Everyone post a picture of your truck!

[woodtrucker]

It cost probably as much as the trip to get those pictures taken! lol. Well I had a buddy at work that does decent body work do it and it was a BIG job. I had a bad dent in the top corner of cab, I bought two new (used) doors as well and they were rippled on the body panels so he did a lot of repair there as well. I spent $700 on replacement doors. I know that was a lot and I tried to find $1500 or less salvage trucks to steal doors off of but not many 4 doors out there to buy so I ate some cost there. 

We used Omni Paint so the paint/primer was nearly $1000. If you don't factor in the doors it cost me $3000 for him to do it including the paint. I helped just so I could understand more of what's involved. I painted a door jamb and I didn't do too well and I had to flap wheel the top down to bare metal since the clear was gone, paint peeled, and rust pits were forming. That was fun! lolj. It's got some imperfections and areas that didn't get sanded out well but black is a TOUGH unforgiving color. All in all I am VERY happy and in 10 more years when it's all beat up from use I'll get it done again if I need to! 

 

[Marcus2000monster]

12 minutes ago, woodtrucker said:

It cost probably as much as the trip to get those pictures taken! lol. Well I had a buddy at work that does decent body work do it and it was a BIG job. I had a bad dent in the top corner of cab, I bought two new (used) doors as well and they were rippled on the body panels so he did a lot of repair there as well. I spent $700 on replacement doors. I know that was a lot and I tried to find $1500 or less salvage trucks to steal doors off of but not many 4 doors out there to buy so I ate some cost there. 

We used Omni Paint so the paint/primer was nearly $1000. If you don't factor in the doors it cost me $3000 for him to do it including the paint. I helped just so I could understand more of what's involved. I painted a door jamb and I didn't do too well and I had to flap wheel the top down to bare metal since the clear was gone, paint peeled, and rust pits were forming. That was fun! lolj. It's got some imperfections and areas that didn't get sanded out well but black is a TOUGH unforgiving color. All in all I am VERY happy and in 10 more years when it's all beat up from use I'll get it done again if I need to! 

 

Hmm I was quoted 8k if I removed all the exterior parts. Can’t afford that right now lol

[Mopar1973Man]

Another one of my favorite pictures. 5 one-ton hay bails. 

 

 

 

[Marcus2000monster]

“bails” Allow me to correct this? Haha! 

[dave110]

Looks like the one in the back 'bailed' off before it could get it's picture taken.

[Mopar1973Man]

2 minutes ago, dave110 said:

Looks like the one in the back 'bailed' off before it could get it's picture taken.

 

Actually no. We tried the 6 hay bails. The trailer tongue was too light and dangerous. Pulled the top hay bail off and just strapped 5 down I was good to go. I hauled 3 trips like this and pulled like a dream. 

[Sycostang67]

Finally gave my truck a bath, also had to haul the father in laws work truck down to get a new engine.

 

[Marcus2000monster]

Never drive a Ford! Lol

[Dmaney]

20 hours ago, Sycostang67 said:

Finally gave my truck a bath, also had to haul the father in laws work truck down to get a new engine.

 

I like the color

[Marcus2000monster]

2 hours ago, Dmaney said:

I like the color

I don’t ththink jk I’d buy a dark color again. It shows every little scratch and and any tiny imperfections. I do think they look nice though.

[Cronus577]

I have 3 trucks at the moment. My daily driver is my silver 1999 QCLB built 5 speed, compound turbo setup. Currently selling it if anyone is interested. All major work has been done to it. Awesome long trip driver and tow rig. Right at 365k miles. Every cylinder still had the factory crosshone when I did the head gasket, perfect looking pistons, no cracks and now blowby.  

My second is my 2001 is a QCSB 4x4 Auto, current state of it right now, cleaning the carpets, just ordered an LMC dash to put in it and get everything 100% in the cab

 

Third is my wife's 2001 QCSB 4x4 Auto, has a bad VP44 so will probably swap the red truck's VP44 over to the blue truck and P7100 pump the red truck, not sure yet because I LOVE the Quadzilla Adrenaline 

 

[TheGreatWhite]

4 minutes ago, Cronus577 said:

I have 3 trucks at the moment. My daily driver is my silver 1999 QCLB built 5 speed, compound turbo setup. Currently selling it if anyone is interested. All major work has been done to it. Awesome long trip driver and tow rig. Right at 365k miles. Every cylinder still had the factory crosshone when I did the head gasket, perfect looking pistons, no cracks and now blowby.  

