96 cruise vessel build

[THK Matt]

LOL very true.

good way to work your springs in though.

[Hyena]

it rides a lot smoother when it is a foot off the ground.  the landing hurts a little though.  i wish somebody had gotten that on video, totally random.

[Ramrod]

that landing wasnt bad at all for no bumpstops and 3" of uptravel in the front

[Sluice Box Hero]

fat girls are like a moped scooter; theyre fun as hell to ride, you just dont want your buddies seeing you with one.

when is hammers with year?  im thinking about taking the whole week off and making it a 2 day trip there instead of the marathon like last year.

Callen

[Hyena]

man up and drive the whole time!  it only takes a few rockstars to get me there!

[kiyul4130]

all i have to say is screw driving all night. it fucks up the whole time your there because your tired the whole time. i hardly drank when i was there last time because everytime i had a beer i was ready to fall asleep. it would be way nicer to do what pat did and head out early as hell and show up at a decent time during the evening and get rested up to have a blast for the next 4 days. we showed up at 4:45am in a wind storm. it sucked.

[Ramrod]

ya we wheeld the first day i was there, its only 10 hours so leave at 6 am and youll have plenty of light

[Hyena]

we didn't wheel.  we got there and found out there was a broken knuckle and decided to leave it till the morning!

but ya, i might try and take off tuesday.  4 full days of wheelin would be the .

[Ramrod]

either way im driving my there with no leaks and nasty smells and will make it there way faster

[Ramrod]

pictures of what im starting the next phase of this buildup with= ugly
front sagged way out lately and body not looking so good anymore


lowridin at the magic number-


gonna be a tight squeezz to get it any lower, that steering definitly has to go (ignor the ugly ass bumps, that was for the fatchick weekend)--


this is a nice site from what it used to look like-

[slabcs]

That new front end is going to look niiiiice.

[kiyul4130]

howd the bed get so trashed on the pass side? i dont remember that.

[Ramrod]

mostly getting rearended by paul then blacked out lilbuddy on wrecking ball and then me blacked out on fordyce

[lilbuddy]

mostly getting rearended by paul then blacked out lilbuddy on wrecking ball and then me blacked out on fordyce

My bad... the dent i did was nothing compared to all the others.

[Hyena]

don't forget that gear!

[Ramrod]

ya ill try

[854RUN]

Your body is starting to look like Hyena's body, soon you will be denting your dents. lol

[Ramrod]

Your body is starting to look like Hyena's body, soon you will be denting your dents. lol

flopp that, its not moving till it gets new fenders hood, door, and bed

[Ramrod]

after looking at 7 pages of the official flatbed thread on pirate ive decided flatbeds are really ugly and not going on my truck

[TheCookieMonster]

after looking at 7 pages of the official flatbed thread on pirate ive decided flatbeds are really ugly and not going on my truck

i agree. some look decent on certain trucks. but overall i think real beds look way better  . full bodied trucks are the way to roll 

[Hyena]

beds just get smashed.  you better protect the new one pretty good and don't let little buddy drive it this time.

[Doof]

hey how much was your rear suspension all said and done

[lilbuddy]

beds just get smashed.  you better protect the new one pretty good and don't let little buddy drive it this time.

What the hell....

I took the line he told me to!!!!!!

[Ramrod]

hey how much was your rear suspension all said and done

probably  like $400.  You need 4 flex joints or bushings for the lowers, 2 poly bushings and a big hiem for the upper, 8 ft of tube for the lowers and some coils which should be free and then about $20 worth of other scrap metal and some time and your set

[Jud]

You are running stock Cherokee coils correct?

[Ramrod]

yep fronts from a v8 one with a coil pulled out. 

[Doof]

thanks dude

[Ramrod]

hacked all my rear tube work off today and pulled the bed bed off.  gonna hopefully be picking up a new bed on thursday.  looked pretty good with just the cage on the cab for a minute before we tossed the bed on the ground

[kiyul4130]

pics? where is the new bed at?

[Ramrod]

didnt have the cam when i was over there, ill get some later.  the bed is in lake amador but the dude said he'll meet me whereever.  Hes a firefighter and his next day off is thursday