redid my hardbody...

[d21cruisa]

i gave the truck to my buddy joe, handed him a wad of cash and told him to make it look good... this is the story...

This is where we started... ...as you all know it, well with a bed.
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Bigger issues:
fix cracked body work...
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Cab corner...
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and a repairs to both bed sides including how left front is rolled in...
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yeah I'd pass on spraying crylon flames again....

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Fixed bed side a evened out the gaps on the fender and hood...
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[d21cruisa]

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skoal can has a STRONG magnet in it, Can pull it off with out it in there...
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[d21cruisa]

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[d21cruisa]

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[d21cruisa]

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[d21cruisa]

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[d21cruisa]

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[97xenissan]

nice turnaround makes me wanna go work on mine. looks good

[JRock]

Yeah.... no kidding... Looks great man.

[d21cruisa]

thank ya thank ya!

[d21cruisa]

interior is next on the list

[jcjcsoccerkid]

thats a badass truck dude, nice work

[low96hb]

Oh hell yes now thats what i'm talkin bout... looks great ...

[d21cruisa]

thanks guys... i cant decide if i wanna build a new 3/4 sfbd frame for her or just do the interior... i have an extra frame out in the yard but if i build a frame ill have to tear it apart and that means no driving it for a few weeks... :( or if i do the interior i can keep driving it! idk?!!?!?!?!?!?

[red`94]

very nice, i like it...

[manic_mechanic]

saweeet looking ride....like the mini bobber in the bed.

[d21cruisa]

saweeet looking ride....like the mini bobber in the bed.

thanks man! thats my buddies bike... its a kikker 5150 110cc 3spd. mini bobber... its hella fun to ride and will do like 65 mph while being street legal!!!

[$krap_IN_flesh]

good lookin truck I like the green. and if you do the interior and decide to do a BD. then you will have to tear it apart again anyway.

[d21cruisa]

good lookin truck I like the green. and if you do the interior and decide to do a BD. then you will have to tear it apart again anyway.

stock floor body drop bro... why would i need to take the interior apart?

[drginazzhb92]

nice truck man amazing turnaround...the green is killer

[scr8pnHard]

Man That is nice work! Keep us posted on the inside

[pugz]

truck looks good

[d21cruisa]

thanks guys

[04nissanfrontier]

Looks real good bro, the wheels look like a perfect match for your truck

[d21cruisa]

thanks man, i get that alot with those wheels

[sparkinframe]

sfbd...it could always be lower :D

[nickd]

looks amazing.... good color choice with the wheels. i would recomend the body drop first.

[mini_trucker]

looks really good :thumb:
is that the vw bug green?

[d21cruisa]

nah... its just some funky ass green we came up with while we were tryin to make neon green and we couldnt ever get it to pop like i wanted so we just went with the baby shit green

[INSSAN]

looking good

[OPIE]

body drop that bitch Taylor

[d21cruisa]

oh dont worry opie... its commin... i have an extra frame sittin in the yard...

[OPIE]

Do the damn thing then ha ha

[slammed_86]

hey when you were in sparks in the ozarks, did you see this truck?
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this is my buddy seans truck, i helped him bodydrop it and do some of the body work

[Ven]

Looks good man. I like the Split Pea color!
Id say Stockfloor it before the interior, get the dirty work done first. Then the interior will be nice and fresh when its in. If not you will have to work around a bunch of nice stuff, increasing the odds of dirtying it up...jus my 2 cents

[Mrs.HybridImages]

Truck looks good!:thumb::thumb:
I am so glad you posted those pics! Now i have the blue i want for my truck....hehehe Been trying to find the blue since May...
:nana2:

[d21cruisa]

hey when you were in sparks in the ozarks, did you see this truck?
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this is my buddy seans truck, i helped him bodydrop it and do some of the body work

u fail

[d21cruisa]

Truck looks good!:thumb::thumb:
I am so glad you posted those pics! Now i have the blue i want for my truck....hehehe Been trying to find the blue since May...
:nana2:

if your talkin about the dually it is a porche blue... dont remember exactly what one though... but that should get you closer

[jimmy726]

Might sound stupid but i like ur rims what are they off of

[x03mrmx03x]

08 eskies!

[Irongrave]

thats a nice looking HB

[faus03]

why'd you get the three piece bumper? plans for a rollpan?

[SNOWMAN]

do you any pics of how you done the bed. I wanna bag mine but ive still gotta be able to haul my bikes in it

[layedoutnissan]

Looks great.

