JUS2QWK'S Official Build Thread

[workinprogress67]

man i have a question and i think you are just the guy i need to talk to.i am looking at the porterbuilt shock relocation set up, and i need to know if the lower shock bar bolts right up to the cpp trailing arms or did you have to somehow shim/modify it to work? the truck looks great. thats a sweet frame/setup

[jus2qwk]

Originally Posted by workinprogress67

man i have a question and i think you are just the guy i need to talk to.i am looking at the porterbuilt shock relocation set up, and i need to know if the lower shock bar bolts right up to the cpp trailing arms or did you have to somehow shim/modify it to work? the truck looks great. thats a sweet frame/setup

yes sir it bolts right up. My original intention was to use stock trailing arms but found a deal on the cpp ones that I couldn't pass up. I had the same concerns as you did

[workinprogress67]

You are the MAN.. saved me so much trouble! Thanks for the quick reply. I would really like to have the whole PB coilover touring setup in the rear but its 2500$ great news i can piece it a little at a time. Thanks again!!

[jus2qwk]

No problem man. Glad I can help

[Hart_Rod]

Great progress!

[jus2qwk]

Thank you sir! I finally got my heater control panel painted and put in. I think it turned put pretty slick

[69short]

Looks good

[jus2qwk]

for some reason I just really like this picture

[RRR18]

Agreed....Great Pic!!!

[jus2qwk]

I do have a question that I hope someone out there can answer. Has anyone ever added bump stops to this set up? Porterbuilt arms with a stock crossmember?

[jus2qwk]

well Ive made a little progress since last time I posted. I got my PB hinges in and some sweet hood brackets made by Hart_rod and started one my engine bay covers

I relocated my MSD box from under the glove box to here


I also made a bump stop for the front..it was a little to low to use the factory inner fenders

[jus2qwk]

PB hinges!


and Robs sweet hood brackets



and the start of the engine bay covers

[Hart_Rod]

Glad you like the brackets! I'm digging the bumpstops, , let me know how much to make me a set.

[jus2qwk]

will do brotha

[jus2qwk]

I know I haven't posted in awhile but not a lot has happened. its hard to find time to work on it but this is what I have done.

I got these sweet hood brackets from hartrod to mount the hood to the porterbuilt hinges



I also got the engine bay panels a little further along for my first time ever attempting something like this I think they are turning out pretty good. they still need a lot of work but you get the idea

[jus2qwk]

more of the panels
you can see where I had to cut out for the brake lines and it was a giant pain in the A** to get it looking right.





and it with both sides in. passenger side need a lot of work but i'll get it there.

[Hart_Rod]

Sweet!

[moggey01]

Cool. Like the way it has transformed. I like the sheet metal work under the hood.

[jus2qwk]

thanks guys... I think all the work will be worth it when its finished

[jus2qwk]

just a few updates. I got it back down to the frame and am working on finishing it up. I finally got the right rear end. I also set the engine in so I could test fit the headers and make an exhaust. so far so good. the engine is coming back out and getting painted so it wont be orange much longer. also dont mind all the dirty rusty front end stuff its coming off this weekend to get cleaned and painted

[jus2qwk]

got some exhaust work finished up on my day off. Im pretty happy with the way it turned out. not bad for my first attempt.

[GAc10boy]

Looks great

[jus2qwk]

so I need opinions on my engine. should I paint it the darker gray that I have in the truck with black pulleys and brackets or do it solid orange and make it look kinda stock.... also with black pulleys and brackets. this was the orange truck I did and I really like how it turned out.

[slowcpe]

I'm a big fan of the orange/black combo. That's what I did with my 250 and the plan for the 6.0. However the gray would look good as well but may want a couple of "shiny" pieces to keep it from looking too dark.

[jus2qwk]

thats a good point. I still don't know what I want to do haha.