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oljedi11950
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Damn Leonard , use your welding skills for a rear bumper ?
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Hey there Mike, notice you been silent for awhile, I know, it's been your heavy work season though, hope things are going good for you. Try to stay cool down there.
Nah, I think it could handle a few more trips, LOL.
If I could have one of these great members on here post up some different angles of there bumpers mounted up, I would probably give it a try. HINT, HINT.
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oljedi11950
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Everything's good ! Just getting toasty , need a new knee , more cash ! Plenty good examples of bumpers , but maybe just some protection back there huh ?
Stuck CAPS
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Yeah, I'm inclined to agree in that you may need a bit of protection back there. It's pretty funny, that your runner has a (seemingly) pristine body, and then you get back to the rear bumper and you assume a bomb went off lol. Better than my bumper, though. Well, lack thereof.
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Stuck CAPS
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Aw, you should've done the cool center speaker retrofit!
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I contemplated about that spot, but, I do use that compartment.
Besides, I'm a serious coffee drinker, it would have gotten ruined by the splashing.
When I tore the center console apart to install, and seen what it looked like under there, :fear: what a pig came to mind. Yes I cleaned the mess up.
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No, no. I mean the one on the dash in the JBL-equipped models.
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It would make nice clean setup, but, when I use my radio, got gps, radar dectector all over my dash already, to much sh!t for me.
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I'm all about that OEM look! (At one point in the factory there was no bumper, am I right?)
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You'll love that battery. Mines been great and it's still going strong. I do keep a battery tender on it if the truck is not being used.
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You'll love that battery. Mines been great and it's still going strong. I do keep a battery tender on it if the truck is not being used.@%1;
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Do like the extra power it provides, just trying to get used to the faster starter speed it does for it, almost like having too much power going to it.
man, what an awesome rig you have! and your relatively close to where i live, if i ever get around to saving up to upgrade my 03 v6 i'm gonna be hitting you up for advice on trails and stuff around. i'm in vacaville.
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Thanks, it's not all that but, built enough to get me into trouble you might say. LOL.
So far, been able to keep up with the big boys( knock on wood ).
LTDSC, lives around you, he's just building in a different direction with his.
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Roof Rack time
First of all, need to give Josh, [MENTION=77764]Whitson Metalworks[/MENTION], a well deserve Thank You for all his communication, guidance, and WARNINGS (the arch) and putting up with all my questions. I was thankful that he sold me a set of FEET only for his racks, don't know if it was the kindness of his heart, or was in the Christmas spirit and did so. I don't know if he would do this again. THANK YOU JOSH.
I never had a stock roof rack on my ride, and decided I wanted one. Since I had most of the tools to do this gave it a try, granted I could have given Josh some particulars on measurements, he could have built one for me for my obstacles I have. A cb antenna roof top mount in line with the rear feet mount position.
I decided to use Galvanize IMC tubing to build this, due to it comes in separate pieces and I don't have a pipe bender. Second tool that make these go faster is a pipe notcher that I don't have, so this took some time to make all the pieces.
So much for the BLAH, BLAH, BLAH shit, let's get on with what you all care about ROOF RACK PORN.
The pieces I used and had to cut all pieces to size.
I decided to use galvanize due to, less splatter when welding with flux core, less resistance to rusting, and easier for clean up to be rattle canned.
First of all, need to give Josh, [MENTION=77764]Whitson Metalworks[/MENTION], a well deserve Thank You for all his communication, guidance, and WARNINGS (the arch) and putting up with all my questions. I was thankful that he sold me a set of FEET only for his racks, don't know if it was the kindness of his heart, or was in the Christmas spirit and did so. I don't know if he would do this again. THANK YOU JOSH.
I never had a stock roof rack on my ride, and decided I wanted one. Since I had most of the tools to do this gave it a try, granted I could have given Josh some particulars on measurements, he could have built one for me for my obstacles I have. A cb antenna roof top mount in line with the rear feet mount position.
I decided to use Galvanize IMC tubing to build this, due to it comes in separate pieces and I don't have a pipe bender. Second tool that make these go faster is a pipe notcher that I don't have, so this took some time to make all the pieces.
So much for the BLAH, BLAH, BLAH shit, let's get on with what you all care about ROOF RACK PORN.
The pieces I used and had to cut all pieces to size.
I decided to use galvanize due to, less splatter when welding with flux core, less resistance to rusting, and easier for clean up to be rattle canned.
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Thanks Sam, 30 yrs doing wrought iron and some custom builds for customers made it easier for me to accomplish.
