Night Eagle's kind of a build thread

He hasn't gotten in touch with me about that relocation bracket. Hope it's in there with your stuff. I filled out the contact for on his site maybe soon

 

Don't worry I talked to him about that also. He has got them but has to fix a couple holes for the bracket. They are also not shipping with bumper. He will ship them straight to my house. I think he said he was going to call you tomorrow. He has a big note saying "call andy".

Oh the other sad news is that I can't install the bumper until next weekend. I have four days off but I will be with family in the mountains the whole time. But I cant wait to get out of the front range for a few days. Lol

 

Well today was a productive day. With the help of @Squeaky Penguin I got my new arb compressor mounted in the engine bay. We made our own mounting bracket. Since there was no good way to just bolt it in place.


We used a 12 ton press to bend some 90* bends for the new platform.


We used the existing studs that hold that secondary air thingy. Then it is bolted to the fender with some existing bolts. The only thing left to do is finish the wiring and switch install in the cab. Might happen tomorrow but not sure yet. Might end up going snowmobiling instead.

Oh other news my bumper should be in on monday and then there is just paint and install to do.

 

Truck looks awesome.. any regrets with the rci sliders? I just ordered some..

 

Thanks man, really appreciate it. I have no regrets at all. They have save saved my rocker panels more then once. They have gone through a lot of abuse in the year that I have had them. Josh is a great guy to work with if you have any questions.

 

Well the dream has come true today. My bumper came in today Here are a few pics of it.






Well this is what it looked like driving down the road, but it made it home. I will start painting tomorrow night hopefully.

 

Well today went from a good day to a pretty crappy day. Had a flat on my subaru, when I got off work I changed it not thinking to look at it. Went to go get the tire fixed and it ends up I bent the shit out of my wheel. So in end up buying 4 new wheels. Then the tires are at half tread and the one tire is toast. So I need 4 new tires, since it is an all wheel drive vehicle. So this day.

 

Well I got an update on my bumper. I hung in up in my garage and started painting it to hopefully install it. That is if @teamhypoxia will let me do the install at his house. Here are a few pics of it.













The paint is looking good. There will be a few spots I will have to touch up tomorrow.

 

Wooooooooo!!! Gonna be so sick!!!!

 

Ya man, I can't wait to get it installed. The truck should look awesome when it is on. I will have a little contrast on the bumper too. The table top is aluminum and I am leaving it bare.

 

Stoked! Can't wait to see pictures!!

 

Well it happened today. I cut my bed sides off wits the help of @Squeaky Penguin. The whole install only took about 2.5 hours.

Got the stock bumper and hitch off with no problem.


Then came the cut line. Brute force makes it easy. Just cut the fenders at the same hight as the tail light.


The first fender I took my time, being that I was kind of nervous about it. The second one took about a quarter of the time.

Man that cut looks really high on the truck.

The final install went really easy and fast. Just had to adjust the placement a little and we were fine.




Sorry I didn't get a pic with the tire on there. I had to go get three lug nuts for the spare. But it looks great on the truck. All I have left is to put some fog lights in the bumper and put my rotopax on the swing out. Will get pics of bumper with the tire tomorrow.

 

Yeeeeessssssss!!!!!! Oh my goodness look at dat azzzzzz!!! Right on man! Looks great. Stoked for you

 

Thanks man. Ya I can't stop looking at the back of the truck. every time I walk by the back I stare at it for about 30 seconds.

It cleaned the buck of the truck a lot. Just can't wait to take it out wheeling.

 

what's going on with Brett's truck? He's got winter tires on 2nd gen wheels or something? and a steelie spare?

 

Oh those are his winter tires on 2nd gen wheels.

 

Looks good Leo! I was cool talking to you today. Looking forward to wheeling with you.

 

What if they're Michelins

 

Thanks man. I was surprised none of you guys stuck around to look at it after the toys for tots event. I figure you guys wanted to check it out.

 

Yeah I told you I wanted to check it out before I left. When I left I was just a little distracted and forgot Sorry man.