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Re: afkrejci90's 02 XLT build
Finished wiring up the LED light bar and took it out for a test run on the backroads. Not bad for a $200 amazon bar.
This shot is with the headlights on.
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Re: afkrejci90's 02 XLT build
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Re: afkrejci90's 02 XLT build
looks real nice, I just found out the rubber coating right under the window peeled off after I tried taking some ice off of it...
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Re: afkrejci90's 02 XLT build
Been awhile since I have updated this thread, here's the progress I've made so far. The plan was to repair the floor of the bed but it was just beyond repairable as the front mounts were not even attached to the bed anymore.
Decided to get a donor bed and just bought an entire truck since finding a bed in decent shape by itself would be challenging. It's also a 4.0 4x4 so I was thinking of pulling the engine and doing a rebuild to put in mine.
Took the bed off and cleaned up most of the rust and removed those heat shields that were causing the rust.
If you ever wondered why all the wheel well arches rust here it is. I ended up replacing both sides just to take care of any hidden rot.
Cleaned up the top of the wheel wells and sealed it off with some POR-15.
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Re: afkrejci90's 02 XLT build
I picked up a spare cluster a few years ago and just never did this upgrade. Most of the bulbs in my cluster finally went out so why not do some custom work? Hard to drive this at night with only two backlight bulbs working.
Laid down some LED strips to even out the light spread instead of just using 194 bulbs. I did use LED replacements for the 194's since there are light pipes for each socket.
Used a buck converter to ensure the strips don't receive a voltage higher than 12v since the alternator charges at about 15v, not easy to replace if they burn out.
Sanded off the green tint and went with a color scheme similar to the new F series trucks. It looks way better in person, the green tint makes it look dated.
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The cab corners are shot and of course there are no replacement panels for this cab style so I'll have to make my own.
Went to town with a hammer looking for all the soft spots.
It broke through into the body mount cavity
Cleaned up the rust as best as I could and hit everything with a few coats of a rust converter.
Beginning the process of rebuilding the corner by scratch.
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Extending the rocker panel all the way to the back of the corner. No more cavity with a piece of plastic plugging up the hole.
Completing the rest of the lip on the rocker.
Couldn't use the edge from the replacement panel so I had to make a new piece for that.
Before closing in this corner I hit every seam possible with seam sealer to prevent any intrusion of moisture.
Tried to use as much of the original material as possible but after throwing it in the blast cabinet I wasn't left with much. Made this curve so I would have something solid to shape and weld the sheet metal to.
Fitting the last large piece.
Getting everything tacked together and lined up in its original position.
Wasn't sure how to make the curved pieces to fill the gap near the pinch welds, so I threw in some backing metal to hold the body filler.
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Re: afkrejci90's 02 XLT build
Alternator was not up to the task, didn't realize I only had a 95 amp. Bearing in this thing were shot and the voltage regulator was draining my battery. Upgraded to a 370 amp JS alternator, also did the big 3 upgrade.
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