Rondog's Long Travel Build

ghetto shit! hahaha did you get rear fiberglass yet? how are you planning on lining the inner part of it and making them fit tighter, i just put some on today and got some pics in my build but idk how i should make them more sturdy, i got the stock holders to work but they are still flimsy on the bottom...

 

Be careful with those cement blocks. They tend to crack. Its happend to me. I wish you were closer and id help you out so i know what to do when i do mine

 

yeah you can actually see them leaning on the wall in once of the pics I snapped. Not sure how I'm going to make em tighter. Geoff from GIANT said use 1/4" conduit and screw through the conduit into the glass. I thought it was a weird idea but he says it works pretty well.

dangit dont tell me that ahh..well hopefully I finish tomorrow. They seem pretty tight right now..if they were to crack, that'd be bad right now..that's the only thing holding it up right now..once I get the axle and spring back on, I can remove the jack stands and just use the axle to lift the back

 

^when you take all the pressure off the cement blocks is when they will break, atleast thats how mine broke haha

 

Well these rivets are proving to be damn near impossible to punch out

 

<=== So jealous. I wish I was grinding rivets lol

 

Going to 4wp on Monday to get a crossmember and diff mounts!!

 

they were such a pain in the ass, no you dont haha

We have an air chisel and hammer and they still didn't come..to allllll day to get 8 rivets out and the new springs hung

you talked to them and they said they'd fix it ? What about the diff mounts? You have to buy or they have extra off another truck?


Here is a shot of the new springs in

 

Yeah but the second part of your quote is well worth it. Looking good

 

no but i saw they had a tacoma and the guy who set me up 3 years ago with my truck is really cool dude and pretty knowledgable so i'm going to ask if i can have them

 

ahh hopefully it was a 4x4

Ended up spending $20 bucks on a nice 1/2" drill bit and $4 on a smaller pilot drill bit and drilling them out. Even with that it was still a pain in the ass. My wrists and forearms are so soar

 

Got it all up and running It rides soooo smooth! I need a bit more weight in the back though, I can tell. Also, this weekend, I am going to be making the bed cage stronger. Going to add a few more tubes and gussets







Don't mind the anti seize all over the springs and shackles lol


loooove fiberglass dust in my bed

 

badass! you gonna head out with Eddie this Friday for a run?

 

looks great ron

we have a small group heading to gorman friday night, camp and do some runs saturday morning if you want to roll with us... i know it's a long drive though

 

I really want to reinforace the bed cage some more before I take it out. I would hate for it to break on my first run. Also, I still need to put my limit straps and extended brake lines on (I still have the extended brake lines from the 6" procomp kit so it really isn't that bad. On full droop, they could use another 2")

Also I think I am going to buy a couple of these for the rear shocks: http://www.etrailer.com/Locks/Master-Lock/262DAT.html

 

dude im running the same cage almost, its gonna be fine! but yea, limit straps and extended brake lines are a must!

 

yeah, dont sweat the cage... it'll be fine... if something should be "beefed up" i'd say the shock mounts, but those still look strong enough as they are

but you should get straps and brake lines on before you take it out

 

Looks good man. I can't wait to do mine haha. What length brake lines are you going for?

 

I'm pretty sure I bought 22" I might take em back and go for the 24" though. They were only 15 bucks and I needed two of em

 

soo you got some pics of the whole truck now that its running?