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10-24-2013, 08:09 AM | #1 |
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Very nice brake upgrade for the rear. That looks like a great setup, dig the integrated parking brake. Just plain smart engineering. Maybe one of these days.....
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10-24-2013, 08:21 AM | #2 |
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Thanks guys, I plan on pulling my front calipers off so I can paint them Red to match the rear. I really liked the integrated parking brake as I'm pretty sure that is the same setup they use on Corvettes. I have been checking out this rear brake kit for a while and just decided it was time to stop looking at it and just get it.
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Those rear brakes look awesome! Where'd you get them from? Did they come with the brake cables, or are those separate?
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Thanks I bought them from Summit Racing cause I had some gift cards to use, if not I would have ordered them from Travis at AZProperformance, he is a vendor on here and does a great job taking care of his customers. The brake cables are separate, they use the lokar cables which I like better cause I think they are a cleaner looking install over the factory ones.
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10-25-2013, 12:32 AM | #5 |
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I have the same kit in black... I'll be interested in how you route the cable(s) if you get to the install before I do. I'll share as well if I get to it first.
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10-25-2013, 11:03 PM | #6 |
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I'm sure you will probably get to the install well before I do lol. I'll be interested to see how it works out for you.
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10-27-2013, 08:44 PM | #7 |
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Finally got back to working on the truck today. Did some work on the front windshield channel, was rust through on all 4 corners in the seems. A couple months ago my brother had welded it up and finally today I cleaned up all the welds and shot some primer on it to keep it from rusting. My brother also welded up a couple spots on the firewall where I had some holes. As long as everything goes as planned, next weekend the cab will be going back on the frame so I can move it to my garage.
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Still have to bodywork everything but I'm concerned with getting the truck together and getting it moved to my garage. Then I will blow it back apart and finish the bodywork and paint it. Also found another treat, another rust spot I never saw before. This time it's by the driver side visor just above the windshield. I swear all I do is find and fix rust.
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10-27-2013, 09:05 PM | #9 |
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Looking good friend!
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These trucks can definitely hide a lot of it. Great job so far. Keep it up
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10-28-2013, 08:25 AM | #11 |
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Good to see you back on this project. 10-4 on the rust fighting. Been there done that. Be sure to poke/probe across your whole visor area with a screw driver is awl. Mine looked solid in areas they turned out to be paper thin with rust behind there. Turned out to be easier to just weld in a new visor panel than patching it. Good luck with that.
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Thanks Rus, feels good to work on it again.
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Wish I would have welded that seam closed on mine.
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Yeah I didn't have a choice, all 4 seems around the windshield had rot in it
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One of mine did, but I patched it. At that point I should have filled it in.
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Hopefully you won't have any issues. My biggest fear is to do all this work and then having something bubble up under new paint.
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Me either. I'm hoping to get the truck together and running. Then repaint the the body as the cab doesn't match the rest of the truck.
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At least you're finding it and able to fix it now.
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I'm sure once it's all together I'm just want to drive it.. Maybe I will rep ain't down the road
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Sounds like a good plan, just get it together and enjoy it. You can always go back and fix it later. This my mindset for mine now. Just get it together and drive it.
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A little update from today, I almost have the cab on the frame but ran into a problem with my valve covers hitting the firewall because I have the tall Chevrolet aluminum covers. I now have two choices, first one is pull the cab back off and cut the firewall to clear the valve covers, then re-weld and redo the bodywork on the firewall. My second option is to simply just replace the valve covers with stock height ones and don't touch the firewall. I'm going to choose option 2 since the stock height covers will give me the necessary room to clear the firewall. As you can see in the second pic the valve covers are really close to the firewall and this was with the transmission jacked all the way up. When I lowered the tailshaft down, the valve covers rested right on the firewall. I also don't want to move the engine forward any cause then it will be really tight between the radiator and the pulleys. I will have a hard time fitting some electric fans in there. Damn big blocks take up to much room
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Firewall pic
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Looking good!!! I had to modify my fire wall to clear the valve cover to....I guess thats why we mock them up and brake them down before paint.
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Looks good to me. Too bad about the valve covers. I really like those covers. Good to see you back on this project.
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Thanks Mike I really like them too, but I like the dropmember more I ordered a set of Billet Specialties Short Chevrolet Script covers from Summit Racing tonight. Will try them out this weekend, if they fit then I'll have the Chevy covers up for sale, if not I'll be sending the billet specialties back and modifying my firewall
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