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Ive still go the other side to make I'm slow when it comes to fabrication.
The passenger side I should be able to finish tomorrow- its much less complicated, no gas tank, no fuel lines. And I've got the basic process down now.
Now I have the tools I need to finish. I had to stop several times on the first side. I burned up a drill bit, the 3/8 drill I was using started smoking. The cord on the grinder went bad, so I had to rewire it.
Now I have a 4 pack of flap disks, 2 cut off wheels for the chop saw, 4 grinding wheels, a 6 amp 1/2" drill, and some gear wrenches. I'm set for the other side.
Those turned out pretty good. Nice idea with how you attached them to the frame. Dropping the tank is a pain, and you found a way around that. Now go drag them over some rocks and tell us how they hold up
Well, I cant take all the credit for that design- Brian1 did something similar here.
I took part of his design and made my own. I think I will have a little better clearance by not having bolts under the frame, but I don't know yet.
It was ALOT of work to get these done. I probably have over 30 hours in them. I guess I don't work all that fast, but I never figured it would take that long. The frame brackets took quite a bit of time to make and I spent hours making the gaps and spacing even. I'm pleased with the result, I just wish I had a wire welder, my welds would look better.
They emailed me back, too late of course, but they said that they will make them 73" long if desired. They may be pretty cool- $300 Isn't too bad for the mounts and all.
Got the tube bar outters I have been wanting today.
Its 1 3/4" steel tubing.
I took it to a guy who had a tubing bender and wire welder. He did 99% of the work, I watched. Painted them flat black, plan to make steps on the top with herculiner.
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