boatside work

tonyt · Sep 5, 2009

I get bored easily. pulled the rockrails off my rig and started cutting sheetmetal.

here's what I've got so far. drivers side is majority of the way done. boatsides are 1/4inch steel. some more work to do to panel it up, plus need tubing caps.

ghetto I know, but it keeps me away from the couch and eating bags of cheetos.

P · Sep 6, 2009

Right on man, Boatside turned out to be one of the best mod's I ever did to my last rig . ( full sheetmetal rig... ) Youll love it in big rocks dood ! :dblthumb:

tonyt · Sep 6, 2009

thanks.

narrowed the body probably 8inches cutting it back like that. I think its gonna be awesome. plus it tucks the cowl in tighter, which I always seem to be smashing/bashing. LOL.

bout $150 in materials and a few nights work to do the driver side. hopefully the passenger side will go as quickly. pretty cheap modification for the benefits I think.

P · Sep 7, 2009

Thats right, shoot you'll wish you would have done it sooner man. Get some pics of the finished product

3 tons o fun · Sep 11, 2009

Boatsides help a little bit. :flipoff1:

jrhall · Sep 11, 2009

3 tons o fun said:
Boatsides help a little bit.

not if you never wheel..... :flipoff1:

EOR MFG · Sep 11, 2009

I love cheetos man

tonyt · Sep 12, 2009

finished up most of the passenger side in the last couple days.

just alot of sheetmetal work left now.

tonyt · Sep 19, 2009

decided to build my new rig out of cardboard. :****:

mocking up some panels. excuse the shitty cowl sheetmetal. I gotta get some help from somebody that can make that cowl look halfway decent. I'm thinkin BONDO

panels are just a mockup at this point. I'm fixing to cut the "chassis" behind the seats and stretch it out a bit for more storage in the rear. wheelbase won't change.

can't decide if I wanna put a doorbar up higher. I think it makes the paneling look cleaner, but it brings teh suk for getting in and out of