Marc's 01 ext cab

Bought the Taco when I moved to Kentucky. Here is the panty dropper near stock... OME 881 and toytec AAL



Got a job at Good Year shortly after putting the lift on. Used my employee discount to buy some wrangler duratracs in 285X75.



Picked up a pretty decent 110v Lincoln mig/flux core welder. First project was a bed bar.




Started getting back into wheeling so I decided to start getting some armor together. Bought a trail gear low pro bumper and put a stinger on it along with 2 IPF offroad lights.





To bring you all up to the present, I really wanted bolt on sliders in case i ever decided to sell the truck or wanted to take the sliders off for some reason. I couldn't stomach the $400+ for a set of bolt-ons though. Long story short: CBI bolt on slider brackets + trail gear weld together sliders = $240 dollar bolt-ons...

 

Also got this awesome skid plate.

These will be for sale soon and will be a killer deal. If you are interested in one PM haddix here on TW. There is also a thread in first gen classifieds on TW with more pictures/information..

Next mods on the list are:
Elocker actuator guard
Diff breather mod
Build a rear bumper
Winch
CV boot slide mod
Re-gear eventually

 

Truck looks great. I love reading other peoples builds.

 

Appreciate it, man. I do too.

 

Looks great.

I too love reading other builds considering I'm mechanically retarded

As for bolt on sliders, my buddy who is a welder says bolt on is the way to go, because no matter how good your welds are, they all eventually tend to crack a little.

And before anyone starts ripping on his work, he did all the fabrication for Mike Shannahan's house in Denver. He's a top notch welder.

 

I have also heard that bolt-on is as good or better than weld on because the load produced by a hit is spread over a greater surface area of the frame than on weld-on sliders

 

Looks good!

 

nice build

 

Good looking truck you have there.

 

Add this truck to the list of "TW members trucks I've been in"

Both you and Brandon, your trucks have changed so much much in a few months, they look awesome.

 

Looking good. Hadnt seen it since you got the sliders on. Time to get her dirty now.

 

That TG Low pro looks really good on your truck for some reason, maybe its cause yours is the color truck i wanted. You got a Nice Build going here!