Llittle_Llama Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 looks pretty good man! wish i had a welder and HALF of your skill :) Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 g'day ratsun im glad to say i have joined the lowerd almost so heres a unfinsh update as it was 9:40 on new years when the last photo was taken and i need diner so as i was saying i need to z the front end and as peasnuts point out i will have to mod the upper control arms i seem to be missing a photo but you get the point left side done ok when eva i build some thing weather its a house or table i always want it square plum and parallen so that level is square and will be used to measure off i then make the mark of where the center of the notch will be later plum the lines down braces the frame oh shit you will notice some thing thats not bracesed i swear do not try this at home ha ha with that problem made and then corrected i move on yeah photos say it all move it out of the way and clean it up there some photos so you can see the notch start i guess i will plate this later tomorrow before starting on mount the air bags i will get this braces better and plate the iner frame rails so it dosen't flex where the plate is on the z and with the z it was cute with a 3mm grinding blade and its a 5mm plate so its 2mm out but thats fine Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 and the day and hour that i live for its not layin but fuck its close have a good new year Quote Link to comment
BEEBANI Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Looks good man, glad to see you making progress on her! All these new bagged trucks on here makes me want to tear mine down and redo it. I don't feel so special any more. I still have the ka going for me I guess....:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 BEEBANI you will always be specail in my eyes ha ha with out you build BEEBANI how would i know whos ideas to steal good on yah man Quote Link to comment
BEEBANI Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 BEEBANI you will always be specail in my eyes ha ha with out you build BEEBANI how would i know whos ideas to steal good on yah man Oh, now I'm blushing, I'm not trying to be an innovator, but if the shoe fits.:lol: Quote Link to comment
Madmax Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 nice work, wish i had empty garage space to do the same to one of mine... this is the best website, using the brain to build instead of the wallet!!! love the wheels...what kind are they???...black candy powdercoated??? Quote Link to comment
airedout Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 The way your 4 link is setup right now you have no instant center, which will cause adverse handling affects. Think of instant center as an imaginary line coming off your link bars. In a properly setup 4 link, the imaginary line will meet close to your front bumper at ride height (when you lower link is parallel to the ground). It looks something like this: From the looks of your link setup, it looks like the upper links are angled upwards, away from the lower link. You have plenty of room in your hoop, before you get too much further, i would deff be looking into lowering it a little bit. Just trying to save you some headache. Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted January 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 that makes no sence because every line will meet up unless the parral this is accauly a shock 4link like out of a box or what eva but i guess i will look in to it its still only tacked in Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted January 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 g'day very unproductive day to day how eva progress is good got some spitted out upper control arms (quik and doggy) will re do them with tub arms later or re-do the ones i made to day frist setup was flat to the tabe and nexted to the stock one this was not good enought quik test showed i need to go a bit more there they are pretty... NOT start clening it all up. and grab som measurements. bag notch same sdame quik picture over picture i will look in to it im now running late to go out will finsh this post later Quote Link to comment
BEEBANI Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Ryan, the thing you really need to look at is whether or not the bars are parallel at ride height. If they're not, then they need to be adjusted. At ride height, your lower bars should be somewhat parallel with the road also. Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted January 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 yeah they are go on msn you douhce Quote Link to comment
airedout Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Ryan, the thing you really need to look at is whether or not the bars are parallel at ride height. If they're not, then they need to be adjusted. At ride height, your lower bars should be somewhat parallel with the road also. Your lower should be parallel to the ground at ride height, and the front of your upper should be slightly pointed towards the ground. Your getting the idea with this pic. Now you just need to imagine the instant center point (the point where the 2 lines meet) around the front of the truck (front bumper). Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 yeah i fixed iyt today it was about 80mm out 3 inchs thanks mate. im a bit ADD some time (and yes i do have ADD and im not joking at all) Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 g'day ratsun i'll like to show my appreciation to some of the guys on here for help in point out my mistakes and stupid lol farmerjoe, greiggy, datzenmike, peanut2425, airout, hacked521 and beebani yeah appreciate it guys question for some one who knows is 20mm enought clearaces for wheels when fully layed out ? parents droped by and had a look at my truck to day they where very inpressed i think before i finsh it they will want me to lower there camry lol so heres a list of what has to be done front uper bags rear upper bags rear bottem notch is to be plated 75mm rails inside the old rails making it a kool 80mm rail custom tube body mounts front cross member to be droped notch for the z at the front (can't get any steel till after i go back to work sucks) also welding to day finsh a tip off and looked for the bag of new ones i brought coudn't find them so i had to creak out the old gasless sucks huh and some pictures i will make notch plates later this is only for now had to tack these in with gasless not bad it dose clear relax Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 right on man!! badass!! Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 i photo i forgot to put up showing the fixed greometrics bye bye im going for sushi Quote Link to comment
airedout Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Nice, everything looks good man!!!!! Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 g'day ratsun good it all tired up to day farme should be finsh tomorrow if a metal supplier is opened got those gusset done so not i can finsh the front end picture of some welding cut off the front hoons and fould they where filled with tree back and shit got the cab back on a mock up price of steel metal i will have to make that as a rocker what do you think ? i keep forgeting to take photos but i got all that cut out read for new body mounts and 80mm frame rails tell me what you think about the rocker Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 this is looking good man are you gunna run gussets on the lower part in this pic as well? i know all the weight will be pushing against the others but the stronger you can make it the better Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 that 4 link looks a lot better man, and yeah like bonvo says, just incase u weren't going to already gusset the bottom too. I can't really invision how that sill would look, so I can't give u an opinion. Would u be doing it to the tub too? And have you measures up all your hood to engine clearance and all that stuff, can u run stock hood or will you have to run a cowl or something of that nature? Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 shock hood will be fine if i do the rocker sill thingo other wise i would have to section the fenders and make the hood more level and would change the hole look of the truck so thats why i have to do the sill with the gusset there only temp as i said ealyer because i will plate the sides when i ge some steel only weld the gusset in so i could keep on with the mock up of the engine mounts and all that crap peanuts whats your msn man ? Quote Link to comment
nosh1t Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 these that sill set up so tell me what yah think and i'll make the bed match Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 these that sill set up so tell me what yah think and i'll make the bed match I think that the new sill will look terrible, ruins the bodyline of the truck. Defeats the purpose of bagging it to make it low. Sorry, but it's just my opinion. And it's your truck, build as you wish. Quote Link to comment
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