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i know i took a little longer than i said but here they are.... as soon as i get new tires u guys get a smoke show vid


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decided to throw the last pic in as a interior teaser
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-->1998 kia sportage 3 inch lift 30 inch tires under repairs
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nice. Is that a factory color? or custom?
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factory cadet blue metalic

just an idea for it

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what u guys think? am i a dreamer or what
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k120189 wrote:what u guys think? am i a looney or what
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v735/ ... oblank.jpg
I think that looks fine. Just one question. Is that exhaust exiting the body on the driver's side?
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yea it was an idea i had it would keep it up and out of the way....i havent actually looked much into the van to see how possible it is...and if it is possible it would probly only work on the passenger side
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I think it's doable on both sides, I've been under there and can't remember anything in those areas that would prevent it.
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Kevin....that is an awesome drawing! =D> Can you make me one of the SPB with the top chopped off just behind the front doors and with a full roll cage in place?

Running the exhaust through the side may be kinda hard if you have a hitch on there. Here is a pic of the underside of the SPB showing that the leafs are out of the way but the hitch is right in the way. There may be enough room to squeeze the pipe between the hitch frame and springs. I thought it would be cool to have the exhaust out through the side but figured through the rear bumper was good enough.

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i ditched my hitch along time ago. and of course i will a caged spb would be fun to do
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I am feeling that blue. Matche the blue interior of my van
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lol my real van or the drawing of what i want it to be...i have my interior in the middle or a recolor...flat black and krylon blue.....

and dean these are for you one is a quick chop the other is the blank body for u too mess around with it u would like
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LOL your real van. Nice chop illustration. what did you use to create it? Or did you do it by hand?
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Looks great Kevin! :supz: How do you do that?

How about changing the lower portion to black and making the roll bar go straight back along where the old roof line would be until you hit the upright and then slope back to the doors like it is?
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1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
2003 Astro AWD all stock - traded for a 3/4 ton truck
2005 AWD, 4.10's - sold to skippy
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i used astro blueprints from blueprints.com....then i just use fireworks (photoshop clone) to do all the work...and i'll edit the post with the updated one dean


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Looking at the Astro Pickup versions that you did, I got semi-inspired to do a version that I had thought would be kinda cool. Would make for a little more comfortable seating...

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