Custom Items You've Built For Your Truck
 

I'd like to get a thread going on all the custom things you've built or designed for your truck. Whether it is a bumper or a speaker box or how you hooked up your fuel guage. So post up and lets see your ideas. :c:

holy crap.this list is big for me.

traction bars
side inpact rails...nerdbars
ramair, cab controlled and temp monitored
bedtank fuel feed, OEM tank as storage
prefuel filtering system
stacks homemade...9'6" to tip hehehehehee
stacks aluminum checkerplate covering tween toolbox
oil pollish filter mounting bracket
eaton/fuller shift knob with jake brake and 2 low switch
in cab inlet filter DP monitoring
homemade CB bracket...whoop-de-do


what else heck thats all I can think of right now :p:

on my powerstroke i made a 4" exhaust, i knwo big deal right hey whit can you give me some more info on your eaton fuller shift knob

Rear bumper, flatbed, with toolboxes. Exhaust system. Planning to do a front bumper. Unfortunately, this is the only pic I have right now. I will get some more pics, soon.
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Whitmore, how about a nice tech article on that ram-air setup you have?

George

I like your idea George. A thread for custom stuff.

here are a couple
Ill get a few more pics once I get to the truck.

Ian
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I built my own twins..

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my truck..hmm not much as no money to even build anything yet..
only thing ive really built for my truck is prob..hmmm.. good question. speaker box and amp/sirius rack...

now the jeep..hahahahhahahaha i have thousands of hours into building stuff for that i am one with the metal on it.

Trac bar, Driveshaft safety loop, Ladder bars, Drop down sway bar. Thats about it.

I built my own guage pod, it is not done yet, I'm still waiting for more $$ to put a few more guages in. Got a set of custom tow hook extenders just the other day...

Gotta find the pics of the gages...

Keep it coming guys...love it

custom...... http://www.tallahasseemusclecar.com/...ratch_head.gif .... i got shaved door handles and a shaved body line on my truck.... that's about as custom as i am right now.... i halfassed a mount for a tranny cooler and fan under the cab..... does that count?

are those just 2 exhaust 90 degree bends welded together?

I havn't fabbed anything cool for my truck yet, but I do have several one off pieces I've machined that are floating around on various bikes around here in cluding a couple of my own bikes.

The truck is going to get some custom work soon though I promise :)

George

Great thread :ok:

Well, lets see, I got a few pix, of some stuff, but , Im doing traction bars right now, will have pix soon,
ere is my rear bumper on my gray CTD
http://www.thedieselgarage.com/galle...4/DSCF0037.JPGhttp://www.thedieselgarage.com/galle...038_298355.JPG

stack boxes, and heat shield..
http://www.thedieselgarage.com/galle...74DSCF0005.jpg
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I couldnt wait for my "swanker" so I had my fabricator make a few for the local guys and myself. yep stainless exhaust tubing 2 90* and a center section to make it longer, Flange to bolt it up and the end welded to keep the boot on BUT Darryl Poole has a flang maker so my latest intake horn will be flaired out on the end. Ill post a pic when it comes back

Ian

front bumper
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/908/2533/40806.jpg

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/908/1193/11392.jpg

currently working on DS loops/u-joint shields. and also going to start a fiberglassing project soon to hide my gauge wiring and mount them centered on the dash

I cant forget about my "SPECAIL" FATHER/SON project, the POWER WHEELS PLUS!!!!LOL
5hp briggs, bored out, ported and polished,new rings piston, with a garden tiller planetary and clutch system,.....
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I have 4 1/2" suspension lift on the front of my truck.
I made pretty much everything there.
Only bought item was the Cepek Long Arm kit.
It was about the same cost to build as buy, so took the easy way there.
Made and welded a drop bracket for a 3rd gen track bar.
Also changed the location on the axle to keep in line with the drag link.
Cut, bent, and threaded the tubing for crossover steering with heim joints.
Enough to clear a Mag-Hytec Dana 70 cover.
Welded new coil buckets to axle and raised them 2".
Also welded 1/4" thick plate to all axle mount points.
Made a bushing for the steering gear box.
It's made from brass, has an o-ring, and a grease fitting.
Holds the sector shaft nice and tight.
Just visible in the top of the picture.
The track bar and drag link are the same length and have the same drop.
No bumpsteer, and no steering stablizer needed with 37" tires.
Just went to 38.5" tires, and may need one with those.

