New England B.S. Thread

Thanks man! I'm pleased with the progress so far! Cleaning them up is such a pain in the keister though.... It's taking so much longer than I had even realized... Some spots on these things are near impossible to really get in and clean out well... But being indoors is nice so I can't complain.

Anyway good luck tomorrow!

 

haha yea, i had 285's, but traveling 35 miles up the interstate to work, one way, fucking sucked!!!! couldnt use cruise control because it was constantly in frigging 3rd gear with all the fucking hills in northern NH... they are 265/75/16's, no rubbing issues, and they still look good. there isnt a huge different between them and the 285's honestly, i think its like half an inch... the best looking tire set up i had was the 305/70/16's with 2" wheel spacers... looked bad ass but the tires were junk, and spacers were cheap/shitty so it shook violently at like 40mph and up .. looked cool though.

 

Took a nice nap in the shop. Woke up, finished painting the right slider, finished brushing the left one and prepped it for paint. The prep all wax and grease remover works wonders for getting residual anything off... Anyway here's a few shots. Next pictures will be on the truck

 

looks good man! cant wait to see them on the truck.

 

I have one question. Why are you guys so anal into painting your sliders? They are meant to be dragged and smashed off hard sharp shit! It's gonna get scratched. I'm going with a quick prime and black coat.

 

Thanks mike! I can't wait either. Since I'm all hopped up on pizza and lemonade I'm mounting them tonight lol... Well this morning....

 

haha thats awesome! i was the same way man, could not fucking wait, and did a shitty job priming/painting them... needless to say, after 3 touch-ups, i think i finally painted them correctly! haha

 

may as well. This will prevent rust in places that aren't going to get scratched, places that get bashed up will be easy to paint over, also since they were in the bed of my truck for a while there was a lot of surface rust to begin with so I wanted to get that off.

Lol yeah, I may be a little too eager... Just picked them up and of course I grabbed the one spot where it hadn't dried all the way... luckily I just hit that area again with the bed liner... I need sleep....

 

haha thats ok, i did the same thing, every time i touch them up. "is it dry yet , oh fuck, guess not" im a horrible painter anyways...

 

you need to get a lift before you waste money on sliders.

 

I'm great with metal and welding and prepping for the paint... But I'm a fish out of water with a spray can... Kinda getting the hang of it though. Kind of.

 

I just got the 1st replacement parts for my truck. The belts are cheapo brand but i ran them on my moms and sister car no issues but i opted for moog end links

 

you need a LIFT. you can get a kit for cheap, and worry about upgrading the parts later when you have money!

 

My belts squeak so loud since the summer. My end links rattle up a storm. Once I finish this quarter at school I'll have money for eibachs and 5100's for the front. the rear is already bought and have it. GO TO BED

 

yea i hear ya, i would like to get new UCA's before spring is over...


AND i wish i could go to bed... im working til 7am

 

My friggen tax return went to my tuition god Damn I have $300 left over thanks a lot.

 

hahaha that sucks. well if it makes you feel any better, my fiance AND my tax returns are going towards a house, and we have $0 left over ... but on the plus side, ill have my own piece of land to piss on!!!

 

Literally watching paint dry... I can't leave because as soon as go outside the building locks up and I won't be able to get in until Monday....

 

^^^ Trapped. But honestly letting them dry till Monday is not a bad thing.

 

Any new pics Cam