yeah I will be chopn that off for sure, I dont even have them bolted in yet or anything. Yeah the chip and bubbles are not a HUGE deal I just want to get what I payed for. I will fix it myself easy for sure. I will paint them once I get the rears a little later on.

 

killer, did you order the kit ?

 

dood fiberwerx is only 15 miles from me or so, i didnt know that, i know bilstein is about 15 miles from here, and so is RCD, there all in san diego haha

 

oh yeah, they got my moneys!
hah sweet, wonder if you could have shipped them for less than $150. its a big box but its light as hell.

 

awe now that is awesome. big step right there!

pushing it for the dunes arent ya?

 

yeah huge step..that combined with the rear end was some bank..but should get some kicks out of it

Yeah I'm pushing it but I told Aaron my situation and that I needed it atleast a week before the dunes trip. I supposedly should have it by the week of 24-28, giving me that weekend and a couple days to get it ready before wed. That should be fine, but ealier would be sweet too hah. I have to give him a call again tomorrow to talk about it some more, or if he calls me back. I tried today mid day but he didnt return my call.

 

lol um yeah its pushing it.

 

kinda like last trip, I was welding and painting at 2:30am , slept an hour and left at 3:30am haha

 

haha yeah i know those nights all too well.

 

quick update: got my rear gears in and welded the diff..for now. I'll be getting a detroit mid summer I think. Also got my Giant kit

went to my buddies shop and stole their 220 mig for a while..now I want one bad..


just a pic of the size difference between a 3.55 and a 4.88


spiders after the first couple passes.. I had to wait quite a while for the next to let it cool down


and some sexy metal

 

seeeexxxxxyyyyy

 

Aw hell yea! DO WORK!

 

Sweeeet.
If it gets unbearable with the rear end welded, maybe I could send you my L/S diff until you got a detroit.
I would sell it for cheap but I want a carrier for spare parts in case something breaks down the road.

 

your truck is gonna be **** after your project is all done and over.

 

so its a Auto Arc locker eh?

 

mig.....

 

your supposed to weld the pinion to the ring gear.. duh

 

Haha damn strait. You don't **** with auto arch
thanks man,ill let you know. It should be ok for a while since its not my daily anymore
yeah man,cant wait to get working on it

 

wow men.. get those on the truck fast!. when u getting the kit ? est.

 

He said to call him today or Monday and check in again. So I'll call Monday and see how its going. Arms were made and sent to powder coat,biggest thing still in question is what shock I can get in time that fit good. Aaron likes certain ones cause of how they line up with the axle shafts clearance wise. but orw is way behind in getting fox so id have to wait like 3 more weeks.Best estimate so far is shipping by end of next week and to me mid to end week the next.

No biggie though,cause I got all the rear end to do in the meantime. The front won't take long I don't think since the truck is ready for install as it sits

 

dammit boy, I hate waiting on parts to arrive

 

get that giant kit under there!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Not sayin it's gonna be a problem etc, but any welded rear I've seen has had a TON more weld in it than just the lil bit you have welded up... wish I had a pic of mine after it was re-welded... my lil 3.o with 5.13's runnin 37's broke more weld than what you have... just food for thought!

 

I said that was first pass. 3 total covering out to 3 teeth.


Also quality of the weld makes or breaks as well. I will be on sand not rocks or tar beatn on it. So it should work for one trip

 

Fully weld that thing up Andy. It'll only take like 12 hours with all the cooling and what not.