Saturday, March 5, 2011

Some Suburban Stuff...Or Not

As I was looking at the inside of the Suburban today I started to actually realize how much stuff was added to the interior of this thing that is really not that necessary. Just sitting in the front seat I see several violations. There's one of those long rear view mirrors that almost reaches from door to door and has multiple mirrors on it. On the bottom of the dash there's a random light near the shifters and a button to an oooga horn that just buzzes, an actual KC brand light switch that I'm sure is not hooked up to anything and multiple screws tying in ground wires. There is one thing on there that I kinda like but it looks ugly and it's a wiper delay module/control. I may have to put that outa sight, we'll see. Then there's a switch to the rear A/C unit which leads us to the rear and the pics. After layin down in the back for a while I began to notice how ghetto the ac unit was. I kinda remember, when my sister was first buying it, that the guy said he put in the rear A/C unit. I assumed it was an aftermarket thing that was built to fit this model but am now convinced that it was taken out of a newer model and screwed into place. As you can see in the previous post about the spare tire, the factory spare tire whole was covered up. I thought it was just because the aftermarket spare was too big to fit in there...I was wrong. The previous owner ran the hoses to the unit through the tub by cutting an enormous hole in the side of the tub and they come up behind that plastic cover you see in the pic below. Ghetto! It's gota go! I'll patch the tub up and convert it to storage to get some good use out of it. Also on the chopping block is the two huge speakers that hang from the roof. Doing all of this will allow me to eventually install a headliner.



This plywood box is also something that will be going. I like the idea but not the product.



Liberty Bumper

This has been a slow project that has just recently seem more attention. The purpose for the bumper is to be able to mount a winch. Below are some of the most recent pics.




Here's a look at it with one of the fender flares on. Those will be getting sprayed with bedliner.




Spare Tire on Suburban






As you can see in the pics, the spare tire mount is kind of ghetto. The idea with the actual tie down is pretty cool but there was some difficulty in getting it off when tightened down good. Also the tire was resting on the window, not very cool. During the tear down of the old set up I designed a new one that should look a lot cleaner and also work very smoothly. I also will be looking for a way to utilize the space that's behind the tire. More pics of the project to come.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Reggie's Flatbed


 Here's some of the pics that show the progression of the bed. I had some of the frame but can't find them.



This is the most recent pic. It may look the same as the one above but if you look closely you will see new mud flaps, real ones instead of the door mats. They are made to be removed quickly and securely lock into place.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

If I Build It, They Will Come!

  Off road projects that is. I figured if I started a new blog that would require me to make stuff to post on it then it might light a fire under me to get goin. It's kinda like a goal. I also thought that if I started makin stuff again it might get me back outdoors more and postin new stuff on my other blog azjeffsoutdooradventures.blogspot.com.  I looked at it the other day and found that I only posted 4 times in 2010. Wow! I need to get back out there. Well most of the posts on this blog will be mild fabrication work on off road vehicles. Some other stuff posted on here may be projects that may be useful for fun and convenience when camping. Not many ideas now but hopin this blog will get me thinkin.