Oh Gawd! Not another Murdered-Out OBS

[denialdeath]

Hey guys, here is what I have been up to:


I originally purchased the truck in the spring of 2002. It was a Georgia truck and completely spotless except for the factory silver paint that was falling off. I drove it until August when I decided that I would start removing what was left of the truck's paint and repaint it myself. Well, that was overly ambitious on my part being only 17 at the time. So, it sat and then it sat some more in it's halfway taken apart state. Long story short: life and lack of interest and motivation got in the way. I finally started working on it again this past August.

What I've got so far:

1991 Chevy C1500 Silverado Regular Cab Stepside.

5.7L with a K&N replacement filter, plug wires, B&M shift kit, Hedmann
440's ceramic coated flat white into 2.5" 18" glasspacks with 3" turndowns


Belltech 2" Lowering spindles

3" 'djm' springs that had to be cut down so that the coil ends would line up in the pockets correctly- now it is about a 6" drop in front

Summit Sport truck shocks in front

Custom made flip kit- custom plates, spring perches from o'really's, u-bolts I had from another project

Belltech 2" shackles

Belltech rear swaybar (not installed yet)

20" steelies with 245/35/20 in front

What I need to do next:

8" notch (just ordered it yesterday)
Mount rear swaybar
Order rear shocks
Rear tires
Cut the bed for the notch and then close it in
Install the headers
Finish the body work - everything is shaved except the gas door
Paint will be a single stage satin black
Burnish the chrome smoothie front bumper
Have the front end aligned-might get an energy susp. kit first.
dynamat or fatmat the interior twice over
install the new-to-me two-tone camel and black interior
finish the seat brackets for my dodge rampage turbo bucket seats
install the rear solid glass
faux wood bed
figure out a rear bumper and taillights- I'm thinking 60' truck rear bumper flipped upside down

after all that I'll work on making the interior and engine compartment pretty

One day I'll bag it that is why I am going with the 8" notch now and have the rear wheels widened to 10.5". They are 7.5" now.

Sorry the only pics I have on this computer were crappy cell phone pictures.

[denialdeath]

Oh yeah, I need to get a 94+ GMC grille. I got a set of hard plastic door panels from a Sierra GT and my original grille is broken so I might as well convert over to GMC.

[willinthe985]

Pics of 20" steelies that fit the obs?

[454ss]

[denialdeath]

Originally Posted by myfirstGMC

Pics of 20" steelies that fit the obs?

I'm working on pics. The wheels are not 5 on 5. I had to get adapters...not something I am particularly fond of but I really like the wheels. My machinist is going to sleeve out the adapters so that they are hub centric.


Edit for pic

[willinthe985]

So they are the dodge steelies? Nice.

[denialdeath]

Yeah actually the spare wheel for the Dodge Nitro R/T 07-09

[FordeatinZ71]

You should try to find a set of spares from the nnbs trucks. Those spares look slick!

Nice looking project!

[denialdeath]

Thanks!

Aren't those 17" wheels?

[rebelbowtie]

Originally Posted by FordeatinZ71

You should try to find a set of spares from the nnbs trucks. Those spares look slick!

Nice looking project!

i think all the nnbs trucks are 6 lug though.

[GreaseDog]

Originally Posted by rebelbowtie

i think all the nnbs trucks are 6 lug though.

good excuse to put a 14sf under the rear, and the front is just a rotor swap away. not hard to do at all.

[FordeatinZ71]

They probably are, I'm not sure. Still, they look slick enough to make up for that "shortcoming" I think.

And Tim, they are 6-lug, but he's already running an adapter...so why not just run a different one?

[denialdeath]

Well, I already have these wheels and I am set on them. If I did a 6-lug conversion I would do it the correct way w/o adapters. I'd have to get new lowering spindles too since my truck has the 88-91 light duty rotors.

[denialdeath]

Ok I promise I'll start using my digital camera from now on.
Here is the passenger side header installed-notice the piece of 2x4 between the frame and cab. Nice trick if you happen to have the fenders off. No need to remove the starter.

[denialdeath]

Dug out some old pictures

[Joe]

It will look good Blacked Out


Never caught on to the Ghetto term Murdered Out personally, then again I wear my pants at my waist and both pant legs pulled down

[91blkstpsd]

Originally Posted by Joe

It will look good Blacked Out


Never caught on to the Ghetto term Murdered Out personally, then again I wear my pants at my waist and both pant legs pulled down

Id like to see those wheels once you're done.

[thekl0wn]

Originally Posted by Joe

It will look good Blacked Out


Never caught on to the Ghetto term Murdered Out personally, then again I wear my pants at my waist and both pant legs pulled down

With your white socks and black orthotic shoes.


But yes, it blacked out will look good. Before you get too far along, you may want to check the tech articles for doing the OBS 6-lug conversion... I'd have to agree with the others that the NNBS 17" spares would be pretty sweet on an OBS like this!

[Joe]

Originally Posted by thekl0wn

With your white socks and black orthotic shoes.


But yes, it blacked out will look good. Before you get too far along, you may want to check the tech articles for doing the OBS 6-lug conversion... I'd have to agree with the others that the NNBS 17" spares would be pretty sweet on an OBS like this!

Velcro tabs > laces

[denialdeath]

All I have to say is:

20" Steelies > 17" Steelies

I don't care what lug pattern, although it would have been nice figuring out how to convert to 5x4.5 w/o adapters.


I am so white that I didn't even know that 'murdered out' was a ghetto term.