M925 a1 armored crew cab

my blood flows OD · Jan 19, 2016

Self healing tank!!! That's awesome. How does it work?
What kind of seats are those? Are they air ride.
looks great. Good skills on ya.

ROCKWELL-C60 · Jan 20, 2016

The tanks look aluminum, coated with a thick coating rubbery like bedliner. The seats are air ride and like 6 way,l think there out of franken cab.

Got pass side tonight and mocked up mrap 360 lite kit.

JohnnyBM931A2 · Jan 20, 2016

my blood flows OD said:
Self healing tank!!! That's awesome. How does it work?
What kind of seats are those? Are they air ride.
looks great. Good skills on ya.

What's also awesome is the price.. There's a guy on eBay selling them for $50/each.. Apparently he has more than 400 of them to get rid of :shock:

my blood flows OD · Jan 20, 2016

At that price I wanna buy one and shoot it to see how it works at self healing.

JohnnyBM931A2 · Jan 20, 2016

Ha. That would be interesting. You would have to drive down to Texas to pick one up though, because apparently it's local pick up only

ROCKWELL-C60 · Jan 20, 2016

Wow and I thought the 250 I paid 4 the pair was a deal. They don't have sending units but stock one fits fine.

JohnnyBM931A2 · Jan 20, 2016

Ha.. That's usually how it works. You buy something, then instantly find it cheaper or on sale somewhere else

tim292stro · Jan 20, 2016

my blood flows OD said:
Self healing tank!!! That's awesome. How does it work?...

Coating that reacts when exposed to petroleum by expanding. You spray the outside (where petroleum isn't supposed to be) - when someone shoots the tank, the bullet spreads the coating which them collapses back into a smaller hole then the fuel leaks onto the reactive surface inside the hole and expands, plugging the leak.

This company up in Oregon does self-sealing and self extinguishing tanks for the military.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXVkJrxX3U

JohnnyBM931A2 · Jan 20, 2016

tim292stro said:
Coating that reacts when exposed to petroleum by expanding. You spray the outside (where petroleum isn't supposed to be) - when someone shoots the tank, the bullet spreads the coating which them collapses back into a smaller hole then the fuel leaks onto the reactive surface inside the hole and expands, plugging the leak.

This company up in Oregon does self-sealing and self extinguishing tanks for the military.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXVkJrxX3U

Now that's just awesome

ArizonaGasMonkey · Jan 21, 2016

Guy in Ebay has Aluminum MRP fuel tanks for $50.00 each.

JohnnyBM931A2 · Jan 22, 2016

ArizonaGasMonkey said:
Guy in Ebay has Aluminum MRP fuel tanks for $50.00 each.

See post #43

ROCKWELL-C60 · Jan 22, 2016

Ok, so to make tanks fit this is how I modified mounts . I couldn't find another set of tank brackets so I used stock box brackets. There the same except for the ends.

my blood flows OD · Jan 22, 2016

That makes it easy. Nice job.

ROCKWELL-C60 · Jan 22, 2016

So for rear cab mount I used another stock rear cab mount. My concern is the additional 2000# in armor so what do u guys think of putting small air bags under middle of rear cab and regulator set to whatever psi to take some of weight while driving.

JohnnyBM931A2 · Jan 22, 2016

I would assume that air bags would allow more frame flex (which you want) rather than more solid mounts. However, that's just a guess since I haven't really paid attention to how the stock cab mounts are on my truck :razz:

my blood flows OD · Jan 22, 2016

The rear cab mount is in the center. So an air bag should do just what he wants it to without hindering frame flex at all.

ROCKWELL-C60 · Jan 22, 2016

So l ordered to set airbags for the back of a pickup truck also my sheet of ar500 steel came today.

ROCKWELL-C60 · Jan 22, 2016

JohnnyBM931A2 · Jan 22, 2016

Cool

Another Ahab · Jan 23, 2016

ROCKWELL-C60 said:
So l ordered to set airbags for the back of a pickup truck also my sheet of ar500 steel came today.

Plywood I can order, but I don't have a clue about ordering steel plate:

- You give them thickness and what else?

Like how many variables are there (dismissing stainless steel altogether), in ordering plate steel?

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