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Old Oct 20, 2006
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Didn't work on it yesterday. Rained all damn day. All I need for the front is 2 left hand thread 3/4" nuts and a hose clamp and it'll be done in the front. I need a set of wheels and tires for the front Brenton so I can roll the ***** around and set-up the gears . O btw, I found a set of u-bolts for a 2-3" block in my toolbox at work.
 
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Originally Posted by mazda98
What kind of coil overs do plan to use.
Fox probably. 2 or maybe 2.5" since i'll be runnin rockwells and a big block.

Evan, the coils are tall, as in you have to mount the upper buckets up above the top of the frame rail unless you want it to sit high as hell.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2006
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Sweet Jey! Are you & Reggie coming down this Sat? We've got something for you 2.

And Jey do you want to sell your F-250 shock towers?

Brenton
 
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Old Oct 20, 2006
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I'll sell them to ya.

Me and Jen are leaving here roughly at 6-630 saturday night. We plan on staying until monday since I have to work on saturday.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2006
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i won't be able to come to this one, my wife has to work Sun. But i'll make the next meet.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2006
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any current pics?
 
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Front is basically done, waiting on wheels and 2 jam nuts

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Old Oct 22, 2006
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Woooooo!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2006
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do you have to paint any of the raw metal so it dosent rust?
 
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Old Oct 22, 2006
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Holy crap that thing turned out tall!!! Looking forward to seeing the back done and tires on it.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2006
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shock....is that the shocker!!! dang gang members!


looks good..yeah hard to believe it was lowered at one time.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2006
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whens the rims n tires goin to be there?
 
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Old Oct 22, 2006
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When ever I get to ordering them. lol

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Old Oct 22, 2006
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you didnt order them yet? how much they gonna set you back?
what tire and rim combo you going with?

sorry for all the questions i am just excited and cant wait to see it finished!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2006
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If I remember right he's going with like 40s and 20s! Gonna be bling-bling!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2006
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anything less than 39.5s will look like a donut.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2006
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any idea on what the laws are for headlight height requirement??? just wondering how high they're allowed to be!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2006
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Bumper too, but my guess is that in GA they aren't gonna be very picky...
 
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Old Oct 22, 2006
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Originally Posted by Gearhead61
Bumper too, but my guess is that in GA they aren't gonna be very picky...
yeah i didnt bother mentioning the bumper cause i wasn't sure what he was gonna throw on the front once its finished.. by the looks of it's height, im sure that truck wouldn't last 20 mins on the road up here, lol.



but even so... i'd still love to have mine built like that!
 
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Old Oct 23, 2006
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Originally Posted by got-dirty
anything less than 39.5s will look like a donut.
ha true..

evan ya bum get them rims and tires..
 
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Old Oct 23, 2006
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Yea bum, get the rims/tires!!!

I already got rims and I'm not even swapped yet!!!
 
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Old Oct 23, 2006
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Yea bum, get the rims/tires!!!

I already got rims and I'm not even swapped yet!!!

thats because you havent had to buy all the stuff to do the swap yet.

i think i might make another trip up there after you get it back.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2006
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You're more than welcome to Chris & can always stay here if needed.

OR

Yall could make a FL meet & I could come down there to save you a drive.

Brenton
 
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Old Oct 23, 2006
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Originally Posted by EdGe_wannabe
You're more than welcome to Chris & can always stay here if needed.

OR

Yall could make a FL meet & I could come down there to save you a drive.

Brenton
x2 on the FL meet, when and where. I'll take off work right now. As long as it isn't on a monday/tuesday, it's fine.

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thats because you havent had to buy all the stuff to do the swap yet.
Your right. But I did buy a lotta stuff lately
 
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