I made, back in 94, a 2" body lift out of 2" x 4" x 1/4" thick steel tubing.
Made a 2" spacer then also for the coils.
At that time, 94, not a lift kit made.
I ran 37" H1 Hummer tires, Goodyear GS-A.
Lots more, but enough for now.

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Brad

todays item

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Keep em comin' guys, I knew there was some damn good stuff being made but I'm impressed! :hd: :ok:

Yah know this pic is old... stock turbo HA!
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Well I got tired of my redneck gauge mount in the truck that I had to do something about it. Nobody makes a gauge pod that hold 2 5/8" gauges so it would have to be a homemade custom remedy.

Before- 3 gauges bolts to the dash with a piece of "custom" cut angle :lol:
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/908/8650/157780.jpg

So i did some highly skilled and technical planning/drawings to layout what i wanted. :c:
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/908/8650/155312.jpg

And here is what I have so far. It needs another very light skim coat of body filler to take care of some of the real small holes, a little more sanding that I couldn't see it needed until the primer was on there.
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/908/8650/157779.jpg
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Well lets see, just about everything is custom by me!!! And if I cant figure out how to do it, I call up my buddy trey and it may as well be done already.

Multi function stick, and CB mount
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Stacks, on a buddy's truck but mine are exactly the same

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Edge Comp Mount

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The light in my toolbox

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And thats all the pics I got for now. I'm thinking about some traction bars but gotta find the time to get er done.

im definitely gonna add a light in my toolbox

I couldnt wait or afford a "Swanker" so i built my own.

Coolest thing: its actually made out of a intercooler tube out of a blown 6.0.:se: Cut out the bends and welded em back together.

oh, its yellow cuz my batteries were also yellow, matched pretty good.

You guys have some pretty good ideas. The best I've done is build a few sets of twins. I'll try and get some pics up, but not sure where they're at. The hard drive went out on my lap top again and I dont know if I've got pics anywhere.

Muffler and tailpipe about gone
 

made this Y pipe, removed muffler, muffler shop did the rest. $ 125.00

tween 3" pipes

I wanna see the finished flatbed

Is working on it, need to finish with front end, tie rods outside and bottom balljoints.
Here are some pic's, working on it in between, been busy in shop with customer work.

http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/saab9k/

blue bed is off my other truck, we was working on tranny when pic was taken.

the one is my intake and the other takes the exhust from going out the stacks to going out a tail pipe that is almost hidden, thats for when your pullin your fifthwheel and you don't want to give your wife and kids a headace

I got it from Bob Verhoff in Oregon or Washington I cant remember...its an Eaton fuller knob and I use the front switch to activate my exhaust brake and the side switch for my 2 wheel low range................I also cut 4" off my stick to accomidate it better...if you cut the stick let me know cuz its hallow and trickey:sen:

Here is a pic of my Eaton Fuller installed last Friday. I had to cut 3 inches off my stick to return to stock height.

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Here is my finished truck with home made bed, did have to buy 2 floorplates, rest i found in shop and in scrap yard. Made bed heavy for better ride.
On the top of bed in back, made a storage bin for chains and binders.
Painted the bed with tractor paint $33 gal, and clearcoated it $80.00 gal.
Painted truck with dupont white and clear, that paint is expensive, wanted to make truck original in paint.

truck with bed and full tank weight in at 7740 lbs.

cool man..now get you a chunk of 3/8" pipe insulation the foam stuff and run it down the stick to the rubber boot :up:



saab9k...good job on the flatbed...looks good

so how are you guys doing this, i should probably buy a different stick so i dont screw mine up, and whit how did you make the switches activate things, arnt they air valves?

Mug flaps...does that count?:sen:




Sub box and amp rack, rear seat mounts most of the stuff I install on my truck I customize in some way or another and a few of the stock part. Its hard to do much when your shop is the street in front of your apartment.