this may take a wile (build up)

[yotaboy79]

 

[scheid6996]

sweet 

[yotaboy79]

i set the dash peace aside for a little wile to mount some tires   35x12.50x15r micky thompson baja claws close to half tread on some of them and 100 bucks for the set. mounted them and they ballanced them selves out   ill get some pics up tomarrow after work

[BigMike]

That's a nice dash piece you made, and I've also gotta throw in a line on your rear bumper, I like how its tucked up.

This looks like a lot of fun, are you able to make it out to MCR4? I'd love to check out your rig. OR isn't that far from Lake Tahoe you know!

[KYOTA]

nice job on the dash yotaboy, and the paint sample looks orange? about the same color I'm painting my 69 GMC. plans are your going to hook up with the Or/Wa southbound convoy in Medford right?

[yotaboy79]

thanks    
heres a pick of it with the 35's
about the mcr4 i am almost 99% sure ill make it as long as funds permit and about the convoy i had heard people talking about it but never heard any thing finalized or where it would meet up yeah id like to join up in the convoy when is every one leaving?
and yup that is orange im still debating on it 

[yotaboy79]

i hope to have duels, rock sliders, front bumper, maybey my exo if i have time, a lock right for the front, and sky's 3/4in less drop pitman arm so my drivers side spring wont be hitting the pitman arm/drag link i think its got a little to much up travel oh and figure out what im gunna do in the rear to get rid of the blocks if i get the time and money 4-link if not ill probably go marlins springs
oh yeah and an L52 is on the top of the list my 4th tranny is about to go and i dont want it to go wile im down there and then get stranded, if i replace it befor it blows up ill probably drag it down there as a spair        

[KYOTA]

woo ! 35's made a big difference. We have a few months to get the plans hashed out so nothings for sure right now. heres a pic of a peice off my GMC , looks pretty close to yours

[yotaboy79]

yeah mines chevy orange to be exact ill probably wait till after mcr4 to paint it cuz i dont want it to stand out any more than it already does. ive herd bad thinks about cali cops so i wanna keep the tickets to a minimum i dont feel like driving back down to cali to go to court 
and keep me up to date on the convoy plans

[yotaboy79]

got the dash peace done and mounted up and started working on some rock sliders there out of 2x2 .120 wall square tube i love my employee discount at the local steel shop it was 1.97 per food for me ill get some pics up tomarrow

[yotaboy79]

no pics yet im having some dificulties finding the camara   where it whent

[yotaboy79]

my truck desided it didnt like aluminum lift blocks in the rear with a lincoln locker and is about ready to spit them out so im cramming    this weekend i gotta get my rear suspention done by monday morning and im just starting tonight     ill get pics up monday if all goes well

[yotaboy79]

well all didnt go well   its still sitting in the shop not compleatly put back together   i didnt expect to run into this many little issues when doing this 

[Hyena]

What issues?

[yotaboy79]

the main thing is trying to get the springs right i couldent find any thing worth wile at the junk yard and i found an old set of jeep comanchey springs laying in the shop there the same length specs as the waggys but the spring rate is compleatly different and way to soft and i dont have much of a selection of leafs left to add and just a bunch of little things that im running into that take up alot more time than i wanted to spend, and alot of it is that im just getting realy over welmed with all the stuff im juggling right now, im not doing to good in school and im running out of time to get my grades up so i pass and graduate i just started a new job, im running out of money and my truck is down and the truck im driving right now is going to be sold relativly soon im loosing my freaking mind  

[TrackVino]

Sorry to say, but welcome to the real world. This is reality, not the crap you see on TV

Try going thru all that, plus support a wife, and be told by your doctor you are now 23% disabled and will never walk strait again.

Not to bum you out, but it is difficult, just set your priorities first, you need a job to support yourself, thats more important than wheeling, then you need reliable transportation, and dont forget about school, cant do anything now a days without a degree.

Keep on Keepingon! 

[yotaboy79]

oh i know its not easy and i know there are people out there that got it way worse than me i and yes it is reality

[TrackVino]

Props on continuing     You don't know how many people take this stuff and hibernate in there homes, or just disappear, or as many say, go postal 

[BUBBA]

yeah it's hard to get things done sometimes.I've got a wife and 3 kids and she works of the morning and i work of the evening and have the kids during the day so i don't get to do anything during the week so that leaves the weekend and if it rains i don't get to do anything,just don't get discouraged,remeber great things come to those who wait.

[TrackVino]

Tie the kids up to the tree and tell them its a new game 

[yotaboy79]

its alive heres some pics of all the crap ive done including the rock sliders ive been working on. the shackel angle isnt all that great and  i know ill get hung up on them but they work for now and that was the only way to get the lift i needed out of the springs and they freaking flex killer i dont have any pics of the flex but ill get some and post them tomarrow after work.

[yotaboy79]

 

[yotaboy79]

 

[yotaboy79]

heres a little info in case any one is planning on making your own shackle hangers
1 1/2 in .188 wall dom tubing if the perfect ID for the stock toyota bushings

[TrackVino]

are you going to leave the stock hangers in place, or  them off?

[oddball]

looking good 

[yotaboy79]

ill probably leave them on for now i bent them out so they would clear the spring so im not to worryed about it i guess im just to lazy to get the   out 

[yotaboy79]

ok heres some poser pics now that all of the suspention is done i hope
i still havent been able to find the end of the suspention travel

[yotaboy79]

 

[yotaboy79]