Br3w City's Project omgwtfbbq

[El Campo]

Great tip on the welding helmet! I hate that crap with the shields. I just bought one when I was 90 percent done with the boxing of the frame and it already looks terrible and your welds certainly do suffer when you can't see I found out. Interesting concept with the bed floor, I like it.

[McMurphy]

I like your innovative bed design !!
I have an idea for mine that will be 45 degrees from normal too

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Ill have to see if polishin my lense helps.. I seem to always want my face as close to the fire as possible... Thanks for the tip..

[BR3W CITY]

Added my splash guard/gas cap "bezel"


Cut out the old exhaust hanger to make space for the battery box when it goes in.



Mounted the locating studs/locking pins in the battery compartment cover



And finally I started making some of the cheapest bed rails on the planet. I used some sheetmetal connections, I *think* they are called cletes. Its just a 5 ft long flat folded peice of metal. It has 2 metal folds on the back creating a channel. When combined with some flat headed screws, it creates a "slip on" blind trim. No hardware visible. I have a few test fit here to show proof of concept. I will be doing the others, and they will all get ppainted black or body color, after the rest all gets rhino lined. Although they are fairly thin, at under $4 for a 5ft section, they are easily replaceable.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

I like those cleets???????? Got any more info or bottom mounting pics of them?

[68GMCCustom]

you never cease to amaze me with the cool solutions you come up with.

[BR3W CITY]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

I like those cleets???????? Got any more info or bottom mounting pics of them?

If you look at the 4th or 5th pick, you can see one of the pieces flipped over. Its got a little channel. I installed the flat top screws in the gaps between boards, then slide the trim on from the edge.

I'll take some pics of how its mounted as i lay out the other trim pieces this week.

[BR3W CITY]

Here is some more close pics on the cletes im using for bed trim. The rear has the split, and there are a couple pics of the screws and how the seat.








I started the long trim pieces. A little tougher to slip on because of having to align the piece over 6 or so screws, and it gets tough to slip the trim piece on as it gets further on.

I've got a couple of pics of it going on. And a little progress pic of where I'm at. I should have the others installed in a day or so, then the whole deal gets rhinolined.

[McMurphy]

dude that is awesome LoL !!
Rock on

[BR3W CITY]

I decided to spend a few minutes and paint the backing area of the nostrils on the hood. It was blue from the paint job, but the light color made it easy to see in and notice the ugly latch and bolts etc...took 3 minutes but the contrast was nice.




I finished laying out and bolting in the boards for the final time, as well as laying down and securing all the final trim pieces. This is the final layout, and although it looks decent there are a few obvious imperfections. These will soon disappear once the whole thing gets bedlined, bringing the bed together as one visual piece and securing the gaps between the paint work and the bed work.

[BR3W CITY]

Not much progress. I've been waiting on some new tires before I can mount the black wheels up, and waiting on a quote from line-x or rhino on doing my bed and rails.

I did have a few extra summit bucks, and since I'm gearing up to do the rest of the hydroboost, I decided to pick up a line lock, since I'll have to mess with the brake lines anyway.

[BR3W CITY]

Actually got something accomplished today! Put in some hard work and finished the center console, aside from the hinges and upholstery/covering. Starting from a crappy cardobaord template, we used 1/2" mdf and table saw to do a good deal of work. We managed to squeeze a pair of 6.5" components with tweeters, their respective crossovers, a 4 channel amp, and a nice little tray so it still functions as a center console.

[BR3W CITY]

Did the finish work on the the center console. Used the same vinyl from everything else to cover the top (along with some 1/2 furniture foam) to create the padded top. Then covered the front and edges with said vinyl. followed by a padded carpet sides. It fits in great, allows access to everything, and still has room in front to slide a cupholder if desired for longer trips. With the new components and amp, the sound is a HUGE change from what it was a year ago.

