Thread: The Blue Bomber build

But first how do I put photos directly in here?







Ive haven't done images yet here, so let me know if they don't work. And critisism, concerns, and comments are appreciated. Thanks

imageshack or photobucket....
copy paste the image URL

hows that?

use photobucket and copy and paste the img url

Originally Posted by Wh3tto

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There's a concept.

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Sweet there we go. Now take note that I am not done yet. I just threw them on my truck today so I could get horny over it.

looks good now check out how they drive and align and then make a jig out of them if there good them go to a junk yard buy another set and keep doing that till they look perfect because once you start going bigger with your truck your going to want to replace those things they look ugly not trying to be a jerk just trying to tell you from personal experiance

Originally Posted by silranger

looks good now check out how they drive and align and then make a jig out of them if there good them go to a junk yard buy another set and keep doing that till they look perfect because once you start going bigger with your truck your going to want to replace those things they look ugly not trying to be a jerk just trying to tell you from personal experiance

punctuation?

Oh yea for show! When I get good at tig, Im gonna throw on the skillz. But yeah the jig idea is a good one. Thanks for that man

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Originally Posted by EvanNumberSeven

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It'll never work....

haha, just kidding.
Looking good.
Someone on here might complain about the splatter, and recommend a nozzle, but spell it nozle.
Looks a lot better than stock though.

Yea, I accidentally ran it too hot on the first pass. Its not that bad anywhere else. And I will cover it all nicely when I make the radius arms.

Originally Posted by EvanNumberSeven

Yea, I accidentally ran it too hot on the first pass. Its not that bad anywhere else. And I will cover it all nicely when I make the radius arms.

I think it looks good. And it doesn't matter, since you're going to plate it anyways.
What do you have planned for it? Any plans on c/o's, or are you gonna stick with the spring and shock setup at the moment?

since im only 18 and jobless... I am going to run a 5.5 coil spring and then on the rad arm, Im going to mount side-by-side shocks going up to a dual shock mount that Ill make. In doing so, Im going to hack off the shock mount part of the coil bucket. This way hopefully I can get as plush as I can.

Originally Posted by EvanNumberSeven

since im only 18 and jobless... I am going to run a 5.5 coil spring and then on the rad arm, Im going to mount side-by-side shocks going up to a dual shock mount that Ill make. In doing so, Im going to hack off the shock mount part of the coil bucket. This way hopefully I can get as plush as I can.

I reeeeaalllly really suggest just getting coil overs.

A set of FOA's (f-o-a.com) will probably be cheaper then the shocks you plan on getting anyway and it makes things much simpler and cleaner.


Other then that it looks pretty good!

Ight, I will definately look into that. Thanks

Looks good for you being 18, Im 18 and my welds are ugly as hell.

you plan to plate them correct?

do a good job plating them in and they're not half bad! I mean not race status, but for a little prerunner sure. And DONT bother with coils dude, you're gonna end up spending a lot of money and just wanting to upgrade as soon as you get a coil front end on it.

how long did you extend the beams?

Yes I plan on plating them to the best of my tig abilities

And my welds arnt the best either. The structual welds that I do at school are better because its on a flat plane rather than a 40 lb Ibeam that isnt fastened to a fixture

They are 6 over

And as far as the C/Os go... If i get an awesome job that I can afford C/Os then yeah Ill run those. But right now I already have the coils and shocks

If you have both, stick with those until you can afford c/o's. But don't spend more money trying to upgrade with shocks and stuff. You'd be wasting money.

why tig? just mig them. ya tig is pretty bad ass and effective but only if you can do it well

on these did you pie cut the beam at an angle for lift?

Holy cow... those FOA Coilovers are fairly inexpensive, And yeah I bought the shocks from Summit. So I saved a grip

I dont know how to mig... even though its the easiest thing to do. Now maybe I will grab one of my friends to do it that way it goes a thousand miles faster. But I thought tig would just be really pretty.

And yeah I got the pie slice on the inside of the rad arm bolt hole.

Originally Posted by promoto164

why tig? just mig them. ya tig is pretty bad ass and effective but only if you can do it well

Why are you recommending MIG over TIG? If he's got a TIG welder, and wants to use it, let him.
I know some people find TIG easier, and you have far more control with the pedal.
I have MIG because I'm cheap, but i'd use a TIG if I had the money to buy one.

I like the high asthetics on tig. But its slow as sh!t. But if I do it with tig then I can say, "I built them myself"

Originally Posted by EvanNumberSeven

I like the high asthetics on tig. But its slow as sh!t. But if I do it with tig then I can say, "I built them myself"

Tig isn't THAT slow. You're only doing a couple feet of welding, it wont take that much longer then mig. I say TIG it, it'll be worth it.

A couple feet? I have to plate front and back. Thats like 15 feet, And then I want to add an additional half plate for reinforcement and thats another 6. anyway I think i will do the tig

Originally Posted by EvanNumberSeven

A couple feet? I have to plate front and back. Thats like 15 feet, And then I want to add an additional half plate for reinforcement and thats another 6. anyway I think i will do the tig

Okay I kind of under exaggerated lol but really it's not that much compared to a lot of the welding that goes into building a truck.

Well, when its put that way... Its definately sounds more chill

I dont see why you TIG in this particular application,

It would be a bitch to fit plates front and back to those crooked things with minimal gapage.

Not to mention having to clean the chunk of forged steel well enough to weld cleanly.

If anything, MIG the base plates to the beams and then TIG the additoinal half plates that sit on top.

^^X2^^ this is what i was trying to get at.

Im going to do mig or tig. if I do one and then the other thats like having a peanut butter mayonnaise sandwich

Im looking to plate them soon. And Im looking at various plating on beams from the pros and joes, and a lot, if not all, backstep the whole plate anywhere from 3-7 inches. Does that mean its a good idea for me to do it also???

anybody?

Camburg

Pretty cool, damn good job. Always stoked to see young kids on here bust out good shit that works and they built it themselves.

My first kingpin beams I did up myself when I was 18-19 too. Then the full tube and plate kingpin beams a year after that.

-Matt

Well right now, the only thing slowing me down is money. I have Insurance due in September. So hopefully I will finish before I start sprouting grey hairs lol. But just keep an eye out on this thread. Cause hypothetically I may get a job tomorrow, and this whole suspension system may be done next week. I actually was hoping to finish by MDR this weekend. But as you can tell, Thats a no go.