Nice looking Chevy! Is that a "shocker" decal on the Evo? LOL, nice.

The tint I used on mine was pretty dark, but it isn't black. It's hard to see that in the shadow of the picture, but you can always use lighter tint for temp use. You can also tell that it doesn't lay real smooth, but it's not permanent and next time I'll use a hairdryer to help shrink the tint to form the shape. I also used it on my headlights for the angry eyes, and it doesn't hinder my lights when they are on. I'll probably keep them on there.


I also used Plasti-Dip on all the black parts on the body because it peels right off if I don't like it. I love the products that let you "test" things before you do things permanently!


Here's a pic of my old Chevy...


http://s356.photobucket.com/albums/o...stalliontruck/

 

thanks, that truck was awesome!.. it was the single cab short bed with the big 5.3L v8 gotta love it. haha
and yes that is the infamous shocker sticker! lol got 2 of em for like a dollar online somewhere

that actually turned out great on ur blinkers! not too light, not too dark. and thats pretty cool that the anrgy eyes doesnt mess with your headlight projection!! and sweet lookin jeep! what kind of wheels are those?

Wat year was your chevy? and wat kind of front axle? engine?

 

Thanks, man! The wheels are the stock "snowflake" wheels that came with the Country edition... not sure if it came with others. I've been back and forth between painting them black, or just getting new wheels.

The Chevy was an 87. Last year of that body style for the 1/2 ton pickups, last year for true duals (I had dual single chamber flowmasters!), first year for TBI. Cannot remember for sure, but I think it was a GM 10-bolt front axle. The engine was a 350 5.7 TBI. I had a blast building that one... first motor I ever built! It was stolen before I got the chance to put my new headers on it though.

 

You should DEFINITELY paint the wheels black..but thats just me. lol

And i like the truck, i bet it did work! Plus u gotta love the REAL duals; it HAD to sound mean!!

Anyways, heres some pics of the rock sliders. like i said before, the mounting looks a little bit skimpy for me but u gotta start somewhere i guess. haha
It consists of 2 mounting plates on each slider with 4 bolts on each plate and 2 'pinch seam' bolts on each side of the vehicle. it also has a nut&bolt on each support so i can slide of the sliders if need be w/out having to unbolt the whole thing...also seems kinda sketchy but that might be ok because the bolt is double-shear...we'll see.

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Im thinking of adding probably 1 [or maybe 2] more braces from the slider to the frame; i was planning on bolting the mounting plate on the side of the frame and the bottom, so i have some bracing for upward pressure. wat ya guys think? any input? and u think i should be fine with (very firmly) bolting it to the slider or should i go wait till i can get to my welder sometime (hopefully haha) in the near future?

 

soo.. started to fab up some mounts for my sway bar disconnects tonight for when i...well disconnect them for wheeling lol; id say im about half way done. I went to home depot and bought: (1) 7"x7" angled wall mount L bracket for pictures or something and chopped it into (2) 7 inch pieces, (2) .5" x 2.5" metal pin/slug w/ multiple holes for cotter(spelling?) pins, and (2) .5" fender [oversized] washer. Im planning on bending, drilling, painting, and mounting it to the upper/front fender well area...we shall see how it works out, ill post a write up after i am done with the process!

 

I also bought some tinting paint for my tail lights, blinkers, etc. Its a different kind then what i got last time i tinted my vehicle, so we shall see how it turns out...its called VHT Nite Shades. If anyone has used this stuff before, let me know how it worked for ya and maybe post up some pics for me to check out.
Thanks for viewing everyone! Ill keep u posted!!

 

Thanks man! It was pretty mean sounding! It was actually louder than my old '80 Trans Am that had a 400 big block 6.6 with dual flowmasters (two chamber though).

I'm not an expert by any means when it comes to sliders, but yours look pretty good. The extra brackets surely won't hurt, and of course the best way to go is welding. I think yours will get the job done, and I think you did a great job on them!

We always love it when people fab their own stuff! There's a good thread on here for that and I'm sure they would love to see pictures and a write-up over there too. You could always put the write-up in here and post the link to it in the Homebrew section, too. https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f58/ho...1618/index195/

And for your tinting questions... https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/vht-nightshade-48945/

 

Great job with all the pics! Love when a thread is loaded with pics.

 

good looking jeep you got there!

 

Pretty clean XJ. Keep it up

 

Thanks, i think they ended up pretty good, still contemplating the extra bracing tho.. and i actually just got done reading the whole homebrew thread yesterday lol. it took FOREVER!! haha but ill try to post up some of my stuff on that thread, but for right now this build thread has priority!

and thanks for the link, ill check it out

Thanks alot, i have seen many a build thread with horrible picture coverage; I wanted to make sure i make mine as full of pics and informative as possible for all u that are following.
Thanks for checkin it out, and stay tuned for sum more mods & lots of pics!!!

love the compliments guys! keep watchin for more upgrades, pics, and just plain old bad*** stuff. hahaha

 

soooo.... went to tint my blinkers/tails/etc and by the time i was ready to spray it was too cold, so i decided to hold off..so instead i decided to finish fab'n up my disconnect mounts, and OF COURSE sh** didnt work out with the hardware that i got... sucks... since none of that worked out for me, i got a whole bunch of nothing done on the white stallion today!! YAY!! haha ..i hate it, but hopefully i can get both done by 2marrow or the next day depending on school. Anyways, ill keep ya guys posted! Thanks for watchin

If u guys got any input or w.e., let me know!! Im always open to suggestions, so shoot em at me!

 

Cold? In SoCal? Wow... didn't think that happened! What wouldn't work with the disco hardware?

 

haha ya it was pretty cold, and i didnt want the tinting paint to end up all crappy. and my mounting hardware's shafts were tapered all the way up, so it didnt really work the way i wanted it to; also, my 'pin' that the disco was gunna mount on had wayy to much play, so i went and got 2 collar's(?) to hold it tight in place.

 

Where about in So Cal are you at?