SoCalRoadie's LT Build

Ouch Jim, when it happened in the vid I was like oo shit..my co work asked what happened showed them the vid and they too was like ooo shit crazy hahah.

 

Same shit happend to me when I had stock bumps

 

you're just making more room! looks like an awesome trip, so wish I would have gone!

 

I have Vi's old 2.0 fox bumps up there... lol oh well. pull it/hammer it back into place and move forward. all my front gusseting held up just fine. DMZ FTW.

 

the reason you made contact with those areas of the wheel well is because of your body mounts. when you make an impact like that, your body mounts compress, and you body actually move closer to the frame. When you get an engine cage, you should tie it to your firewall so your engine compartment is one with the rest of the truck.

 

One day...

So when i get my cab cage i should just spring for the engine cage option?

 

Jim has an engine cage.

 

close call in the video there... slightly different approach or speed could have kicked you up worse and sent you over

gnar-core!

 

his is more of a shock tower brace that connects both shock towers over the engine. Proper engine cage should replace and tie into all major portions of the core support and the frame so there's no flex.

 

Cab cage should ideally tie into the engine cage and bed cage, and be welded to your cab and core support, so nothing is moving independent of each other.

 

Good thing you had not painted your glass yet lol

 

What I have is more like a strut bar like the import tuners have. When I eventually cage my truck i should do an engine cage at the same time.

 

No kidding! But now I learn how to repair fiberglass and probably paint it myself.

 

Repairing the fiberglass.

 

No F&@KING around in this build. Broken on Saturday...Fixed on Monday...Like a Boss

Looking good Jim

 

I took Monday off in advance just in case.

It's not fixed yet... I'm a total noob at fiberglass and rattle cans suck ass on big jobs... But hopefully I'll be primer'd up by tonight so I don't have to roll with out fenders tomorrow.

 

I Like the way you plan

That they do. I have rattle canned an entire car (more then once) and it doesn't look have bad but you waste a ton if you want it to look good.

 

F**k me running... Bondo has two parts... Back to VatoZone...

And I'm noobing it up. Rushing and over painting the other fender... Gotta slow down.

 

Forgot the hardener eh?

 

It wasn't in the container I bought. They gave me another one. I put the bondo on the fender and stopped for the night.