My girl's Xterra build

[phatmax95]

Fresh!

That black and white contrast is niiiice.

 

[josh$$]

That thing is sick wish my xterra looked like that and one day it might.:Rockon::Rockon::Rockon::Rockon::Rockon:

 

[jeepinmatt]

Took .120 plate and dimpled it, then layed another sheet of .120 over it to stiffen it up a little more.

How long did it take to weld all that?

 

[RedX]

Richard....That X looks like crap. Fix it!

 

[ncjeepgirl83]

Dang! That is a sweet xterra! Well done! Looks great!

Wish I had someone to work on my XJ!!!

 

[Oliver's]

looks awesome Richard, as always!

Good to see you the other day, let me know if we can help ya out w/ anything else.

 

[houdini]

Nice build Richard! Almost time to go put some dents in that thing!

 

[CTRaceWorx]

Looks good Richard

 

[99jeeper]

Sick fab work. What do you do for a living?

 

[sharksanddanger]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

How long did it take to weld all that?

10-15 minutes, no tack tack tack, constant beads, a couple start and stops on a few. It took a lot longer to cut and drill the plate than it did to weld it up.

looks awesome Richard, as always!

Good to see you the other day, let me know if we can help ya out w/ anything else.

Thanks Dave, always happy to get my driveshafts there and I'm looking forward to you stocking some more 4x4 oriented product. I'll have a couple more driveshafts for you to do in a couple weeks.

Sick fab work. What do you do for a living?

I'm a basket weaver.... nah, I weld for a living currently but seem to be making a career out of college courses, hopefully one day I can weld because I enjoy it, not because it has to pay the bills.

 

[Hammerite_05]

great project, the welds look amazing.

 

[mudslinginyota]

build looks good. i have always liked the Xterra. awesome that its a girls truck! hope to go wheelin with yall sometime

 

[Aforbes704]

Nice build this thing looks good.

 

[jeepn-jason]

seen this in person today, very slick work indeed! Rides great, just needs a midget to hold the fuel line in place! lol

 

[sharksanddanger]

seen this in person today, very slick work indeed! Rides great, just needs a midget to hold the fuel line in place! lol

Thanks, I was trying to persuade Kevin to hang out in the gas tank and hold that hose on there for me but he didn't seem to interested, I guess he still couldn't reach it standing up.

 

[lostcoz]

Nice build!!!!!

 

[gthaefner]

That front end will never hold up!!!!

 

[ABES-XJ]

is that tig work, or mig

 

[MysteriousXTC]

is that tig work, or mig

im guessing mig...

 

[jeepinmatt]

is that tig work, or mig

I would guess MIG because of the less clean look around the sides of the weld, the buildup at the junctions, oh, and the wire cutters laying beside the sheet.

 

[jeepn-jason]

There is some of both tig and mig in there.

 

[sharksanddanger]

There is some of both tig and mig in there.

What he said, most of it mig, some tig thrown in there.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Well now I gotta know, why both?

 

[sharksanddanger]

Well now I gotta know, why both?

Well, some of the higher stress areas or areas that I could only get so much weld on I TIG'd, all others were MIG'd. If I had all the time in the world I would TIG everything but MIG is just so much faster.

 

[sqrl$$]

This thing finished yet? I want to see it completed and in action.