Brian's '96

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:41 pm

Just finished freshening up the front end. Found no cracks after all these years, so decided to powdercoat the beams. Hopefully that will keep the rust away for a while. That's about it. 75% of the ol' Yeti is still haggered and tired.

Cold morning at KOH

Cold evening in the driveway. Hahahaha!

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:43 pm

Still working on the hub centric spacer project. Production will be starting very soon. Super excited to get this going.

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:00 pm

Lookin good Brian!

The hubs look NIIICE!

Becks_Bronco · Post by **Becks_Bronco** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:03 pm

There it is! Man that powder coat looks good. Now I’m gonna have to coat everything before it goes on

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:34 pm

Sooooooooooo damn nice B! Let’s get the wheels, the skid, the fresh powder coat looks awesome!

VintageIronFab · Post by **VintageIronFab** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:01 am

Stay away from powdercoating — it’s the crack cocaine of auto finishes!!

BajaBronco13 · Post by **BajaBronco13** » Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:39 pm

VintageIronFab wrote:Stay away from powdercoating — it’s the crack cocaine of auto finishes!!

"Cocaine is a hell of a drug" Rick James

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:59 pm

VintageIronFab wrote:Stay away from powdercoating — it’s the crack cocaine of auto finishes!!

I'm 50 years old and have significant experience, believe it or not. When I make a decision, it's typically based on empirical knowledge/results from seat time and not popular opinion. Feel free to share your wisdom with the young bucks though.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:59 pm

ChaseTruck754 wrote:Lookin good Brian!

The hubs look NIIICE!

Thanks Steve!

AussieRod · Post by **AussieRod** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:27 am

yikes wrote:First update in a long time. Swapped wheels again. Offset was wrong on the 101's. Much cheaper to replace the wheels than go wider with the suspension.

Just out of curiosity, what style and backspace are these wheels? If I don't like the Alcoas, I'll sell them to Mike for his Bronco and put the money to a set of these for my F100.

AussieRod · Post by **AussieRod** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 6:13 am

Or these:

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BDKW1 · Post by **BDKW1** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:33 am

Nickle plating must be the Meth of the coating world then cause it last's way longer than PC.

Looking good Brian!

Let me know when the hub centerics are available, Todd needs a set.

BDKW1 · Post by **BDKW1** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:14 am

Also, how did the new springs work out?

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:32 pm

BDKW1 wrote:Also, how did the new springs work out?

Hub spacers are on the way! This has taken much longer than originally anticipated, mostly because I've been slow to make decisions. Anxious to get these things out there though.

Springs are fantastic. Slightly more rate, but can still get ride height without a tender. Really pleased. Discovered the beams are on the bumps before the last compression stage, so I'm working on changing things up a bit to get it right. Unfortunately more up-travel means lots of mods, so it may be a while, but hopefully worth the effort.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:33 pm

AussieRod wrote:
yikes wrote:Just out of curiosity, what style and backspace are these wheels? If I don't like the Alcoas, I'll sell them to Mike for his Bronco and put the money to a set of these for my F100.

Those are the MR105's with 3.50" BS.

Becks_Bronco · Post by **Becks_Bronco** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:03 pm

Went through your entire thread again but didn’t see any, do you have any pictures of your under the floor battery mount?

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sat Apr 27, 2019 2:20 pm

Becks_Bronco wrote:Went through your entire thread again but didn’t see any, do you have any pictures of your under the floor battery mount?

I'm not proud of the battery mount, so no pictures. It was made by me, in haste, while trying to get ready for a baja trip. It works, but far from ideal.

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:57 pm

Any updates?

S00TLYFE · Post by **S00TLYFE** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:23 pm

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