dunefreak

Last night I got my car stripped down to get ready to be fixed. I took off the whole front end and then got sick to my stomach after having to WIRE WHEEL the powder coat off. I also got him to fill in some holes from some previous crap (who knows) where there were 2 bolts in the frame. He did an awesome job. Can't even tell there were holes there.... I figured what the hell, I have to get a bunch of other spots touched up already, why not fill that them in. The cracks were tig welded then gussetted with steel plates to make sure this doesn't happen again. They came out pretty nice. Now not only having added support, there are 2 more spots for some more driving lights too. Now to get the paint guy to try and match the powder coat as best as possible. Shouldn't be TOO bad when it's all said and done, but I think after this season I might strip the car down to the bare frame, do some more mods, and then have the frame completely re-powercoated. The car should be like brand new then. Oh and BTW, Josey informed me that my frame isn't chromolly, it's mild steel. Shows you how much I know.

:headbang: I've seen that video before. That chit can't be real! :headbang:

I don't think a 426 will turn a 10 cup. It will, but you'll get more pull & speed out of the 8 cup. The 10 cup will make you wheelie the hell out of the bike. Like Don said, the 10 cup paddle tires are for even bigger cc engines than you've got. Hope this helps. :headbang:

^^ yeah, what he said ^^^

I love those jumps at Coral.... :headbang:

Don, you're bored as hell aren't you? :headbang:

Hey Chuck, has DB.com just not updated their site yet or what? copied & pasted from DuneBuggy.com...... $127319 NEW Model/Stock # SideWinder #250 four-seat Tri-Sport Prerunner Type: Desert Suspension: Boxed A-arms and trailing arms, King coil carriers and 3-in. triple tube bypasses. 24 inches of front travel, 23 inches of rear travel. Standard rear sway bar. Engine/Trans: Chevy LS2 V8 / Will accept Ablins, Fortin, or Mendeola Status: In-stock

eeehhhh? I'm confused, ISBB. You've got 125 grand in your pocket? Or did you buy a 40K car? WTF you talkin bout Willis? I don't know if you saw the pics, but I see every bit of 125K in that car. (or close to 125K I guess) Just my .02 B)

:headbang: ah we're all guilty of it from time to time. :headbang:

chromolly

FREAKS Christmas party?????? :headbang: You talkin about Freaks of Nature car club? Chris, your still in one of those? :headbang:

So after unloading my rail from the toyhauler last weekend, I found a few small cracks in my frame in the front end. It must have been from when we slammed into that witches eye (giant hole) behind the superbowl. We hit pretty hard, but we didn't get slammed too hard and everything seemed ok so we just kept driving. The cracks are in 2 tubes and some welds across the front end. The worst part about this now is the fact that I am gonna have a huge eye-sore on the front end. I know a pretty good touch-up painter that might be able to match it pretty close, but it will be hard being power-coated and all. Oh well, can't have something nice forever if ya wanna play hard. :monkeedance2: I am extremely impressed with the car so far. I have literally beat the crap out of the car driving it HARD for a little over a year now and no major problems at all. I gotta hand it to Larry Short (and Josie/ Sick Sand Travel). They can def. put together a sweet car. Speaking of Josey. He is gonna hook up the repairs on the car this weekend. He said if I bring the car in Sat AM with no suspension on the car, he can V notch, tig weld, plate, gusset, etc and take care of whatever needs to be done. Here are some pics of it on the trailer tonight before I rip the front end off for Saturday. The pics show the spots of the cracks.

:monkeedance2: DAAAAAYYYYYYUUUMMMMM!!

...standing on it and telling jokes :monkeedance2:

nice ride , chuck. I can def see where the $$ is in that car, EVERYWHERE. :monkeedance2: I love to have a dual-sport. Maybe one day

I'll be there, beers in hand :monkeedance2: Should be a blast like always. Anyone else from DDR going?

Just a reminder for those that care to join us. Those in the Vegas/ Henderson area that is. It's Thirsty Thursday for us again. 10 cents an ounce for draft beers at Buffulo Wild Wings. We meet up at the one on Sunset near the Galleria around 8 ish. Everyone is more than welcome to come throw a few back with the Thirsty Thurs. crew. :monkeedance2: :headbang: Damn I'm thirtsy

Nope, thanks anyways though. Eagle's look good and are cheap.

I'll tell you what degrades a Rhino- flashy paint jobs and stereos!!! OR, not putting stuff in the bed of it for it's original purpose (hint hint Kenny) J/K Kenny, your sh*t looks nice, but I would have to wheel the hell out of that thing and USE it. Basically I would beat it up and use it like my Grizzly. :monkeedance2:

Duniemonkie, myself, Steveo, and the rest of the crew will be rollin out Fri night. Wish I could get there earlier, but oh well.

Pauly Paul is da man. He's a good friend to have. :monkeedance2: (sure you posted this in the right thread though.....? ahh whatever)

I understand, Chris. But those stock grey steel wheels gotta go. If I wait and lift it we're prob talking 6months to a year. :monkeedance2: F that. It's getting some wheels and tires now.

:angry: Hell yeah that's right. I finally got those damn nasty, stinky, itchin, big 'ol casts off today!!! I couldn't be much happier. I guess I am a quick healer. I only had them on for about 3.5 weeks, but whatever, they're off now! I still have a velcro-type splint on my left arm, but nothing on my right. All that matters is that splint comes off so I can at least wash up easy and take a shower easier! The doc says I will need some physical therapy in my left hand for the next couple weeks, but that's ok. I am pretty stoked. I will be able to make New Year's weekend AND drive my sandrail myself instead of just being passenger. !!! I need to take it easy though. I will wear my 2 splints I have on both wrists for an added precaution. I don't plan on gettin crazy or nothing as long as everybody reminds me not too. Thanks again to everybody that has helped me get through this crappy 2 broken arms portion of my life. It has been torture, but beer, good friends, & and the best damn girl in the world (my girl, duniemonkie) always gets me through pretty much everything.

I'm not cranky one bit actually. Today was one of the best days I have ever had. I got my casts off AND found out I am able to get my sandrail fixed this weekend. That's another thread though. ISBB, it's just that it was irritating reading all those posts saying, yeah you should lift your truck when that is what I have wanted to do since before I even bought my truck. The sad truth is though I don't have 7G to pull out of my a$$ right now to do it.

Maybe you all didn't read my previous thread: DUH, I'll spell it out for you fools: I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY ANYMORE!!! Besides , JJ, every other truck out there DOES have 35's on 20's. :angry: And my fingers ain't up my a$$ like your head is up yours. I'm down for it Trav if you wanna hook it up, but I can't swing 7-8 G's right now or for a while. I don't want to settle for a cheaper lift than the CST either, this is why I'm waiting.