Well I got side tracked taking a dump after my coffee this morning and bought a beadroller.... didn’t go all fancy but got the Eastwood one. I know I’ll probably have to modify a few things but it’ll help when I do the inner fenders for the k5. And I can scratch that how the fu*k do they do it itch from seeing some of the build threads up here. found more rust I’ll have to deal with around the B pillar area. Kind of a bummer but oh well I got some sheetmetal I can form and stuff now to fix it. My creepy ass ginger girl friend took some pictures and a small video of me welding the frame plates for the slider. Was running out of gas so I’ll probably have to redo them. Or at least ground out a few of the welds Bc the wind kicked up and redo them. Still need to pick up some 1/4” 6061 or better aluminum plate to do my belly pan and now mini boat sides with. Got a bunch of counter sunk Allen head fasterners. To make it appear fancier than it is. Might even polish the aluminum for that mall rated stuff.
Anyway I’m off to get some shielding gas, also meeting with my tuner this afternoon to screw with it some more. See if we can find some more ponies hiding in there. I’ve pretty much realized I won’t get to go wheeling this weekend. And in that sadness almost bought some 42 for the k5.... I just had to complete the order with 1 click and I had to stop myself. I do have a road trip to Corolla for a fam-dam-ily kind of time. So I need to finish all this crap before the October 9th weekend. Right now it’s all white trash as hell with tape to mark cut lines. Yes I don’t consider it as white trash with out the tape.
I’ve got to figure out a stand for my bead roller and sheet metal brake. Really it probably needs to be a welding table I can affix every one of those tools on or store under in shelves. Bending over welding on my knees and shit is getting old. I’m getting old, I need to change it up but need to empty out some left over parts and stuff first. So I’m debating on rebuilding a few extra axles to resell. JKd44 rubicon front, GM 60 front. I’ve thought about picking up an 8.8 building it up an offering it and the JK rubicon front as a package deal if I could get the 8.8 slightly wider through C clip eliminator and wheel spacer/adapter to correct the pattern. And gear them to 4.88s with an ARB nobody will buy for $500....
