TonyB

Why would ANYONE let something with those kinds of mods sit on a trail for a MONTH?!?!!

XxXJ99xX

They're working perfect now, and you said people stole things out of it? Whatd they steal? And I think this will be a pretty cool build after everything is swaped in since its all just cosmetic it shouldnt be to bad.

Tankerblade

combination of things, it wasnt the wifes priority, insurance decided to wait, the first tow company couldnt find it for 3 days, and the wife is a little weird...

They stole the winch, red top optima battery, cb/radio (i guess it was a combination or something so the cb would play through the sound system) stole the sub and amp, the spare tire, one NEW tire (only had like 3k miles on it), also stole the front bilstien shocks, C02 bottle, hilift, tools, recovery strap, and im sure a few other things..

Im also thinking its not that bad, shouldnt be too expensive either...

XxXJ99xX

Wow.....Some people are real ***holes...im sorry to hear about that man. But im glad to see you picked it up, I'd like to see what it looks like after your done with it. After you pick up all your body pieces are you going to leave them all off and get them painted or put them all on right away?

Irongrave

as for the money thing yeah its $$ we've got about 10k in to my buddies build. but all thats left stock is the axle housings motor trans and frame. everything else has been replaced. we were 4 bolts away from totally taking it apart.

Tankerblade

yea i agree. As for the whole painting process..im not entirely sure yet. I may end up painting it before i put it on, but thats only if i have a place to do it at, otherwise i'll have a lego truck till i can get all the pieces together then paint it.

XxXJ99xX

Well you could leave it like that and just get vanity plates that say LEGOTOYO if you wanted, haha. But if you do decide to paint it have you decided on color or if it'll be gloss/metalic/matte ect.? It sounds like a good plan.

Tankerblade

Haha that idea is pretty good. I think i might just keep the same red color as it had before, and get that strip thing done. For some reason i just really like the color...

XxXJ99xX

That sounds pretty good, I always thought red and silver looked good mixed together. Seen way to much red and black on just about every vehicle

Tankerblade

On a side note, does anyone know how to check to see if the frame is straight

Tankerblade

yea i hear you.

Irongrave

look at the cross members and see if any are tweaked. just by looking at the damage i looks like a side roll and most times the frames are good. also check all your spring mounts and stuff like that for damage.

Tankerblade

everything looked good, i didnt see any tweeks, and the tailgate opened perfect...what are the chances the body mounts will be messed up?

Irongrave

on the 84 they were fine.

just to give you an idea of what we started with


we had already cut the damage roof off so we could move it around and such

what it is now after more or less a full rebuild. still need to cage it


if you have any questions hit me up

Tankerblade

Awsome. Thanks!