Caddy Light Install

[factory2wdblazer's]

all of you guy's that are talking down on JRSMITH project should be a-shamed of your self's..........so called men even if your just playing not cool.... people should be positive. most teenager's these day's are out there stealing $hit that on't belong to them......some people have to work with what they have................i dig the work your doing JRSMITH you don't see a lot of 16 year old kid's working on anything else these day's but a criminal record..............keep up the good work man.......

[Cherub]

Hold on a sec captinsavea@@@. I dont think anyone is dogging Smith on his willingness to tackle a project. I think we all aplaud him. Rather its the youthfull impatience. Look back at some of the advice, then to his latest work. None of the advise was heeded.......

[jrsmith_2010]

yea i pretty much just didnt take any advice anyone gave me and did it myself, looks kickass in my book

[willett]

hey uhh...
what are you planning about doing for water drainage from the box?

[willett]

p.s its coming along nicely dude

[jrsmith_2010]

thanks

well i have drain holes in the bed already, but ill drill more if need be

[Chlsnk]

Originally Posted by jrsmith_2010

thanks

well i have drain holes in the bed already, but ill drill more if need be

Sounds like somebody needs to buy a hard tonnue cover.

[justpball]

Looking good bro!

[jrsmith_2010]

Originally Posted by Chlsnk

Sounds like somebody needs to buy a hard tonnue cover.

yea id like to buy one, but for 1100 bucks or so, i think ill pass, unless i can find one on CL

Originally Posted by justpball

Looking good bro!

thanks man

[grim626]

keep up the good work man. im hopeing to get started on mine soon

[mrenj23]

Checkerpro has covers for a little less. That is where I got mine.

[jrsmith_2010]

hey guys, i got somestuff accomplished today. here are some pics of what its starting to look like

almost done with this side


havnt started this side yet


this is how i suported my tailgate from flexing, casue everytime id take it out it would break the welds, so problem soved, just need to be ground down

[Chlsnk]

I think it may be benificial if you lay a bead down the legenth of that angle iron and have a piece that runs top to bottem

[Wild83C10]

Good to see you are going after some tough fab work. But you should really take a welding class. Do they offer any type of machine shop or tech classes at your school? If you still have the truck in 10 years you will look back and realize what you did. Otherwise the next owner might hunt you down.

[factory2wdblazer's]

looking good.........your almost there man.....let us see it when it's finished............

[ca180]

Yeah, not to crack on you or anything, but you might want to work on that welding.

Tack Tack Tack = Crack Crack Crack

I don't see that lasting very long.

Practice on equal gauge steel in the garage and get the hang of it before boogerin up the truck. Also, follow the recommended settings for the welder. When I finally learned to do that, the rest came easy! LOL

Great progress though. I admire your tenacity!

[Chlsnk]

Originally Posted by ca180

Yeah, not to crack on you or anything, but you might want to work on that welding.

Tack Tack Tack = Crack Crack Crack

I don't see that lasting very long.

Practice on equal gauge steel in the garage and get the hang of it before boogerin up the truck. Also, follow the recommended settings for the welder. When I finally learned to do that, the rest came easy! LOL

Great progress though. I admire your tenacity!

Exactly! Remember a spool of mig wire and a new tip is small change in the long run and the practice will last you a life time .This is always something I think about my grandpa told me if you don't have time to do it right the first time when are you going to have time to do it right second time around.

[OARNGESI]

Its looking pretty good

[jrsmith_2010]

well guys, i got my driver side caddy light in! i really like the way they look, i cant wait to get them all the way in! heres some pics!

[Chlsnk]

So how many gallons of filler are on the tail end alone?

[metalgod]

i love this truck.....good choice going with the older syile caddy lights good work........don't worrie about how much mud you use as long as it looks as good as you can get it. thats the beauty of doing **** your own way

[88 Dippy]

looks good

[tvblazer78]

Originally Posted by metalgod

i love this truck.....good choice going with the older syile caddy lights good work........don't worrie about how much mud you use as long as it looks as good as you can get it. thats the beauty of doing **** your own way

Yep he is right, most people can not say they did your self with no help and at 16 years old. Your getting better each time and you will find ways to do things better as you get older. Keep it up man! Looks good..

[jrsmith_2010]

Originally Posted by Chlsnk

So how many gallons of filler are on the tail end alone?

well it depends on what u call filler. filler (as what i call it) is filling in holes, such as rust holes to find the easy way out. if thats your definiton to then there is none. now sanded bondo is a different story, yea theres quite a bit on it, but not more then half a little jug from wal mart. and plus the key word "sanded" is the key part of this term. so there isnt that much of any on any defition of "filler" u use.

[jrsmith_2010]

Originally Posted by tvblazer78

Yep he is right, most people can not say they did your self with no help and at 16 years old. Your getting better each time and you will find ways to do things better as you get older. Keep it up man! Looks good..

looks good

i love this truck.....good choice going with the older syile caddy lights good work........don't worrie about how much mud you use as long as it looks as good as you can get it. thats the beauty of doing **** your own way

thanks guys! it seems like a long time, but its all worth it in the end!