chevy exocage/tube bed and whatnot

Big Red 88 · Nov 30, 2012

I'm going for function not looks, it's a wheeler not a show truck. I don't have the cash to drop on a nice bender right now and this cage and whatnot is temporary, eventually I want to get an s-10 quad cab and put it on this frame so I can take the family out and when I do that then I will fork out the cash for all the nice stuff. Given the tools I'm using and it being my first time I think it turned out ok. I've learned a lot for the next time I do it

Big Red 88 · Nov 30, 2012

HillbillyPlumber said:
Beware you dont pay your bill your car is the new rti ramp:haha:

Hahaha... Yup

nickb · Nov 30, 2012

Big Red 88 said:
Given the tools I'm using and it being my first time I think it turned out ok. I've learned a lot for the next time I do it

That's what it's about right there... you gotta start somewhere, you might have to buy cheap tools and equipment. But it doesn't matter what tools you have, your first rig isnt always gonna "right"

Trail Beast · Nov 30, 2012

Actually, you should use a portapower to push out the crooked bends on the drivers side.
I LOVE the CJ grill.
Now it's a CHEEP HEEP. :corn:

Maverick26 · Dec 1, 2012

How did you bend the hoop around the CJ grill? Not busting your balls at all but what bender do you have? I dont think I have seen dents in freshly bent tube/pipe like that.

Trust me, I started at the very bottom also... broke high school kid that would fix his jeep on the wet floor of a horse barn. Looks like you use the crap out of the rig so that is what counts.

JAWS · Dec 1, 2012

Maverick26 said:
How did you bend the hoop around the CJ grill? Not busting your balls at all but what bender do you have? I dont think I have seen dents in freshly bent tube/pipe like that.

Trust me, I started at the very bottom also... broke high school kid that would fix his jeep on the wet floor of a horse barn. Looks like you use the crap out of the rig so that is what counts.

Im willing to bet he had someone bend that grill hoop!! To clean and to tight of bends for a bottle jack bender?

Big Red 88 · Dec 2, 2012

JAWS said:
Im willing to bet he had someone bend that grill hoop!! To clean and to tight of bends for a bottle jack bender?

Yup, my bender would have kinked the tube trying to bend it that tight. Maverick: I just have a harbor freight pipe bender

dirtygoat · Dec 2, 2012

I've bent a lot of **** with a hf bender, do yourself a favor and buy a cheap hole saw notcher or learn to notch with a chop saw...

shrek1 · Dec 2, 2012

Heatin and beatin I like it.

Big Red 88 · Dec 2, 2012

dirtygoat said:
I've bent a lot of **** with a hf bender, do yourself a favor and buy a cheap hole saw notcher or learn to notch with a chop saw...

Notch with a chop saw... Didn't even cross my mind

grinder did an ok job though...

dirtygoat · Dec 2, 2012

Big Red 88 said:
Notch with a chop saw... Didn't even cross my mind

With some practice you can make really nice notches...

Big Red 88 · Dec 4, 2012

dirtygoat said:
With some practice you can make really nice notches...

Yeah I'll have to try that next time, too bad I'm pretty much done with the tube work for now... Wish I would have heard of that sooner

Big Red 88 · Dec 31, 2012

ok so I finally got the fenders done, on the passenger side I welded in a gas door because I set up my onboard air right behind it so when you need air you just open the door and there ya go. I made the front fenders bolt in so that way whenever I decide to do the motor or just simply need to work on the motor then I can just unbolt them and have full access to the motor. Also I sucked up the winch to the bumper and pulled a couple leafs out in the front

welded in some tabs to make the fenders bolt in