I think I am in love

[404]

Just browsing the web as I do and I ran across this rig. It is a 2012 389 glider kit and I can't stop staring at it Perfect length, perfect color, perfect stance and so on

[dabears]

That has lots of potential to be a bad a$$ rig!!!!!

[BRICKNICK]

I'm also in love LOL....a drop visor, stainless steel cab and bunk light panels with about 20 lights on each side of the cab and some hub caps, lug covers and were pretty much done.

[Mama Sue]

Originally Posted by dabears

That has lots of potential to be a bad a$$ rig!!!!!

I agree!!!

[dabears]

Originally Posted by BRICKNICK

I'm also in love LOL....a drop visor, stainless steel cab and bunk light panels with about 20 lights on each side of the cab and some hub caps, lug covers and were pretty much done.

Dont forget a set of bull stacks make that thing loud!!!

[Lil Giants]

When you say glider, does that mean you can spec the trk yourself without tier IV emmissions?

[Espeefan]

Hmmm, paint the fenders black, frame and axles black, the fuel tank black, and polish the air tank on the step, do all the other things mentioned, and then you'll have something!

Joe, I'm not sure how glider kits work 100%, but I think they can put anything under the hood, as long as the engine that is installed meets the emission requirements for the year it was manufactured. I think they even give the glider the old VIN, off of the truck the engine and tranmission came from, because the glider kits have no VIN. Hopefully someone who really knows will reply and correct me, if I'm wrong.

[doodlebug]

Till 2014, then I've been told, no more?
Cheer's, Neil.

[Goose19]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

When you say glider, does that mean you can spec the trk yourself without tier IV emmissions?

a glider is a brand spankin new truck, no engine, trans or rear end. this one would be a rolling glider, as it has rear ends in it.

check these guys out

glider

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Ah...

Like what we guys call a 'roller' in R/C. Then again, a roller usually has the driveline, and whether it has a motor or not depends on the seller. Or have I been out of things too long?

Think this explains exactly what a glider is:

http://www.fitzgeraldgliderkits.com/gliderkit.htm

And I gotta agree, she looks nice. But I disagree on more chrome, I'd say she needs some striping/accent color... to offset the burgundy color. Nothing gaudy, just to complement it. Know what I mean?

WhiteWolf
- not a 'Pimp my Truck' fan

[404]

Yeah I was more thinking a nice set of hogebuilt quarter fenders and some tasteful stacks. Perhaps not a popular opinion, but hey we all get one

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Agree on the stacks... I think all extra-cabs look better with at least basic dual-stacks (like on a King Hauler)

As for the fenders, I'd say it depends on what he's gonna put on the back as to how he does the fenders. A cargo bed needs a certain type, dumpers and tanks need another, and 5th wheels another still.

Yea, certain kinds of fenders can be all-purpose, but we're talking about staying with the 'mood/feel' of the truck, right?

Oh, and radio/antenna whips off the mirrors. And ~mebbe~ a bull-bar.

[404]

Not full fenders, just something like this


Nice and clean

[WhiteWolf McBride]

404:

Hey, if ya got those, you HAVE to have some musflaps... even some plain-jane basic ones.

That reminds me, anyone making those metal 'braces' that go on mudflaps to keep 'em from overflappin' (or whatever ya call it) More over, has Anyone done it, even scratched? Seems fairly easy, and realistic too.

WhiteWolf
- again, not meaning to thread-jack