My truck.

[Supressor]

It's a 94 Mazda B3000. here she is before I started.




after I JUST got it home from paint:


2 days later:




Future additions:
Clean windows and trim (done)
Refabricate lower front valence
New Windshield (goes in tuesday)
Rims and Tires
4 or 6 inch Suspension lift
v8 302 high output or 351 Windsor
New rear bumper.

And that about sums it up for exterior.

[spitfire]

**** thats pretty cool, i like the two tone

[123Vette]

i liek the paint but whats the deal with the orange lights in the grill?

[HUMMER H4]

Originally Posted by 123Vette

i liek the paint but whats the deal with the orange lights in the grill?

He has no front Bumper dood,Btw i love the Paint!

[BulletsRain]

Looks nice man. ^^ Double post...
Do you have plans to move the turn signal lights to a different spot? I didn't even notice them there the first time I looked.

[ling427ttvette]

Your exhaust sticks out WAY too far.

The paint job looks pretty good, but you honestly should have replaced the windshield before it was painted.

Have you decided on tires for it? If you're giving it a lift you're going to want some nice meaty tires. I also hope you do something about that front grille, looks weird with that nice fresh paint and then a dirty grille.

[123Vette]

Originally Posted by HUMMER H4

He has no front Bumper dood,Btw i love the Paint!

uhh wtf does that have to do with the orange lights in the grill?

[TactiKal]

Cool but why do your exhaust tips stick out so far?

[Supressor]

I moved them from the lower valence to the grill because I'm going to fiberglass the spots where they used to be in smooth to give it a better looking stance. And I do have a front bumper... the valence is missing.

EDIT: The exhaust tips stick out that far because thats the closest i could get them to being in. The dual exhaust kit i have is from a 2000 S10 modified for my truck, and the way the pipes come to the back, they are angled at about a 30 degree slant from horizontal, so if i cut the pipes back any farther my tips would aim downwards as well.I can give you a link to my youtube video of the exhaust if you'd like.

Originally Posted by ling427ttvette

Your exhaust sticks out WAY too far.

The paint job looks pretty good, but you honestly should have replaced the windshield before it was painted.

Have you decided on tires for it? If you're giving it a lift you're going to want some nice meaty tires. I also hope you do something about that front grille, looks weird with that nice fresh paint and then a dirty grille.

I have to wait 2 weeks at least before I can give the exterior a washing. I've wiped things down since the pictures, and the grill I'm going to paint black anyways. And as for the exhaust tips, that's trick photography. they only stick out I think it was 4, 5 inches tops. it looks like they are sticking out a good 8 in the pictures. The bonus of having them stick out like that is them tail gaters in the parking lots wont get so close, and if they do, tough crap they should learn what personal space is about.

Video of my exhaust. It is a lot deeper then that, but camera doesn't take the best of sound clips. I got a new one now, maybe i should try it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi288zeifU4

[imstock]

Looks good so far, I assume given your explanation that your getting different tips later down the road, right?

[skim4food]

are you going to smooth over the holes where the b3000 logo used to be?
other than that its looking good =P

[firebird999]

interesting truck, but i really have trouble "feeling it" with those tires on it.

[Supressor]

video of my exhaust http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi288zeifU4

imstock, no those tips are staying on, I welded them on. Skim4food, I didn't have 2 way tape at the time, but now they are back on and A new windshield is in, however they scratched my paint and i'm not impressed. Firebird, I mentioned i'm getting new tires and rims. I have 31's but they are winter tires.

shoulda just dont a custom exhaust. woulda been way cheaper, and would look MUCh nicer. possibly even sound better.

least you got a solid front axle, will make lifting that thing SUPER easy. dont waste on money on buying a $2000 kit. you can make one your self, for prob 1/4 the money and get way more lift out of it if you wanted.

[Supressor]

Originally Posted by SPR

shoulda just dont a custom exhaust. woulda been way cheaper, and would look MUCh nicer. possibly even sound better.

least you got a solid front axle, will make lifting that thing SUPER easy. dont waste on money on buying a $2000 kit. you can make one your self, for prob 1/4 the money and get way more lift out of it if you wanted.

I do want to recess the tips farther back, but I need time and torches, which aren't available to me at the moment. As for sound, you'd have to hear it in person, like any other vehicle exhaust. and for lifting it, i'll pick up a kit forsure, but I've got my sources and wont nearly cost me as much as you'd think.

btw those tips are Stainless Steel but they were covered in overspray in that picture, i shined them up

[kendallcschm]

exhaust like this would sound nice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo0eJ...eature=related

but so far so good... a roush engine in that would be sick :-P but thats unrealistic

[HUMMER H4]

I jus noiticed your running a Ranger Bed...Lol awsome!

[kendallcschm]

lol OMFG he is

Originally Posted by HUMMER H4

I jus noiticed your running a Ranger Bed...Lol awsome!

they are the exact same truck.... mazda/ford same company, same truck, different badges. slight face lift.

Originally Posted by Supressor

I do want to recess the tips farther back, but I need time and torches, which aren't available to me at the moment. As for sound, you'd have to hear it in person, like any other vehicle exhaust. and for lifting it, i'll pick up a kit forsure, but I've got my sources and wont nearly cost me as much as you'd think.

btw those tips are Stainless Steel but they were covered in overspray in that picture, i shined them up

ive dont a lot of custom exhaust and you dont use torches my friend lol. A+ way of blowing your self up and killing your self.

hack saw, saw zall, cutting wheel. NO FLAMAGE. welding is the very most flame you want when doing exhaust. lots of grease and oil under rigs that likes to catch fire. open flames are no bueno.


are you going body lift or suspension lift? becarefull of cheap kits. you get what you pay for. sometimes they arnt worth it cuz they set you suspension so out of wack your travel sucks, you cant align it so your eating your exspensive mud tires like crazy, and they make it hell for people like me who work in a alignment/suspension shop to fix your **** truck when something goes out. cheap kits are not the way to go 99% of the time. needs to be done right. Number one reason id make my own lift kit for anything that was SFA.

oh and if you need helping on that motor swap if you ever get that far let me know. i put a 289 into a 94 body dropped ranger. lot of fun and boy did that thing kick some *** and smoke some rubber




back when i did it....




what it looks like now...