how to lay bumper on an xB by Randode

randode · 2010-08-08 15:22:51

get customer to drop off bagged xb. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs032.ash2/34983_142032885822383_100000470160019_336857_7086589_n.jpg cut tubs out with sawzall http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs072.ash2/36940_143120192380319_100000470160019_342122_1155815_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs101.ash2/38411_143082192384119_100000470160019_341940_8334719_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs200.snc4/38314_143120045713667_100000470160019_342121_4605110_n.jpg remove bags and set it down on tires to see what else needs trimming http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs229.snc4/38810_143123689046636_100000470160019_342129_6127054_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs057.snc4/35219_143145719044433_100000470160019_342214_6691711_n.jpg pull stock axle http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs224.snc4/38527_143840398974965_100000470160019_347003_6451699_n.jpg cut da hubs off! http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs232.snc4/38927_144173995608272_100000470160019_349122_4881817_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs176.snc4/38137_144183438940661_100000470160019_349150_174216_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs127.ash2/39674_144431275582544_100000470160019_350423_947990_n.jpg wash off 5 years worth of arizona dirt http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs104.ash2/38557_144435178915487_100000470160019_350427_4131976_n.jpg cut and bend the new hub brackets http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs233.snc4/38997_144684988890506_100000470160019_351836_3904135_n.jpg mock up, and grind as needed http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs113.ash2/38993_144695275556144_100000470160019_351888_3572001_n.jpg stock vs. randode http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs205.snc4/38606_144842958874709_100000470160019_352689_1972395_n.jpg tacked and mocked up http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs090.ash2/37856_145122532180085_100000470160019_354778_67815_n.jpg pull the axle and finish weld http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs120.ash2/39325_145140935511578_100000470160019_354917_8040117_n.jpg more soon.

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08-08-2010, 03:22 PM

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how to lay bumper on an xB by Randode

get customer to drop off bagged xb.

cut tubs out with sawzall

remove bags and set it down on tires to see what else needs trimming

pull stock axle

cut da hubs off!

wash off 5 years worth of arizona dirt

cut and bend the new hub brackets

mock up, and grind as needed

stock vs. randode

tacked and mocked up

pull the axle and finish weld

more soon.

08-08-2010, 04:07 PM

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So far so good, you gonna have to cut the floor across the center and tub it?

08-08-2010, 05:06 PM

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sick man! your the Innovator!

08-08-2010, 07:01 PM

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So far so good, you gonna have to cut the floor across the center and tub it?

nope. just raise the stock tubs and its done.

08-08-2010, 09:03 PM

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awesome work man!

08-08-2010, 09:18 PM

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....Hack....

LOL looks great.

08-08-2010, 09:49 PM

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did some more trimming, then tossed the modded axle back in for a test, then more trimming with the cuttoff wheel, then another test. i'm done for the day. back bumper is laying on the ground as per the work order.

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08-10-2010, 12:38 AM

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Totally and completely awesomesauce. Very slight tuckage there.

08-10-2010, 02:25 AM

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Dam you make me want to get bags... nice job!

08-10-2010, 09:20 PM

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Dodes creativity and ability has no limits.

Just dreams it up and dives right in.

08-11-2010, 12:04 AM

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Is that a shoebox hiding in the background? Merc?

08-11-2010, 12:26 AM

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randy.... you're crazy.

08-11-2010, 01:31 AM

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Is that a shoebox hiding in the background? Merc?

ya. 51 ford shoebox. i sold the 51 merc last year. video on youtube.

08-11-2010, 05:09 AM

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Did u have to cut the interior plastic panel? What r u going tondo with the gas filler tube?

08-12-2010, 05:08 PM

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Did u have to cut the interior plastic panel? What r u going tondo with the gas filler tube?

plastics will need to be chopped up if they are going back in. fuel filler will be modded, but inside the stock fuel door.

08-18-2010, 01:55 AM

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What a bada$$ build. That thing is killin it.

08-18-2010, 02:22 AM

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thats crazy

08-19-2010, 02:39 PM

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What a bada$$ build. That thing is killin it.

yes, yes, it is.

08-20-2010, 02:07 AM

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Can't wait to see her all finished up! I am guessing you were a mini trucker in your former vehicle life too??? It's freakin great to see that laying rocker will never die.

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