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Old 05-15-2014, 09:10 AM   #1
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Willie and I working the wheel tubz. My what a pain. Lol. But fun. I should just fly out and take the one's N2billet made.
Nice work on the tub. Are you just shortening the height or making it wider, taller? I bet that is really time consuming.
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Old 05-14-2014, 12:35 AM   #2
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Old 05-14-2014, 12:18 PM   #3
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The bed is coming together great. Are you just boxing off around the tires in the bed rather than building tubs? Will the tires sit under the floor or extend beyond the floor some? If so how are you going to cap those off?
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Old 05-15-2014, 10:22 AM   #4
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Nice job on the wheel tubs, I'm not looking forward to doing this on mine
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Old 05-15-2014, 11:35 AM   #5
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Nice work on the tub. Are you just shortening the height or making it wider, taller? I bet that is really time consuming.
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Nice job on the wheel tubs, I'm not looking forward to doing this on mine
Thanks fellas. We are shortening the hight and then adding 5" or so in the middle. overall length will be factory. It's like chopping the top on a car. I'll probably have 20hrs of labor in them. Here is a picture that will explain better.
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Thanks fellas. We are shortening the hight and then adding 5" or so in the middle. overall length will be factory. It's like chopping the top on a car. I'll probably have 20hrs of labor in them. Here is a picture that will explain better.
yup I know exactly what your talking about
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Old 05-15-2014, 04:36 PM   #7
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That is a lot of work. It looks like it is really paying off also.
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Old 05-16-2014, 01:27 PM   #8
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Looking good! Love it!
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Old 05-16-2014, 01:34 PM   #9
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Thanks for all the compliments. Now I just need to paint the steel, body work the tubz answer get some wood in there.
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Old 05-16-2014, 08:44 PM   #10
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I'm trying to see if there would be any interest if we started making rear inner fenders out of fiberglass. They are a pain to make from steel so I thought maybe there would be a market for them. I could use the ones we just built for a mold.
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Old 05-16-2014, 09:40 PM   #11
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I'm trying to see if there would be any interest if we started making rear inner fenders out of fiberglass. They are a pain to make from steel so I thought maybe there would be a market for them. I could use the ones we just built for a mold.
I would say yes. Although, I think you would have to offer several different heights though since everyone has a slightly different setup.
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I would say yes. Although, I think you would have to offer several different heights though since everyone has a slightly different setup.
I agree with Hart_Rod and it would make my life easier instead of trying to modify mine.
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Old 05-17-2014, 11:03 AM   #13
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Seth, the rear tubs came out nice. What did you do with the inner bed sides? Can't really tell in the pictures.
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Old 05-17-2014, 12:02 PM   #14
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Seth, the rear tubs came out nice. What did you do with the inner bed sides? Can't really tell in the pictures.
Thanks Josh. I ran the sheetmetal clear over to the bedsides and used 3M Pannel Bond to glue them. It added back the strength to the sides and finishes off the wheel wheels
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Thanks Josh. I ran the sheetmetal clear over to the bedsides and used 3M Pannel Bond to glue them. It added back the strength to the sides and finishes off the wheel wheels
Any pictures of this, I still need to do this to mine and I'm looking for some ideas.
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Old 05-18-2014, 12:06 PM   #16
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Any pictures of this, I still need to do this to mine and I'm looking for some ideas.
Not finished but close. Does that help?
Sorry it's crooked
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Yes thanks for the pic
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Old 05-18-2014, 11:35 PM   #18
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Got the tubing all painted. A lot more work than I was expecting
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Fresh black paint looks good. I bet that take a bunch of work. There's a bunch of surfaces to spray there.
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Fresh black paint looks good. I bet that take a bunch of work. There's a bunch of surfaces to spray there.
Hard getting all of the tubing surfaces covered, without hitting it with my Bach or something. It was a sight to see, I was crawling all over the place
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Sweeet.
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Old 05-28-2014, 08:15 PM   #24
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Not much progress lately. Mocking up bedwood
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Not much progress lately. Mocking up bedwood
Bed wood looks incredible Seth!
Love me some woodgrain trim too. More pictures please
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