1992 Stepside Xmod

[Ol'Rover]

Building a '92 Silverado xmod...got the body out of an old broken model, so i felt like placing it on a Classic XMod Skyline chassi, AWD stage 2 everything. I made a quick video awhile ago of it, Ill postp ics soon too


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oEXduSAsRQ

i mounted a new windsheild in not long after this video.

[stangdude94]

dudes thats awesome

i hope it goes well

welcome to the forum

[texan_idiot25]

Welcome to the board. PLEASE post some of you '71 C10. I've got a '69 CST/10 myself

The truck looks good. The most I would do is cut that bed out more, so you can lower the body down more and cover the chassis.

[Ol'Rover]

Unfortunatly, i cannot lower the body anymore, its as low as it will go, its already streesed to much,the truck body unfortunatly is actually too small. I want to get a C10 model, and drop it on.

ill post some of my 71, we havent started the project yet, the one in my sig is a render that a friend did on the Full Size Chevy Forums...(Lowdown) its one of the plans.


To texan are you a member member here yet?:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/index.php

ill post some pics of my truck, aswell as my custom xmod in an hour or so.

[texan_idiot25]

Yup, of course I'm on there, PM me the link to your truck.

Edit: Here muh truck on 67-72: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=223124
And here: http://www.xmodsource.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7609

[Ol'Rover]

new side pic, I have a lowerd pick of what i want to do with it, Bit i need a way to widen the body somehow? to get it down over the wheels. anyone have ideas?

[theoriganalRiD3R1967]

maybe you don't need to widen the body, but instead "unwiden" the chasis/wheels could that work?

[Ol'Rover]

well the only problem is the batteries on the side, is there a way i could move them somewhere? then my body will sit down low....after i cut the rest of the bed out.


*scratch that idea, the batter packs are what keeps the truck body in place*

i dont think the truck body is the right scale, it came off a 1:24 scale USA-1 monster truck model lol... i wonder what would happen if i seperated the cab, from the box.

[theoriganalRiD3R1967]

if the wheels were part of the problem and you made the thinner you could try taking off the battery clip, the thing that hold the batteries in their case, then you maybe put some on instead of the clip (if you want). now your body can fit on the chasis..hope i helped!

[texan_idiot25]

Where is it not wide enough? At the bed? The cab should fit nicely over it.

[Ol'Rover]

i get a bit more clearence, but i just snapped the rear window support, the Wheels are going to be a problem too...but we have a plastic vacume moulder in my shop class at school, im thinking of using it and makeing a plaster mold of this truck body and adding some fender flares.

the cab is stretched out a bit so i could put it on...it goes on fine. But the steps on the box dont want to snap down over the batteries...ill see what happens when i remove the rest of the bed. i want to drop the whole thing down so it will sit o nthe ground but im having wheel clearence issues too.

[civicdude95]

You have a very nice project going on there i like the step sude boxs on trucks. are you gunna keep the truck white in colour or are you going to paint it? oh yea welcome to the forum

[clintr79]

That looks nice slammed to the ground is it going to match the pic in you sig?

[Ol'Rover]

yeah im thinking of doing the same thing as my sig, but a newer truck. Im going ot paint it matt black, or matt olivedrab. Im still having clearence issues...

i looked at the model box lastnight, and was very dissapointed when i found out it was actually a 1/32 scale monstertruck body...

[Ol'Rover]

Update Build Pics

Seperated the cab, from the box...cab fits perfect!!!

Notched front bumper to sit low on chassi.

Side view- As low as it will go without wheel clearence issues.

rear suspension setup.


made this photo darker to show my box problems, the top left & right corner steps are catching on the battery pack...and the box wont sit low.

Cut out the tailgate and put a wider one it, to expand the rear offset. You could probably make one out of extra xmod box plastic. (if you still have the box). And make fender flares for the front out of the same material.

[Ol'Rover]

ill give 'er a shot. thanks

[Ol'Rover]

how do y'all mount your custom body's???

and what is the easiest way to make front fenderflares for my mod?

For mounting, I would glue a straight piece across the tailgate and attach the rear clip to it. Do a little trial and error and test masking to get it right.

Fender flares, I would cut out of scrap plastic and glue them to the body of your truck, and then you can smooth it out with putty. Putty is like bondo for model cars and should be worked about the same.

[Ol'Rover]

k thanks, but about the mounting...i'm looking to bount the cab at the moment, Cause i hacked the box so i could stretch it out to bring it lower over the rear wheels. so that is out of the picture at the moment.