Tacokid09's Build

well if i get your approval, i know its good then thanks jason.

yeah im going to try to explain this as best i can since we didnt take much pictures.. What we did was took the rad/ac cooler out and set it up as if were stock on the ground (spaced apart and everything), then we made square frame out of 1in tubing that went on the outside of that. then we attached the rad/ac cooler off of tabs so now we have a tubed frame around the outside and makes it all one piece. Next we just put the 1.75 tubing as pretty much the main supports that we welded everything off of. we then tabbed the rad/ac to the 1.75 so its still removable without taking the rad/ac cooler separately. after that we set up the headlights and grill. getting that to line up perfectly was a bitttcchhhh but we got it all figured out after a little bit,

also none of the fiberglass is attached to the cab, only solid mounts of the frame. Its attached on the top of the fender near the top of the headlight, were the lower part of the headlight attaches to, in the middle of the fender (under the hood though) then the last one is tabbed off the lower body mount support. ill get better pictures once im off work..

if anything, just shoot me some pms if you need help/detailed pictures.

thanks! Beards are nice when its 50 degrees in his shop at night

 

Not good enough unless you can still use the stock hood prop stick

Its crazy looking at the truck after all the body lines match up...the core support sucked!

 

im actually using it now hahha. its still not really 100% done yet, still need to mount the washer fluid and figure out how to keep the hood prop stick thingy from flopping around.


you should post the picture you took at lucerne with my broken headlight so we can tell the differnct

 

It looks like some of your headlight/grill brackets aren't much more than some bent pieces of flat stock. If this is the case, I would definitely reinforce them.

The factory grill and headlight tabs will crack, especially with your driving. A bunch of mine cracked so I went back in and reinforced all the brackets and drilled 6 or so new holes on the grill and headlights. Just make them as solid as possible, any bracket movement/vibration will lead to cracking. Mine are all tied into each other now, no wiggle room whatsoever.

 

Any pictures?

 

its all 3/16th plate.. i mean its pretty damn sturdy soo im confident itll hold up fine. every piece is connected to eachotother and nothing is attached to the cab at all. the truck moves back and forth before any movement on the headlights or anything to so like i said im sure itll be fine. ill know sunday when i take it out.

 

seems to me like it can pass as a 2012... minus the mirrors

 

Looks damn good man!

 

thanks!

just got back from the beach with jordan, alex and joel and everything help up just fine.

 

That's a pretty sweet group of trucks, wish I were in cali

 

yea its always a great time when the sb guys come up to bring the trucks to the beach

 

Your truck looks so legit as a 2012

 

thanks buddy its all your fault to!

 

just in case people wanted more pictures..

 

Soooo badass. I wanna see this thing in action haha

 

Soo sexy, 2012 front end FTW. Let's play trucks soon I need help tuning my front end. I think it might be stiff, may have to revalve the coil overs

 

I wanna play trucks

 

no more rock chips!

 

Is that bedliner? I definitely need to do this soon!

 

yep. my friend was doing the floor of his truck so i just used some left over haha. its came out realllly good. almost a must for dark trucks.