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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Those look real sharp! Can't wait to see them installed on your truck.
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Those wheel tubs are sweet. Truck is coming along nicely!
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
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I started by using the templates from Hart_Rod to build the shape of the cutouts. They are spot-on:
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Next came welding them out and fitting to the fenders. I also made a couple of notches for u-nuts to accommodate bolting up through the top of the tubs.
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Then a final fit check before bodywork. The gap looks wide due to the tubs not being fully bolted in, but tightens up nicely when they are in place. Now just have to do all of that again on the other side...
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Those templates are the shiznit. Dang.
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Wow that looks really good man! Keep it up
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
That really looks good!
I know the wooden bucks will probably go to the next person that needs them, but make some stencils before you send them off... I might could use that one day.
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Look what I found out in the wild this weekend!
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Glad to see Gringo's getting to drive it
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Oh yeah, but most of the other ones have my Blazer in them too.
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Knocking out a few things on the truck lately, first up is the Altman easy latches my wife snagged me for Christmas. Overall, I have to say I’m happy with them, though I did end up modifying them to look/fit better (in my opinion). The doors do close better than before, but the latches didn’t completely cure having to break in new weatherstripping, aka, I still have to slam the door...
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Also grabbed these super nice stainless and delrin tailgate hinges from tdtrunniondesign.com. They are super smooth and quiet when opening/closing the gate, but what I really want is for it to be quiet when I drive over bumps... we’ll see. If nothing else, I’ve eliminated the factory rusty pieces.
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
...and I’m now in the middle of a rear-end rebuild, due to some leakiness, noisiness, and one-wheel-peeliness
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Thanks man! The original design wraps around the door frame and tucks under the door panel, which I didn’t really care for. The only issue I could foresee after looking at it is maybe some slight misalignment issues on initial setup, but it is very secure and looks much better with that piece removed, IMO.
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
so I don't have to go back through the whole thread...
What rear disc brake kit are you using? Upgrade look great!
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Thanks, Karl. The brakes are stock C5 Corvette; I modified (nothing ever seems to just be a bolt on for me) a set of brackets I bought from seller lt4xtreme on eBay.
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