Forum: Shop - Miscellaneous

when people say they Race Prep a truck or what not, what does that mean? What do they have to do to the truck to make it Race Prep?

I am switching my truck over to hard lines for the brakes, what is the cleanest way to mount the lines to the frame I have yet to find what I want to use... I did some searching but didn't find what I was looking for...

Where have you guys found to be the best place to get your hardware like F9 11 bolts and 12 point???? Thanks

Has anybody here ran a corvette booster and master cylinder on a 99-07 Silverado. I have a set of CNC brakes I was going to use, but I hear a lot of good things about going with the corvette setup since this will be a "comfortable prerunner" build, My CNC's worked great on my Toyota race truck but this is a fully loaded crew cab chevy that were building and im trying to keep it comfortable....

Has anyone had the floor of their truck cab spray withed a bed liner? We have been tossing this idea around for a prerunner build we are doing. Any pros or cons you can think of?

I am going to buy a jack for my 4 seater prerunner. Any suggestions.

I have solidworks 2010 premium, and am trying to design a light bar for my TRX450R. I have one built currently but I would like to be able to put it into solidworks so that I can show it to other easily, I kind of have the hang of the software but cant figure out how to design stuff out of tube and how to mate the tubes together. Thanks for the help.

Has anyone had luck with sycodes solidworks "add in" to import a google sketchup file to a solidworks file? I saw there is a free trial period, but was curious if anyone had used it before and if it worked as well as they suggest. Thanks link to sycodes web page http://www.sycode.com/products/skp_import_sw/index.htm

question-anyone know or recommend some good HID lights..headlights and/or fog lights.. im running a 2005 chevy silverado 1500LS... ive heard that you might have to change or buy an actual HID lense and change out the entire head light units, or can u change just the bulbs...any recommendations or suggestions would be awesome. thanks

Just seeing what people have and use...any input would be great! Thanks!!

I was hoping to get the input of someone who may have swapped a newer cab onto a pre-smog chassis. I would like to take an early 70s chevy truck and mount a newer crew cab body on it . I plan to get the cab from the wrecker, so it would require the approval of the CHP in case I ever get pulled over and the officer notices the build year and cab body style don't match. I previously spoke...

4 months from now i will be picking up a new DD/weekend off road truck when i am home on R&R, i know each type of truck has its own weakness/problem areas. If you could inform me of the problem areas of each that would be awesome. I am wanting to go with a full size truck this go around since it will be used to tow a trailer at times. i am thinking about a 97-03 F150 how much of a hassle is...

Hi all. I've just recently got into 4x4ing. A friend is trying to start a grass-roots scorr style race track up here near Red Deer, Canada. I'm building a truck for this and have a lot of newbie questions! Please bear with me. 1st; Thanks to all who take the time to help me out. 2nd; Truck being built is a '90 Ford Ranger 4x4 4.0l 5 speed 3.73 gears, 31" tires. Max suspension travel allowed is...

Check out these legs.... Simple 2x4 welding table. Slotted for t-nuts to clamp down the project. The legs make it look cool. LOL Time to start welding something. http://www.jmrmfg.com/featured-tools/2x4-jmr-fabrication-table-and-leg-kit/ http://www.jmrmfg.com/wp-content/gallery/fab-tables/2x4_jmr_fabtable.jpg http://www.jmrmfg.com/wp-content/gallery/fab-tables/100_0574.jpg ...

What gun do you use, and do you like it??? Looking for something to carry in my prerunner. Thanks!

I put a new brake system (lines and all) on our '49 Jeep Willy's (disc/disc system) and was wondering what the best (fastest and least amount of work) way to fill and bleed the brake system would be? I've never had to fill a system from completely empty before so I'm not sure. . .I'm thinking about getting one of those reverse injection guns. What do you guys think?

Wondering where I could get something like this done and about what it would cost. Any help is appreciated. http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/chasetruck/045.jpg

im building a 77 pre runner/ race truck and it used to be taboo that you could not weld a ford frame now i see alot of trucks on here with welded frames whats the deaL ?

Anyone know where you can buy the brake line mounting bracket that goes between the diff cover and the diff cover screw to secure the brake line above the diff? Thanks!

This is the first time I have ever used a mechanical oil pressure gauge. I have the gauge, the copper line, and all the necessary fittings to connect the copper line to the block and the gauge. . .my question is: Does the copper line need flared or will the ferrule and compression nut hold the line in? I didn't think that you needed to flare the line, but if I so much as pull just a...

okay, so im wanting to build my 97' ford ranger into a prerunner, and im not exactly sure where to start, what should i start doing first? should i buy suspension, fiberglass, start caging it?

Anyone know of a good brand to get for street legal lights? I only have a single cab truck so I didn't get the additional lights on the bottom bumper. I was looking at the offroad lights but I figured I wouldn't use them enough to get my moneys worth and they aren't street legal. Any suggestions would be great.

Guys I've just come into a windfall and I'm starting to look for an '80-96 FSB to make a street-legal pre-runner that will see equal street and off-road use. . .it's not gonna be a full race rig, but I plan on running it hard when it is off-road. . . . . .this will be my first ever FSB so I was hoping you guys would be willing post-up and clue me in for stuff to look for and stuff to avoid. ....

Any reason a Geo Tracker couldn't be built to SxS rules other than Rhinos would whoop on them most of the time? They are about equal size and power... Just an odd thought I had today.