Dirteatr717 Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 I never officially made a build thread but I have been taking pictures of stuff as I went along , here's the story behind it. My dad bought it off the lot in late 1989 and has had it in the driveway since as a toy hauler/ weekend bagel retriever until I was old enough to drive and now I daily drive it, as of today it has 110,855.5 miles and I've been collecting parts for a 6.5" lift and 33s as I'm a poor college kid. Here's what it looked like a couple years ago Then I lifted it with 2" pucks and greasable shackles As it sits with 235s and the 2" lift after a day at the beach I've been doing little things to it since then like flowmaster super 44 muffler and h4 headlight upgrade that I still need to install the harness. I also replaced the interior dome lights with the ones from euramatec and put blue leds in them and I made the same cup holder as the one in the DIY section on here
Dirteatr717 Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 Here's the only pic of the headlights I have( recently taken ) Notice the black hood I had painted awhile back, this is what it looked like before :ack: and I had cragar soft 8s but couldn't get them to balance well so I sold them. here's what it looked like with em on while I had a fun day of driving off pavement 8) Like many others on here I also drive around like Fred Flintstone :wall: I also have a fuse panel problem :fs1: one of the pins that holds the fuse in brokeoff and I go through fuses like taco bell food goes through well ya-know
Dirteatr717 Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 Here's what I have for the lift and 33s so far - 4.5" coils - Adjustable upper and lower control arms - Rustys adj trackbar and bracket Thanks again Sinkrun! - YJ brakelines up front, need to get dakota rear and get swaybar disconnects or make a set - 33/12.5/15 wild country tires, got all 5 used with about 45% left for $80 big ones... They came with 6-lug d-window rims for a chevy that I'm selling locally And since I know you guys like pics here's more! And when I brought the new to me tires home
Dirteatr717 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Posted February 10, 2011 Thanks! It'll look even better in a couple weeks I hope! I need to get my drivetrainless camaro out of my Snow covered driveway so I can put everything on my truck finally! :wrench:
1tonMJ Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 What is the total length of your springs for the front?
Dirteatr717 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Posted February 10, 2011 They're suppose to give 4.5" of lift, I'll measure them when I get back from class :peek:
1tonMJ Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Cool, thank you. What did you do for the rear? Just a SOA?
Dirteatr717 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Posted February 10, 2011 They're used but they measure a hair under 22" and yeah I'm going to soa the rear and hopefully it doesn't sit too high but I have my 2" coil spacer I plan on using anyway
wannabeMJ Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Here's what I have for the lift and 33s so far- 4.5" coils - Adjustable upper and lower control arms - Rustys adj trackbar and bracket Thanks again Sinkrun! - YJ brakelines up front, need to get dakota rear and get swaybar disconnects or make a set - 33/12.5/15 wild country tires, got all 5 used with about 45% left for $80 big ones... They came with 6-lug d-window rims for a chevy that I'm selling locally And since I know you guys like pics here's more! And when I brought the new to me tires home I'm officialy jalous of your adjustable control arms :fs2:
Dirteatr717 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Posted February 10, 2011 Haha they are super beefy! :wrench:
Dirteatr717 Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 Got to work on my camaro today, took off the flywheel got it ground and hopefully I can put it all back together soon so it's not taking up space in the "driveway". One step closer :wavey:
Dirteatr717 Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 Put my Camaro all back together in 5 hours on Tuesday and today it's moving outta the driveway and making room for the Manche!!!! I just need shocks, rims and swaybar discos and a rear brakeline... I'll pickup the 95 Dakota brakeline today(hopefully) within a couple weeks it should be a totally different truck :wrench: Ps I'm selling the camaro, any takers :P
Automan2164 Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Is your master leaking down the fire wall on to the fuse box? Rob L.
Vintage Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Is your master leaking down the fire wall on to the fuse box? Rob L. That's what I was thinking when I saw the picture. Need to check that in a hurry.
Dirteatr717 Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 Nope I've been keeping an eye on it, it was a old problem that came back to haunt me... My dad had a aftermarket deck installed years ago and the guy put the hot lead into the tailight fuse spot because when you turn the truck on the radio would be on... But one of holding pins is missing causing it to arch to the next fuse spot :mad: Just another gremlin...
Automan2164 Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Looks pretty wet to me... And that would cause the fuse holders to drop back out of the fuses. I might want to double check that with a fine toothed comb. Rob L.
Dirteatr717 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Posted March 11, 2011 That's melted plastic from the fuses melting :ack: and I've checked both sides of the firewall and there's no fluid anywhere
Dirteatr717 Posted March 13, 2011 Author Posted March 13, 2011 After playing with the welder and grinder my dad and I fabbed up a new tailgate lever out of stainless steel and sprayed it satin black, just have to put it back together and I'll have a working tailgate again :banana:
Dirteatr717 Posted March 14, 2011 Author Posted March 14, 2011 Got the tailgate all back together and the new handle works like a charm :banana: I think it looks oem :brows:
Dirteatr717 Posted March 14, 2011 Author Posted March 14, 2011 Need shocks, swaybar discos and a set of 15x8 rims.... It's killing me to have all the parts and not have it lifted already!
Dirteatr717 Posted March 16, 2011 Author Posted March 16, 2011 Found a set of d-windows for 100 big ones locally and my friends selling me a set of 6.5 skyjacker shocks for 80... Woot woot! :banana: my trucks Finally getting some parts put on it!
Dirteatr717 Posted March 18, 2011 Author Posted March 18, 2011 Welp after gathering up enough courage to take a dremel to my hinges I started cutting so I could be doorless during the summer months and I also bought a set of YJ soft half doors awhile back and I cleaned them up a bit, I have to finish up the hinge and beat the pins out..... Such a pain but I don't want to take the torx bolts off and have to realign the doors... Here's a mock up pic of the soft doors in place :help:
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