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SAS and paint pictures

hey guys so i get my truck towed out of my garage on sunday and onto my front street so i can put my tires on it (it will not fit out of my garage with the tires on it! then it gets towed on monday to the shop for a bed mounted fuel tank and drive shafts oh and also tail/reverse/signel lights but here are some pics of how it looks

how i bought it

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then lift and tires
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SAS project
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All brackets and heim joints were from Evolution machine and fabrication (just happens to be in my home of calgary)
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These are for holding the harnes bar it will be welded to a roll bar-frame
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first coat
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then i painted it flat black
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Let me know waht you guys think also any ideas for a fuel tank would be great i have no idea what one to get it has to be bed mountable and not an AUZ it has to be a whole fuel tank and also a light pacage for the back would be great too
 
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lookin good!

not sure i like the square sub frame, you have a bender should have done it all in tube!
 
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That looks effin sweet man. I think that may be the first long arm ranger.
 
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Looks awesome. That's the biggest coilover I've ever seen!!! lol
 
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Looks good!
 
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thats pretty bad ***, what size tires did you have before you went sas??????
 
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i want to see more picture out your bed did you have to cut the wheel wells out or what do you want to do my truck next?
 
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Originally Posted by Downey
i want to see more picture out your bed did you have to cut the wheel wells out or what do you want to do my truck next?
sorry say taht again maybe its me but i dont get what your saying
 
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I like the square tubing fender wells!
 
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Originally Posted by RangerNDog
That looks effin sweet man. I think that may be the first long arm ranger.
Zabeard has long arms, Lots of guys have used long arms before.
 
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in your bed did you have to cut the bed to fit over your sub frame you made?
 
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Originally Posted by Downey
in your bed did you have to cut the bed to fit over your sub frame you made?
i took the whole bed off and dumped it made a metal spacer and weled a bunch of sqare tubing to make the whole deck from scatch

and i like the square wheel wells too haha
 
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i guess i dont get it need a picture lol
 
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i guess i dont get it need a picture lol
Gladly were do u want the pic taken and of what?
 
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the back end of the truck and inside the bed
 
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wow, thats looks awesome man, good work
 
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Looks real good. I cant wait to see it finished.
 
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Nice!

+1 on the intended tire size and what are you going to use it for?
 
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fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap.....


nice rig....keep the pics coming!!
 
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I like it! Why did you decide to go with the custom bed instead of the regular bed? I like it though. Wish you kept it red. LOL
 
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Originally Posted by Downey
the back end of the truck and inside the bed
The stock bed isnt going back on, that is the bed now. The stock one isnt going over that.
 
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o ok i thought it was i was confused thanks for clearing that up lol
 
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nice looks like its going to be fun when ur dune
 
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the flat black lloks awesome you gonna murder out everything else?
 
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nice!

was expecting maybe 4 pictures, but instead got a whole build thread, thank you sir!!!
 


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