Adios Amigos

Mine is still gone too. Sucks being down to one vehicle and having to take my wife to work. Makes me miss driving my truck

 

Oh man. For gears!? When I do that I'm going to rent a car.

 

yup, the shop got backed up and he's been busy. That would be one hell of an extra bill for me

 

Fenders and bedsides on.

I'm going to have to do something with that fuel filler and the front fenders where they meet the bumper.

 

So the only thing I really did for paint is predrill all of the holes.

There was only spot where I had to cut. Both sides but it was hidden. Other than that they were 100% bolt on.

Very good quality.

 

dumb question but how did you remove them? I've never done any "auto body" besides my fender chop haha

 

It's kind of hard with the bed on. I put maybe half the bolts back in the front.


Each has 5-6 bolts on the front behind the cab. Then you remove the side rails. Then the two brackets near the wheel arch. Tail lights off. There's a bunch of bolts behind that. The biggest pain was removing the self lowering tail gate thing.

But start to finish on the bedsides including removal and reinstall was about 3-4 hours maybe.

 

Nice, doesn't seem too difficult then

 

I'm also surprised they haven't made a piece for the front fender to blend with the upper bumper piece

 

I have my left over front bumper parts from my bumper install we could possibly cut it up and use parts of it to fiberglass/reattach parts to fill the gap on the front fender area... it was going in the trash anyways so if you want it its yours!

 

That would be fun! but I would kill the first person who ruins them cuz the hours its going to take to make them

 

also true... he could always go the CBI T3 front bumper route and have Nathan and the guys modify the front bumper for a perfect fit... they did that for my front T3 so it would pair up with the bushwacker flares I have... came out amazing I might add!

 

I should have done that too since I chopped my fenders and how I have 2in of excess bumper. I'll do it myself eventually but it doesn't rub so it doesn't bother me.

 

that's not too bad... plus your handy enough with the welder lol I cant wait to get the snorkel and leaf springs on the truck once I get back... then its hopefully CBI sliders and front runner roof rack!

 

Sorry @erok81 for highjacking your thread. But how much longer you have out there? That's going to be sweet. I'm making my own bedrack right now but since I'm waiting on a few parts and my truck to be back from getting 488's I'm stuck.

 

another 2 months FML right?! I want a re-gear bad but since im moving back east next summer i'll probably get as much use out of the stock gears until then...

 

Damn lol. I remember 3 years ago when I was deployed and counting the months, seems like forever! I move in 2 weeks but wanted to get it done by a reputable and cost efficient shop before I move. Not sure what is out in Montana.

 

yeah this is my 5th and final one thank god! I don't think the family could make it through another one... I've had over 3 years away from the family since ive been in totaling from deployments and TDY's... its a shitty thing to do to a family but I promised this would be my last and final... then next summer back to upstate new York where i'll be much happier and enjoy the Adirondacks for adventures

 

That will be good. Have to give back to the family cuz after the AF that's all you'll have. I have only 1 deployment but in the past 3 years ive been on at least 50 tdy's so it will be good to have a normal shift schedule again for the wife.

 

yeah isn't that the truth! we have a big trip planned to lego land so im hoping someone in socal has a good deal on parts so I can grab it while im down there lol