DAMNIT!!!! I just read this thread from the beginning. ( I had read the beginnings of it last year when I was still active in the site and reread it tonight.) I was pissed when you started from scratch with bare metal but it has turned out nicely. I definately respect you for building your own frame. Lookin good though. I cannot tell you how genuinely impressed with your work I am. Keep it up!

 

First of all big thanks to Marty, owner of the incredible http://www.syborgtwinturbo.com/ Big help in letting me use his wheel tool. Made it so easy to measure and check clearances.


I did however notice my wheel wasnt perfectly centered in the wheel well, and that pisses me off, however I'll be able to adjust it once I get the bed permanently mounted I'll figure out just how much I'm off.

Cut out for the tubs, still looking for a spare set of factory tubs if anyone has any laying around. Basically I want to mimic the factory just 6" wider.

One thing I hate is when people run big wheels, or such and the tires and wheel are soo tucked in leaving a huge gap between the bedside and tire, even though sometimes it requires that to fit way up top. I kept it tight, here you can kind of see the tire just touches that lip, well I plan to roll that edge so the wheel will be pretty close to the actual bedside. Laid out I still have a fingers gap up top against the bedside

Just a quick undershot


Measuring for backspacing

Moving up front


Mounted the tire

This is set at ride height


Lock to lock





Almost laid out, need to trim some more.

 

I love tire size your running in the back. This will be one badass truck.

 

Looks Awesome... Those back tires are insane.

 

i hate work.... cant see pics. i'm going to have to wait till 7 tonight to see this!! ahhh!!!

 

I know that truck! That's one badass sy.

It's coming along nicely. Why did you go with 5x5 bolt pattern and not the ever popular 5x4.75?

 

actually I have no reason haha, I do kind of wish now that I went with the RAM pattern 5x5.5 that way I could use one of the 20" spares they have, oh well. I'll just pick up a extra 20 somewhere, it'd only be for road trips and just to roll my truck on a flatbed, I just don't want to risk damaging a wheel if I ever god forbid get a flat.

 

one bad *** truck..

 

Man what is everyone running those rear tires now

 

mine are bigger , but naw I think we are the only two around here, that I know of atleast