Dodge D100 Shop Truck

[jawman]

dam I missed a whole new thread.

 

[Charley Davidson]

I put it in it's own thread because this one doesn't seem to popular/interesting trying to get it a little feedback. Guess I should put anything I actually do to it in this thread, questions in others.[S

 

[jawman]

I put it in it's own thread because this one doesn't seem to popular/interesting trying to get it a little feedback. Guess I should put anything I actually do to it in this thread, questions in others.[S

that's what I do.

 

[clamor]

Telescoping bed?
'splain pls

 

[Charley Davidson]

Telescoping bed?
'splain pls

The bed is rather short now & may get a bit shorter so to make it more functional for hauling longer stuff the rear portion will telescope/extend out to support the long load.

 

[Sam_Fear]

I think he meant how, not what. But I know you ain't talkin' until yer ready. Get a move on it all ready!
[P

 

[clamor]

No, I wanted to make sure he meant what I thought he meant & why.
Looking forward to seeing the how, though!
-Chaz

 

[Charley Davidson]

Got my wheels today, had to settle for the ones from the front of the truck that I took the rear end out of, didn't want them cause they were chrome. I painted them flat black & waiting for them to dry so I can paint the center section HD orange.

The wheels are 15X8 and I have some kinda low profile P245-R60-15 rwl.
They are the same ones I had on the old rims but with the new rims being wider I hope I'll lose some height.
Should I go RWL out or BW out?

I wanted to make some homemade www out of them but don't believe they have a complete white band under the black.

 

[cantwell.colton]

Got my wheels today, had to settle for the ones from the front of the truck that I took the rear end out of, didn't want them cause they were chrome. I painted them flat black & waiting for them to dry so I can paint the center section HD orange.

The wheels are 15X8 and I have some kinda low profile P245-R60-15 rwl.
They are the same ones I had on the old rims but with the new rims being wider I hope I'll lose some height.
Should I go RWL out or BW out?

I wanted to make some homemade www out of them but don't believe they have a complete white band under the black.

what color will the truck be?
i say blackem out .

 

[Charley Davidson]

Here's the rim in flat black waiting for it to dry

 

[cantwell.colton]

Here's the rim in flat black waiting for it to dry
View attachment 55138

so -- what color is the truck gonna be?
if the whole truck will be flat black i say do the
whole rims HD orange with Black center caps

 

[Charley Davidson]

Gonna leave the truck paint as is for now at least, I kinds like the blue

 

[Charley Davidson]

Here's the rim done

 

[cantwell.colton]

i like it... good color choices..

 

[jawman]

that's nice. was that rattle can or sprayed with a gun?

 

[Charley Davidson]

Thanks, Rattle canned the flat black, brushed the HD orange it's "Vansickle" implement paint.

 

[Charley Davidson]

Boy, taking those low profile wide tires off of those 6" rims & putting them on the 8's was like taking a fat girl out of spandex & putting her in a moo moo, now they both can breath & look better.[cl

 

[Sam_Fear]

Boy, taking those low profile wide tires off of those 6" rims & putting them on the 8's was like taking a fat girl out of spandex & putting her in a moo moo, now they both can breath & look better.[cl

We need more pictures! (of the truck with the rims not the fat girl in spandex )

Those rims look great! And I usually don't even like that style of rim. If you go with blackwalls, you could try grinding one white wall and if you don't like it you can just flip it on the inside of the rear.

Also, I haven't come across a tire yet that doesn't have the white band all the way around - but a couple did get a little squiggly where it over lapped - I've done 5 different kinds.

 

[Charley Davidson]

Tires are mounted on the rims & on the truck, I have 4 new brakes and this thing stops on a dime, great pedal.

All of this did come with a price, My sanity, had to walk to parts store to get new lug nuts the drivers side on the new rear end were right hand thread, the guy gave me a box of studs glad I opened them at the store, got back to the shop, wrong lug nuts, had to walk back and exchange, had the Exwife come help me bleed brakes, broke the right rear bleeder grrrrrrr and many explicits but it's back on the road. [cl I'll paint the fronts later tonight

 

[jawman]

Yah, I dont mess with many car tires. I have all the bars a tools for big rig tires, but car tires are so thin the bead rips to easily. to bad a cant find a cheap tire machine. good work