Project Nightmare Porterbuilt Install

[68basket]

Great progress! I love porterbuilt products.
I am however having a hard time with your air management location. I know your intention is to show it all off cause its awesome looking and expensive gear, but it looks out of place and likely to get damaged or stolen there.
Those are great brackets that you bought and are designed to go on the frame rails to hold all that equiptment up and out of the way.

I will follow along with your project. love stuff like this

[njackso1024]

Thanks for the concern my man. I think it ll be ok there. i ll be putting a cover over the bed anyway so it won t be seen if i m at a movie or something. If someone does steal it then they ll get to see me about it when they get found. I work for the county sheriff s dept corrections. So here it is on the ground. Here s a link to my facebook page as well. i took video of the truck moving front and back.

https://www.facebook.com/nick.jackson.75248795

[njackso1024]

So it s been ****ty here and i really haven t been able to do much the last 4 days or so. but I did get my accuair manifold and ECU set up on the brackets. This will Mount between the air tanks with that relay behind it. That way I can run the wires straight through the back of the bed and hide them.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 68basket

Great progress! I love porterbuilt products.
I am however having a hard time with your air management location. I know your intention is to show it all off cause its awesome looking and expensive gear, but it looks out of place and likely to get damaged or stolen there.
Those are great brackets that you bought and are designed to go on the frame rails to hold all that equiptment up and out of the way.

I will follow along with your project. love stuff like this

Not to mention MUCH noisier..... That sheet-metal panel is going to vibrate way more vs the thicker frame rail.
Nice progress though.

The factory Pan-Hard bar stud in the differential housing is pressed in place. Just cut the shank off the stud & don't worry about it.

[njackso1024]

Thanks for the tip. I figured I didn t need it so I already had cut it off. As for the vibration I did think about it and i ll most likely use some grommets or something on the brackets. those panels are pretty hefty so we ll see hoe it plays out. got a little done today. slow but it s better than nothing.

[72c105speed]

I'm working on mine too!! Same setup!! Do you know if you can run hardline with that accuair manifold?

[njackso1024]

I ve seen it done on a lot of setups online. I plan on doing it myself with copper tubing

[tinydb84]

Looking good man. Get a pic of it laid out from the side.

Be careful with your eyes! I had a piece of metal drilled out of my eye a few weeks ago. I was wearing safety glasses and it slipped by the side. Not fun!

[nds1968]

Awesome job so far... I believe these metal cone shaped spacers are backwards.

[crazycrew]

Damn, grest progress in a short amount of time!! I couldn't see the vids on facebox, so I sent you a friend request, LOL

[njackso1024]

Ya know nds I think you might just be right about that now that I look at it. no big deal though cuz that bar is comin back off anyway to get the new rear diff cover on it. I need to find out the gear ratio on the truck so I thought I d beef up that cover while I m at it. Sorry Brooks I didn t know who sent me that request but i ll accept it. You gotta scroll down a bit to find the video. In the meantime here s some pics of the fresh painted tins I just got back from my buddy. Finally got around to getting them painted and that bike has been done for a few years now. I think you guys will like the art on the seat too. I thought it was *****en. The girl who did it really nailed what I wanted on it.

[njackso1024]

Got the new rear lowering blocks in a few days ago. They take the rear down another inch. While i was at it i got around to torqueing all the hardware down too. I lime the new stance better. You can see the top of the pumpkin is just about flush with the top shock bar mount.

[68is4me]

Nice build, any update on it? I see that you are from Blackduck have a friend that is from there.

[njackso1024]

So i haven t updated this thread for a whilebut i just wanted to post some progress picks of what i was able to get done over the winter here in new york.

[njackso1024]

one more pic

[Lukydog345]

Wow, looks good. Glad to see you're still at it. This is very inspiring. I'm looking at going with a Porterbuilt rear setup and get away from my leafsprings. I'm anxious to see how low it looks in the back with the bed on. Keep up the good work.

[Chvy2NV]

I know it’s an old one but Great thread. Any updates ?

[njackso1024]

thanks. Yeah she s been up and running for a while now. Runs and rides great.

[Chvy2NV]

Cool man. I just started my pb install this week. I’m sure I’m going to need some pointers