My second is my 2001 is a QCSB 4x4 Auto, current state of it right now, cleaning the carpets, just ordered an LMC dash to put in it and get everything 100% in the cab

 

Third is my wife's 2001 QCSB 4x4 Auto, has a bad VP44 so will probably swap the red truck's VP44 over to the blue truck and P7100 pump the red truck, not sure yet because I LOVE the Quadzilla Adrenaline 

 

What compound kit you running??? How do you like it??? I'm thinking of compounding my 01

Edited April 27, 2018 by TheGreatWhite

[Cronus577]

12 minutes ago, TheGreatWhite said:

What compound kit you running??? How do you like it??? I'm thinking of compounding my 01

Crazy Carl's Piping kit. I love it. I opted for a smaller exhaust housing on the S475 which was an extra $400. Haven't had any issues with it, spool up is quicker than stock with the billet compressor wheel on the HX35, even with "smaller" 7x.009 sac injectors (100hp), and low EGT's. I barely ever go over 900*F even at WOT having my Quadzilla backing it down to 50PSI. The only thing is I had to use a cutting wheel to get the 4" downpipe to fit properly and some of kit didn't agree with my BD 3 piece manifold so more cutting was required to make the heater core hoses fit. I honestly couldn't imagine having to tow without it. Made 2 trips from New Mexico to Washington and back from Washington to New Mexico. Straight shot 30+ hours of driving and the truck didn't hesitate at all, stayed right at 190* coolant temp the whole time, was a breeze cruising 80MPH with the 26' enclosed trailer completely loaded down with all my house furniture and my car. was right at 16,800GVW. Best yet unloaded I get 20-21MPG highway. 

Edited April 27, 2018 by Cronus577

[TheGreatWhite]

1 minute ago, Cronus577 said:

Crazy Carl's Piping kit. I love it. I opted for a smaller exhaust housing on the S475 which was an extra $400. Haven't had any issues with it, spool up is quicker than stock with the billet compressor wheel on the HX35, even with "smaller" 7x.009 sac injectors (100hp), and low EGT's. I barely ever go over 900*F even at WOT having my Quadzilla backing it down to 50PSI. The only thing is I had to use a cutting wheel to get the 4" downpipe to fit properly and some of kit didn't agree with my BD 3 piece manifold so more cutting was required to make the heater core hoses fit. I honestly couldn't imagine having to tow without it. Made 2 trips from New Mexico to Washington and back from Washington to New Mexico. Straight shot 30+ hours of driving and the truck didn't hesitate at all, stayed right at 190* coolant temp the whole time, was a breeze cruising 80MPH with the 26' enclosed trailer completely loaded down with all my house furniture and my car. was right at 16,800GVW. Best yet unloaded I get 20-21MPG highway. 

I'm a broke college kid rn but as a small upgrade I'm thinking about is that Heath Diesel Billet wheel for the Hx35

[Cronus577]

7 minutes ago, TheGreatWhite said:

I'm a broke college kid rn but as a small upgrade I'm thinking about is that Heath Diesel Billet wheel for the Hx35

Wouldn't be a bad place to start, But it's not as easy as you would think. The snap ring holding the compressor housing on is a huge pain in the @$$ to get on Took me and my buddy to get it back on. Can't speak for the Heath Diesel wheel but it looks good and it's cheaper than the Wicked Wheel 2. It also looks like it uses the newer 11 blade style which is cool. Would need to make sure you have all the necessary upgrades for fueling such as an aftermarket lift pump, some sort of boost fooler, and a turbo elbow to increase your boost levels before you'll see any notable changes in power, without a boost fooler it'll throw an overboost code and without the elbow you won't see anymore boost since the stock elbow will still open the wastegate at it's set amount. An aftermarket lift pump is required to keep your VP44 alive or you'll be looking at spending a lot more money than you anticipated.

Edited April 27, 2018 by Cronus577

[trreed]

Just saw an almost complete side-by-side kit on facebook, with the S475, for $1400 out of CO.  Was missing the interstage pipe.  Sometimes the stupid good deals pop up.

Edited April 27, 2018 by trreed

[TheGreatWhite]

1 minute ago, Cronus577 said:

Wouldn't be a bad place to start, But it's not as easy as you would think. The snap ring holding the compressor housing on is a huge pain in the @$$ to get on Took me and my buddy to get it back on. Can't speak for the Heath Diesel wheel but it looks good and it's cheaper than the Wicked Wheel 2. It also looks like it uses the newer 11 blade style which is cool 

Yeah and it single handedly lowers egts, spools quicker, and adds like 30-50hp

[Ben]

Damn. Nice. 

I am beyond envious of you guys that have no rust vehicles. 

[Cronus577]

3 minutes ago, Ben said:

Damn. Nice. 

I am beyond envious of you guys that have no rust vehicles. 

Hooray for getting southern trucks! My 1999 is completely rust free, was a Texas truck its whole life but man the dash was in bad condition when I picked it up. That sun beats them to hell. 

[trreed]

6 minutes ago, TheGreatWhite said:

It also looks like it uses the newer 11 blade style which is cool

Something to consider is the more blades the wheel has, the lower the efficiency will be at higher boost levels.