08-23-2017, 12:35 AM | #281 |
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So I got both panels finish cut from the A-piller to the tail. The wrap around at the tail was a little tricky and not 100% flush like I was hoping but its very close--and I think it looks good...
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08-23-2017, 12:38 AM | #282 |
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Now onto the front. I had no game plan going into this and was just going to wing it. From the get go I knew the transition from the body to the hood was not going to be spot on due to the angle of the hood and such...
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08-23-2017, 08:02 AM | #283 |
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The craftsmanship is outstanding. I have seen your builds on PBB, I am a longtime member there as well (Dook). Have a Toyota truggy build in that yota section somewhere along the way. This is impressive. I wish I had the skills and patience for such an undertaking, but I am such an immediate gratification person I doubt I could ever tackle such a build.
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08-24-2017, 12:36 AM | #284 | |
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Believe me I have been trying like heck to finish this thing up without cutting any corners--its a hard push but I have managed to keep myself motivated and pushing onward... | |
08-24-2017, 12:42 AM | #285 |
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As you can see its not perfect. Hindsight is certainly 20/20 and I would have made it 1" narrower at the A-pillar. Despite that I think I got it pretty decent considering all the angles I had to look at when it was built. It will take a little work but I think I can make it workable,,,
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08-24-2017, 12:47 AM | #286 |
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So started by angling the panel inward to match the hood and cut the panel. Added one tab at the bottom and a long plate behind where the panel/hood overlap to suck the hood to the panel. I plan on using some Dzus fasteners and made the plate behind wide enough. It certainly looks much better and I think once the hood/body panels are the same color it won't stand out quite as much.
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08-24-2017, 12:52 AM | #287 |
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So to the back of the rig and time to get the panels cut out for shock/tires.. Started with a good rough cut which actually was pretty close... |
08-24-2017, 12:54 AM | #288 |
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And the final cut....
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08-24-2017, 12:56 AM | #289 |
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And the body panels are now done..... So now its time to clean up and organize a bunch of stuff and time to start tearing it apart and finishing up a bunch of small things.... |
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08-30-2017, 12:26 AM | #291 |
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So I got what I needed done to start the tear down and finish the needed stuff before paint. Got everything pulled off except the 2 big items.
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08-30-2017, 12:29 AM | #292 |
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Things were certainly tighter coming out then when I put them in but everything cleared nicely so I was pretty happy about that. One thing I really tried to pay attention to was the serviceability factor.
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08-30-2017, 12:31 AM | #293 |
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There it is all bare....
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08-30-2017, 12:35 AM | #294 |
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So I had one portion of the pcm mount made but I could not make the other portion until I knew how much room was needed to pull the motor out. I took some measurements and while the motor was coming out I was able to determine how the other portion could be made. So I got that all done...
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08-30-2017, 12:40 AM | #295 |
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So another thing that needed to be finished was the motor skid and I had an idea how I was going to do the rear mount. Since the front unbolts the rear I made was a simple slide in. Will it work once it gets whacked a few good times? I dunno but I thought it was a cool idea to try. Its also under a bit of pressure to keep it from rattling granted I think the body panels will make a bit more racket than the skid ever can.
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08-30-2017, 12:43 AM | #296 |
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So that only left one thing to be done. Finish welding up a few spots on the belly and do the rub bars on the bottom and side of the chassis. 6 times back and forth and got it all finished up.
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08-30-2017, 12:45 AM | #297 |
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Was a good way to spend 5 hours knocking off dingle berries and any surface rust that had formed. But it was now fully prepped and ready!
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08-30-2017, 12:48 AM | #298 |
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Got it all primed up and then painted. Painting this type of thing was probably the hardest thing I have ever painted and if I was to do this every day--I would go mad!!!! Last edited by crash; 08-30-2017 at 12:51 AM. |
08-30-2017, 12:53 AM | #299 |
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Next onto the diffs. I got the rear all cleaned up and painted....
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08-30-2017, 12:54 AM | #300 |
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I also got about 90% of all the misc stuff painted and hung from the rafters....
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