mgrande's "7.62" build

Yes

 

Yeah for sure. I'm glad I know that now

 

Oz mentioned your looking for a relentless bumper. I have one for sale. Let me know if your interested.

 

My bad Josh , he was looking for an aluminum version .

I'm sure you won't have a problem selling it though .

 

Thanks for the clarification Oz.

 

I'm jealous of that part list.

 

part of it was planned after seeing your truck at citrus.

 

It'll be like my truck with a suspension on roids. Sounds like it will be a great all purpose truck, good at the fast stuff and protected for the slow. Can't wait to see it at the next meet.

 

I cant wait to see it either!

 

i live in miami. the only place close to do any offroading is homestead or 8th street. or that mud pit in the videos which happens to be a lake now.

 

i know that place! its the mud pit at killian greens golf course. you must of went through in the winter cuz right now that place it a giant lake. plus no one can get through that third rut closest to the canal anymore. its all dug out.

 

Yeah thats the place, they blocked it off with those rocks a while back though. I moved up to orlando since then. When I was there I was always able to make it though the far lane, even when I would see guys stuck there on my way to MDC a few hours earlier.

 

ya i work at the golf course and my coworkers got pissed at a ton of highschoolers that would tear up the field. you can still get there through the neighborhood or just drive down the canal past the golf course. if you can make it through the 3rd rut NOW then that would be amazing.

 

mgrande - the new build is going to be great! I cant wait to see the transformation.

Pap

 

Alright guys, update time.

I started with getting the grill color matched, ordered from the hook up on here.




colin helped me do the chop mod


Then I got socked







getting started


and thats when all the trouble started. I had no idea how hard is was going to be to adjust these coilovers when I got them. At first I could do it while they were on the truck, but then there was too much pressure on the collar and it wouldnt move. I got the idea of going to the auto store and renting a spring compressor, problem solved. WRONG! The teeth were too big and wouldnt fit in the coils, so I said fuck it and ground them down.


adjusted them and put them back in and this was where I was at


I still wanted to be a little higher in the front and the driver/passenger sides were off. So I had to do it again.





on the second coilover after I FINALLY got it turned, I couldnt get the spring compressor off. We tried for a while before I again said fuck it, and cut it off. A bit scary, but the job finally got done. Here's the rest of the pics

 

What is that compressor looking thing on your diff/front of rear axle?

 

Damn, it sucks that you had so much trouble. It looks good though.

 

Looks good buddy! Nice job!

 

Thats a motor that engages and disengages the locker

 

So my TRD OR PreRunner has it? I havent looked lol