Alex's Silverado

[ObTechAudio]

Stripper pole, lol

Glassing to the B-pillar:

You're making this part very hard on yourself.

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

You're making this part very hard on yourself.

What part? Glassing the pillars? I'm all ears for suggestions

 

[ObTechAudio]

What part? Glassing the pillars? I'm all ears for suggestions

Yes, the glassing. What we did and I find it to be extremely easy and will keep your build clean is using fleece. We staple gunned the s-h-i-t out of the fleece to the box and then stretched the fleece very tight to the pillar door gasket. Please note that our staples were done inside and then the fleece folder over them. By doing this, you create a fairly hard shell that is easy to lay layers of mat over. Sanding becomes easy as well.

See how there are no staples to be seen? That's because we stapled to the box first, and then pulled snug. We got a big box of office paper clamps and used the smaller sets to hold it firm to the pillar where the door gasket will eventually wrap around it.

Applied a good amount of resin. Left it for a long time to harden completely.

With a hardened surface, it's easy to lay the mat. Don't pay attention to the port haha it's terrible and we ended up redoing that section. Just pay attention to the pillar fleece. We let the mat overhang. Very easy to flush cut it once hardened.

After a good sand, we applied some filler to smooth everything out.

After some more sanding, you're left with a perfectly sealed pillar.

Gaskets fit over the glass pillars and boom, your done. I know you could make yours look better than ours with a little bit of patience. Sounds like a lot of work, but in all honesty, it wasn't. That's just what I'd suggest doing. It creates a perfect seal and is flush with your doors and box.

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

I used speaker mesh cloth instead of fleece, but that's basically what I was doing

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

Just ordered my 26" Strada Perfetto's //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

They look like this:

 

[BoogerMan]

Those look sweet man. Nice choice

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

Thanks, hopefully I'll get them next week

 

[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

what size tires and offset? you crank the bars to get them to fit ? idk id imagine you lost some height in the front due to weight and we have square wheel wells lol

 

[Hertz Mafia]

I have those rims in 26s but machine face n black backs and I'm lowered 2"... They are 26x10 with 25 offset. I have 305/30/26 tires... More sidewall then 295/30/26. With the rims I'm at 37" ground to fender front and rear. Stock was 39"

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

How does it sound?

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

what size tires and offset? you crank the bars to get them to fit ? idk id imagine you lost some height in the front due to weight and we have square wheel wells lol

10" width and 25 offset like Nate's, but different tires.

Not much extra weight in the front, just cranking the torsions and removing the stock blocks in the back

I have those rims in 26s but machine face n black backs and I'm lowered 2"... They are 26x10 with 25 offset. I have 305/30/26 tires... More sidewall then 295/30/26. With the rims I'm at 37" ground to fender front and rear. Stock was 39"

If I remember right, my tires are 295's instead of the 305's

I'm only doing an inch and a half drop

How does it sound?

Good

Put my rollpan on today. Took the old bumper off last night and realized I'd have to move the hitch :/

Notched the bumper for the hitch, but didn't put it back on yet. I'm going to have to drill new holes. It's going to be behind the plate and the plate will be on a hinge.

I think it turned out great

 

[los33]

10" width and 25 offset like Nate's, but different tires.
Not much extra weight in the front, just cranking the torsions and removing the stock blocks in the back

If I remember right, my tires are 295's instead of the 305's

I'm only doing an inch and a half drop

Good

Put my rollpan on today. Took the old bumper off last night and realized I'd have to move the hitch :/

Notched the bumper for the hitch, but didn't put it back on yet. I'm going to have to drill new holes. It's going to be behind the plate and the plate will be on a hinge.

I think it turned out great

Weld steel on sides of bumper and flush weld so it make it look a lil nicer

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[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

After 14 phone calls today fighting between paypal, 209 customs, and daylight shipping, I am supposed to get my rims tomorrow //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

My rims/tires just got delivered to my uncle's shop //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I have one more class from 1:10 to 2:00, then I get to go put them on!

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

These rims are soooo much bigger than stock!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

I think they look sick though :shrug:

I've got like a half inch of clearance when turning //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif