You sport truck guys from the late 80’s & 90’s gotta watch OBS Clash on prime

[Hartman]

My ‘94 C1500… just turned 106k miles. Love these old trucks!

 

[BUDMAN]

Nicely done!!!! I agree with removing the clear corners going back to amber. The clears date it into the 90s. If you are pulling the grill to make the change let me know if You want to know how to take your standard grill and debadge it with a heat gun and plastic welder and then paint it.

The front end was made from stock grill and bumpers. Sectioned the bumper moved it up to the bottom of the grill and removed the plastic between the bumper and grill. Then drenched in the license plate. Used to have a plexiglass cover the I molded to the stock bumper but got too many tickets and said F it.

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more pics of the truck please, or did i miss them on this thread somewhere?

 

[HNL2LHC]

more pics of the truck please, or did i miss them on this thread somewhere?

This is my old truck that I sold when I picked up my 2013 10 years ago. I gotta grab images from old hard drives one of these days. I did just about every drop known to man on the things. LOL One of these days I want to get another OBS. That was the best time of my life.

 

[HNL2LHC]

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Dig the bumper. That’s superb and I’d like to do something similar.

Post up if you need guidance/advise.

 

[JJ McClure]

I always liked the way Boyd tucked the front bumpers. Deleted the plastic filler pieces and fit way tighter. Personally, I wouldn’t want to shave the corner markers. Looks like you did something very much like that. I always need some sort of help.

 

[brianwhiteboy]

Another weekend update. Unfortunately, Budnik still hasn’t finished the wheels. They keep telling us another week or two.

One of the last things was to address the stereo system. The factory head unit had a tape player in it, which was awesome back in the 80s and 90s, but not practical today.

There’s a company called 1 Factory Radio that modernizes factory head units with Bluetooth, auxiliary inputs and RCA preamp outputs. We chose to buy one of those as well as one that had the factory CD player in it. Thankfully, that was plug and play. It’s all about maintaining the stock look, but having those nice aftermarket touches.

The radio was installed a couple of weeks ago and this weekend it was time to add a subwoofer and amp along with new door and pillar speakers, with a four channel amp.

After working three solid days it’s finally done. I’m going to take it for a test drive, and hopefully rattle a few windows lol.

We went with JL amps, JL subwoofer, and Infiniti Reference speakers for the rest. I’m no audio expert, but I think it came out just dandy. It’s a mild system without any modifications to the vehicle.

The biggest pain in the nuts with these trucks is removing interior panels. The clips and plastic parts literally disintegrate in your hands. Some of them you can glue back on, but others are not salvageable.

Anyways, here’s the final product. I glued an MDF board to the back of the wall (under the carpet) so I can screw everything into that. It was important to keep the jack in its location and be able to have the seat sit normal without impinging on the amps, as well as fold down so they could be accessible for tuning. The only thing affected was not being able to fold the seat completely upright, but you can still get it up enough to access the jack.

I built a sealed sub enclosure that fits partially under the seat, but mostly in the rear floorboard. That’s only temporary as a custom box is being built that will fit completely under the rear seat and still fit with the jack. That is about three months out so my enclosure will have to do for now. It’s got plenty of base for that cab.

 

[JJ McClure]

Another weekend update. Unfortunately, Budnik still hasn’t finished the wheels. They keep telling us another week or two.

One of the last things was to address the stereo system. The factory head unit had a tape player in it, which was awesome back in the 80s and 90s, but not practical today.

There’s a company called 1 Factory Radio that modernizes factory head units with Bluetooth, auxiliary inputs and RCA preamp outputs. We chose to buy one of those as well as one that had the factory CD player in it. Thankfully, that was plug and play. It’s all about maintaining the stock look, but having those nice aftermarket touches.

The radio was installed a couple of weeks ago and this weekend it was time to add a subwoofer and amp along with new door and pillar speakers, with a four channel amp.

After working three solid days it’s finally done. I’m going to take it for a test drive, and hopefully rattle a few windows lol.

