My truck

[orange72]

Ok guys i finally got back to working on my truck. Its been a while since i did anything to it really. My motivation kinda comes and go sometimes when youve got other things going on in life. But after going to heatwave last month i got back in the mood and started tearing into the front end this weekend to get it bagged. Anyways ill post a little at a time to keep yall up to date if yall are interested. Heres some pics from a while back and then some from yesterday and today. Oh yea and the pics might be a little big.

Rear dropped

Rear notch and bags

Front bags and plates

Front end coming apart






New seat of of one of my donor trucks

[1LoC10]

lookin good, keep at it

[orange72]

i worked on my truck again this weekend and got a little more done. i brushed the frame down and put some paint on it and got my holes drilled for my upper bag plate. i also cut the pipe off the lower cups because im gonna weld the the flat part in my lower a-arms. i didnt get any pics but i will post some this next weekend when i try to get it all back together. i ordered all the front end rebuild parts and my spindles this past week so they should be in this coming week. anyways here are a couple pics.

[orange72]

ok a few more pics from today. i worked on my lower control arms and i got some pics of the finished product. i forgot my digital camera at home and didnt get any in progress pics. as i told yall in my last post i cut the pipe part off my lower bag cups and had just the plate so i could weld them into my arms. i measured 1in. from the bottom of the front and back of the spring cup to give it a little rake like the factory has it then cut the bottom of the spring perch out. once that was cut out i ground it smooth then welded the plates in. with a little finish work heres what they look like. i also pressed my new lower balljoints in.

[Spray-Bomb]

Is that enough room around the bag to keep it from rubbing ???

Here is what Backyard88 & I have done to ours



I used 8" pipe

Nice work, get it low !!!

[Spray-Bomb]

Here is what mine will do (no drop spindles)
Also our cups that we did in our A-arms are 3 inches deep (thats 1 inch lower than stock)






Once I get the rear bagged, I know Ima have to get different headers

[orange72]

with the bag just sitting in the arm with no air it has clearence so im my mind when its full it should still have enough room to keep from rubbing because it expands more up than out. really and truely i just went off what everyone said about cutting the cups down. they said you could keep between 3/4" and 1" on the bottom of the cups and be ok and thats what this is. ill see how things look when i get the front end back together. thanks for the comment.

[orange72]

Got a little paint on my arms today. A few pictures.

Cleaned and ready.

A little epoxy primer.

Finished up with nason chassis black.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Sweet another long bed dropped to the ground..... Spray bomb your arms are not gonna last long bangin em into stuff..... Now section the crossmember and get her on the ground..

[azfab]

spray bom, the heareds im running are 95 headers offa a c1500. you can get them from summit. summit has them for 150 or gibson ffor 350.00. i have the gibsom there are alot more eye apeling they come in chrome. but the problem you have is that you need to find a good muffler shop to make the franges. the flanges or collectors are ballnseat, witch is nice besause no more exhast leaks!!!!

[918733]

Pretty Cool so far. Maybe I could get you to do some fab work on my truck?

[orange72]

ok guys ive got a few recent progress pictures from the last couple weekends. i had to redo my lower control arms because i didnt like the way the bag was sitting in the pocket so i just welded some 1/4in plate in the bottom to get it up and away from any place that might make contact. Then this weekend i got everything back together. of course ive still got a lot of small things to do. oh and if anyone can tell me what they are doing for the rubber break line on the bottom it would be appreciated. mine is stretching really far when i air it out. thank alot and heres some pics.