Chux's 2013 Beach Buggy Build

Thanks! That's probably what I'm going to do. I'm not opposed to just drilling a hole or two in my bed and through bolting it though. I'm all about easy.

 

There’s two brackets, front and back that both have tabs for bed bolts. @2012Taco was gracious enough to make them for me a few years ago. After seeing his, it’s exactly what I wanted! They fit like a glove to the configuration of the fridge slide that is super secure. I still tip my hat to his one off design. I just bolted the slide to the mounts, fridge to the slide and it was good to go. There’s a few inches clearance to the tailgate being closed and enough room next to it to store something and still have my 12v fridge plug in the bed wall without interfering anything. I dug through my build for the pic. Background of the pic is his truck, you can see his brackets aswell..

 

Great Job! FWIW, I've found that wrinkle finish paint (rattle can) is extremely resilient for a lot of my small fabrication projects if you don't mind the texture. I really like it and it holds up extremely well considering it is so much thicker than regular paint. Applying heat to the part before painting is key for proper adhesion and again after painting to get the "wrinkle" will get you awesome results. I'd recommend it and suggest you give it a try on your next project to see how it'll do in your climate/exposure. The only downside is that it does take a while to completely cure. It'll "dry" at the same speed as thick spray paint and you can handle it, but the finish will remain soft for at least a week after application. Sometimes when I'm in a rush, I'll heat and speed dry the part and install right away but whenever I got to remove for maintenance or whatever, you can see where the bolts or washers have left an imprint and "ironed out" the wrinkles. Still a great product if you have the time and want to do something on the cheap.

 

Awesome, thanks for taking the time to post this!

 

Finally swapped out the IFS 10mm tack nuts with 3/8” flange nuts. Welding stick upside down was super tough. Pic befor I flap wheeled it..

 

These are to fix the issue of the weld nut in the cross member that always breaks???




Love it!

 

Good looking Blue. Trucks looking good.

 

He aight

 

How did you ground your CB? I have the same type of mount as yours and a 3' firestick but I tried tuning it and the SWR levels are way in the red.

 

With a screw?


I kid

 

You have a pick of your setup?

 

I tried testing for ground with a multimeter but honestly I had no idea wtf I was doing hahaha

 

IS the hole large enough diameter on the mount? You don't want the metal stud touching it. That's why that white washer is on top, to center it.

 

Actually I think its not large enough for the stud not to touch it. Ill go ahead and open it up a little bit and see how that goes. I sanded down the paint on all around where the stud mounts and its a lot better. But, my swr levels on channel 1 are 2.7ish and 1 on channel 40. So not sure what to do. Ill try making the hole bigger and see how that goes.

 

Heres some good trouble shooting with the multi meter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJgIeALow6c



I have a firering antenna wire, not sure what difference it makes but I never had a ground issue. @chad_chinchilla I believe had issues with a ground and removed some paint from the mount to help the connection..

 

Says the HAM guy with robot cb radio..