Andrewdod's Stx 5.0 slow build 2
02-20-2018, 11:17 PM
#121
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Body work is done on the tailgate and we sent it over to paint. Below is the tailgate in primer. He found a few other dings that he took out for me also.
All the finishing parts/brackets for the front bumper came in today... Tasca sent me the wrong color top pad for my tailgate... i need black they sent me brown like off of a kingranch, so that will go back and I will order the black one from the shop's vendor. It will cost me more money in the long run, but I can have it tomorrow. I just want it back to normal at this point.
All the finishing parts/brackets for the front bumper came in today... Tasca sent me the wrong color top pad for my tailgate... i need black they sent me brown like off of a kingranch, so that will go back and I will order the black one from the shop's vendor. It will cost me more money in the long run, but I can have it tomorrow. I just want it back to normal at this point.
02-22-2018, 09:51 PM
#122
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I thought about it. Decided not too. Didn't want anymore headaches. at this point i want it done. tired of looking at it. I'll buy some emblems and do it myself in the future if i get bored.
02-22-2018, 10:02 PM
#123
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So i put the front bumper on the truck Tuesday night. The tailgate needed to be reshot... It dulled out really bad within an hour of being taken out of the booth. I assembled the tailgate tonight, I'll put it on the truck in the morning. Just too many cars to get the truck in the shop tonight, and I didn't feel like taking the risk of dinging it or someone else's stuff up. Plus it was just me, and I didn't have a spare hand. No pics of what I did tonight, I was in a hurry. Here's a few pics of the new front bumper, notice I added the Ecoboost tag holder. Got a plan for that space in the future.
03-01-2018, 08:27 PM
#124
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So I've had the tailgate back on the truck for a little over a week I literally just have not been available when it was light outside to take a picture, so i had to run out to the truck real quick at work today and I finally remembered to snap a pic. Paint work turned out perfect on the second go round. You can notice the body gap is a little wide in the picture. I need to get a piece of wood and beat it in a little further, it opens and closes fine. I just haven't had the chance to do it yet.
03-01-2018, 09:50 PM
#125
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So I've had the tailgate back on the truck for a little over a week I literally just have not been available when it was light outside to take a picture, so i had to run out to the truck real quick at work today and I finally remembered to snap a pic. Paint work turned out perfect on the second go round. You can notice the body gap is a little wide in the picture. I need to get a piece of wood and beat it in a little further, it opens and closes fine. I just haven't had the chance to do it yet.
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03-01-2018, 10:02 PM
#126
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03-07-2018, 06:21 PM
#129
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We are getting hammered with snow right now! Anyone have any thoughts on a +0 offset with a 35x11.5R20 Trail grappler? Going to be pulling the trigger shortly just want to know what the trimming situation will be like....
Took me two hours to drive home in this. a ton of stupid on the road today, I can count 3 times where i almost got tangled up in some nasty stuff.
Took me two hours to drive home in this. a ton of stupid on the road today, I can count 3 times where i almost got tangled up in some nasty stuff.
03-07-2018, 07:23 PM
#130
Any idea on width of the wheel or backspacing? If it's any less than 5" plan on doing quite a bit of trimming along with pushing the front liners back. I'm on my phone but if you look back through my build on my blue 14, the 17x8.5 Methods with 4.75 backspacing and 35x12.50's required a good amount of trimming. I know there was some pictures in that thread too.