Winter is here whats everybody's project they got cooking??

[Jonasterg]

My budget suspension rebuild is almost done, should finish it tomorrow afternoon.

I tore the lower ball joint boot a little while pressing it in today... Any way to repair it? It's a small tear but it goes through the rubber.

 

[pacecarta]

well had a choice to make today
to run the MT pros on a 15 x 10 5bs weld aluma star i had a 1" spacer but it was close to frame and tight at the rear frame rail really would have been happier with just a little more clearance ... so either mill a set of 1.5 hub and wheel centric spacers down or order a new set of 1.25 spacers .. which would push the wheel out further
so i did this instead ..
also had to take a little off the bottom of the ridetech bracket but it good and now i have no spacers and almost 3/8"clearance all around the tire from frame wheelhouse and the shock bracket
its 3/16 plate and i set it into the frame against the factory stops for the front side frame rail

 

[TRICKSIXPA]

Well finally got my Steering column wobble fixed. Thanks for the pointers Paulie!! Three of the four bolts were loose. Took them all out and loctite back in. The hardest part was getting the ignition cam to line back into the slot after that the rest went back together pretty easily. New GM ignition switch installed since the one that was in the car was black. Not a hard job to do but you need to have the right tools!!

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[pacecarta]

passenger side frame notch done on the ttop ...

 

[Mark T-TB]

^^^ Nice work & good looking welds, too under less than ideal conditions (not exactly workin' on a nice bench, is it?)

... but is that 3/16" thk plate helping with the car's diet?

 

[pacecarta]

not enough for me to be concerened
i weighed all the scrap that came off (not the dirt and dust just the steel) and the 1" spacers ..16.0lbs
the new plates both sides ... 18.0lbs not counting the welds

now all the dirt and metal dust that i swept up after ..thats a couple pounds easy

 

[Dave Dunbar]

Changed under hood lighting to LED strip lighting!!!

 

[pacecarta]

^ wheres the pics ?

 

[TurboTGuy]

Spring has sprung, girls!

 

[pacecarta]

today's (and tomorrows ) forecast ... high 56 and low 33
spring may have sprung but its not feeling springy ..its chilly

 

[Dave Dunbar]

Let there be light!

 

[TURBOPOWERED68]

Let there be light!

cool stuff

 

[pacecarta]

looks good ..i like light , id want to put another set at front edge of the hood

some of todays fun before it got so cold that my hands started cramping

cleaned up the look under the car and in the trunk

pic of the 10" rims (5" back space ) tucked with 28" Mt pro 275s . ride height to fender lips is 27.25" rear , 26.25 front

and some sportsman s/r radials arrived

 

[pacecarta]

sportsmans mounted
seat back braced
pics of the final ride height and tire tuck

 

[pacecarta]

and the scales tonight at etown

thats with driver and with an extra 13lbs of co2 bottles and meth jug that i wouldnt have in the car but needed to get filled

car only should be right at 3000lbs

 

[TURBOPOWERED68]

and the scales tonight at etown

thats with driver and with an extra 13lbs of co2 bottles and meth jug that i wouldnt have in the car but needed to get filled

car only should be right at 3000lbs

wow
great work

 

[Mark T-TB]

^^^ Yes, very impressive diet ...and a great looking stance with those big meats tucked in the back

 

[pacecarta]

well winter looks like its finally gone
today was too hot to play outside so i hid in the garage and did something i was putting off because its a pain

just about the last thing i planned for the weight loss project on the ttop

started out at 25.5lbs with the corner brackets , final weight going back in was only 12.6

 

[TRICKSIXPA]

Well winter is .....hell it feels like spring here on the east coast what's people's plans for this winter! I just got my Digitails LED tail lights for Christmas started on the install.

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[kidglok]

well winter looks like its finally gone
today was too hot to play outside so i hid in the garage and did something i was putting off because its a pain

just about the last thing i planned for the weight loss project on the ttop

started out at 25.5lbs with the corner brackets , final weight going back in was only 12.6

Hey doc, that setup looks familiar