LaidNeon: NIGHTSHFT -- Bagging my 09 Ram (SEMA)

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:55 pm

tomorrow i have to call around & locate a Hydro Booster & Master Cylinder off a 3gn 1 ton. I have to ditch the vacuum booster because of lack of space

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:31 am

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:50 am

nice frame plating! It must be soo much easier working on a new ride, rather than having to combat rust.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:19 am

sidepipe87 wrote:nice frame plating! It must be soo much easier working on a new ride, rather than having to combat rust.

^ thats the truth.. I hate restoring old cars.. Never a dull moment of getting rust in your eyes even with eye protection.

Frame looks great

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:37 am

sidepipe87 wrote:nice frame plating! It must be soo much easier working on a new ride, rather than having to combat rust.

the thing that makes it so great is the frame is already boxed. older vehicles didn't have boxed frames, so we would have needed to do that to help strengthen the frame.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:37 am

^Yeah, I didn't know they were already boxed. That is awesome.

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:16 am

Tonight we started mocking up the front end.We Shortened the UCA by about 1.5" & with the truck "laid" on big wheels we would have to raise the mounts about 9". At Max travel, not max lift, the tire would be even with the fender & thats with the ball joint maxed out. Keep in mind, we still have to Z the frame & do a body drop. Thats another 4" we will be losing, so our option is to make one off UCA with uniball joints. We will be ordering out parts next week, while we wait, we will start the body drop on monday......

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:24 am

wow...

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:38 am

Awesome!

sxxxt · Post by **sxxxt** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:41 am

y did u black the wheels. they looked better chrome

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:45 am

sxxxt wrote:y did u black the wheels. they looked better chrome

i have 2 sets of 24s. i traded straight up, my stocks 20s for black 24s. with the new paint scheme we came up with, the black ones will not look good, so i am selling the black ones.

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:55 pm

looking very nice Dan

SOKADAO954 · Post by **SOKADAO954** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:01 pm

WooOOoT already looks bad ass dan!!

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:29 pm

Finished cleaning up the rear section of the stock frame right behind the cab today. I also took some measurements for the stock booster. I have 4" of clearance between the booster & tire. So we are going to move it over a couple inches so it will clear the motor. Gonna save a couple hundred bucks by doing this instead of swapping to hydro boost

03silversxt · Post by **03silversxt** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:54 pm

I was in love with the neon! But after seeing what your doing to this truck, I'm like "what neon"? Very nice work Dan. I can't wait to see the finished product.!

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:51 pm

Started the Body Drop last night

SOKADAO954 · Post by **SOKADAO954** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:44 pm

nice!!!! canr wait to see it done.

AR04SRT · Post by **AR04SRT** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:47 pm

looking good man!

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:22 am

great progress

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:24 pm

question, and it might be a dumb one, but the metal that you cut off will them allow you to lower the cab closer to the frame???

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:18 pm

It will allow him to lower the cab on the frame, so the rocker panels will be lower to the ground. And if I know Dan, his rockers will be even with the bottom of the frame rails.

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:11 pm

with a traditional body drop you cut the floor pan out of the truck, lower the cab to the height you want it (on the ground) and weld it back together using filler plates.

here's a bad example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WtAThqcOC4

edit* heres a better one. see how the floor is raised up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-EUn7VEQJU

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:28 pm

NeonOn19s wrote:question, and it might be a dumb one, but the metal that you cut off will them allow you to lower the cab closer to the frame???

what we are doing is called a channel. its one way to body drop something with a frame. the other 2 types are traditional & stock floor body drop (sfbd). With a channel, i still keep my head room lol

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:34 pm

so you basically cut a frame shaped portion of the cab floor out? the seats fit in the stock location that way?

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:37 pm

hybrid-Srt2001 wrote:so you basically cut a frame shaped portion of the cab floor out? the seats fit in the stock location that way?

my frame isn't coming into the floor at all. the only portion it will is right by the firewall & it will be so small that you wont even notice it

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:44 pm

sullivan · Post by **sullivan** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:47 pm

first of all. awesome truck!

secondly. this log convinced my dad to go out and buy a second 08 f250 to slam and bag! hes picking up a boxless one tommorow!

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:19 am

here's my fellow Aftermath members F250 on 28" Asanti

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:01 am

I did not realize there was a way of doing it that would keep head room... that's the only thing I hated about them this whole time! Well... that and the fact I'm not good enough to do a body drop, lol.

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:44 pm

oh ok. makes sense. looking good if I haven't told you that.