[BR3W CITY]

First the SCARY news....on the way home from my 9 hr drive back from Kentucky, the return line on my fuel rail POPPED OFF and pumped fuel onto my warm headers. I was lucky that we had just started to pull off from a gas station, and the engine had been off for a fuel minutes and not at full temp. We shut it down and got the line held back in place, making the remainder of the drive just fine. They need to give me a set of the new design for free, as their product is defective.


Anyway, I did get my powdercoated wheels on in the front (dirty already in the pic). Took a number of pics when I stopped out at Glasgow Ky. I have a number of more HD pics coming from my brothers DSLR when he gets them uploaded.

[whitels1]

I dig the console idea, and glad that fuel leak wasn't more of an issue.

[BlackedOut67shorty]

Your truck is bada@#

[66C06]

Brew,

What do your rear tires measure to (height and width)? I'm doing a pro-touring restomod and trying to run and 18x12 on the rear. Just trying to get an idea in my head of how large of a tub I need to put in. Tire I'm looking at is a 315/40-18...

Darryl

[BR3W CITY]

Thanks guys.

Darryl, my tubs are a bit oversized, but I wanted to go bigger in case i decide to narrow the rear in the future. My rears are 325/50/15 Below is a comparison of our tires, mine is on the left, your 18 on the right.

[66C06]

Originally Posted by BR3W CITY

Thanks guys.

Darryl, my tubs are a bit oversized, but I wanted to go bigger in case i decide to narrow the rear in the future. My rears are 325/50/15 Below is a comparison of our tires, mine is on the left, your 18 on the right.

Thanks for the info!!! A couple more questions...

How wide is your tub?

How much clearance do you have between the outer sidewall and your inner fender AND how much clearance between the inner sidewall and tub?

Lastly how much clearance from the tire to the top of the fender (closest point that would contact if bottomed out)? Thanks for your patience!!!

D

[Dieselwrencher]

Man, your truck is looking awesome! Great work on it!

[BR3W CITY]

Thanks diesel.

Darryl,
from the outside of the tire to the inside of the fender, there is about 1.5 finger widths, so about 1". One side has a little more room becaue the PO trimmed the lip at one point.
The inside of the tire has almost 6-8" to the tub if I guessed, tub itself is a foot wide.
There is pretty much no chance of it bottoming out, the old bedside hangs about 1-1.5" into the tub where they overlapped and it was welded, even at that low point there is at least 5-7" room.

For reference, my tub is so tall that it hits the TOP bolt where the fenders bolt onto the bedside. Fully loaded with my brother in the back, there is at least 5" before you'd even come close to touching anything.

[66C06]

Originally Posted by BR3W CITY

Thanks diesel.

Darryl,
from the outside of the tire to the inside of the fender, there is about 1.5 finger widths, so about 1". One side has a little more room becaue the PO trimmed the lip at one point.
The inside of the tire has almost 6-8" to the tub if I guessed, tub itself is a foot wide.
There is pretty much no chance of it bottoming out, the old bedside hangs about 1-1.5" into the tub where they overlapped and it was welded, even at that low point there is at least 5-7" room.

For reference, my tub is so tall that it hits the TOP bolt where the fenders bolt onto the bedside. Fully loaded with my brother in the back, there is at least 5" before you'd even come close to touching anything.

Thanks for the info!!!!

[BR3W CITY]

Got the replacement fittings in. I still can't believe that they didn't recall the fittings that had the issue. Tho for the mostpart they hve worked fine, all it takes is one failure. You can see the zip tie supports as backup as a "just in case". The new ones have a screw in retention so they cant come off.






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[BR3W CITY]

Not much of an update, just a little outerwear for the truck. I picked up a uv protected single layer car cover to keep her happy over winter this year. Since they don't make a low-cost one for our cars, I hit fleabay and poked around. I found a semi-universal cover for the Infinity/Nissan Midsize SUV's. It is the perfect length, a good height and width and fits over a shortbed stepside very well. It "tents" over the bed, so I can keep spare parts, wheels etc that I want covered in there.

[FetchMeAPepsi]

Nice looking cover! Got a link to the seller so I can grab one? (you can PM me if you would rather)