I opened the hole in the top of the shock tower to bolt the bag to the frame mount. The air lines run from the bottom of the lower control arm.
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Plates welded to lower, with relocated shock mount
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Air lines run through the X-member and then used fittings made to go through a bulkhead
feel free to add more pics to this thread....id like to see some of the rear of the truck if ya have them....Originally Posted by Fordubishi
here is a few pics from this weekend..not a ton..figures i ran out of gas and wire for the welder....I took some good pie cut pics for those with questions...
pie cut pics
clean the area to cut...right above the ball joint..
draw a line across
cut all but an inch or so in the middle, cut past the humps
install ...
jack up the assemble til you get the amount you want...remember to measure the engine cradle to ground...then measure the spindle to ground and subtract for the rim and tire combo you want to lay with...
remove arm again and weld it up..I weld inside and out....you'll have a big gap to fill, i always fish plate the sides...no pics of that cause i ran out of gas and wire...Ill snap some at that time
you might have to trim it some when jacking it up if the cut isn't a big enough gap..just trim as needed..
I added a circle plate to my lower control arms and cut the sides to match the arm, it was just something little to add, looks cool..Also mocked up the triangulation of the lowers again but no friggn wire...Got some templates made for the bag plate gussets and a backing plate...metal will be picked up tomorrow and ill be working on getting that all buttoned up..im hoping for this week to have it all together as far as front, ill test it out then break it down for powder and frame rail coat....Im sure i wont make my goal but im having fun at this....
finished the lowers today...ran out of plasma consumables...so i cant make the frame mount brackets..might try to cut out with the grinders tomorrow....here are a few pics...
got the lowers brackets made and welded in, also welded in the upper bag plate....I srill need to add gussets and shocks, then ill be finished for the most part on the front end.....hope to get some more done this 4 day weekend...wait its xmas...bla
well im back from mexico, 2 weeks goes so friggn fast.hhuummmm!!! Got the uppers in the mail while i was gone, they look great man, hope to get motivated to coat them this monday since i took that day off to get back to normal life before work. Ill try to get some pics up.
finally got the old starter out today, i drilled a hole where the top bolt was and used the factory hole for the emergency brake line for the bottom hole., I also put the control arms on the pass side and spindle....Had a set of rims to coat for a guy so thats all im gonna get finished today, ill get some tomorrow done, the weather has been in all time highs here for this time of the year so im taking advantage of the nice weather for garage time. Tomorrow id like to get the new starter in and finish the clean up on the driver side...
here are a few pics up to now...
Awesome work here.....Get to bag mine someday. Gotta wait till i get my 89 silverado driving....just about done with the bag job on ithere are a few pics up to now...
the silverado is bagged? lets see some pics man.....ive had a full size bug lately....wanting to do one.
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