Eric3187 DCSB Build

Yeah, thats why when I go to the 2" Lt kit I will try to see if I can get away with just hacking the stock fenders.

 

I missed it but what glass did you get?

 

it is hannemann glass,they shipped the wrong bedsides so i am waiting on replacements to come out.

 

no big updates other than doing HID conversion on 4 Hella 700ff's, and wiring up Rigid Dullays with diffused lenses for Fog lights.

spoke with the owner of a paint/body shop and he will be fitting/painting the fenders and bedsides once the right ones arrive.

Hoping bumper and skids show up this week as well.
once bumper arrives ill mount the resi's, rear bump stops and all the lights and then go out and get some action shots for yal

 

my friend owns a bedliner and accessories shop and we decided to mess around with the forklift today... when lifting the front tire, the bottom of the tire is about 2ft off the ground when the rear suspension maxes out...






lifting from the rear it was somewhere between 1 1/2ft and 2ft off i would guess.






front end never compressed enough to even touch the bump stops


i am 5'8" tall and could stand under the drivers side mirror to put it in perspective...

nothing fancy going on, just boredom ha

 

What front bumper you getting?

 

ordered pelfrey tube bumper and skid plates which SHOULD show up this week hopefully. once i get it fitted up and mount resivoirs the bumper and skids is getting bed lined... i would powdercoat but figure id help my friend out and let him spray it

 

What about fenders?

 

going to have Hannemann fiberglas all around, they messed up and sent long bed bedsides so im waiting for the correct ones to get to me before i drop the truck off to get fenders and bedsides mounted up and painted since they didnt fit good enough where id feel comfortable mounting them myself.

 

picked up the bumper and skids this morning, just need to add some tabs for Rigid Duallys, and get it coated.
going to test fit the skid plates tomorrow and once everything checks out, it gets coated on monday morning. Hopefully drop the truck off Tuesday to get front fenders mounted and painted and just deal with the bedsides whenever they get here.



bumper is tabbed for 4 Hella 700FF's which i have done HID conversion on 55w 4500k.

 

That looks boss man, nice pick on that bumper from pelfrey

 

no big updates.
got the IFS/Mid skid plates sprayed today and mounted up. found out my exhaust has taken a few hits and is bent/smashed/dented to shit so i will probably have a new Y-pipe and cat back built in a week or so.

waiting on 2 light tabs my friend is cutting out on the plasma table at his work and then the bumper will be done.

hopefully have the resi's solid mounted tomorrow. i would have done it already but i need to crack the fitting loose and pivot it to get the hose out of the coils, but since i dont have a nitrogen tank to fill them back up i have to find a shop.

 

You should be fine loosening the fitting and rotating it. It will be fluid that would leak out from there as it is only half nitrogen/fluid in the resi not the hose.

 

well thats good to know, ive never messed with them before and did not want to risk it.

 

Still sub'd

 

dropping my truck off this thursday at powerfab to get a full stainless steel exhaust built. off road y-pipe coming back behind transfercase into a magnaflow 18 or 24" muffler. Y pipe should be 2.25" and everything else will be 3". may possibly add an intake later on and get dyno tuned to get the most out of everything

 

if its not one thing its another with this damn truck! spent a rather large amount on exhaust work which was supposed to be 2.25" y-pipe deleting the rear 2 cats, merging into 3" and 3" exhaust the rest of the way out... well i get there and they did 80% of the y pipe and just connected it behind the cats. i would not be upset had that been what we agreed on... beyond annoyed! thankfully they are fixing it tuesday

 

mounted and wired in some rigid duallys. sprayed the bumper
just need to finish HID conversion and mount/wire the 700FF lights.
front end is sitting about 1-2" too low but i am lazy and have not cranked the coils up any yet.

 

What's goin on with the fenders?

 

BUNCH OF GODDAMN SLACKERS! hannemann keeps dickin the dog or something and fenders were supposed to ship last week, but now they ship this week. but i cant wait on people so i am taking the front fenders today and dropping the truck off to get mounted and painted. SHOULD have it back within 4-5 days.


also the exhaust is done, 2.5" Y Pipe into 3"- magnaflow muffler and 3" out-no tip exhaust factory spot. sounds pretty good, not raspy at all.