jesse's b2200 mexican cadillac beater..

i got these wheels from midnightmike





still need tires for them..
that reminds me, one lug is stripped, so i need to get another....

Factory lugs will work. BTW I love those, totally old school.

difference of grilles - 4x4 on bottom


took out the headlight that had a leak in it, other one came out too after


old headlamp


old headlamp


new headlamps


new headlamp


new vs old.. should be able to tell which is which


new headlamps in


4x4 grille on, this is just temporary






time to clean the side moulding sticky residue




cleaned up a bit, primed










15" pathfinder wheel on left, old 14" wheel on right which i'll get winters for later


new tires are wider too


got the pathfinders on the front, will do the rear when driveshaft is reinstalled
also sprayed some "silver/grey" rust paint on the sides of the truck... looks white once it's on.. sheesh.. oh well

I have come so close to pulling the 20s off and throwing on a set of pathfinders. I just love the look of them for some reason. Never know, if I come across a smoking deal on some, it may happen. Looking real good jesse, keep up the good work. How do you like the 4x4 grill? I have 3 more 2wd grills if you need one. The one in the pic looks broke.

looks alot better already !!

you do need a bumper tho!

uhm...on the shifter...I dunno what you got up there in way of like checker/shucks/kragen or whatnot....but on my kia...there was no handles to be able to change over...but I took the overdrive button out...moved it into the console on a flip switch..momentary type..and mounted a new handle in...button on top type...I will tyr and find what the looked like that I had...it was pretty cool....I did a satin with finger grips....it actually worked really well...while I had the original shifter off...I drilled a bit into the handleshaft so the set screws wouldnt back out and when I final mounted everything...I used a little loc-tite on the set screws and never had a problem with it......hardest part was remounting and lengthening the wires for the overdrive button...which in reality was extending the wire and mounting the new switch.

hang on and I will try an look up the handle shifter

tuckin20s:
i have another 2wd grille already, but i want to do some work on it before i put it on, but all my testing will be on the broken one, so hence the 4x4 grille on for now... then it'll come off and i'll give away/sell it

88b2200:
bug midnightmike, he might have one for me lol... i keep bugging him about it...

korrupt1:
thanks that would be awesome to see.. i find though if i turn overdrive off the truck drives like sluggish crap so is there a point to having a switch even? lol.. though i'd have no issue with extending it into a switch, i'm no stranger to soldering and the like, and have a lot of extra wires around here... might be good to extend it into the dash where all those square blank trim pieces are below the cluster

Thats a good spot on the dash.....I did mine on the kia right fromt of the shifter...which was really easy to do. I cant find the shifter in shopping online...so I will hit a parts store tomorrow and grab some pics and I MAY have one of the kia done inside...dont remember if I do or not...but if I do I will throw up on here so you can see....I think it will really tie your interior up with a newer look shifter in there

thanks man, don't go out of your way or anything, as it's not a huge deal for me :p
though the interior does look better, i should put some pics up.. i used a bissell little green cleaner and it pulled a lot of colour back into the carpet!

plus the truck smells nice... haha



oh and if anyone couldn't tell, i got tires for the rims.. haha
just some cooper all seasons for the fronts and fuzion hri's for the rear - it's all the used shop had in the size i want, so it works 215/60/15's - strangely enough, they site quite a bit lower than the ones that were on there, 205/75/14's.. but i looked up oem tire size and figured 215/60 or 215/65 in 15's would work best for me.. maybe this will make me sit another half inch lower :p

oh it aint of my way....I go out shopping all the time. LOL.

Cool idea about the bissell cleaner.....