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BoogerMan's 12k Crossfire build in a 1998 Toyota T100 SR5
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<blockquote data-quote="BoogerMan" data-source="post: 8533684" data-attributes="member: 668837"><p>I was thinking about birch but couldn't justify the cost difference to save a little weight. If this truck was my daily driver I would have definitely done birch. And luckily I am not doing any cutting at my house so no saw dust mess here lol.</p><p></p><p>The steel reinforcement is going slower than expected. The blow through is like 90% done (needs a little more grinding), the sunroof delete is about 60% done (needs grinding, working out a few dimples, prime, and paint), and the roof reinforcement is about 50% done. The roof braces are all made but they still need to all be put in and welded then ground down. The guy doing all this could not get the braces to fit exactly along the curvature of the roof so he is having to use some shims to fill in gaps. It's making the roof take much longer than expected so I'm not very happy about that since he told me he could get the steel to be the exact shape of my roof. I don't think I'll be using this guy again. He said everything would take 2-3 months max and we are at 5 months and it still has probably another 1-2 months worth of work if he keeps going at the rate he has been. He is slow that's for sure. But it should turn out okay when finished.</p><p></p><p>Here are some pics of the steel blow through and sunroof</p><p></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/221081defd077dd575150d81837d7ce3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/b00d69e889c34ebbc9f863fd3e549006.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/b5516b26769c5b4e15600afbadb279e8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>If you look closely you can see 6 pieces of threaded rod welded around the rear window. I'm going to mount a sheet of wood over the back window so I can mount the two 800.4s and the one 400.4.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/f7831bf1020902a3ec7033ba86fd54f4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/9396447611f6abb45e453c88e3215d44.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>All the deadener is laid for the most part. There are 2 layers on the floor, 3 layers on the outside of the rear walls, and 4 layers on the inside of the rear walls. About 150 sq feet so far. I have 50 sq feet left so I'm going to use that on the inside of my dashboard and on some parts of the door to decouple some steel that will bolt onto the doors. I bought 5 gallons of Second Skin Spectrum so the inside of the doors and roof will be coated with that.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/aa4733eac61c9f7a8c5f6e134ff9c012.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/c17ed42328c81bbdc731a1e2295415ce.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/5a1a288d441f9ed335b02c6d098162cf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/fc5a24982f1443535ab5cf7ea2d37c67.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoogerMan, post: 8533684, member: 668837"] I was thinking about birch but couldn't justify the cost difference to save a little weight. If this truck was my daily driver I would have definitely done birch. And luckily I am not doing any cutting at my house so no saw dust mess here lol. The steel reinforcement is going slower than expected. The blow through is like 90% done (needs a little more grinding), the sunroof delete is about 60% done (needs grinding, working out a few dimples, prime, and paint), and the roof reinforcement is about 50% done. The roof braces are all made but they still need to all be put in and welded then ground down. The guy doing all this could not get the braces to fit exactly along the curvature of the roof so he is having to use some shims to fill in gaps. It's making the roof take much longer than expected so I'm not very happy about that since he told me he could get the steel to be the exact shape of my roof. I don't think I'll be using this guy again. He said everything would take 2-3 months max and we are at 5 months and it still has probably another 1-2 months worth of work if he keeps going at the rate he has been. He is slow that's for sure. But it should turn out okay when finished. Here are some pics of the steel blow through and sunroof [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/221081defd077dd575150d81837d7ce3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/b00d69e889c34ebbc9f863fd3e549006.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/b5516b26769c5b4e15600afbadb279e8.jpg[/IMG] If you look closely you can see 6 pieces of threaded rod welded around the rear window. I'm going to mount a sheet of wood over the back window so I can mount the two 800.4s and the one 400.4. [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/f7831bf1020902a3ec7033ba86fd54f4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/9396447611f6abb45e453c88e3215d44.jpg[/IMG] All the deadener is laid for the most part. There are 2 layers on the floor, 3 layers on the outside of the rear walls, and 4 layers on the inside of the rear walls. About 150 sq feet so far. I have 50 sq feet left so I'm going to use that on the inside of my dashboard and on some parts of the door to decouple some steel that will bolt onto the doors. I bought 5 gallons of Second Skin Spectrum so the inside of the doors and roof will be coated with that. [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/aa4733eac61c9f7a8c5f6e134ff9c012.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/c17ed42328c81bbdc731a1e2295415ce.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/5a1a288d441f9ed335b02c6d098162cf.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161129/fc5a24982f1443535ab5cf7ea2d37c67.jpg[/IMG] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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