We went with JL amps, JL subwoofer, and Infiniti Reference speakers for the rest. I’m no audio expert, but I think it came out just dandy. It’s a mild system without any modifications to the vehicle.

The biggest pain in the nuts with these trucks is removing interior panels. The clips and plastic parts literally disintegrate in your hands. Some of them you can glue back on, but others are not salvageable.

Anyways, here’s the final product. I glued an MDF board to the back of the wall (under the carpet) so I can screw everything into that. It was important to keep the jack in its location and be able to have the seat sit normal without impinging on the amps, as well as fold down so they could be accessible for tuning. The only thing affected was not being able to fold the seat completely upright, but you can still get it up enough to access the jack.

I built a sealed sub enclosure that fits partially under the seat, but mostly in the rear floorboard. That’s only temporary as a custom box is being built that will fit completely under the rear seat and still fit with the jack. That is about three months out so my enclosure will have to do for now. It’s got plenty of base for that cab.

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That looks great. How much was the 1 Factory radio?

 

[brianwhiteboy]

That looks great. How much was the 1 Factory radio?

$430. I know it’s pricey and we can get an aftermarket for cheaper, but again we wanted to keep the stock look.

 

[HNL2LHC]

Tha thead unit looks great. I like to stock look. I know when we swapped out the head unit you had to use an adapter And it was not the best looking. I am with you as long as you are able to have am input Bluetooth or cable that works well.

 

[monkeyswrench]

The updated factory head unit is really cool. Filling the radiused din and a half opening always looked "off", but it was what we had. Does the new unit come with RCA/low level outputs?

 

[brianwhiteboy]

The updated factory head unit is really cool. Filling the radiused din and a half opening always looked "off", but it was what we had. Does the new unit come with RCA/low level outputs?

Yes sir, two pairs

 

[brianwhiteboy]

Wheels. Tomorrow. Stay tuned!

 

[brianwhiteboy]

Late night…. but here’s the final product! A before and after.

More pics to come this week.

 

[TrollerDave]

Late night…. but here’s the final product! A before and after.

More pics to come this week.

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Truck looks great. Thanks for taking the time to post the build.

 

[HNL2LHC]

Late night…. but here’s the final product! A before and after.

More pics to come this week.

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Perfection!!! Nice job.

 

[Tank]

Yes sir, two pairs

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lol. Funny. Can’t tell you how many of those I threw in the trash over the years.

 

[BUDMAN]

Late night…. but here’s the final product! A before and after.

More pics to come this week.

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I LIKE IT!! Great job

 

[brianwhiteboy]

A few more for ya from last night.

The rear tires are just a hair wide so they slightly touch the inner fender lip without any air in the helper bags.

If we put some air in them we’re good but I don’t want to rely on just that, plus it adds a little height to it. So I’m going to roll the rear lips just a little.

 

[DaBank]

@Tank
I will have to look for some old pictures of my trucks from 1990 to about 2000 but I just went to the back of my closet and snapped a picture.

 

[Tank]

@Tank
I will have to look for some old pictures of my trucks from 1990 to about 2000 but I just went to the back of my closet and snapped a picture.

What’s up Frank!? Post them pics. Old school!

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

A few more for ya from last night.

The rear tires are just a hair wide so they slightly touch the inner fender lip without any air in the helper bags.

If we put some air in them we’re good but I don’t want to rely on just that, plus it adds a little height to it. So I’m going to roll the rear lips just a little.

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The fender lips should roll just fine. Nice work.

 

[JJ McClure]

Looks great!

 

[brianwhiteboy]

Some fresh day time pics.

Rolled the rear fender lips just enough for the rear tires to tuck perfectly without rubbing. Just going to do a few more mechanical things (bigger alternator, water pump and hoses).

Want to make her as reliable as can be while heading to the river.

 

[BUDMAN]

This truck turned out amazing.

 

[brianwhiteboy]

This truck turned out amazing.

Thanks Bud. She gets a lot of looks. My son drives it almost every day.