[d21cruisa]

why'd you get the three piece bumper? plans for a rollpan?

the bumper itself was free... just had to buy endcaps... roll pan commin soon right along with sheetmetal in the bed...

do you any pics of how you done the bed. I wanna bag mine but ive still gotta be able to haul my bikes in it

its just a raised bed floor... 5 inches

[98lofrunt]

truck looks good taylor

[LONCOME]

lookin good taylor keep it up !!! :thumb:

[gettinlaid247]

bad ass truck dude! i got a 88 hardbody im buildin right now. not haten on the color or nothin but u said you handed him the cash an said make it look good, so is that the color u wanted? jw and ever think about addin a sun roof or bed cover? but the trucks awesome nice setup btw real clean

[layinframe]

I think the rims are 18 in navigator rims

[thompsonhd97]

18 inch eskies >.>

[d21cruisa]

bad ass truck dude! i got a 88 hardbody im buildin right now. not haten on the color or nothin but u said you handed him the cash an said make it look good, so is that the color u wanted? jw and ever think about addin a sun roof or bed cover? but the trucks awesome nice setup btw real clean

ive always wanted a sunroof... but im not a big fan of the bed covers unless they are the super low pro ones that dont come above your bed rails. and no its not the color i wanted but it has grown on me... i like it now.. i was wanting more of a neon green

[d21cruisa]

and the rims for everyone that is asking.... well they are 2007 model Cadillac escalade factory take-off wheels

[entropyyy]

nah... its just some funky ass green we came up with while we were tryin to make neon green and we couldnt ever get it to pop like i wanted so we just went with the baby shit green

i was thinking some kind of pea soup,maybe an intricate combination of the two. looks amazing either way. love the attention to detail. MOAR!

[enfamy]

stock floor body drop bro... why would i need to take the interior apart?

to build a driveshaft tunnel

[brnc_429]

jus got those same rims off ebay. dont no wat size tires 2 run on them. r urs 18's? If so wat did u wrap um with?

[brnc_429]

never mind reread the thread so now i no that it is 18's but size r ur tires

[95_NISMO_HB]

Dude... your truck is sweet!

[95PGHB]

215/35 or 225/40 I run 225/40s on mine... I like them better than the 215s

[mikesmith]

is that a false floor in your bed just so u could put your gas tank under there or how did u manage that one? cuz i hate mine being in my bed and im to cheap to buy a fuel cell..plz tell me the secret lol

[d21cruisa]

is that a false floor in your bed just so u could put your gas tank under there or how did u manage that one? cuz i hate mine being in my bed and im to cheap to buy a fuel cell..plz tell me the secret lol

we just raised the entire bed floor 5 inches...

[d21cruisa]

gettin it ready for tex mex. well i worked on this pig for 14 hours straight saturday and my buddy barry worked on it for a good 12. i bought new switches and relocated them to my dash... just pimpin the front and back for now... its all i need anyways... and installed a switch for my compressors which ive never had b4... they just always ran untill the pressure switch cut them off... i took the truck up to barrys shop and myself, barry, and jared did work... we cut the hole out as small as possible, make the notch cover, installed the notch cover, and tubbed for my 4 link so it wont hit my bed, we flared my bedsides 1/2" on each side... its just enough to clear my wheels with 1/4" clearance between bedside and wheel and still appear stock... barry fabbed up some sweet bed side supports and got them welded in... the bed sides are as solid as a rock and so is the notch cover... we (and i mean jared when i say we) made new compressor mounts, and installed the compressor mounts and threw the bitch all back together to get her home so i can finish up body work and get it primed b4 tex mex. if anything appears unwelded DONT WORRY! its all welded solid from the underside and the inside is going to be all seam sealed and the whole inside of the bed will be covered in a thick bedliner to hide any imperfections... i can jump up and down on the notch cover and it wont move a bit... and thats saying alot, im a fatass... ive got some bed sag right now... just got to get some shims in the rear so its all straight...we are shooting to have all body work done and in primer this comming saturday... im shooting the interior the same as the outside except for the floors... they will be sprayed in bed liner stuff... im supposed to be getting a new dash for it this week and hopefully we can get it in before tex mex!!! my dads gf is also making me a nice cover for my seat and recovering my door panels for me!!! hell yeah!!!


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[d21cruisa]

and as it sits right now... going to get an alignment next week after we get her shot and driveable again... then ill be looking around for the perfect fuel cell and ill be getting an aluminum air tank too!


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[d21cruisa]

i guess my thread title should read "redoing my hardbody AGAIN!!!" lol

[d21cruisa]

future plans are sfbd (full frame build), narrowed rear end... a 383 stroker stuffed in between some 20's... 20x8.5's up front and 20x12's out back...... it will be a while before any of that stuff happens but those are the plans!!!

[sparkinframe]

nice looking set up in the rear.

why did u add a switch for your compresser?

[d21cruisa]

nice looking set up in the rear.

why did u add a switch for your compresser?

thanks man! it was set up right! really good work!!! and the switch is so i can turn them off when i please instead of waiting for them to hit 200 psi before they shut off!

[d21cruisa]

well my buddy keith came over and did some body work last night while i pulled out the old dash, finished scraping the old tar shit out of the floors, pulled out the computer and all that mess and then sprayed the floors in a real thick layer of undercoating. then i make some new door panels and got them test fitted! fit perfect!!! just gotta wrap them now...


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[V8Hardbody]

Truck is looking sweet, can't wait to see it all together.

[d21cruisa]

Truck is looking sweet, can't wait to see it all together.

me too! im tired of workin on the mofo for right now!!! lol

[SNOWMAN]

what happened to the raised floor man? that wuz pretty wicked

[d21cruisa]

what happened to the raised floor man? that wuz pretty wicked


it was a hacked up pos... this bed is MUCHHHHH nicer!

[i like mine with no shine]

that pretty good truck. i like it alot what kinda four link you runnin

[d21cruisa]

its a suicide doors super pivot 4 link