What have you done to your square lately??

[CalSgt]

Dakota Digital RTX

How long did you have to wait? I ordered mine early February and received it May 17th, seemed like forever.

 

[wlwarnke]

How long did you have to wait? I ordered mine early February and received it May 17th, seemed like forever.

I ordered through AZProPerfromance. Had them in my hands in a week.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Dakota Digital RTX

As much as I love the Squarebody Syndicate HDXs, the RTXs are so awesome

 

[CalSgt]

I ordered through AZProPerfromance. Had them in my hands in a week.

I've been planning on mounting the control box all of the modules in a console but now I'm thinking I will fab myself a bracket like you've got there. That turned out super clean...

 

[Grit dog]

Aside from the bullchit with the shocks (different thread), got shocks on, new extended brake hoses all around, front speakers mounted and started on sound deadening the floor, the last couple days.

So happy, all original 36 year old flare nut connections came apart with zero cussing, heating, soaking, rounded off heads, vice grips, or tools thrown!

If our boy gets the inside of the bed prepped this week, will shoot it Saturday and have zero things left to holding up installing trim and final assembly!

If he doesn't, probably won't be driving it on his 16th birthday...

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[TotalyHucked]

Aside from the bullchit with the shocks (different thread), got shocks on, new extended brake hoses all around, front speakers mounted and started on sound deadening the floor, the last couple days.

So happy, all original 36 year old flare nut connections came apart with zero cussing, heating, soaking, rounded off heads, vice grips, or tools thrown!

If our boy gets the inside of the bed prepped this week, will shoot it Saturday and have zero things left to holding up installing trim and final assembly!

If he doesn't, probably won't be driving it on his 16th birthday...

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Lucky SOB! Every one of my flare nuts for the rear section were seized or rounded off, I had to start new

 

[Grit dog]

Lucky SOB! Every one of my flare nuts for the rear section were seized or rounded off, I had to start new

Ya, there’s a reason I didn’t hesitate to buy it when I got a look at this truck…
There ain’t a single bolt on this thing that is or was rusted up or stripped. And not a single factory bolt missing.

 

[SirRobyn0]

Ya, there’s a reason I didn’t hesitate to buy it when I got a look at this truck…
There ain’t a single bolt on this thing that is or was rusted up or stripped. And not a single factory bolt missing.

Did you buy it after you moved here / in this area. I know you like to buy from other states that are cheaper, but curious.

 

[Grit dog]

Did you buy it after you moved here / in this area. I know you like to buy from other states that are cheaper, but curious.

Ya it was a Covid purchase, lol. Oregon truck.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Ya, there’s a reason I didn’t hesitate to buy it when I got a look at this truck…
There ain’t a single bolt on this thing that is or was rusted up or stripped. And not a single factory bolt missing.

Same reason I bought mine, not a spec of corrosion. But dirt and crap had gotten to the brake lines. That's really the only thing that's fought me on this thing for the most part.

 

[mikeoverland]

i'm getting new tires for the basket case and while the wheels are off i decided to replace the shocks starting with the rear..... i wondered why the suspension felt funky and while I was replacing the rear shock I realized that they were ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT from 1981! my neighbor told me to put them on e-bay as "vintage" shocks to see if i can get a few bucks for them. These have been compressed since sunday.... I think that they might be good...

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[78C10BigTen]

i'm getting new tires for the basket case and while the wheels are off i decided to replace the shocks starting with the rear..... i wondered why the suspension felt funky and while I was replacing the rear shock I realized that they were ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT from 1981! my neighbor told me to put them on e-bay as "vintage" shocks to see if i can get a few bucks for them. These have been compressed since sunday.... I think that they might be good...

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My 78 still has the factory shocks in the rear... (and probly the front). They have spiral cut in the tube.

 

[Midnightmoon]

My 78 still has the factory shocks in the rear... (and probly the front). They have spiral cut in the tube.

I'm not anywhere near my '79 at the moment to get a picture, but it has they OEM shocks on it and they have the spirals on the tubes.

 

[SirRobyn0]

Just a ****** tonight after work. My truck is a work truck first, yes I do like it to look as good as it can, but keeping it reliable is first. So when I first bought the truck it was missing several pieces of trim and hub cap. Those things really bother me so not to long after I replaced all the missing trim except the tailgate, and of course replaced the missing hubs caps with some usedies someone here was kind enough to sell me. Well one of the chrome tail light trim pieces has been loose and I've been lazy. A week of so ago it was fully removed and lost in the car wash. So I bought two new tail lights, with trim and enough trim to replace what's missing on the tailgate.

Tonight after work I only had time to replace the tail lights. Of course I put new bulbs in there with a little dielectric grease on the sockets.

Below one old lens, and the new boxes. I'll be hanging on to the old units encase I break one. The dorman replacements, are really nice and even came with new screws. I think and each one was just under $20 each on Amazon well less than I could get even wholesale though the shop.

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Below lights off and lights on. Next up will be replacing that missing trim. I've got everything I need to do it I just ran out of time. The corner piece is missing on the right side as well and I'm going to try to form a piece of scrap trim to that. If I fail I'll order that piece from LMC.

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[SirRobyn0]

Just a ****** tonight after work.

Side note for anyone that is interested the word censored in my above post is "quickie"