02 Montery Dakar build / final stages

[turbomonty]

 

[turbomonty]

 

[bullnerd]

Where is it getting the vintage look input from?

Nice muffler btw.

 

[turbomonty]

Chatbot just draws some wild shit

 

[turbomonty]

saw in a video a pretty deep SUV build and the guy was braver than me with cutting the rear doors for tire clearance. i want more street features and pushed the axle back about a foot which is nice for longer wheelbase and departure angle. his door will be packed full of sand. it is pretty bad ass looking though!

 

[4xFoorOffroad]

Pretty sure that door will get paneled in. Have you been keeping up with the videos on MCD1’s YouTube channel? He goes pretty in depth on the projects he posts videos about.

 

[turbomonty]

whos channel?

 

[4xFoorOffroad]

http://www.youtube.com/@MorganClarkeDesign1

 

[turbomonty]

ooooooooooooooooooooo, i see it on my youtube feed now
he is putting in way more work than i can do im my life. lol

 

[the bodj]

ooooooooooooooooooooo, i see it on my youtube feed now
he is putting in way more work than i can do im my life. lol

You're also not trying to be a lame influencer, so you're worlds ahead of him.

 

[turbomonty]

well i have 2 kids im learning every day

 

[turbomonty]

any one have pics or links to a sway bar that would bolt on the axle and links?
i do not want more stuff that would come with sway bar links back to the chassis

 

[turbomonty]

anything kinda factory/ebay like this?

 

[turbomonty]

old moto life truck has one too!

 

[DP_Tundra]

Mark Newhan has built a couple trucks with that style sway bar

 

[turbomonty]

i got a solution with my f250 bar
1.168"
got the front bored out to 5/8" to bolt to the extra shock mount holes
the rear will get a plate coming up from the pinch bolts on the rear heim joint

 

[turbomonty]

 

[the bodj]

Throw a full length shock bolt through both of those shock mount tabs with a spacer inside for mas strength.

 

[turbomonty]

jesus that is a lot
it is a 1/4" plate

do you think a 1350 U strap would work for a hold down?
i was going to machine this 3/4" plate down for weight and T top it for the U bolt
plus the bay is not square in the seat of this thingy
i mean if i machined a top cap it would still just be 3/8" bolts....

 

[turbomonty]

adding all this final weight is getting my little v6 stacked up against v8 truck weight