snow truck

[GearHeadV8]

Originally Posted by mustanglover

i made a pretty cool plow today. i guess i might have to make one, but i live in florida, so its going to be a sand plow.

cool you can post pics if you want....

i am in a small pickle which plow looks more realistic...the black one or a red one. my camera is my phone and the battery is dead. so no pics right now... but it is charging.. anyway wat color would look better a red or a black one

[HUMMER H4]

A Real one would be orange....And you live in new york dont you?

[mustanglover]

here is a picture.

the inside is going to be black
and the outside silver

[65mustangrock]

for the plow do red with black arrows pointing the same way as the snow will be going

[texan_idiot25]

Very cool project, but you gotta get it in the snow this winter lol..

Needs fenders though

[HUMMER H4]

Originally Posted by texan_idiot25

Very cool project, but you gotta get it in the snow this winter lol..

Needs fenders though

Chevy Model kit! Thats what imma do to my Tahoe.

Anyways, are you making a TUT for teh tires?

[GearHeadV8]

thanks texan. im gonna work on fender flares for it later....

well here is the story im on my way to rs and ima get a vette and a flasher unit. so after i stare at my new vette later i will get a tut up as soon as i can. as for the flares im gonna make them either after the tut or before.

[GearHeadV8]

well i went to rs and got me a corvette and i saw they had the baricade bk so i grabbed one. and i am not gonna drill any holes in the body of my F150. so i couldnt find a way to power it soloy off of AAAs. so i am using a zip zap light piece as a extention. very ruff concept but refined when done.

so pics this is the zip zap piece. im using as a extentsion




where the wires come out..its teh antenna hole so i just need to set up wires and its all good to go.

[nitemeer]

gl making the flash led light.. i failed :P i broke the whole entire flasher unit ^^ was trying to get around 2 extra white led for the front and 2 extra back led for the back.. but i failed keke.. looks nice so far

[amorton94]

you know the little rubber sqeezy balls that you sqeeze and flashing lights go off? well they normally have three colors, red,blue, and green(most common colors). well you cut the ball open and take out the lights. desolder the green light and mount it up and you have some red and blue flashing lights!

[Bugeye subie]

Originally Posted by amorton94

you know the little rubber sqeezy balls that you sqeeze and flashing lights go off? well they normally have three colors, red,blue, and green(most common colors). well you cut the ball open and take out the lights. desolder the green light and mount it up and you have some red and blue flashing lights!

Isnt there some kinda Ep / Electro board into that, Would you have too use that too, Or could you just run them off the exsiting wires?

[GearHeadV8]

thanks for all the input... i need to find a more practicle way of extening and connecting the wires so the flasher can work. i alwso need a better place to put it. cause in the back it just looks bad. im gonna go on a led assembly site and order a kit or 2. cause they are gonna be orange and im hoping to make a set of spotlights. the lights that are behinf the plow. on the racks that shine over teh plow. im gonna make those. also the 6cell upgrade i got is 2 big to fit the truck body...and it wont fit any body i have. so its somewhat a block in the road right now. SPR is sending me a drive shaft...Thanks man.... so once i get that im gonna get crackin on this.

so my list to do is followed
1.Get drive shaft
2.Get light assembly
3.Get orange L.E.Ds
4.Build rake for spot lights
5.Install flashunit
6.Working lightbar in bed
7.Sleep

[Bugeye subie]

Sounds good, I cant wait too see this things turnout!

[kendallcschm]

its gunna be cool why it snows

[GearHeadV8]

thanks guys. i have the camera back(...thanks sis...)so stay tuned for the tire tut. i also have the light bar setup in a concept

[snowboi1289]

I wanna see the last part on your list of things to do!, lol, just kidding.

I think we already have a tire tut. here, I dont know really.

It looks kinda like the plow is straight, I'm sure most of the real plows on real trucks (and yea cars too) are facing some other way, so the snow goes off to the side. Hope it turns out nicely

[GearHeadV8]

lol ima try to lol. well my last cll one of the white leds is like broken(it snapped) so thats gonna be used for 2 red lights and 1 light lol. jk tail lights and maybe a spot light on the side. i am gonna order some leds from x.i and then buy some wire. and wire all the leds to a switch. sorry not really a pic updtate.

@snowboi: the scres that hold it on, if you tighten 1 side it goes to that side lol.

Thanks

[snowboi1289]

Ohh, thats cool. Please make a full how-to for the snow plow when you done.

Edit, Just seen you already do, nevermind.

[GearHeadV8]

lol all good. Well my popular demand(2-3 people) request a tut for the dullys.(sp?) so im bored out of my mind so im gonna make that tut like right now.




Side note X.I is pretty darn expensive for 4 leds(2white,2 orange) so does anyone know of a site that i can buy leds. in bulk or for cheep

[nitemeer]

you can spray paint the led to yellow or use markers :P lol that works mostly.. but just not so yellowish.. but still consider yellow i did a dually tutorial on another site.. with super glue though lol