'98 Busurban Storm Chase Vehicle Build

[jjester6000]

post us some pics of the weather your chasing! I got a twin/triplet funnel that may have touched down as a twin but I couldnt see it behind the bush and I wasnt chasing, just watching from my yard. the cloud was spinning in a circle with 3 funnels trying to form. someone got footage from a few minutes later and much closer of a pair of small twins on the ground.

what weather app do you guys use for radar jester? I was using storm radar and it was just pulled after being bought out. I cant find anything equivalent or better.

Due to my new job, I haven't been able to go out too far this year (Though this storm season has been a disappointment anyways).

I just got promoted from a paint line sander to an actual body man.

 

[thegawd]

congrats man! thats awesome!

 

[jjester6000]

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So yesterday at work, I painted my chevy badge back to yellow, and it doesn't look right, but I'll deal with that later.

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I also put some new shocks in the front, and the truck rides so much better.

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I don't think these shocks were doing much, next thing I need to do is to lift the rear to match the front. Then maybe 33's, but I'd new new wheels since 15x6's probably wouldn't be ideal for some 33x12.5x15 tires.

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[jjester6000]

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Though the truck doesn't look too bad, this paint is shot.

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Delamination.

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Dents.

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Dings.

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Rust.

My budget for this paint job is about $700: $500 to have it painted at work (which is discounted from the normal price) and $200 for all the other ********.

This isn't going to be a show paint job, bit it will look really decent.

 

[jjester6000]

I'm replacing the rear barn doors, side molding, and maybe the wheel well trim.

I'm doing everything but the roof (the paint is nearly perfect, and it saves me about $200.

Now, this teuck has nearly 300k, so I'm not going as far as lower door skins, I'm just going to sand blast them out and fiberglass them.

I'm going into work this saturday to start fixing all the dings.

 

[jjester6000]

So I found these 34x9.5x15 super swampers on my local craigslist.

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Do you guys think they'd fit my truck?

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I'm pretty sure that 15x6 trailer wheels will work with them.

 

[Frank Enstein]

You would need to lift and /or trim the fenders/bumper to make them fit. Open the PDF in this link. It will help.

Will these wheels and tires fit my vehicle?

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[jjester6000]

You would need to lift and /or trim the fenders/bumper to make them fit. Open the PDF in this link. It will help.

Will these wheels and tires fit my vehicle?

help.summitracing.com

I'm probably going to stick with the 31's

 

[jjester6000]

I'm probably going to stick with 31's since they are still reasonably obtainable.

 

[jjester6000]

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She's naked.

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I just pulled all the trim off so I can get it ready for body work.

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It's got a lot of dings, so I'm going to get them fixed.

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I also started stripping the all the paint off the passenger rear quarter since that spray can shut I used on it is not compatible with our basecoat.

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I also got to work on that weld seam a bit more since I sort of warped the metal a bit.