P1000m5 Moparornocar's Long Overdue Build Thread

[CumminsPusher]

And he was on a Sportsman 1000xp. Lol.

Way better power/weight ratio then a pioneer. Nice driving mopar!

 

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[moparornocar]

Way better power/weight ratio then a pioneer. Nice driving mopar!

Haha thanks CP. It's fun messing with the old guys

 

[moparornocar]

Progress on the chop top so far, everything is lining up nicely after I cut 1.5 inches out if one c pillar to fix my boo boo. Everything but the b pillars are welded up now. Don't judge my garbage looking welds, I'm rocking a harbor freight 110v welder, they're ugly but solid.

 

[CumminsPusher]

Looking better Mopar! You've got penetration so that doesn't matter.


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[moparornocar]

Looking better Mopar! You've got penetration so that doesn't matter.


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90% of it will come back off with the grinder anyway so I'm not worried. I got body filler to make it pretty again.

 

[CumminsPusher]

Agreed


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[moparornocar]

I think the profile turned out just right. Final amount of cut was 5.5 front 6 rear. Sits perfectly flat

 

[Madore128]

I wanta do this bad

 

[moparornocar]

Grab a saw and a beer and nut up buddy. Like Nike, just do it!

 

[iowaguy]

Progress on the chop top so far, everything is lining up nicely after I cut 1.5 inches out if one c pillar to fix my boo boo. Everything but the b pillars are welded up now. Don't judge my garbage looking welds, I'm rocking a harbor freight 110v welder, they're ugly but solid.

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That's the same welder I used when I added the back seats, had never used a wire feed before, always used a stick welder in the past.

 

[moparornocar]

They work good, just hard to make a pretty weld

 

[iowaguy]

They work good, just hard to make a pretty weld

Like you said they make a good weld, but a grinder and buffer are your best friend,I had problems with splatter.

 

[moparornocar]

Hold the nozzle closer to your work, turn the wire speed down a hair and make sure the metal is CLEAN! You can minimize the splatter that way, but it will never go away with flux core

 

[moparornocar]

More progress today. With my schedule it takes forever to finish 8 projects that I started all simultaneously. ;-) here are today's pics. Mounted the pdm, light bar, switches, volt meter, speakers and the all important cigar lighter. Still have to trim down the dual USB because it is too tight to fit in the hole in the panel. More to come over the weekend.

 

[moparornocar]

Switches are installed, along with my Steelies magnetic phone mount. So I guess my Honda will be known as upside down switch car. I wanted the radio on the other side originally, but the shift linkage is in the way and the switches are in too tight to get back out so.... Upside down it is. Its all good, I think I may be able to flip the rocker? Anybody know if they are removable? Also, anybody got a clue where to get blanks for the open slots?

 

[CumminsPusher]

Yes they are removable and I believe you could flip it but obviously the switch would flip opposite but also lights would light up wrong but would work. Do you not have enough room to pull out and flip? Here the covers


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[moparornocar]

Nice! Thanks. Nah, they are there for life! Idc if they are opposite action to switch on and off. Just look goofy upside down

 

[CumminsPusher]

You can flip the the covers I'm pretty sure. I've had them off before and I remember putting one the wrong way but don't remember if it worked or how I knew


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[moparornocar]

Thanks CP, much appreciated

 

[CumminsPusher]

Absolutely. Hey nice job getting stuff going you have been busy


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