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Okay, I feel a little dumb, I traded out the mounting screws with some button heads. held the screw head with my fingertip and spun the headlights until they tighten down on the screw. No tools needed in that space.

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Good looking Grille .......I want one......You could change screw to hex. and cut the tool to fit....just my 2c

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Very nice!

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Sweet loving that Pete grill great job, haven't seen another one like it!

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Thanks Brandon! I've gotten a few more parts in, I will have to get an update one of these days.

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claus
did they come with the led? the super bright look great

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The grille came with the headlight lenses but no LEDs.

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Just a small sneak peek of of a few things to come;
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...pskhsceshy.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps3gmulpgw.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscu0r4ml1.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psg9fzseuj.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psxlv9xaj8.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psles7mzec.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psdbedsh6p.jpg
Also waiting on a 60" Peterbilt sleeper from Goose and some other miscellaneous parts. Thanks for looking.

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That is one nice truck, love the grill and light system on it.
Jim

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Looking good Craig! :cool:

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Thank you very much!

Thanks Brandon, I'll send you my parts, you can polish them up!

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:D

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Did you get your front wheels sorted ?

Cheers Tracy

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I loved the Wedico, looks awesome! I have 2 wedico Peterbilt sitting on my shelf as well:o

the new built is one nice truck too!

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Well, kind of. Parts on the way, will see when they get here. The AWD adapter and the black hubs I have do not go together.

Thank you very much! That one was a challenge.

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Not sure about the lug nuts yet.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps69hh8d7r.jpg

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Next step is to move my axle forward.

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1/4" with that hood. ♡♡♡♡ THAT 359

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Still unsure if I'm going to be using a Tamiya, Shapeways or Wedico cab I have not bought any of them yet. I was trying to do some test fitting without out a cab which makes no sense at all but anyways... I moved my front axle one mounting hole in the spring pack and set the hood over the wheels. I mounted a stock Tamiya floorboard in the stock location. The hood is up against the floorboard and the grille is just slightly in front of the bumper mount. Can anybody tell me when you cut the hood of a King Hauler cab is the cut and the floorboard flush with each other or does the cab stick out past the floorboard?

I have been trying to use stock bolt hols and not do anymore drilling than necessary, (trying to keep things clean and simple) but looks like stock hole are probably not going to work.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfllayewh.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...pshasidaaa.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps4h5dyifa.jpg

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I know when a friend cut my knight daycab the cab / hood the floor pan was a bout 5-10ish mils inside the cab and the normal bottom mount screw holes were removed fron the front of the wind sheild,
And I just made some rectangle ish peices rounds on the front so the hood doesn move side ways when closed....

Hope these pics can help even though its a knight hauler
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...b2b940a23028ba
https://scontent-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...52&oe=5821D43A
https://scontent-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...ff&oe=58575151

Cheers Tracy

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i'll check for sure later today, but i think it sticks past about an 1/8" ish

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I cut mine on the hood mold line. Then glue tabs to the
Inside. Unless you want it to open. Ihb bumper bracket
Lines up under the hood perect fat steer tires rub the
Bumper in turns but you can adjust the axle back a little

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This is exactly what I need to know, thank you Russ. Hard to tell where the cab is going to sit with this hood not actually having a cab to play with. I bought a second set of the flat springs and Espeefan chucked them ip in his mill and moved the axle mounting holes one hole forward (hope to get them this weekend). I noticed you did the exact thing here but you used custom rails where i am trying to stick with stock rails and stock mounting holes. We'll see if it works out.

http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m...psf2e450b6.jpg

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Sounds like you need a bumper that is milled out on the back side.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/02...G?v=1458854221

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ok, i just check it out.... and i was wrong, they are almost even
the front of the cab floor and the hood line

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I met with Espeefan this weekend, He brought me my front springs that he did some work to and He also brought along a Wedico Peterbilt cab to see how it looked on my chassis. It actually looked pretty good, the Shapeways hood fit the cab very well except for the body line on the cab skirt. A Wedico cab is what I had planned on using all along but the $500 price tag and not being a perfect match had me looking for another option. Enter Russ. Russ and I came to a deal tonight on this here cab and hood;
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...pseim9elft.jpg
Looking forward to seeing it on the chassis and making some progress but for now I will leave you with this...
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscfveyxcy.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psvglfxskj.jpg

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Oooo you got the large sleeper!!

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Well, I got the 60"

Goose has a 48", 60", 63" and 70" listed.

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Those stack need some work, right now they are wider than the sleeper.

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philberg can hook you up with a nice set of stacks if you want

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Pretty easy mod with these stacks, just take a disc cutter to cut a bit off the ends to make them hug the body closer. Good progress so far :cool:

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looking good

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I have been doing a lot of mock up work tonight, things didn't just fit together. Even though I had moved the front axle froward a bunch I still had to move it more by putting together some different front spring shackles. The sleeper is on backwards for now because I have to sand down the shroud around the walk through, it is too tight against the cab. I also need to play around with the front spring ride height. I have a bunch of extra spacers in it for now, I want to lower it some. This truck will not be a lowrider by any means but want it lower than it sits right now.
Don't worry the ugly stock bumper is not staying, just test fitting. The cab has the skirts along the bottom so my stacks won't work without notching them.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psk5nczb2o.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psrk1r0dsr.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psuqehqnoc.jpg

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Moved things around and was able to get things fitting much better. Moved front bumper ahead slightly, lower ride height and got the sleeper where it is supposed to be. Really liking these body parts.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps2zjfnnom.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbxfimlc7.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psymmer0do.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...pspedn8ptq.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...pslj2wigty.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psqjjhbqex.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psj3ypslw5.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psswezhsvd.jpg

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Nice lines! Looking good...I'm staring at your other models to :D

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Thanks Brandon! Using this body is much better than me trying to modify a king Hauler body, when it comes to body work I'm a shoemaker. As for the other models, I've been a long time toy tractor, truck and train junkie.;)

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Here's a piss poor update! The Red Transmission is gone, I went with this transmission instead, wider planetary with 15:1 first gear and 10:1 second gear. The red one was 16:1 and 4:1, I doubt I ever need a 4:1 second gear.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psnw994nkc.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psoz0a2ipo.jpg
http://www.rigidrc.com/shop/1976-thi...igh-torque.jpg

For now I added this aluminum bumper and bumper hitch. Still thinking about one of Steve's work truck bumpers but not sure if I can get these meats to clear it. I didn't get the hitch on perfectly straight so more than likely this bumper is not staying anyways.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psoe0pynsx.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps0eysi0wn.jpg

Waiting on more parts!

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I was really thinking about getting that grill setup but went with just the grill option again. I like the sqaure lights better. But your rig is coming together very nicely I will say.

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Thank you very much! I have double squares on my Wedico so double rounds are a good change for me.

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I may have to use this thread for reference on my build. Your Pete is looking really good, but wat makes it a half breed, I'm just curious.