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In my opinion its worth it, but I only did the cab of my m1010, used dyanmat extreme in the doors and lined the cab floor with mega mat then covered it with the LMC rubber floor. I wouldn't spend the extra money on the dynamat again, the mega mat appeared to be the same thickness and material...
Just joined, 25 minutes northwest of Grand Rapids. Currently building an M1010, have lots of square body chevy parts available if your in a bind hit me up.
fairing/storage project
To answer your question Recovry4x4 the storage is accessed from inside the box where the a/c used to be. Fabbed everything painted white/dark green from scratch using mostly 16 ga and 1/8 steel. Wish there was pics berfore I painted everything, but was in a big hurry...
Sounds like the 3.73 swap doesn't gain you mpg only mph! Must be these are heavy trucks for a stock 6.2? I still should be getting better though especially with the fairing, The best I've seen is 12-13 mpg driving nice. Unfortunatly I only took 1 trip with it stock so not much to compare it...
I think I saw pics of your set up on here, we have a lot of similar ideas. What kind of mileage are you getting with your 3.73's? I am struggling to get 12mpg with mine 235/85/16 cooper at/3 averaging 55-60 mph Seems like it should be better.
Not sure the exact name for it fairing, roof cap, air foil????? Anyway it came off a 1977 Dodge M886 ambulance I found 2 miles from my house right after I got my 1010! The 886 was pretty rusty so I felt comfortable dismembering it for parts. I had to fabricate the base of the cap because the...
Hello all, I happy to finally join the forum! I have been very busy working on my truck, but now that the daylight hours are short and wrenching outside is a struggle I thought I would post some info and pics of my in-progress M1010 build. Not 100% sure where I am headed with it yet. It...