Madkaw Posted October 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Roll bar is ready ! 1 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted November 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 It’s a sloooooooooooowwwwww process . Waiting on color sand and buff . I screwed up and got too big of tires -30”- and had to raise the torsion bars up front to keep from rubbing my new paint off . I actually just evened up the front with the back . Hopefully is okay when I drive it . I don’t want to lift this truck . I guess I'll need another front end alignment now - ugh 1 Quote Link to comment
frankendat Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 I like the look. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) Truck is beautiful. The Nissan brake valve is design for a 1" rake front to back to work properly. If your brakes feel or work funny this is why. It might be most noticeable while braking on hills. Edited November 22, 2020 by Charlie69 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted November 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 37 minutes ago, Charlie69 said: Truck is beautiful. The Nissan brake valve is design for a 1" rake front to back to work properly. If your brakes feel or work funny this is why. It might be most noticeable while braking on hills. That’s interesting . Never thought raising or lowering truck would effect the brake system . Thanks for the heads up . I could gain an inch in the back easily by putting in one of the overload leafs 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Raising the front is similar to lowering the rear, the same as carrying heavy cargo. The NLSV allows more braking line pressure to the rears as the rear lowers from weight. If not carrying weight which would increase the traction on the rear tires they will lock up sooner. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Better explaination Mike, thank you. Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted December 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/22/2020 at 10:45 AM, datzenmike said: Raising the front is similar to lowering the rear, the same as carrying heavy cargo. The NLSV allows more braking line pressure to the rears as the rear lowers from weight. If not carrying weight which would increase the traction on the rear tires they will lock up sooner. Thanks for that info . 1 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted December 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Out of body shop jail ! 2 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Looks good. I suggest painting the roll bar to match the wheels. 1 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted December 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 23 hours ago, Charlie69 said: Looks good. I suggest painting the roll bar to match the wheels. That’s not happening . I will have accents to match wheels . Plus the interior 2 Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 killer truck!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted December 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Didn’t like the back wall cover that Nissan did , so I did my own . 2 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted December 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Love to find a brush bar for my truck if anyone has some leads !!! 1 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted December 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 The sun reminds me of why I picked the stock color 3 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted January 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Well the plan that was in the works for a turbo conversion is now being implemented. I acquired my exhaust manifold yesterday . Turbo rebuild kit is on the way for my T3/4. Getting ready to order my micro squirt controller . Need to send out my intake manifold ( plenum) to get a fuel rail made . Might go with Tank Inc in tank fuel pump . This will be no easy task . 1 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted March 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 The official before and after photo. Finally got the truck parked in the right spot . Also got my fuel rail mounted on my 200sx manifold . Can’t wait to say goodbye to the Weber 1 Quote Link to comment
NC85ST Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Excellent work. Really nice looking truck. 2 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 Madkaw That truck is beautiful and I do like the rims also. Great job and choices of accessories! 1 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted April 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 Spent a day and lots of work removing panels to replace my door hinges . I bought replacement hinges off of eBay - big mistake . They fit like ASS. So now I will going back and rebuilding by OEMS . Should have known better. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 Good to know I was going to order 2 sets for my 84 and 86. Please let us know what you buy for pins and or bushings and your procedure for achieving this project. Quote Link to comment
bottomwatcher Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 Someone had posted a pic here years ago where the replaced the original pins with removable Clevis pins. It would be kind of fun to roll doorless now and then. I even thought about welding up a set of square tube steel doors. Maybe someday. 1 Quote Link to comment
Madkaw Posted April 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Charlie69 said: Good to know I was going to order 2 sets for my 84 and 86. Please let us know what you buy for pins and or bushings and your procedure for achieving this project. I am paying a friend - who owns a milling machine - to rebuild mine . He digs this stuff and he is rebuilding some Z hinges for me also . I told him he could probably make some $$ doing these once he had a process down . Z hinges go for 400$ + rebuilt . The only kits I could find were eBay from Thailand and I’m not doing that again . 1 Quote Link to comment
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