My 88 pickup is back in buisness

[Jud]

What size body lift are you running? I just bought that same bumper and it's for a 2" body lift.

[Yota4life]

Sadly its a 3". I wish i didnt have one at all but it was already too late to take it off with the body armor tucked up so close to the body. Im glad i had one when i did the flatbelly and my truck dosent sit too tall so its cool.

[Jud]

Wow 3" thats big! did you have to extend your steering column shaft thingy?

[Yota4life]

Um ya i think it is....

[twistedtoy92]

how much did it end up costing you to build the whole cage?? i just priced my 84 with a bobbed bed for $1148 just for the damn tubing!!!!!

[Yota4life]

how much did it end up costing you to build the whole cage?? i just priced my 84 with a bobbed bed for $1148 just for the damn tubing!!!!!

Wow!! Is that for 1.75"  x .120 DOM? And how many feet did you calculate?

My entire cage took about 140 feet of HREW and that cost me about 240$ and the bender was about 130$ because 5 people went in on it. 

[DTB]

Wow!! Is that for 1.75"  x .120 DOM? And how many feet did you calculate?

My entire cage took about 140 feet of HREW and that cost me about 240$ and the bender was about 130$ because 5 people went in on it. 

i agree 1150 dollars is alot for a cage! is it chromoly or something?

[Yota4life]

i agree 1150 dollars is alot for a cage! is it chromoly or something?

I was thinking he might be looking at .188wall chromoly or something expensive. By the way i got all my tubing cheap through my work.

[KYOTA]

What parts are you waiting for? I didnt see you at the last roundup but i should this time. My rig is still down because my steering box i rebuilt and tapped is no good anymore. So i have to do it all over again.

was waiting on link parts from Ballistic (joints brackets etc) they finally came today so I'm back in the game

[twistedtoy92]

nope .120 wall DOM!!! 140 feet is what i priced!!! where the hell do you get your tubing and how is that HREW holding up??? yeah that stuff wasnt even chromo!!! is metal that much more up here in WA?

[Yota4life]

nope .120 wall DOM!!! 140 feet is what i priced!!! where the hell do you get your tubing and how is that HREW holding up??? yeah that stuff wasnt even chromo!!! is metal that much more up here in WA?

I got it all through my work. The HREW is great, it just dents easier than DOM. I have a couple dents here and there, mostly on the rocker guards. If your building a cage i recommend DOM just for main supports and use HREW for everything else. How much was it per foot?

[twistedtoy92]

yeah it was $8.20 per foot and i didnt price any hrew..... did you use any DOM???

[Yota4life]

yeah it was $8.20 per foot and i didnt price any hrew..... did you use any DOM???

Nope. I didnt want to put that much into each foot i use considering its my first cage and i knew i would have mess-ups. From my work its about 4-5$ a foot i think for DOM

[Hyena]

$1.75 a foot for 1.75 .120 HREW 

[twistedtoy92]

where at?? i need to look around a bit more i guess.......

[Hyena]

At our work.  we get it at cost.

[twistedtoy92]

whats the mark up on that stuff??? how much can you get DOM for?

[Yota4life]

whats the mark up on that stuff??? how much can you get DOM for?

Im not sure, but i think somewhere around 4-5$ a foot for dom

[twistedtoy92]

man, everybody only carries 1 1/2 and 2 inch .120 wall and no damn 1 3/4 inch...... i'd go with 2 inch but i dont know how much more wieght that would be and if it would be over killlllll..... what do you guys think??

[Yota4life]

Stick with 1.75"

[twistedtoy92]

yeah...... i need to find some that is cheaper than what i've priced, to bad i didnt live closer to you guys  ...... i want a cage bad!!! 

[toyotaexo]

any wheeling pic's lately?

[Yota4life]

Ya i was at vacaville bobs last weekend. It was different but a cool place. I have just a couple pictures. Now my motor sounds horrible  and im not going to take it out again till i fix the problem or swap a 3rz in  






Heres all of them http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v674/Hyena84/Mix%20Canyon/

[toyotaexo]

rod knock?

[Hyena]

no, more like a tick but extremely loud

[highridin4x4]

Valve adjustment?

[Hyena]

nope, they were good.

[Duffil]

any idea on oil pressure? remember the timing chain tensioner is hydraulically operated.

how many miles are supposed to be on this thing?

[ToYocRawleR]

Where is the tick coming from, head or block?

[sheepaleep]

sick sick truck.

how many miles do you got on your IROKs? Do you drive it on the street a lot? and are they bias? thanks