branbikenut1

Before any mods on the Loyale at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes in Mears, Michigan.

I have to agree. Here in Michigan we have nothing like this unless youre a little rich kid with a jacked up chevy. I gotta say i love the quad tires on that Brat.

The first set of wheels i drilled out did vibrate but after looking carefully i realized i screwed it up and somehow managed to get it so the hub wasn't centered. They were just an old set of wagons i wouldnt even recommend for a mudder so it didnt hurt my feelings any. Also gave me a little insite as for what to look out for next time.

I ended up finding a set of 15x7 chevy ralley wheels that are nearly perfect. the guy even mentioned throwing in an extra set of 15x8s just to clean his shop up a bit. As with drilling the hubs out, I'd rather leave that to someone more experinced cuz im not the best at extremely precise fabbing like that. my luck I'd screw it up :-/

Finally got the roof rack finished, painted, and on the car

Hell ya! Mine is the only EA I've seen here in michigan. How far are you from the dunes? I'm like 3 hours :/

What are you using for wheels? The set i picked up are stock on an 80's chevy. Hopefully the offset isnt too much

That is by far the cleanest EA82 I've seen. Makes mine look like i went dumspter diving to find it lol Sweet build as well. I thought about doing the same to mine but its too far gone to put that kinda money into her. Maybe has another year left of safe road time left until strictly play toy. Beater or not, i love it to death and I'm sure youre gunna love yours

I agree with these guys. I'm a noob here as well and have already gotten some harsh feedback but the nicer people overrule the others. Thanks to the cool people this is by far the best forum ive been on. Sweet rig by the way, I've seen a few similar here in Michigan.

That thing looks AMAZING! especially being a budget build. I'm not gunna lie, I think its pretty cool you pretty much gave it to your brother in law and you were pretty much in it for the build. There needs to be more people like yourself in this world.

The roof rack is finished! will have pics of it installed tomorrow. I'm picking up a set of 6 lug wheels tomorrow and really need to know what is the ideal offset. I already have a set drilled out but the offset is way too much and rubs BADLY on the inner fender. Any suggestions or comments?

Thanks alot. This should really help me out alot. I'm pumped!

When you say "rear coil springs" what do you mean? my 92 4x4 loyale only has the coilover shocks in the rear.

Whats the best way for redrilling a set of 6 lug wheels? I had a set laying around and started to play around with them but only 2 were actually close enough to be usable. NEED HELP! TIRED OF 13s!

Do you have an idea of the offset on ur wheels? im looking into a set of 6 lugs for my 92 loyale and am quite curious

When you say 150 for the 6 lug hubs and 50 for the core charge, is that $50 per hub?

The roof rack is coming along pretty good. it started out as the deck off of a large indutrial wagon thing i picked up at an auction. its HUGE. 4'x6' a bit too large. I just now got it cut down though. i cut 12 inches off between the supports. Plan on welding it back together soon. This is what I'm using as the platform. still uncut This is what its looking like now, freshly cut, still needs welded back together. I plan on running flat steel up from the sides later on and line it with tubing to make it a bit higher. Any ideas on how Long i should make the supports?

Im a bit new to this forum so i decided it was my time to add my new rig. its a bone stock 92 Loyale 4wd wagon. Nothing special, just 225,xxx hard miles and lots of rust, well there was till i got ahold of a saw zaw and some roll on bedliner Has been extremely reliable tho considering. I slapped some fog/ driving lights on the front, soon to have a nice KC upgrade. I currently run a 205/70/13 which is apparently hard to find since i blew a tire and now noone in the state seems to have a spare. plan to redrill to a 6 lug soon and a 2 inch kit. I NEED MORE POWER! Any ideas? it ran decent at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes but still doggy. Currently making a roofrack for the ole girl. It was too quiet so i cut the muffler and replaced it with a 3 inch tailpipe, sounds amazing! Any tips are ideas will def help. Is there a way to do a 5 lug swap? like i said before I'm a bit new here. The day i brought her home, best $500 investment ive ever made [/img] [/img] Playing at Silver Lake Sand Dunes [/img] trying to flex this thing out a bit [/img] After the bedliner