Clyde

[midget]

Heres my boring truck Clyde, 37"s, 5.38 gears, custom bumpers, d44hp,d60 rear,yota leafs up front gm 52"s out back, rear welded front open.

& so forth... More damage & upgrades to come.

 

[AZhiAZiAM]

holy mud that thing is awesome man. wicked truck.

 

[ChiXterra]

Glad to see you join the ranks here at XN, midget!

 

[Jmac289gt]

That thing looks real kool, glad you stopped by here to let others enjoy seeing it...can't wait for more pictures.

 

[Timrich]

Welcome aboard sir! The X is looking awesome!

 

[midget]

Thanks yall were going out wheeling after the 4th i might get some descent wheeling pics finally hut no garantees.

 

[RATTFINK]

Welcome to XN Midget!!

 

[akinc]

I would not say that your rig is boring. Looks awesome!! Welcome to the nation, Midget!

 

[midget]

Compared to alot of the sasd trucks ive seen with coilovers,link,exocages my wee little leaf sprung ride is pretty boring. I love it though even Im always working on the damn thing.the next thing im saving up for are beadlocks but im not sure if im just going with diybeadlocks.com weld on kit or trying to find some spacers cheap to runn h1 double beadlocks which i would prefer but harder to do.

 

[ChiXterra]

Compared to alot of the sasd trucks ive seen with coilovers,link,exocages my wee little leaf sprung ride is pretty boring. I love it though even Im always working on the damn thing.

That's because you're always breaking it. LOL

 

[midget]

I know right..... I actually have to change a front leave this week because i was "testing" my bumper & put a kink in it..... Bumper held up to a 35mph impact though with no dings gotta love 2"x.250 wall lol.

 

[bigjim247365]

ummmm holy crap! welcome to XN! nice rig!

 

[RATTFINK]

Dustin, check this out. How-to-DIY-Beadlockshttp://www.xterranation.org/showthread.php?1261-How-to-DIY-Beadlocks

 

[yellowbug]

Sweet truck man. I like the 37's

 

[midget]

Thanks for the link Rattfink, Ive done a few sets of DIY beadlocks before and I really like them. For those intereted I found a company that is a Pirate4x4 vendor that will do any custom design for $200 plus $40 dollars for anticoning rings which arent required but are needed to properly torque the wheel down.

We just ordered a set for my father-in-laws blazer and the craftsmenship is amazing.
I think they were a great fathers day /bday present.

Hes a Dodge guy that hates Chevys so he calls his k5 the peterbilt.

 

[ChiXterra]

Can you send me some info on the company, midget? I am going to pick up some wheeling tires/wheels, and I was looking at a beadlock kit from AtoZ fab for mine.

 

[midget]

Its diybeadlocks.com you can call them & email a design and they will cut anything you want into the rings for any size rim . Ill find the pirate thread & link it in a second.


Edit: heres the pirate thread with lots of customs.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=924867

 

[midget]

I got my new clevis tabs welded on the bumper. Although they kinda look outta place they serve a purpose soo Ill deal with it.

Heres the awesome bumper sticker my mother in-law got me for christmas I was super excited.

And heres how my cb setup is with external speaker.
its a Cobra 29 nightwatch thats been peaked and tuned with echo and reverb to help emphasize my supertrucker mentality lol.

and just a random pic I thought looked cool bc it was too damn hot to actually do anything.

 

[NismoFire]

Do you still have that ARB laying around?

 

[Xado89]

Nice rig Midget, I was following your build from ClubX, that things comes a loonnnngggg way. Kudos sir for all the hard work you've done.

 

[midget]

The arb was trashed it was RIPPED off against my will lol.

Thanks xado.

 

[Roadwarrior]

...
And heres how my cb setup is with external speaker.
its a Cobra 29 nightwatch thats been peaked and tuned with echo and reverb to help emphasize my supertrucker mentality lol.

...

Dang, that interior looks like you have had some good times offroading.. I like how you have done what you want to the truck, no holds barge

Sent from somewhere by something

 

[NismoFire]

The arb was trashed it was RIPPED off against my will lol.

Thanks xado.

Dang, I figured as much...if you know someone getting rid of one, send em my way.

 

[midget]

Yeah im a windows down wheeler i like to hear the little v6 scream. It makes the inside get a little dirty.

 

[bigjim247365]

love the pics!

edit: and the bumper!

 

[midget]

 

[midget]

Finally ordered 2 new motor mounts and replaced my torn intake boot.

 

[midget]

Went wheeling today and Luke reminded me I only get pics of when Im stuck so insert finger smiley here lol.

I wasnt stuck just admiring how "bad" leaf springs work.

 

[bigjim247365]

nice!

 

[midget]

Well after a particularly rough holiday season my father-in-law tells me hes ordering a winch for Clyde for my upcoming bday. Im super excited but I have some questions on the mounting plate. Lets talk overkill here so assume its a 12,000lbs winch what would be the best way to graft it to the frame?

My first thought was to remove the lower bar that ties the frame together and weld some 1/4" plate flat along hte top of the frame rails and cap the end of frame rails with a fresh piece of 2x.250 wall tube. The disadvantage would be all the torque is placed on the bolts themselves and Im not sure I like that idea.

The second thought is to weld a piece of 1/4 over the gap in the center of my bumper and bolt it on through the back. The downside here is it would make maintaining the winch a huge pita and it would be really difficult to remove.

Soo thoughts or or some other ideas?

 

[drbandkgb]

hmmm... 12k is a bit over kill.. But we expect no less from this X

 

[midget]

Yeah I told my FIA that but he still thinks its neccesary. Course the last time I had this thing covered in mud and weighed it she tipped the scales at 5200lbs so Its not as overkill as you might think. Espececially once you factor the terrain we wheel.

 

[drbandkgb]

Well your axles had to add some too

 

[midget]

Yeah its up to 4750lbs when its clean and half tank of fuel.

 

[NismoFire]

I drive my truck across scales at my night job...my truck weighs 4640 with a full tank of fuel and me (150).

 

[xterror04]

I just have a winch plate welded to the frame rails, used it several times with no issues, and 12k will probably be good seeing as you like to get stuck in mud lol

 

[stevencox93]

Hey how did you wire the led tail lights? I think im going to make me a custom set of tail lights with your same idea but different