NYAH NYAH! I have the ugliest shoptruck of anyone else on this site! - A fact I am quite proud of!
Primer means progress!
It ain't perfect but at least the bed is all one color now instead of a mixture of OEM green paint, bare metal, blue filler, green everglass, grey primer and red and black guidecoats. I still need to block it all down and hit it with an epoxy sealer but for now I'm moving on to the front end.
Posted by Kevin McEvoy (Member # 4578) on :
Nice, are you going to put LED's in a rollpan or something?
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
wow it looks like a face without eyeballs a nose and mouth...smooth as a babys behind....soft as a shaved...nevermind.......doooh! i'm sure it will be the kool pimp mobile when yer done!
i like the token patch of grass in the neighbors yard.
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
...That's a clean lookin' backside. Are you lowering it and/or goin' with custom wheels?
Posted by Bob Peach (Member # 2620) on :
Nice emergency brake there,Mike.
Posted by Stephen Faulkner (Member # 2511) on :
NO BRAKE LIGHTS! are mandatory here in the Junkyard!
Use of directionals could get you jail time anywhere west of Gallop.
I know you can find some Crack Heads round here to complete that Awe-thentic A.J. look Posted by Ryan Ursta (Member # 1738) on :
SLAM THAT BEAST! You'll be alright .. just go to www.dropemwear.com and get the shirt that says. "I like mine with NO SHINE"
Lookin good Mike!
-Ryan
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Bob it's kinda hard to tell from the pics but the driveway is steep so I don't trust the parking brake and leaving it in gear to keep the truck in place. For reference, the truck drags on the pavement at the bottom of the drive. The top of the driveway levels off and that's where it's usually parked but for the pic I wanted the whole thing in the sun so I had to park it on the incline.
Kevin, no I'm going to build LED's and put them in just below the top of the bedsides, basically kinda where the OEM lights were, just higher up and a different shape. I likely will not even use a rollpan. I think they look too big and bulky on shaved trucks so I'll probably build something like a rollpan but "lower profile" with only a couple inches of flat surface below the tailgate then the rest roll completely underneath the rear, kinda like a diffuser on a sports car, then modify the rear section of the bedsides to match the profile.
WR, it's already lowered a mild 3" up front and 4" in the rear and that's probably as low as I'll go. I do plan on adding air suspension but the system will be installed to maintain the truck's current ride height. I plan on 17 or 18" wheels as to not give up too much ride quality by using the short tires required with 20" wheels in order to make them fit in a minitruck tirewell.
Karyn, yes those people are sick. They use more water on that grass in a day to keep it alive than I use in a week's worth of showers. What really cracks me up is when they mow it - with a weedeater.
Hey GEET! I have brakelights man! You know, those magnetic lights you see people use when they tow a car behind a moving truck! Of course, without the OEM tails hooked up the flash circuit for the trailer harness flashes like your cracked-out neighbor with the trenchcoat. Posted by Ricky Jackson (Member # 5082) on :
Saaweeeeeet. I can't wait to see it after you get the LED's in place. If you wern't so darned far away I'd help you do the graphics on it.
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Maybe it's a good thing you're so far away, your hat is safer that way. (Tagline Warz)
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