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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
well done my friend, looks fantastic. do you have a spotlight to fill the holes in the w/s post?
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Very nice!
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Noticed that did ya, lol. Best place to take a pic thats close
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
how about just buying the housing from Unity, bought a good Unity spotlite off our boards for like 80
great color choice...YELLOW
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Well, it's that time to harass you about bringing it down to the show this year. July 16th, check my sig
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Gotta secret project brewin', I will post pics when complete. The sand-n-buff is almost complete, got the drivers door and bedside to go. jamie72 came over this afternoon and helped me put on the grill and bumpers. Its sure lookin' like a Blazer. Wet sanding and buffing is way easier then I thought it would be. Its just very tiresome and takes forever. On to the pics. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Looks Awesome
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Get the lights in there and make it the daily driver. Looks great.
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Thats what I said to my wife, make it the daily driver, and sell the dodge. Her reply was "hell no", lol. She said its way to nice to be a DD, gotta love that. Last edited by Big J; 05-29-2011 at 08:27 AM. |
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Damn! If it shines like that in the pics, it's gotta look killer in person.
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Ok I've got the vent wings rebuilt with new seals and felt. Installed those along with the windows, oh what fun all that was. I got it though. Got all the lights in except the front one in the bumper. Got a different one coming, the spring is out of the one I have. After thats in I get to chase down gremlins. No backup lights and no turn signals. I do have brake lights, and hazard lights if the parking lights aren't turned on. hmmmm. Started on the rear trim. Not quite sure how those clips are supposed to be positioned, need to do some searching, I'm sure its on here someplace. Rear bumper is crooked too, gotta straighten that.
Bryan.... I don't think its gonna be done. I'm tryin'. Had some dirt work done too....... More to come later this week or Monday on that..... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Last edited by Big J; 06-02-2011 at 12:04 PM. |
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Nice job! Looking GREAT!
On the electrical gremlins, I had a similar issue and it was a bad ground at the rear taillight cup. It was loose and not grounding to the body. Mostly sounds like a ground issue...do you have the grounds in place between the body and frame and engine and frame? And last, of course, would be to check the contacts at the rear light harness for a bad connection....
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It doesn't have to be done to bring it
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You act like that's alot
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Know your pain on the vents, well worth it though. Looks really good J!
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On the vent wings I used a cut off wheel to grind the rivet tops or bottoms off and used a punch to knock out the remainder. I did one wing at a time to use the other as a reference just in case. The rivets I bought came with the tool to drive them flat. That helped. Then it was finding whatever I had laying around to back the rivet. I used a half inch think piece of plate in the vise and a 1 inch piece of cold rolled steel. Worked great, just takes time and two sets of hands.
My wife came over to help this weekend, she installed the door panels for me and helped with the soft top frame. I'm going to try and get the top on it tomorrow. Installed the Unity S6 light that came on it too, still works. Can't wait to get the extra dough to get the panels covered, gonna take some time, way too much going out right now. Yes, I'm taking donations at this point, lol. They started on the garage too! Ran into rock so of course that costs more when they have to bring in the jack hammer.... Oh well I guess. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Last edited by Big J; 06-06-2011 at 09:14 PM. |
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I have the top on, it killed me to drill into the top of the windshield frame but its on.... I did seal each hole before screwing the snaps in. I like the top but it is extremely tight. Oh well, better tight then loose. Installed the marker light in the bumper and now I have all my running lights and turn signals. Still have to sort out the backup lights. Got the flowmasters that were given to me welded on too. Just stopped by the muffler shop and had him bend me two S pieces and stuck them up there. Put turn downs on so they are sitting just before the rear axle. It will work for now. Still have to hang them, just sittin on jack stands at the moment.
The pole barn is built. They started Monday and finished Wednesday. Next is electricity, water, gravel, and concrete. Its a 24 x 45. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Nice progress and a great sized pole barn!!!
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The sides and rear roll up pretty easy. Should be nice rollin down the road that way. Got the stereo system almost done. Need to install the 6.5s in the kick panels and tune the amps then its done. Got the rear panels in too. I put 12v outlets at the front and rear of the drivers side. It'll be real nice when I get the extra to have the panels upholstered.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
looking good j, can`t wait to play in your new garage..
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Going back a couple weeks ago or so the blazer had its maiden voyage up to the county clerks and sheriffs offices to have it inspected and finally transferred from jamie72, after 8 years, lol. It was nice and sunny that morning but around 3 when I was drive up there the storms came. Not just a rain but high winds and severe thunder storms. Good test for the top I guess. It was all good, no leaks, nothing broke, made it there and back to the garage with no issues. However, I soon found out that the 3.07 gears were way too high for the 35's. I went over that weekend to my uncles and picked up a set of axles with 3.73's. Then on Monday and Tuesday I hooked the trailer to the Blazer and headed down to my cousin's garage where I commenced to tearing the new axles apart and the ones under the blazer apart. After Chris got off work we swapped the 3.73's into the front and rear. We also put in new upper and lower ball joints, rotors, bearings, pads, tie rod ends, fender trim, etc. I also got the e-brake adjusted up. Thats nice to have
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