El Chingon

[texastrendz]

lowering blocks fabbed for the rear:

[texastrendz]

got the wheels for the project, wheel vintique 17x8 for the front, 17x9 for the rear. thinking about 255 50 17 front, 275 50 17 rear for the tires. hope it has enough side wall and does not look goofy.

[kev2809]

very nice man, i may have to check this one out in person some day..

[VA72C10]

looks like a sweet project!

[POPO1984]

Originally Posted by texastrendz

If you want to get parts powdercoated in houston this is the place to go. I took them a total of 38 pieces:

Frame, rearend housing, complete front porterbuilt package, upper and lower control arms, bag plates, valve mounting brackets, u bolt and mounting plates for rear, panhard bar, trailing arms, trailing arm crossmember, air tank, and a bunch of mounting brackets and tabs. 800.00. no tax. cash.

The color option was any color as long as it was black. It is a polyester tgic powder i think he called it. I hope it was the right stuff for the application.

I might have missed it but where did you get the powdercoating done?

[Slick67]

What kind of centercaps are you going to run on the ralleys?? I have a set of ralleys for my truck also but I am thinking of changing the center caps.

[texastrendz]

Originally Posted by POPO1984

I might have missed it but where did you get the powdercoating done?

you know what i never did post the name, sorry.
custom coating applicators was the name of the company. i have the card at work for the number if you want it . pm me and i will give you the number.

[texastrendz]

Originally Posted by Slick67

What kind of centercaps are you going to run on the ralleys?? I have a set of ralleys for my truck also but I am thinking of changing the center caps.

going to run smooth trim rings with the derby style cap, it is all on order and waiting for it to come in. the real caps are expensive and so are the rings. i could have bought a set of billet wheels for what i am going to have in these things. it will look nice and old school. that is kinda how i am, and wish the world would sometimes be.

[POPO1984]

Originally Posted by texastrendz

you know what i never did post the name, sorry.
custom coating applicators was the name of the company. i have the card at work for the number if you want it . pm me and i will give you the number.

PM sent

[texastrendz]

well i removed the energy suspension bushings and threw them as far as i could, pressed in the moog replacement bushings in the lower arms. my lower arms must have been a little tweeked, hence i had to use a porta power to straighten them. once i had the bushings pressed i had to trim the hell out of them to get them over the dropmember. once that was done i had to trim the inner sleeves supplied with the dropmember. now everything is dialed in it seems to a pretty good system. i coated the inner sleeves with never seeze just in case i want to take it back apart down the road. if you buy the porter built a arms i bet it is just a slide together system, with mine mixing new with old it took some tweeking, i hate tweeking freshly painted parts. nate was a big help with my questions and answered them quickly, A+ for nate and quality customer service once again. pics of the work so far:

[texastrendz]

got the rear back tonight and started mocking stuff up for the final time(maybe)

Thing is covered in fingerprints, every time i touch the damn thing it makes me mad. i am using all the suspension stuff of of the truck i hung up on the manhole. It should be a nice daily driver when done.

[texastrendz]

one more of the full package

[POPO1984]

nice setup bro looks really good and organized

[texastrendz]

Got Capt. Fab bolted up and test fitted:

[texastrendz]

finally got the rack trimmed and installed:

[texastrendz]

kinda on a side note, i want to thank nathan at porterbuilt street rods for assisting me on another project. he helped with me some frontend problems and geometry. once again class act guy. here is some pics of it after about 400 hundred miles with zero issue.

[VA72C10]

Frame's looking good and nice dually!

[kev2809]

nice man, im gonna have to check this one out some time.

sick dually too..

[texastrendz]

thanks guys, it is hard enough trying to one build, two is really hurting my wallet. the dually is close enough now where i am going to just drive it for a year. going to dump all my cash into the c-10 now. should come together rather quickly now.

looking for a 5.3 GenIII motor with a 4l60e that is drive by wire. you would think in houston that would be easy. not!

[texastrendz]

Originally Posted by kev2809

nice man, im gonna have to check this one out some time.

sick dually too..

you are getting along with yours pretty well, it is nice to get them to one color. lol looks like you are building yours like mine, in the backyard. i would kill for a garage.

[kev2809]

lol thanks for checkin out the build. i know what u mean about not having a garage, it sucks. i just wish i at least had a concrete driveway lol hey, maybe i missed it but what brackets did you use for ur rear bags?
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[texastrendz]

all the rear brackets came from clint over at kp components including the shock brackets, the front stuff all came from nathan at porterbuilt street rods. i suggest to everyone that looks at this to give nathan a call before doing any kind of suspension mod. if he dont have it, he will make it.

[texastrendz]

finally got some wheels on in and cycled the suspension, had to loose the drop spindles and go with stock spindles to achieve more lift in the front. i am only running a 26" tall tire in the front. back almost lays out, need to drill some holes in the rear shock mounts so i can adjust them. man i just realized how dirty this frame is. need to get out the quick detailer and rub her down.

[Slick67]

We are patiently waiting for and update from ya, with some more pics. Soon, it will not be patiently.........

[heeroyue2002]

looks awesome