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so i have a local guy making some rock sliders... going to take a couple of weeks since hes about an hour away from me and i cant leave the truck there since its my DD. ill get some picks up as soon as i have them...
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Is he intersted in making more.?
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the exhaust... honestly i feel old saying this but its a lil too loud for my taste.. but if i was 10 years younger i would thing its the best thing in the world. it sounds great outside but i get a lot of drone noise inside the cab. im either going to pull it off or dynamat the whole inside of my truck. fitment was not an issue.
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ill be manufacturing them.. im not a vendor on here but i own a performance truck business. so they will be built under my name.
-Raul
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Had a great morning modding on sunday. i was able to remove my steps, install and wire up my CB radio, blacked out my badges and installed my smoked Recon LED taillights. next up is blacking out the rest of the chrome on my truck and installing the graphics
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so today im going to get started on the rack.. or at least start doing some measuring.... I had some takeoff fence material from a job site i did and have about 200 feet of fence... it seems like its the perfect material to start off with since i already have it and its free... i pulled this one and its pretty much the exact size i want.. it just needs to be squared off.
i didnt have a real good way to make some perfect 45 degree angles so i did this instead
im not the best at welding but i wanted to see what you guys thought of these welds...
i put the rack on top of the truck to see how it would look.. all i had was some spare 4x4's so its sitting a lil higher than i want but it gives you an idea of how it would look.
i still have a lot of work to do. i need to add the sides to it, creating a mounting system and also make an internal cage inside the shell to support the weight.
let me know what you guys think
i didnt have a real good way to make some perfect 45 degree angles so i did this instead
im not the best at welding but i wanted to see what you guys thought of these welds...
i put the rack on top of the truck to see how it would look.. all i had was some spare 4x4's so its sitting a lil higher than i want but it gives you an idea of how it would look.
i still have a lot of work to do. i need to add the sides to it, creating a mounting system and also make an internal cage inside the shell to support the weight.
let me know what you guys think
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ok so i still felt like the rack was too wide so i decided to just ditch what i already had and start fresh.
it was about 2+ hours of grinding and cutting and about 1 hour of measuring and welding.
i also have a ton of these round 1/4" thick pieces from an old job so i deced to make my corner peices out of it. not only will this help square off the edges but this is also where the mounts are attaching too from the top of the cab.
all 4 corners in place
this is what the welds look like. i thought i was going to have a hard time welding 2 different thickness but after a little adjusting i think i did pretty good
next up is cutting and grinding up some more square tubing so that i can make cross braces and all the sides.
it was about 2+ hours of grinding and cutting and about 1 hour of measuring and welding.
i also have a ton of these round 1/4" thick pieces from an old job so i deced to make my corner peices out of it. not only will this help square off the edges but this is also where the mounts are attaching too from the top of the cab.
all 4 corners in place
this is what the welds look like. i thought i was going to have a hard time welding 2 different thickness but after a little adjusting i think i did pretty good
next up is cutting and grinding up some more square tubing so that i can make cross braces and all the sides.
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So my wife took care of the kids all day so i can work in the shop and try and get this rack ready before the desert rendezvous. so today i fabricated some mounting brackets that will get welded under the corners.
i also made the top section of the rack and tacked welded onto the bottom section. i also put a cross brase 3/4 of the way down on the bottom section where another set of triangular corner peices will be installed since thats the forward location of where it will mount to the top of my roof rack.
Tomorrow i plan to finish up the angle parts in the front and adding some more braces... I also hope to fully weld the whole thing so i can start grinding it down and getting it ready for paint soon. sometime next week im going to remove my camper shell so thats its easier to work on and get it mounted up to the top of it.
-Raul
i also made the top section of the rack and tacked welded onto the bottom section. i also put a cross brase 3/4 of the way down on the bottom section where another set of triangular corner peices will be installed since thats the forward location of where it will mount to the top of my roof rack.
Tomorrow i plan to finish up the angle parts in the front and adding some more braces... I also hope to fully weld the whole thing so i can start grinding it down and getting it ready for paint soon. sometime next week im going to remove my camper shell so thats its easier to work on and get it mounted up to the top of it.
-Raul
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ok here is some more update... I didnt get to spend a whole lot of time on it today so didnt get everything i want done.
Here is an buttom up view of it. I added another set of traingle peices to the bar in the middle
i also added 4" tall pieces around the perimeter to help strengthen the whole thing...
here is a back view
and the rest
so as of right now i still need to finish 2 more mounting brackets that go from those triangle pieces to the top of the shell. I also need to find a place locally that can sell me some of that wire mesh to play on the bottom of the rack and add a couple of more braces. I also still have not added my light mounting tabs since im waiting for my 50" light bar to come in.
-Raul
Here is an buttom up view of it. I added another set of traingle peices to the bar in the middle
i also added 4" tall pieces around the perimeter to help strengthen the whole thing...
here is a back view
and the rest
so as of right now i still need to finish 2 more mounting brackets that go from those triangle pieces to the top of the shell. I also need to find a place locally that can sell me some of that wire mesh to play on the bottom of the rack and add a couple of more braces. I also still have not added my light mounting tabs since im waiting for my 50" light bar to come in.
-Raul
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You have one good looking ride man. I have a couple of questions about your Cold Air and Tuner. Did have some one write you a custom tune? And did you notice much gain in performance from the two combined? I only have exhaust on mine right now and I want to do the cold air and the tuner in the future. I want to add the hidden winch set up as well but I doubt that I will be able to find anyone to ship it up to Alaska with out spending more than the set up is worth.