Pity7700 Build thread, why not? pic heavy!

I think it looks great Chris.

That damaged new stuff is the very reason I
open everything before leaving a retail store.

Stores are notorious for trying to resale (PPM),
items that should be shipped back to the manufacturer
or claimed on damaged in transit:
Previously
Purchased
Merchandise

 

oh man, im going to start doing that before i leave. today was a MESS!

first radiator was bent up and had a bunch of fins smashed and bent in half all over the whole radiator, they called to advance auto parts to see if they had one, they did and were able to get it price matched. purchased the first from oreilly auto.

got to advance and before i walked out the store i opened the box...holy frick! that radiator was worse. looked like someone took the back of a screw driver and smashed all the fins in various spots.

that was the end of that.


on to the paint. got the bedliner home and opened the can. the can had liquid on top and the rest of what was in the can was almost solid on teh bottom. thought maybe i was supposed to mix it up, nope. that **** was not mixing in. went back and got another can, mixed much better.

 

got the last two goodies in the mail yesterday.

cant wait to try everything out.

 

por-n 15

 

alright some of yall are going to be upset with this, I am too lol.

seeing as how im not 100% confident that an RCX lift is going to work with my truck since Rough country does not recommend installing it on the 7700 trucks, im going to buy something that's needed a little more than another lift at the moment.

Tires.

my current BFGs have got 40k+ miles on them, front are at 4/32" rears are at about 5/32", 4/32" is the specified replacement marker (used to be 3/32")

im not sure what tire im going to go with as of yet, I love my BFGs but I might be willing to give another tire a shot. I was thinking about going with a retread but have already heard horror stories of treads separating from these "new" retread tires by treadwright. tread popped off and caused over $3k worth of damage to a dudes truck.

with that being said, im sticking to name brands.

first thing that needs to be figured out is what rim I should go with. I don't want to Moto metal BS or any rim with a bunch of big gaudy bolt heads or stars lol no chrome either, chrome can suck it.

would like to stay with a nice clean looking rim with a reasonable back spacing, not wanting to go with an all black wheel either.

 

Now you're limited to 7 lug aftermarket wheels?

 

yessir. 7 lugs.

belle tire doesn't have a thing. found some nice rims at discount though. $102/each

Wheel Details - Discount Tire

 

How long did those Goodyear Silent Armor last?

 

those things only lasted 30k miles lol. wasn't too fond of their handling either and they had a ton of tire roll. felt like I was on a boat when I turned.

 

Not a big fan of those "bullet holes" but ya could customize
with some VHT paint.
Bet they look better mounted and similar to what you're
used to looking at over the factory wheels.
They look like hub centric.