84 pickup high school build..

[YOTA yota]

Walnut Creek

[YOTA yota]

Got some work done today on my flatbed. It just needs to be finished welded and painted, then I can add my wood deck...

Sorry for the blurry pics.













I need to mount my seats and finish my square ds then I can go test it out

[thegoofster21]

you better be sorry about the pix haha looks good buddy

[prang11]

Good start!

[boyota]

your build is rad bro. x cabs rock want one hard to find ova here

[YOTA yota]

I need 37's!!!

Got my rock lights hooked up today, there bad! Also got my seats mounted and started hooking up my guages..

I gotta raise my bed up a couple more inches for when I pick up some 37's and I need to move my shock mounts a lil more closer together on my rear hoop because they bottom out before my springs go flat...

[89sastoyo]

If i were you I wouldn't raise the bed. I would cut it out instead because it will look horrific if you just raised it up. I'm not trying to rag on you or anything but I would look into that just because it will be a square box way above your frame.

[YOTA yota]

Yea it would be cool to add some wheel wells or something like that but thats just a lot more work and more tube..it will be a lot easier to raise it like 2 more inches..

Rock lights

[pumkin toy]

If i were you I wouldn't raise the bed. I would cut it out instead because it will look horrific if you just raised it up. I'm not trying to rag on you or anything but I would look into that just because it will be a square box way above your frame.

[YOTA yota]

Then what should I do??

[pumkin toy]

Then what should I do??

notch your flatbed for tire clearance, or chop that section out above the tires and build a new piece like this /-\ so your tire has room to fit up inside.

[YOTA yota]

Thats just gonna take up deck space and require more work and more tube to build it...

I like the easy way

[pumkin toy]

well if you dont care about how it looks, then do it the easy way

[YOTA yota]

It also because I already don't have a lot of deck space and I can't be wastin it just be cus I want it to look cooler..

[pumkin toy]

what do you plan on haulin around that you need so much deck space?

[YOTA yota]

It gets driven to the the trail and I plan on drivin it to the rubicon next summer...

[pumkin toy]

i drive my rigs to the trail. the last crawler that i just sold was all truggied out in the back and i still had room to carry all the trail tools and other stuff i needed.  i suppose for the rubicon you need room to pack alot of camping gear and that crap too

[89sastoyo]

i would draw you something up on paint or look it up but it wouldnt be hard at all to do it the way im thinking it was exactly what pumpkintoy said. I would just get some tubing same as what you have cut a section out and build it up and around sheet metal it so its fenders, thus taking maybe 3 hours and will look clean. Then you can deck up to it and in front of it utalizing all the space. think about a regular bed you have wheel wells in a bed and sides, granted you have a shorter bed space but dont most of us? haha just something to think about. Also like pumkin toy said if you don't care how it looks then go for it I just think you may regret it in the long run.

[YOTA yota]

I'll just raise it and if I don't like it then I'll change it...

[YOTA yota]

Looks like I'm gonna build some fenderwells for it and cut the 3" bl into a .5" bl. It should look pretty good when I'm done lol....

[pumkin toy]

good choice!

[germ85]

Your trucks looking good. I think you'll be happy changing the bed.

[YOTA yota]

Moved the shock mounts more towards the middle on the rear hoop, welded my flatbed together w/o fender wells  cus I'm gonna keep the 33's. Dd'ing it with 38's doesn't sound like too much fun.. Also painted my doors black. I'm planning on testing it out at hollister next week, we'll see how it does.

Things I need to do before Hollister:
new center pins for my chevy springs
strengthen rear crossmember/shackle mount set up
weld d-rings on
finish wood deck for flatbed and mount toolbox

Will have more pics soon..

[YOTA yota]

Sliders on there way and front bumper should be here in a week or two

[YOTA yota]

Finished my flatbed, braced up the rear x-member/shackle mount set up, got center pins for the chevy springs, weld on some d-rings and went to Hollister yesterday...

Here's a couple pics for now..

[85_4RNR]

looks like your flatbed is the bumpstop 

[YOTA yota]

Yea it just rubs a lil bit at full stuff. O well, it's nothin to worry about..

[bigarms23]

came out great has plenty of flex

[YOTA yota]

lil smoke show..

[P-DiseToy24]

sweet pics man make me wanna take a trip to holister