Reds rc beater rebuild

Looks good

 

TW Express

 

Yea for a spray can the duplicolor does a way better finish than rustoleum.

Thank ya

One day I’ll repay you somehow, still appreciate it though bud!

 

I gotta figure out that one too! He drove like 2 hrs to get a winch for me

 

Lol well have to make a phil mod day and try and get all those parts he’s stock piling on! Yea he told me about the winch that’s a super deal.

 

Well got halfway done with the reinforcement plates and melted my drill bit so gotta wait. Then my kid pointed out this awesome trinket in my blue truck tire……

 

That's a tack for either tar paper or vapor barrier.

Shits gettin real on the ol RC!!! Pro tip paint all the white that is behind the bumper black it'll make it look a lot better. I did it to the silver on mine. I had the silver showing through for a little while and it looked like poo

 

Yea it was just long enough to make some tiny air bubbles so I said hell and just plugged it.

I’m trying lol! That drill bit did three holes and was throwing sparks on that last one, I probably need to clean it there or paint won’t stick. I’m thinking about pulling the grill and spraying it black the surround is faded, then I’m also thinking about a color matched off eBay for $250 or another homertaco grill for another $100.

 

I've got so much shit, I'm gonna have to do A LOT more TW expressing for that

ARB bumper, water pump, thermostat, coolant, head/fog wiring upgrades, camper shell track bars, then I need to do the FJ case swap and T4R brake upgrade

 

Lol it’s fun working on the stuff I just run outta $$$, the bumper is definitely a two person job. I’ve not done a water pump yet so learn for me, the brakes sound easier than the water pump lol.


I got my plates test fitted lines up good, hopefully I get a chance to weld it up at work tomorrow. Gonna attempt to do it myself been awhile since I welded.

 

I don't assume it'll be much different than my TJ. I replaced that one.

If I could weld, I'd have "projects" all over the place

 

I can make things stick last I tried lol, I just got a freebie stick welder. This one I’ll use is a pretty nice Miller mig unit.

 

Well got my mounts welded on at work today and a coat of primer on them. Pumped now I gotta wait on some help to hold it up there!

 

Throw the bumper in the back of the truck and run up to Home Depot and give one of the day workers $20 to help.

 

Lol I thought my buddy could but not tomorrow or Saturday gonna try one more see if he can tomorrow I get off at 3, also had the idea to dangle it from the winch in the rafters and could prolly do it myself?

 

I've watched a YouTube vid where a guy built a LC80 by himself. He used an engine hoist to mount his ARB bumper. I figure it'd work just the same

 

Yea I don’t have a hoist or that’d work kinda the same idea as hooking a battery to the winch let it dangle and get the truck close and swing it lol. I don’t have my skid steer or I’d use that, I hope the coils hold it and don’t sag too bad.

 

I'm curious about my Dobinson IMS struts/coils holding my ARB. I set them at stock height and still got some lift. I'm hoping worst case, I just need to adjust the IMS's to get some height back.

 

It should hold fine what’s the spring rate? I’ve got 700lb on my kings idk what these are on the rc.

per @ovrlndkull i painted all that ish black.

 

I'm not real sure. Either 600 or 650lb