Project Hardshell

[TheCrabMaster]

Congrats on getting it running again! Crazy amount of work, digging the gold/copper accents.

Thanks man! So much more stuff to come!

[smiles]

Congrats on getting it running again! Crazy amount of work, digging the gold/copper accents.

[TheCrabMaster]

MEGA UPDATE!!!!!!!
Alright ive done a bit of work over the past weeks and haven't had time to really update this. So first off finally made a finish panel for the exhaust and a mirror delete out of brushed copper coated aluminum.. MMMMMMMmmmm

Pic of the front to show how low the crossmember hangs.


Made a window banner out of house paint because I can.


So had a last minute idea to do since the old idea of putting the side steps back on kind of made me sick. So after some time doing looking up wheelbases and pondering I ordered some S14 side skirts.

And with the bed cut for the overfenders they were somehow the perfect length.


Had to trim and cut but it worked out in the end!!

Then we made a cover for the rear to clean the bed up.


Ended up painting it black and it came out amazing.
Added the rear finish panel off the pathfinder to hint at the monster ive created.

Love how it turned out.
My brother had a sweet idea for door panels and boy did it turn out AMAZING!

URBAN AF!!!!!
Close up on the bodyline, gold pin stripes and the line is green flaked!!

So after long nights of assembling, finally got the truck to the car wash at like 10pm the night before Winterfest!!!

And the truck posted up at the show!!!

The truck ran amazing, and only have a couple little things to mess with. But I'm beyond stoked for everything ive accomplished!

And a pic of the truck after the show, a day of success!
Heres a couple bonus clips !!!!

A video posted by Noah Lytle (@dacrabmasta) on Nov 27, 2016 at 1:36pm PST

A video posted by Noah Lytle (@dacrabmasta) on Nov 19, 2016 at 5:42pm PST

FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIREEEEEEEEEEEE!

[TheCrabMaster]

Been putting that work in boys!
Started off by finishing up most of the body color paint.

So all I really have left to paint is accent pieces and touch up some spots here and there.

Front of the truck wasn't low enough for my liking so I did some diy front lip on my front lip. Still sits higher than subframe and exhaust so its technically considered fake low lol.
Also cut out the holes in the bumper because I apparently didn't know how to measure when I did them forever away. Then finished it off in metallic black.


So with the bed painted I could finally put my tail lights in! With that being said the truck is insured and plated again! WOOOO!!!!


So after much awaited I drove the truck up to my old store.

Have to work out some kinks but it drives fairly good, and that exhaust pops some flames. Ordered stiffer springs for the coilovers since it squats pretty decent makes things hit the ground. But more updates every weekend because I have a show I'm putting it in on Dec. 10th So it needs to get as done as possible!!!!

[TheCrabMaster]

Made a sweet fuse / relay panel. Hidden behind the glovebox.

A photo posted by Noah Lytle (@dacrabmasta) on Oct 16, 2016 at 5:45pm PDT

[TheCrabMaster]

I did some things. Got more stuff coming in the mail this week and hopefully a plate coming soon!

A photo posted by Noah Lytle (@dacrabmasta) on Oct 2, 2016 at 5:49pm PDT

A photo posted by Noah Lytle (@dacrabmasta) on Oct 9, 2016 at 5:55pm PDT

[EricT93]

Roll on paint? Thats awesome! Great work as always. Excited to see this thing slay some tires.

[TheCrabMaster]

I've been playing the shit out of the California album since it came out.

Glad to see so much stuff happening to the truck as of late.

Yeah man i wish I had more time to work on it but I only come back in town on weekends so it's been slow for the past 3 months. But in good news should be getting it road legal in the next couple weeks hopefully.

[rice4life]

I've been playing the shit out of the California album since it came out.

Glad to see so much stuff happening to the truck as of late.

[TheCrabMaster]

Look air duct thingyyyy!

A video posted by Noah Lytle (@dacrabmasta) on Sep 25, 2016 at 12:08pm PDT

This is where ill leave that for now till I fit the front bumper sometime. Then anything cardboard will be made out of shiny aluminum. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[mx5_matt]

soon!

[TheCrabMaster]

Got most of the truck painted last weekend

Very similar color to the other one just a little lighter shade.

Hopefully get more done tomorrow!

Then I started building the base for the front radiator air duct. Just used some aluminum angle, then going to build the rest once I see clearances with the grill and bumper on.

[TheCrabMaster]

Did some work this weekend. One thing I needed to address was belts and hoses. So figured if I was doing hoses and draining the coolant might as well upgrade the radiator. And since they don't make aluminum radiators for the trucks, I went with a s13 ka radiator. Got a cheaper just generic ebay one which should work fine for the time being.

So obviously to start off I had to drain the coolant. Then when I had it all out, cleaned everything up and gave everything a nice coat of paint.


Then mocked up the new radiator.


Its a little smaller in height but is a 2 row so its thicker than stock so it should be sufficient.
So in order to mount the 240 rad I had to think of something to mount the top. The bottom was easy just drilled some holes and got the height I wanted with cut hose.

So I came up with the idea to replicate this mount on the old radiator.

So took the old radiator brackets, drilled and cut them to make it look like this...

Then with the grommet. And this is how it will make the whole operation work.

I will build ducting for the front to force air through this bad boy.

Also I got another gallon of paint, went a hair lighter in color so truck should be painted over the next couple weekends. That's all for now!

[TheCrabMaster]

YEAH BOI!!!!
I got a shiny new radiator awaiting my return home tomorrow. So this weekend task is to pull old radiator and hoses. And replace with bigger aluminum radiator with new hoses, thermostat and gonna throw a crank seal in. Then Gonna try and finish painting the truck so I can finish putting all the lights on!!!!!

[Tate]