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Jade Pearl Update/Build Log

Well as usual, things get delayed, especially due to girlfriend also having some more major car issues than my current situation, shouldn't be long after Christmas when most everything gets finished!
But in the meantime, finally got most, if not all, the christmas stuff on! Enjoy!
 



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Merry Christmas everyone!! Finally happy with the decor, added some more lights up front, along with bows and such, came out really good! Been a great day so far, even got me some new tools, hope everyone else is having a great day!
Video of all the decor in action:


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Finally done! Gotta do some more trimming and had to take the running boards off too till I can make relocation brackets to put them a lil' further back. But shes finally setup and looks pretty dang good! Last two pictures without the boards, suckers got some height!

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@DemonMudder She's a gnarly monster! Looks good, when's a 4x4 swap going on the to-do list?
 






@DemonMudder She's a gnarly monster! Looks good, when's a 4x4 swap going on the to-do list?
Whenever I can afford and find some decent axles. Gotta find a 14 bolt for the rear and a good 05+ superduty axle for the front, just cause I want the coils if I can vs leafs up front, and being as I already have coils it works actually almost perfect, the one big advantage to using a 2wd for a solid axle swap lol
Hopefully by this summer I will have found one and started rebuilding it to swap in, but we'll see
 






Actually had this for a good lil' while now, but its been stuck in the bed of the truck till tonight. Never again am I moving that dann thing alone, especially from a tailgate about 3 and a half feet off the ground!! Definitely a mistake but oh well, it's done and time to start working on rebuilding the 14 bolt! Already has a 3.73 G80 locker, but I do think I want to keep my 4.10 or lower though, so rather than bearings and brakes, I may do the whole thing...

Also, got something else, that rear tube bumper never really grew on me, looks tiny and meh...so, found one way down south off one of these that's WAY heavier duty, legit I thought my front one was heavy and heavy duty, but this rear one dwarfs it's in weight alone, not to mention the rear supports it has. But it also comes with a swingout tire carrier, which supposedly the guy before that guy had built it for some big tires but he not exactly sure, and based in the bumper itself I'd believe it, so I got a heavy bumper and got a spare carrier all in one just like i wanted from the beginning anyway! So soon to start sanding the rusty bits away and just doing a basic paint over like I did the front for now, eventually I'll do them both more professionally. expect some updates, especially on the bumper. But soon to be doing my brake mods and tranny cooler (whenever I break down and buy the damn tool to cut the metal tubes).

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They can be a PITA, but a cherry picker does wonders with moving a 14 bolt by yourself.
Oh I am getting one, gotta do an engine pull on my other rig later on anyway, so that should help next time once its built and finally on the last couple things before going in!
 


















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