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[Gruff]

1 hour ago, Weebz said:

So moved on to the B, C, and D pillar brackets.  Not too bad minus needing Gumby arms for the passenger D bracket bolt.   Good lord.  
 

probably common sense to most but I’m an idiot….when drilling the sheet metal a step bit works WAY better.  It doesn’t shred the damn flimsy sheet metal, especially at the c bracket where it’s double walled and wants to make a mess.  
 

anyway….

 

Nice progress 

[AJK]

Oh now the side tubes and cross bars. Looking good Jeff.

[Ethan Remington]

Weld the seat belt and soft top bungs in before you start tacking bars in. 

 

The bar above the drivers seat has square notchs that goes above centerline. They write it in bold in the instructions but we fucked that part up to being with. 

 

And there was a bar you want to do in reverse order between C and D. Im sure byron remembers.

[Weebz]

Thanks.  

[BHaner]

Looking good!

[AJK]

Jeff do you have helper or are you doing this all solo?

[BHaner]

16 minutes ago, AxK said:

Jeff do you have helper or are you doing this all solo?

He told me it was all him!

 

Impressive!

 

I had offered to come help if needed. 

[AJK]

10 minutes ago, BHaner said:

He told me it was all him!

 

Impressive!

 

I had offered to come help if needed. 

Thats awesome. 

[KevinG]

18 hours ago, Weebz said:

So I didn’t quite know what Byron meant that I’ll really enjoy what GR gives you to remove the seam caulk at the pinch seam by the A pillar.   Needless to say some very bloody knuckles and a lot of cursing I got.   For anyone who hasn’t done this part I would strongly suggest a few things

 

1). As Byron told me, Sharpen both edges with the bevel the same way.  Make sure they are sharp.  
 

2). Take a long screwdriver and come from the top and start driving into the caulk.  It gives the tool a place to purchase.  
 

3).  Save your hands and knuckles and take a scrap piece of steel and weld it onto the end to make a hammering ledge and grip to be able to pull from.  
 

 

 

I have nightmares about that stupid thing.  My hands hurt so bad that my sex life took a downward turn.

[Weebz]

All me.  I don’t have hands around here.   Put about 23 hours in the garage this weekend.  Try to get another 15 this week and another full two days this weekend.  

[Jdofmemi]

Props to you. 

 

That's a huge project, and by yourself makes some things that much harder. 

 

 

[AJK]

21 hours ago, Weebz said:

All me.  I don’t have hands around here.   Put about 23 hours in the garage this weekend.  Try to get another 15 this week and another full two days this weekend.  

Wow man, thats a lot of work for 1 person. Keep it up looking foward to seeing it in person.

[Weebz]

Baby steps.  

[Ethan Remington]

That looks better

[AJK]

Sweet and the pictures are the right way. Looking good Jeff.

[Jdofmemi]

I can appreciate how much that is, for one man. 

 

Great progress

[Weebz]

Little more progress.   The c cross bar supports to the tub are going to be skipped in my cage unless I do some serious modifying as my towers are directly in the way.  

[KevinG]

Looks awesome!

[AJK]

What?! That sucks.

[Jdofmemi]

You're getting there!

 

 

[Ethan Remington]

If there is room......see if you can trim the lower c bars that u plan on skipping a little and bolt them to your rear shock towers.

[Crawl2Camp]

On 4/4/2022 at 11:49 AM, Weebz said:

All me.  I don’t have hands around here.   Put about 23 hours in the garage this weekend.  Try to get another 15 this week and another full two days this weekend.  

 

WOW!  Props to you on taking on and executing such a monumental task. That’s a lot of time for one weekend and it’s looking great.

[Gruff]

The same thing happens with the GR towers. There's a short piece and bracket that ties the crossbar to the tower. 

[Jdofmemi]

3 hours ago, Gruff said:

The same thing happens with the GR towers. There's a short piece and bracket that ties the crossbar to the tower. 

That's good to know

[Jdofmemi]

8 hours ago, Ethan Remington said:

If there is room......see if you can trim the lower c bars that u plan on skipping a little and bolt them to your rear shock towers.

That sounds like a great idea