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Duffy's 77 Build Thread- Restomod, daily, re-uncut

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Final test fitment and tweak for my tank. Now off to final welding and powdercoat.

It's bottom is within .5 of a degree of my body lines, so when the bronco sits level it will also be level. Right now it's 2 degrees off from being level.
 

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When you play around with calibrating your fuel gauge, make sure you add gas, then let the fuel pump drain it. There will be a lost amount that you will never be able to get out (non useable) then add a gallon or two to set your E level. I have not played with the Dakota Digital yet but I think you can set your E level reading, 1/2 and full so you should be able to calibrate it fairly accurately. Looking great by the way! Our first LUBR is off to upholstery tomorrow and I am digging it a lot!
 
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When you play around with calibrating your fuel gauge, make sure you add gas, then let the fuel pump drain it. There will be a lost amount that you will never be able to get out (non useable) then add a gallon or two to set your E level. I have not played with the Dakota Digital yet but I think you can set your E level reading, 1/2 and full so you should be able to calibrate it fairly accurately. Looking great by the way! Our first LUBR is off to upholstery tomorrow and I am digging it a lot!

I spent a lot of time designing and adding a dimple to the bottom, the goal is to get about every drop possible out. I have a fancy vertical sending unit, but it doesn't touch the bottom, I believe it's about a 1/2" off the bottom, which should give me my after E amount.
 
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I have the Rosen sun visors bought through icon. Wow are they nice. Installing them perfectly level was hard. I used nut zerts, so i could ream out the hole slightly to make them just about perfect. This is at their lowest down they will go, which is slightly in my line of sight, but again I can change every aspect of them. Pretty neat engineering.

If you buy the newport wiper setup, this is the only system I could figure out.
 

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Got my vin plate/ cover installed, sadly cracked the clear coat? So either strip and do over or anodize? Vapor blast?
 

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Not seeing the crack. Get some nicer screws for that thing or countersink them!
 
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Stripped the paint. I will leave it like this. Very happy with how it looks. Its installed with a gasket I made out of 1/16” neoprene/ rubber material that should work great.
 

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Cool looking set up......

I have the Rosen sun visors bought through icon. Wow are they nice. Installing them perfectly level was hard. I used nut zerts, so i could ream out the hole slightly to make them just about perfect. This is at their lowest down they will go, which is slightly in my line of sight, but again I can change every aspect of them. Pretty neat engineering.

If you buy the newport wiper setup, this is the only system I could figure out.
 

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was gonna tell you if it was powder coated you could have put it back in the oven and the crack would have went away. Too late now.
 
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was gonna tell you if it was powder coated you could have put it back in the oven and the crack would have went away. Too late now.

Wasn't powder, just clear coat.

Here is a shot of both visors installed and the wiper system. Pretty slick.
 

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Dufftuff smoothie hidden winch bumper test fit is done. Design and fit is beyond amazing. Slides into the frame. So easy to mount! I would highly recommend this bumper to anyone. I had a protofab hidden which bumper but I hated the body lift gap.
 

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bumper fit does look better and it's a nice clean look. Love this body color and you don't see it that much. What if you painted the screw heads on the VIN plate the same as the body color and used nice countersunk screws like suggested? that's a beautiful plate and great idea on location...
 
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bumper fit does look better and it's a nice clean look. Love this body color and you don't see it that much. What if you painted the screw heads on the VIN plate the same as the body color and used nice countersunk screws like suggested? that's a beautiful plate and great idea on location...

Thanks!

I don't like painting screws:)
 

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Awesome build/thread. I always check it. Thanks for the help.

What is the color you went with (looked back and couldn't find it)? I really like that color. Not that I will ever get to the body but it's nice to dream.
 
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Working on the amp power steps, delonicks brackets don't work that well, or my bronco is too far off from what they were designed after. Angles are wrong on the brackets, holes aren't perfect, nothing lines up etc... I wish I would have just designed my own. Hopefully others are having better luck than I am.

The amp arms call for a 10mm bolt (through the bottom of the rocker- pinch weld into the amp arms), which is pretty huge, and barely fits (height wise) on the pinch weld/ rocker, then you have a washer, which does fit, but that is assuming the bracket lines up perfect. I ended up reaming out my holes even larger and still having issues, I ended up deciding on just putting a 5/16 bolt through and using a nut instead of the 10mm that threads into the bottom of the arms. 5/16 with washers will hide the mistakes, but still not happy with it.

Side note Nick Menudier told me about Rotobroach metal hole cutting bits. Left is a traditonal bit that was super sharp, right is the same size bit but a rotobroach. Wow what a difference.
 

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Working on the amp power steps, delonicks brackets don't work that well, or my bronco is too far off from what they were designed after. Angles are wrong on the brackets, holes aren't perfect, nothing lines up etc... I wish I would have just designed my own. Hopefully others are having better luck than I am.

The amp arms call for a 10mm bolt (through the bottom of the rocker- pinch weld into the amp arms), which is pretty huge, and barely fits (height wise) on the pinch weld/ rocker, then you have a washer, which does fit, but that is assuming the bracket lines up perfect. I ended up reaming out my holes even larger and still having issues, I ended up deciding on just putting a 5/16 bolt through and using a nut instead of the 10mm that threads into the bottom of the arms. 5/16 with washers will hide the mistakes, but still not happy with it.

Side note Nick Menudier told me about Rotobroach metal hole cutting bits. Left is a traditonal bit that was super sharp, right is the same size bit but a rotobroach. Wow what a difference.
I'm hoping I don't have the same problem, have exactly the same set up and will be dealing with it next week once I bring the truck back home.
 
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