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channeling the cab
airgasim
+1y
odds were to overwhelming .
Im Going with the Z.Seems more st8 forward.Thanks for the advice .Either way!
But back on topic for a second as far as how hard is channeling the cab it self i dont see it being much harder (cutting wise) than a trad.B/d
so far i think mines cool.
Im Going with the Z.Seems more st8 forward.Thanks for the advice .Either way!
But back on topic for a second as far as how hard is channeling the cab it self i dont see it being much harder (cutting wise) than a trad.B/d
so far i think mines cool.
draggin87yota
+1y
hella info thanx,im wrkon on actually makin it lay as much as possible cuz the guy who bagged mine a couple years ago did it wrong so i cuz never actually lay cuz i drag bars,ima move those inside the frame,then go from there,sumone told me they z'd the rad support?im kinda lost on that part
airgasim
+1y
Lost?
I was too when i heard that.BUt its easy now.
If you move the frame infront of the cab up say 1' 1/2
That brings the engine,tranny,suspension,rad support all up
1' 1/2
As for as the rad support goes you cant leave it at that height ,because your whole front fasia will be higher than the rest of the body.so you have to drop the frame horns down to line everything back up.
Get it?
Now when you bodydrop a truck and Z it,imagine how far off the front end is going to be .
Frame goes up,while the bodys coming down ,Your whole front end would be like 3-5 inches to high!
I was too when i heard that.BUt its easy now.
If you move the frame infront of the cab up say 1' 1/2
That brings the engine,tranny,suspension,rad support all up
1' 1/2
As for as the rad support goes you cant leave it at that height ,because your whole front fasia will be higher than the rest of the body.so you have to drop the frame horns down to line everything back up.
Get it?
Now when you bodydrop a truck and Z it,imagine how far off the front end is going to be .
Frame goes up,while the bodys coming down ,Your whole front end would be like 3-5 inches to high!
sakustoms
+1y
damn, so what exactly do I do then cause I'm planning on bd'ing this bitch right away too..
airgasim
+1y
ALL YOUR X-MEMBERS SHOULD BE ATTENDED TO PRIOR TO ANY THING!!
take off all the body panels(fenders, grill, hood,bumper, ect.)cut the front of the frame off bout 3 inches or so before the radd support (Boom..out-a-there!!), then Z the frame in front of the firewall so you can lay flat first.(dont do what i did, BD first).
Flat? good!
But the front ends to high now ,so BD the cab now.
Cab flat? good!
Mock up where your inner skins used to line up.Now you will see that the frame attached to the truck (amount will depend)is higher than whats still attached to the rad support with all things lining up.Build some sopports so you can tack the 2 pc's together.
Then fully box(wrapp) it up.
FLAT ? HELL YEA!!!
take off all the body panels(fenders, grill, hood,bumper, ect.)cut the front of the frame off bout 3 inches or so before the radd support (Boom..out-a-there!!), then Z the frame in front of the firewall so you can lay flat first.(dont do what i did, BD first).
Flat? good!
But the front ends to high now ,so BD the cab now.
Cab flat? good!
Mock up where your inner skins used to line up.Now you will see that the frame attached to the truck (amount will depend)is higher than whats still attached to the rad support with all things lining up.Build some sopports so you can tack the 2 pc's together.
Then fully box(wrapp) it up.
FLAT ? HELL YEA!!!
airgasim
+1y
Kdcgrohl's Sig is a great shot off the front frame horns Z'd down.
draggin87yota
+1y
thanks bro,im all gud now,time to start lol