Also where are you guys getting 09 parts from?? Both dealers here say half the stuff is backordered from Cat
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Still workin on that dam camera!!
Kris...When I ordered the parts my dealer told me that were back ordered but only for 3 days. I had the sled with me on the sledbed and they let me use the tailset from one that was not yet assembled to see how it was going to look (we just held it on). They said the back ordered parts were due in today and would ship tomorrow for delivery on Thursday.
Krus...The method I used is probably not the recommended way but it worked. You see, I am not a man of great patience
and when the vice wasn't working to my liking...I grabbed a piece of 2x8 scrap and placed a piece of wood under and on top. I then proceeded to go to town with a sledge until it was the desired level of perfect flatness. Again, probably not the preferred method but it worked...it was fast...and I got to take out some aggression in the process.
Kris...When I ordered the parts my dealer told me that were back ordered but only for 3 days. I had the sled with me on the sledbed and they let me use the tailset from one that was not yet assembled to see how it was going to look (we just held it on). They said the back ordered parts were due in today and would ship tomorrow for delivery on Thursday.
Krus...The method I used is probably not the recommended way but it worked. You see, I am not a man of great patience
and when the vice wasn't working to my liking...I grabbed a piece of 2x8 scrap and placed a piece of wood under and on top. I then proceeded to go to town with a sledge until it was the desired level of perfect flatness. Again, probably not the preferred method but it worked...it was fast...and I got to take out some aggression in the process. 
Nice to see some better pictures than the ones on their web site. This is the one I will be doing also. How thick is the outer piece with the holes in it. Does it have a lip where it meets up to the front part of the tunnle?
That looks great.Not sure about the one open hole though?
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pinit
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the outer piece is not the tunnel it is part of the bummper. The tunnel is the stock tunnel cut off to the taper of the bummper. the install was pretty easy. Alot of revit removal and reriviting. the reason for the one hole is because the stock tunnel has a hole there. Rodger
I did the BDX kit this weekend, I am still trying to decide on the flap and light, either my 07 flap with an led or just go buy the 09 flap and taillight. turned out pretty good, alot more solid than it looks, haven't done the cooler/tunnel supports yet, my bumper is very snug on the sides of the cooler, I had to tap the bumper up to get it to slide into place, I hope that is not an issue later on. I did the angle a little bit more than I should have, I didn't want that hole in the rear of the tunnel to show.
Did a little polishing on it to
Did a little polishing on it to
Nice
That polish job is Faaaasssssst. I need to find somebody with the patience to do that to mine.
That polish job is Faaaasssssst. I need to find somebody with the patience to do that to mine.
dunatic
Dunatic,was wondering what kind of polish you used and what method to polish the tunnel.Looks awesome.
Dunatic,was wondering what kind of polish you used and what method to polish the tunnel.Looks awesome.
Wow...looks nice. What kind of polish did you use.
I used my makita auto buffer with a 8" polish wheel, went over it first with tripoli and then went over it with a different wheel with jewelers rouge and then a little hand polishing with some mothers billet polish, took about 6 hours...
turned out sweet! very messy though...
turned out sweet! very messy though...
what is this and where do i get it?
This is the kit I used plus the little jar of mothers billet polish, use microfibers with the mothers, works good!!
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mtncat800
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I did the BDX kit this weekend, I am still trying to decide on the flap and light, either my 07 flap with an led or just go buy the 09 flap and taillight. turned out pretty good, alot more solid than it looks, haven't done the cooler/tunnel supports yet, my bumper is very snug on the sides of the cooler, I had to tap the bumper up to get it to slide into place, I hope that is not an issue later on. I did the angle a little bit more than I should have, I didn't want that hole in the rear of the tunnel to show.
Did a little polishing on it to
What an outstanding job, wanna finish mine up?
I dont think you should ride that. You might get snow on it
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scaldedcat
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very nice you are the man!!!
NICE! Very Very nice! Is that bdx tunnel punch on the running boards?
Dunatic....better do your skid now too.
I will never bother to polish mine again, because that image will be stuck in my mind forever and I will always look at mine and be dissapointed.
to you dunatic, you just gave me a bunch of hours with which I can do other things.
That is the most beautiful tunnel I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing the pics
--Chris
I will never bother to polish mine again, because that image will be stuck in my mind forever and I will always look at mine and be dissapointed.
to you dunatic, you just gave me a bunch of hours with which I can do other things.That is the most beautiful tunnel I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing the pics
--Chris
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