Chris Ross Build Underway

[treypal]

Man, I am probably just old school but those mig beads look cold to me?? Pleasing to the eye but hurried ,cold, and stacked too far apart. Maybe someone with some newer schooling than me can chime in?

They are tig welds and they look pretty dang good.

 

[bstoner59]

They look better in person that guy has some skills!!!

 

[Raceco-USA]

just to clarify, The welding in the pics on page 15 are MIG, this is TIG and also heliarc(aluminum)

 

[BigScott]

It's not how a weld "looks" it's how it "test's"

To fit 39" up front there would be 2 ways. Trim firewall and weld in a more accepting firewall-kick. Or move front geometery foward a few inches. If it went rear wheel only moving front foward would be the way to get some L O N G travel up front. This might be Coreys first Raptor extreme, but it ain't his first long travel. Corey does not Talk that much about some things. That don't mean his wheels ain't spinnin.

 

[GsxrRaptor]

Is RPG is teaming up with ADD Look at the shackles

 

[bstoner59]

I'm pretty sure those are the old shackles that have not been replaced yet

 

[Macman]

Some beautiful welds there. Look forward to following along on this build. Just one question though since I saw this will be daily driven as well, are you worried that if there was an accident that the rear passengers could potentially hit their head on a roll bar? I know in many cases roll cages can be dangerous on the street since people do not wear helmets on the road.

Cheers

 

[Prybar]

just to clarify, The welding in the pics on page 15 are MIG, this is TIG and also heliarc(aluminum)

And those are extraordinary looking tig beads on both the steel and aluminum. Nice work sir!

---------- Post added at 11:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:06 PM ----------

They are tig welds and they look pretty dang good.

I'm not a pro welder anymore, but, I can still tell the difference trey. They are pleasing to the eye I agree. Just seem as though they may look a bit better than they would test is all. They are probably plenty strong for where they are. I know Raceco builds nice stuff so I'm sure it is well over engineered.

 

[RPG]

Enough of this weld schmeld talk, lets get back to the fun stuff. Progress is coming along nicely and all I can say is this thing is gonna look and perform insane when it's finished. The stuff that's being designed for this truck is a game changer.

pics from 08/22/12










---------- Post added at 11:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:59 AM ----------

Is RPG is teaming up with ADD Look at the shackles

We need to make longer shackles for the truck. However, the ADD ones on there are real nice.

 

[gotSVT]

I hope those are my shackles! Good work guys!