Those steel wheels look light years better than the originals! happy0034.gif
And the bed looks fantastic in black, as does the front, have you thought about bedlining the bright rim of the fuel filler?
Great build.
Explorer
Those steel wheels look light years better than the originals! happy0034.gif
And the bed looks fantastic in black, as does the front, have you thought about bedlining the bright rim of the fuel filler?
Great build.
Adventurer
What about static electricity? It seems the new filler is directly connected to the frame and could cause for an electric reaction in the wrong condition when filling. The filler on my truck appears to be isolated from the body/frame by a plastic/rubber connector.
Are you around working on this today? Would love to come check it out. I'm over by Hamlin park on border of Lake Forest Park/Shoreline. Let me know if you have a minute to shoot the shirt and check this awesome work out in the flesh.
This post was most likely made from my Tmobile Droid so spelling and punctuation errors are expected.
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Explorer
If you look closely the new filler I installed has a thin rubber gasket as well as a 3/8 ABS spacer that came with the filler. That coupled with the Bedliner as another "gasket" I think I'm safe. I filled up last night at the station and it worked just like stock.
Fiance has been out of town for work for a couple weeks and is back now so no work today, possibly tomorrow? Ill let ya know. I'm still on the fence about tackling the flippac project 4 days before the overland rally but will see. Your certainly welcome to stop in sometime after work and have a beer.
Originally Posted by upcountry
Expedition Leader
Damn that fuel filler is sano!
MOAR!!!
Can't wait to see what you do to the Flip-Pac.
Adventurer
This is a sick build and definitely checking back on the progress. Great job. Love the ute...Zolo's too.
Explorer
Well getting ready to head to the Overland show and realized this will be the first time is 6 years I'm not sleeping in my RTT since I sold it recently. I decided I would make a "Ghetto" soft top so I can sleep on the bed and have some shade in the hot sun. Its completely temporary and more of a wonder what it would like thing. Banged it out in a couple hours though so I don't have any real attachment to it. Will see how it works this weekend.
Rendezvous Conspiracy
Paraphrasing here, but that is "Ghetto Fab". Read FABulous or FABrication. I like it!
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Observer
Sweet mother. This is great! Really liked the bed and what you did to the second battery.
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Explorer
This just get's better and better...
Explorer
Amazing work on that bed! I like the black wheels (the gray idea is really cool too) but were they hard to balance with the bedliner on them?
One thing I noted though is that the LEDs seem to be on an angled section- LEDs tend to be more directional than regular bulbs and those thin strips kind of get lost visually in the black of the bedliner (meaning folks are less likely to notice them in a casual glance) so I'd make sure that folks behind you can see them well. Some side marker lights would make you more visible at night.
<---Safety/Paramedic guy who thinks of things like this way too much.
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