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Originally posted by DAWGPIMP
Originally posted by Russ-D
You can get them at Pep Boys, although they are kind of expensive. I paid a dollar each at a rim shop when I mounted Z71's on my hardbody.
russ had a hardbody!! no way!!
yep, I'll tell the story too.
So I wanted some Z71's, and my friend in a town close said there was a set on a hardbody sitting under a tree that I could get cheap. So we went by and looked, the PO had juiced the front of the truck and drug it for just miles and miles and miles until the strut rods fell out and one stabbed the tire.
So I thought about it for a while, then called the guy who owned the truck and offered him a little bit for the whole truck. The ext cab window was broken, and it looked like a few cats or even raccoons were calling the interior home, someone had stolen the hydro pump but the lines cylinders and batteries were still there. It was a 96, so it had the newer dash. Best of all, it was that bitchin factory purple.
All my friends said I was crazy, why would I want that hunk of shit. I didnt listen. My good friend Jake the homo went over and helped the tow driver load it up, I lived in a different town. It arrived in Wichita about an hour later at a friends muffler shop. Earlier in the day I had bought an entire front clip for a nissan for 50 bucks, and for 100 my muffler friend cut off the whole front suspension carrier and welded it on the truck. You should have seen that original front clip, the bushings in the LCA were half gone.
I drove it home the next day, changed the oil (it looked like old coffee) stripped the interior bare and powerwashed the seats and carpet. I found the biggest damn pair of red silk panties under the seat. A windshield shop came and installed a new windshield while the interior was out drying, and I swear I got enough hair off the seats to make a whole cat. Another friend sold me a hydro pump for 50 bucks, I didnt have any real expectations on the batteries after 3 years of sitting under a tree, but holy crap they took and held a good charge, and the front end was adjustable again. I changed the lug nuts to the proper type, the paint shined up nice and the interior no longer smelled like piss. 72 hours after it arrived I went to the IV ever low campout. The same people that called me crazy earlier in the weekend were offering me serious money for the truck. I wanst selling though, it only had 36,000 original miles and the AC worked perfectly. A week later another friend got me an ext cab window for cheap and the truck was complete. I name all my trucks, and named this one after the original owner, Hooper, because anyone who can tackle the size girl who wore those panties deserved to be commemorated.