,……don't whack the girl friend upside the head. Ya might need her later. No I'm sayin? there no fun when there pissed off at ya.Besides she might " whack" you right back.
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So TRACK, what did you do with the heater controls?
He mounted them in the left front headlight of course! He mounted the left front headlight in the tailgate latch and moved the latch to gas filler neck.
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Old 05-18-2014, 12:21 PM   #25
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I like it to look factory at a glance.

like my step side steps
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