Incognito's Build

Couple pics on the farm

 

I like what you have done Colton! Nice you got 4x4 now! Which guide do you recommend for trimming the flares?

 

Thank you Sir! Power to the front wheels really makes a difference.

For the flares, I took a small wheel and nailed it to a wooden ruler to measure 3" out of the body on the front (to account for curvature of the wheel wells). Cut with a jigsaw for the most part but had to use an angle grinder to cut down by the door jam. I read through the 3" w/35's thread and accumulated a bunch of info. @la0d0g had a very good description on cutting the flares. I took 2" out of the flares and put door edge trim on them to clean it up. I'm on my phone right now but tonight I'll try and find the write up I followed.

 

Took a few pics out at the lake this afternoon.






In this pic you can see how far the 315's stick out without the rear fender flares. Also a good pic showing how far the 4xinnovations slider kickouts protrude from the cab.

 

Looks awesome, nice job!

 

Thanks Matt!

Forgot to mention - installed Spicer greaseable U-joints last weekend and added a center console organizer. Also making an appt to get my frame inspected. Based on my research it looks like I have a good chance of getting a new frame.

Next on the agenda - parts have already been ordered and delivered. If a new frame is in order, I'll have the new parts installed when the swap occurs.

@BamaToy1997 wheel bearings
Moog LBJ's
BAMF shock relocation
Energy suspension poly radiator bushings
Coolant flush


Also installed 25sq ft of fatmat in prep for 2 12" Shok Tritons behind the rear seat. Building the box utilizing the back of the cab sheet metal to get proper mounting depth. Going to be running a 5000W SSL amp to power those bad boys. Stay tuned.

 

Truck looks great man! Really liking what you've done so far!!! I see you're going for a Superwinch Tigershark. I just ordered one tonight on Amazon. The 9500 with synthetic line. $572 after shipping and taxes. I'm hoping it's a sweet winch. I've heard great things about them.

 

Thanks Ryan! I've heard nothing but good things about the Superwinch as well, I think you'll like it.

 

Great looking truck man. Looks exactly like mine. Been contemplating throwing a light bar up top lately. One question though, do you have a full size spare and if so where do you keep it?

 

Thanks man I appreciate it. Your truck was one that pushed me over the edge to get 35's after seeing them.

The light bar was $100 and $8 for the 1/8" steel. Puts out an incredible amount of light at night but would definitely invest in one of these especially with your truck being white. Cuts the glare out tremendously. For the spare, I don't have on yet. I am still torn between getting a HC rear with swingout or try to make it fit where the stock spare was. Obviously one is a lot cheaper than the other so I might try to make it fit first and see what happens.

 

That's awesome man. I've been wanting to get a black hood decal to cut the glare and it would help out with the light bar. How did you mount the light bar to you OEM roof rack? I had my 295/70/17 up under the truck in the stock location and the tire almost hit the rear pumpkin. Not sure a 35 would fit up in there. And I don't trust the stock tire holder to he old that heavy tire up there. Right now I have my tire strapped standing up in my bed since my wife uses the truck as her DD and needs room for the stroller in the bed. When I had the tire laying down it took up most of the bed and my wife had a hard time getting the stroller from on top of the tire. Still trying to find a better way to make it work.

 

Nice truck you got here chief!

 

Awesome build !

 

I made some custom brackets and drilled 4 5/16" holes per bracket. Remove the rack, then drill into the roof rack and secure the brackets using 5/16" bolts, lock washers on both the outside and the inside of the roof rack with nylock nuts. I'll get some pics tomorrow.

I'll probably end up keeping one in the bed like you have now until I get a bumper.

Thanks TH!

Thanks Pat! It's a work in progress.

 

Good deal, I'm thinking of getting some metal and have the tire sit at rail height in the bed to keep the bed space open. Been looking at @KB Voodoo brackets.

 

I've heard nothing but good things about his stuff. I've been thinking about getting a set of his bed rails and fabbing up a bed rack or a set of bars that I could mount the spare to the underside and have a RTT on top. I was thinking have the bed rack around 12" off the rails to allow the tire to be mounted on the under side but still retain bed space like you were saying. Just don't want the RTT sitting too high past the roof line nor the bedsides flexing/bending because of the spare and RTT combined weight.

 

Yeah if an RTT was in my future I'd do the exact same thing. I have the soft topper right now since we keep a stroller in the bed at all times for my wife to use. As for use we're sticking to a ground tent because the 5 person + RTTs are way to expensive. I'll be ordering those brackets tomorrow and once I get them in ill post a picture of how the tire fits on them and how much room it gives me.

 

For your reference and decision process, ~9.5" will have an RTT level with a Prinsu rack. Let me know when you're ready for a bed rack.

 

Thanks for the info, looks like the perfect height for the RTT + bed space retention. Are you going back to your cap or going a different route?