Clay Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 I know, I know. Another Lightning. But after seeing Mike's I had to dig into one, luckily I found one in the garage. These are the wheels and tires I am using. They are Phat Daddy's 23 inch Got the chassis almost done. Engine is almost done too (I hate putting the engine together) and a Mock up, had to trim the mounting points on the wheels to fit underneath the wheel wells. Not sure what color it will be, haven't had much luck painting lately... As always, questions and comments (good or bad) are welcome.
mrmike Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Clay, those wheels look great and will fill in the wheel wells nicely! I'm looking forward to more! BTW, pick a color!
Clay Posted April 11, 2011 Author Posted April 11, 2011 Clay, those wheels look great and will fill in the wheel wells nicely! I'm looking forward to more! BTW, pick a color! Thanks Mike, will hopefully have an update tonight. Don't get much time to build anymore.
Harold Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 (edited) Looking good, Clay. I like the wheel and tire combo and the brakes. I see it with a Black Cherry flip- flop sitting under the street lights....the brown one in my sig started as a Lightning. Edited April 11, 2011 by Harold
Erik Smith Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Engine is almost done too (I hate putting the engine together) That's one of my favorite parts! Looks good for hating the task. This is a cool truck - can't have too much of a good thing. Custom wheels really make this truck standout. Looks great!
Raul_Perez Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Those wheels look GREAT on there!! You can always count on a truck to take on some serious wheels!! Later,
Clay Posted April 12, 2011 Author Posted April 12, 2011 Thanks guys. Yeah the wheels look good on it. I will have to look and see what colors I have and if I don't have what I want I can go to the LHS (man I love saying that) and pick up a good color. I was thinking some sort of Orange. What do you guys think?
Clay Posted April 12, 2011 Author Posted April 12, 2011 Those wheels look GREAT on there!! You can always count on a truck to take on some serious wheels!! Later, I'm not too much of a fan of trucks having bling(not saying if I had a 2wd I wouldnt do it) but these wheels look good in those wheel wells. I got ahead of myself and glued the brakes down before I got a tip on how to detail them from Mike(Stasch). Oh well, lesson learned.
Clay Posted April 14, 2011 Author Posted April 14, 2011 Well, I found an Orange I havent used yet. Sunburst Orange by Boyd. Will have to do a few more coats on everything.
Clay Posted April 14, 2011 Author Posted April 14, 2011 Gator Truck!!!! NO!!! There will be no blue in this truck!!!!
Clay Posted April 14, 2011 Author Posted April 14, 2011 Thanks Mike, I hope to have more paint slung tonight. Been awhile since I worked with enamel.
Raul_Perez Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 WOW!!! That's a lot of orange!! I'm glad to see that you're back at it!! Later,
Clay Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 Thanks Raul, it feels good to be back at it, hopefully the weather will clear up so I can finish painting it, all that's left is the body.
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