Hello Everyone,

The factory battery hold-downs had become dilapidated, so in lieu so spending $60/side my friend & I modded/cleaned up the factor set. The steps/repairs we performed are listed below along with the attached photos of the before/after. Total time invested was about two hours and all of the parts/equipment we already had in the shop. I know the paint job will get some comments, so to head those off – we ran out of black so to avoid surface rusting we used brown. Once the weather warms or I build a small paint cure box, I plan to wire wheel to repaint black.

Hold Down Bolt Repair/Mods – Stock had rounded bolt heads

• Cleaned up/ground all stock bolts down

• Fitted each with (N) washers

• Fitted each with (N) bolts – 9/16”

• Welded (N) washers & bolts to stock bolts

• Sandblasted & painted

 

Hold Down Bracket Repair/Mods – Stock had deteriorated rubber/surface rust/mismatched paint

• Removed all stock rubber coating (heat/scrapper)

• Sandblasted clean & painted

 

 

4 hours ago, TFaoro said:

We say it's colorado and they don't do that  

 

Yeah they're all lazy from smokin' that new funny tobacco

Yep,

 

I am sure the safety comision would never even make it under the hood, they would take one look anywhere on the truck and haul it off to the junkyard.