TMAC 110's Build Thread

[TMAC110]

holy sweetness! nice! and same color as mine!! def using your rig as a template!!! lol i got LC coils as well, don't have the other components yet (shocks, BJ spacers etc), hopefully mine will turn out as nice as yours did. i like the idea of the 1st gen roll cage, might do this with mine so i can attach a hi-lift jack in the rear and give the interior some protection since i'll be carrying precious cargo (my kids). but the most burning question i have is, what did you do with your old wheels and tires TMAC?! LOL

Haha thanks for the compliments! I left the tires with discount when I got my new ones and then sold the old rims on craigslist about a week later... Sorry! lol and with the roll bar, It doesn't really give it a whole lot more protection in the case of a rollover or anything like that because it is just bolted to the body and not the frame or anything but it does make for a nice place to mount something like a hi-lift and a spare tire and such.

 

[Hyde802]

Looks good man! Did you put on a Panhard drop bracket?

KCCO

 

[delgadog]

BOOO.lol. do you have any pics on how you bolted it to the body? did you have to fab anything up? maybe i can actually weld one to the frame and make it a little more functional. it has that cool factor and utility too. keep up the good work! keep us updated with anything new!

 

[TMAC110]

Looks good man! Did you put on a Panhard drop bracket?

KCCO

I did do the panhard drop bracket from 4crawler. Thanks and Chive On! haha

BOOO.lol. do you have any pics on how you bolted it to the body? did you have to fab anything up? maybe i can actually weld one to the frame and make it a little more functional. it has that cool factor and utility too. keep up the good work! keep us updated with anything new!

I don't have any pics of how i bolted it up but basically I just cut the front legs down 2" and welded the original mounting brackets back on and then bolted it right through the floorboard and the wheel well with 1/2" bolts and then I used some butyl to seal it up and keep water and stuff out of there. If you do need some pics I can take some of the bolts in the wheel well and up underneath where the bolts come through the body.

 

[delgadog]

oh cool, thanks! i have a good idea now how its done now. Thank you! hopefully my rig will look half as good as yours.

 

[TMAC110]

Haven't had many updates in a while!

Well I've been on winter break for the past month and have made a couple new modifications to the truck! :biggrin2: The first thing I did over break was finally converted from ADD to some Warn manual hubs. While doing this I also took the time while it was apart to reboot my CV axles. It was kind of difficult to change the boots on the cv's since I basically had to take apart the entire front suspension to pull em out but hopefully with the hubs they won't need to be done for a while! So far the hubs seem to be working flawlessly and have had a very slight increase in fuel mileage. Overall I'm very happy with em so far!

 

[TMAC110]

Another project that I've been working on over break has been a storage box for the rear. I'm almost finished with the main part of it, it just needs to be padded and carpeted, and then I plan on building a second piece to put over the back seats when they are folded down so it can be used as a sleeping platform. I designed and built the whole thing myself in about a week so it wasn't too terribly difficult. It has two drawers in the front and then a hinged compartment in the rear for a little more storage. It works pretty well for what I need it for and hopefully turns out right once it's all said and done. I also have some more pics of the design and finished product if anyone wants to see them!

 

[SR587]

i like this build! keep it up, how about an update :bump2:

 

[TMAC110]

Haha I haven't really had time to do anything worth showing yet in the past few weeks here! Just a couple little things here and there like painting the storage box black and I'm in the middle to converting all of my dash lights to red lead's. Hopefully in the next couple weeks when I get my tax returns I'll have something a little bit better to show off! I'm hoping for either the AOR Tube front bumper or 4Xi rear if everything works out haha :hungry:

 

[NobleShield]

Hey OP, how did you anchor the drawer down? It looks like it is sandwiched between the rear seats and the tailgate.

 

[TMAC110]

its actually not anchored at all so that I could pull it out if needed but its heavy enough that it doesn't move around or anything. And it is a pretty tight fit between the back seat and the tailgate so the angle of the seats helps to hold it down pretty well too.

 

[TMAC110]

Hey OP, how did you anchor the drawer down? It looks like it is sandwiched between the rear seats and the tailgate.

Sorry! forgot to quote you in the response to your question in my last post.

 

[TMAC110]

Well not a huge update, but an update none-the-less! :hatsoff: I got my Idler Arm Brace from Blazeland and threw it on today!

Hopefully there will be a bigger update here in the next couple weeks :hungry:

 

[Bfaulken]

Well not a huge update, but an update none-the-less! :hatsoff: I got my Idler Arm Brace from Blazeland and threw it on today!

Hopefully there will be a bigger update here in the next couple weeks :hungry:

I know what it issss :biggrin2:

Frick now I'm behind! :second:

 

[TMAC110]

BIG Update

Well after about a month and a half of waiting I finally have something that's worth an update :banana:

I finally got my Addicted Offroad Tube Front Bumper for it! arty:

I installed it over the weekend with the 17" Pro Series led light bar from Olympus Offroad also so just in time for MOAB!!!!

 

[Hyde802]

Bumper looks great!

 

[TMAC110]

Bumper looks great!

Thanks! haha I can't stop looking at it!!

 

[TMAC110]

I also went out and tested out the light bar and holy s#*@ that thing is BRIGHT! haha here are a couple pics! The small sign in the middle is probably about 150 yards away.

Regular headlights only:



Regular headlights and Light Bar:

 

[Robmills72]

Well not a huge update, but an update none-the-less! :hatsoff: I got my Idler Arm Brace from Blazeland and threw it on today!

Hopefully there will be a bigger update here in the next couple weeks :hungry:

how much did this bad boy run you?

 

[TMAC110]

how much did this bad boy run you?

I think it was like $40? It definitely wasn't too much! haha and Nate over at blazeland was awesome with his customer service and everything