life and death of a clean $200 toy...................

[Ramrod]

yah the d-ring positioning wasn't totally original thats for sure.  I have 2 more going on the back.  Today cutting my other half door I messed it up so I had to cut more out of the front of both of them to compensate.  I'm pretty pissed but oh well.  They now have the same cut angle front and rear if that makes any sense

[synwars]

Cutting doors sucks, not much to reference to for drawing lines. I found anyway.

Keep it coming!

[Hyena]

Looks like there won't be any more updates since Pat got banned. 

[79coyotefrg]

im sure he'll be back in a few days

[BigMike]

I've met him on the trails and he's a top-knotch guy

But rules are rules. I second what Glen said.

[MR_DIY]

not in the middle of a buildup!!!!!!!!  what did he do to get banned.  if it was a pissing match, can't you bring him back if he agrees to be good?

EDIT:  I now know what he got banned for.  second chance? maybe?   I have been banned from a board b4 and after some time and apologies I was unbanned and I straightened out?  might do the same? 

[Hyena]

He posted an picture with porn in the background.  He took a little long to take it down, was told to take it down, took it down, and then got banned. 

[79coyotefrg]

NO,  he posted  extremely vulgar porn pics  on the YOU thread,  he knew better than that,  and was told of his mistake by another member and didnt remove it till a mod told him to,   now hes gone for a few days to think of his mistakes

[MR_DIY]

10-4... I edited my previous post.  check it out if ya wanna

[79coyotefrg]

now i know hes a cool guy,  and has many friends here,  but he knows how Marlin wants us to run the forum.   rules are rules

[79coyotefrg]

I've met him on the trails and he's a top-knotch guy

But rules are rules. I second what Glen said.

[79coyotefrg]

i think 3-7 days,  i havent heard the "official"  word,   but on other forums he would be permanently banned

[MR_DIY]

OH, it's temporary?  that's cool. he should be fine then.  thanks for the explanation.
I don't know him at all- I just hate to see folks banned in a buildup 

[6.72:1]

Sounds to me like a thrashing is in order.

[79coyotefrg]

he 'll be back today, or tomorrow 

[Ramrod]

I'm back updates will come

[79coyotefrg]

back

[Willy Mammoth]

  back, would you like your thread cleaned up a bit?

[Ramrod]

back, would you like your thread cleaned up a bit?

whats that supposed to mean? 

[79coyotefrg]

i think he just wanted to delete  the posts about you being gone,  but its up to you

[6.72:1]

Forge onwards!

[Ramrod]

I'm actually really dissapointed in the amount of stuff I've done too this truck lately because I need to do quite a bit and easily can but i dont ever really feel like it so i'll wait to put up some progress pics.  Don't be dissapointed though because I actually did quite a bit already but i'm pretty broke now

[6.72:1]

I know the feeling!


Save up and do it again!

[Ramrod]

it also kinda suck right now because the guy that lives in the room above the shop I fab in just got back from the hospital from his colon cancer operation so I can't make any noise over there.  That suck the most because for the most part I don't have to spend any money when i'm just makin stuff because I already bought all the metal a long time ago

[79coyotefrg]

dang  man  that sucks,,    did dude have part of his colon removed??   they took about 1/3 of mine    hopefully he'll  get healed up soon  and maybe come down and offer a hand

[Ramrod]

I don't know any details on him at all.  He's a good guy and all but we don't get along very well probably because he lives above my fabrication station and all and my friend that owns the shop doesn't really like him either because he's pretty much a bum so I don't really have any way of getting the details untill I talk to him in person which most likely won't be anytime soon

[Ramrod]

Ok I guess I should update this thing already.  Since I last posted up I have done a bunch to the truck.  I Just got back from the hammers and the truck did great, it did suffer some bad body damage though but it will be alright.  The things I have done since I last posted are:  all new exhaust that I built with 2 1/4" pipe- highflow cat- hooker maximum flow muffler which is pretty nice, finished rear bumper and tow points,  Made nice half doors the held a 6x9 and 6.5" speaker each and then destroyed both at the hammers.  I also put in my cage, rock lights, intertior lights, some other stuff.  The only thing I broke at the hammers in 3 days of HARD wheeling was 1 hub and i lost my rear diff plug and all the oil in it.  I will get pic of the damage tomorrow because I have the truck covered right now.

[Ramrod]

Well here are the pics of my new half doors  before the hammers


and pictures of the truck as  a whole after  (warning these pictures may be scary to the weak)









and my first dash plaque:


and the cage- ignore the wires somethings got "kinda"  messed up on the drive home
and it still needs more paint

[Ramrod]

I have also decided that besides very minor things this truck is completely done untill after MCR5 so from no on there will really be no updates besides wheeling pictures.  Basically what I have decided to do is just wheel the piss out of it untill then and not mess with it so I dont miss any wheeling and I can save as much money as possible and then it will be going fully under the knife for its third time.  Plans for that are for it to basically be almost a buggy but it will still have the full cab with full door for the winter and a heater and everything.  I also still plan on still driving it to and from the trails and it being somewhat street legal and "stock" looking.  It will have a complete tube frame from the cab back but will still have the stock bedsides hiding it and pretty much the same in the front.  Besides that the specs as of now are gonna be: 40" IROKS-maybe 42", 4 link rear with 16" AIR shoxs, flatbelly, move rear axle back +- 2.5", dovetailed bed, at least one 4.7 case in my duals, new paint, prp seats.

[Ramrod]

Oh yah I just want to make it known that with all those plans I want the truck to still look just as streetable or even more so than it does now.  So basically a complete sleeper