Sweet truck. Its soo straight. Love the centre console! Whats the off set on those rear wheels? Will they tuck ok with a bodydrop without narrowing the rear end?

 

Thanks! And I'm pretty sure I'll have to narrow the rear end, I just told Raceline I wanted the biggest lip possible on the 10" wide wheel.

 

Older rear ends were narrower and the same pumpkin guts. Find one from a 3rd or 4th gen 2wd for your 5th gen. No need to narrow it.

 

Ya that's what I've heard. Wonder if it's hard at all to find one in good condition?

 

They're not hard to find at all! I see 'em on Craigslist all the time in decent condition!

 

Can't wait for the finished product... Concept to reality!

 

They would be in the junk yards. If memory serves correct the widths drum to drum is as follows;

69-78: 53"
79-83: 55"
84-88: 57"
89-95: 58.5"

You get the idea though. Figure out which of those you need and you're good. Swap you center pumpkin 3rd into that housing and you're good.

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Having custom brackets made for the coilover bags thanks to Air Ride Equipment


And had Hix Design do a little arm rest pad on the center console

 

sick lil padded center console...bad asss

 

Air Ride Equipment got the Universal Air strut bags put together with the coilovers

 

Looks like "Brunette Beauty" is dead, brown is just too popular nowadays. Got some cooler ideas in store for it that will make it stand out more from the rest.


Getting my tires mounted this coming week and will be dropping it off to Precision Installs the following week to get a game plan going then start on the real work.

 

crazy how color trends come and go, especially while your in the middle of your build. good thing you didnt lay down any paint yet! one color ive come to like that i havent seen so much is the green off the new jeeps. kinda like a baby s**t green imho but it looks nice when laid out right.

 

True that Beyond!

Got the truck dropped off at Precision Installs to get started on the air suspension and bodydrop finally!

 

this thing is gona be sick!!

 

Nice!

 

killin it man, shame you are doing all that and keeping stocky running gear.. interior is coming up well..

im running same offset on mine, narrowed rails 90mm each side

 

Sorry for the lack of updates! Waiting on Precision Installs to finish the frame table for it. Hope I don't have to continue playing the waiting game with this guy too.

Really the only updates since my last post are getting the tires mounted and got a couple more parts, including Specialty Suspension's one piece aluminum air tank

 

Thanks dude but I'm not a huge motor guy and don't really feel like going through all that with this one. I plan to dress up the stock motor and maybe do a cool aluminum engine cover but if it goes out I'll probably do a swap.

 

Also still playing around with paint ideas but I'll come up and post a final when it gets closer to that time...which is far away lol. Considering going back with brown but got a couple other main colors in mind.