bagged and bodied burban on 22"s

got the fuel tank back in. I raise it up almost 4" just to make sure that it doesn't hit the ground. it is now higher than the body panels


sectioned the exhaust y-pipe to tuck it up so it doesn't hit the ground when layed out


tranny cross member bolts were on the bottom of the frame, so I reamed the holes out, welded a plate in the frame channel, and made the bolts recessed into the frame so that they do not hold it up from laying flat


cut the floor and made a tunnel for the drive shaft

started to rebuild the rear floor, starting with the wheel tubs. if you look you can see a preview of the new location for the gas cap

finished welding in the rear floor. I cut a hole above the fuel tank and will cover it with a removable panel. that way if I ever need to get to the fuel pump, I can do it from above instead of having to drop the tank. its in primer and most of the seam seal is layed down in these pics.




all seam sealed and painted up. the carpet doesn't even come close to fitting so im just gonna run it like this for the time being

started to put the front end back on


body panels lined up just like they did before the body drop

started to put the front suspension back together and wanted to make sure there were no problems or anything hitting the wheels and I found that the drivers side front tire hit the wiring harness when the burban was layed out. I cut out the mounting hole for the wire harness and moved it up a little more that 1", moved it over about 2.5", and recessed it into the firewall 1" just to make sure I had plenty of clearance.


front tire tucks up nice with plenty of clearance now


front bags installed. its a tight squeeze but I have plenty of clearance all the way around the bag


rear bags installed. I made a removable panel infront of each bag just incase I ever have to get back in there to work on them.

panhard bar is installed, kinda hard to get a good pic of it but you can get the idea of where it is

some pics of the new gas cap location. because of the body drop and raising the fuel tank up, the stock fuel door was no longer usable since the fill tube would now be going uphill if I tried to reinstall it there. to fix this I relocated the gas cap behind the drivers side tail light. I don't really care for the tail lights but they were on there when I bought the burban so they will do for now. will probably replace them with a stock set later

tail light closed


tail light opened for fuel

time for the exhaust. I couldn't see any good way to run the exhaust and get it past the rear axle, the 2 link, and the bags, so I ran it the only way I could see to do it. I ended up cutting a 4" hole in the frame, welded in a 4" pipe, then boxed the frame where the pipe passed thru. then I ran the exhaust thru the frame


I then ran it back between the frame and the rocker


then I dumped it out infront of the passengers side rear tire

made some mounts for the front shocks and got them installed


made some mounts for the rear shocks

finally got her back together and down off the jack stands. dirty as hell, but ready to go