Kelly Builds Wyatt a Shaved & Narrowed 14b Rear

InDaShop · Jul 22, 2008

Support.
That truss seeing push and pull at the top. With the front tied to the snout on the 14b, the rear also got support down to the cover.
Probably overkill, but based on what these things see, I'd like to keep from ripping my top truss off.

Additionally, I look at it as sort of a hold up for the cover and the cover lends strength to the bottom of the case. As the case was flattened across the bottom is becomes inherantly weaker, the cover adds that beef back to it.

Blah, blah, more weight.

muchado · Jul 22, 2008

Kelly, you need to market your services all over teh interweb as a new company called "shaved bottoms"... pepper.gif

John Galbreath Jr. · Jul 22, 2008

wngrog said:
What is with the strap connecting the cover to the truss?

Since he cut a bolt off the bottom, he had to add one somewhere, or it would not still be a 14 bolt. :flipoff1:

Cole · Jul 22, 2008

Ok, I knew what purpose it served. I just don't think it fits in with the rest of the buggy. Looks ghetto to me. I know you guys were in a rush to get the axle installed just doesn't look like something you would have on your buggy.
Could be done a lot neater.

Im not hating just giving an outsiders opinion. ;D

Juan_Hong_Loe · Jul 22, 2008

Cole said:
Im not hating just giving an outsiders opinion. ;D

Sounds like hating to me! :flipoff1:

muchado · Jul 22, 2008

Cole said:
Ok, I knew what purpose it served. I just don't think it fits in with the rest of the buggy. Looks ghetto to me. I know you guys were in a rush to get the axle installed just doesn't look like something you would have on your buggy.
Could be done a lot neater.

Im not hating just giving an outsiders opinion. ;D

pfft you ain't seen the rest of the buggy! :flipgotcha:

It's def. got some Kaiser Kompound tubing on it at this point :woody:

Not bad for a TJ Jeep there Wyatt! :drinkers:

InDaShop · Jul 22, 2008

Cole, you are spot on.
I hate the way it looks.

By that point we were rushed. But that just got us to the race. I will fix it with something asthetically better, as you'll note its still not painted.

Also no one commented on the bolts being 2"s too long?

I need to drill out a buncha holes on that truss, and work on securing the brake lines a WHOLE lot better.

muchado · Jul 22, 2008

InDaShop said:
Cole, you are spot on.
I hate the way it looks.

By that point we were rushed. But that just got us to the race. I will fix it with something asthetically better, as you'll note its still not painted.

Also no one commented on the bolts being 2"s too long?

I need to drill out a buncha holes on that truss, and work on securing the brake lines a WHOLE lot better.

I ain't gonna comment cause that'd be the pot calling the kettle black. I don't think it looks that bad man, cut the bolts with the Paul JR. and be done with it. Nobody gives a **** about aesthetics of the truss brace when you're flyin' up a rock wall or endoin' down the steep side

Paint it black and....RUN IT!

Got the worst of both worlds on here.. got Wyatt the perfectionist hot rod guy... and you got the bling blauwww interweb wheelers :flipoff1:

P · Jul 22, 2008

If it does the job and does it well it "looks" good to me.

Function over Form anyday.

you wanna take it to the car show, slap your blingy rearsteer 60 under it high rolla muh fugga :flipoff1:

blacksheep10 · Jul 22, 2008

the front and rear of the truss uprights are welded to the housing as well. when the truss rips off, it goes toward the pinion and away from the cover. that is a tension force from behind and a compression force to the front brace. I like having **** in tension. its easy to wad a piece of flat up, its hard to rip that piece in half. it was in a big ass hurry very late at night. it will get changed. look at the ****ing cover. wow. wyatt started with a piece made into an arc, then I came in and hurridly threw a few pieces of flat on the sides to get it on. totally diff than what I made for rob. aesthetics were'nt at the top of the list.

muchado · Jul 22, 2008

Here's some pics of the 14 bolt that Kelly did for me...

blacksheep10 · Jul 22, 2008

em er big tars on that thur yota :woody:

1TONZR2 · Jul 22, 2008

dem shackles are sexy!!! you gonna take that thing mud boggin!?!?!? :flipoff1:

muchado · Jul 23, 2008

1TONZR2 said:
dem shackles are sexy!!! you gonna take that thing mud boggin!?!?!?

**** RITE SON! I R CUM-PEE-TING in the VERTICAL LIMITS MID COAST MUD BAWGS IN PAOLA, KS... MIAMA COUNTAYYY!

:flipoff1:

Kelly is burnin me some slick lookin' shackles once I get around to givin him proper measurements

blacksheep10 · Jul 24, 2008

and then when I get them it'll be when I get around to doing it. table hasn't been up since wyatt left. busy

draggbody · Jul 24, 2008

blacksheep10 said:
em er big tars on that thur yota

man cut those ****ing u bolts off!!!!!!!

muchado · Jul 25, 2008

draggbody said:
man cut those ****ing u bolts off!!!!!!!

those were finger tight in the pics so I could set pinion angle honcho laughing1 :flipoff1:

or are you saying get rid of ubolt setup all together??

blacksheep10 said:
and then when I get them it'll be when I get around to doing it. table hasn't been up since wyatt left. busy

You know my big rush schedule Kelly.. idgaf it'll get done when it gets done...

BTW I wire wheel'd off any signs of this bitch having sat at the kaiser kompound and rattled it with only the best colorplace rattle bomb

****in A... Bitch is now IN like FLYNN :woody:

I turned it around/ backed into the garage and will yank the toy front end tomarrow evening.... Start on the 60 implant on Sunday...

God damn Kelly I was tellin u those meds were helpin---fack I am actually able to focus on my busted ass rig now

More accomplished in the past week that I've been on this **** than in the past 3 months laughing1 laughing1 laughing1

InDaShop · Jul 25, 2008

MUCHADO said:
God damn Kelly I was tellin u those meds were helpin---fack I am actually able to focus on my busted ass rig now More accomplished in the past week that I've been on this **** than in the past 3 months laughing1 laughing1 laughing1

No idea what this is about, but I suspect drugs.

And you and Kelly talking about Meth and focus in the same sentence is molaugh

Seriously though, I'm on a steroid to kill the Poison Ivy I picked up at Hannibal. That **** must be meth. I have been an on task sum-bee this week. And I can barely get 5 hours of sleep a night, stuff is jacking me up, but I'm busting stuff out. I love it!