Underslung Hombre Clone

Well this is my project. I have had it for a little over a year now. It started life as a 94 Sonoma. 2.2 manual 5 speed.

Stock:




Tore it all apart the first week i had it. Got the frame sanblasted and started drawing up ideas. After some design time i went with a 2x4 undeslung rear clip and link that i built myself. Then trad bd (regret, should have SF) 3.25 inches. Took it to its first show (Custom Rides for Saving Lives 5) and won best engineered. Durring that time i also found a set of isuzu Hombre headlights. Also found a whole front clip.

This is kinda what it looked like at CRFSL 5:











Now it is completly torn down and frame is painted. Added a lot of stuff since those pics aswell:

Panhard:


"Coffin" to tie the upper bag mounts together:






Then I sand blasted the frame and parts 1 final time before some paint:



Painted:




So thats where I sit as of now. 2.2 is bored .30 over and is gettin completly rebuilt this winter.

Comments are welcomed!

nice progress.. truck looked good at CRFSL this yr..

you're a young'n too right?

Looks great so far!

xxxxcjxxxx wrote:nice progress.. truck looked good at CRFSL this yr..

you're a young'n too right?

Thanks, don't really remember that day cause we pulled an all nighter before the show.

Ya, just turned 18 last month. Spent all migh Senior year in HS workin on this pig!

Looks great so far!

Thanks!

thats a sick project.

nice lookin project, some nice work you do there

YES!!!! i have always wanted to see some one do what you did... i think maybe one or two other trucks that i think i have seen was done this way...

THE FRAME IS UNDER THE AXEL!!!!
ha ha i wanted to do that with my truck... but never got around to doing that..
i ended up just doing a bolt on from SD lol

any ways man good luck with the truck looks good so far im likeing this one..
keep us posted what size rims are you gonna set it up for.?

looks like 20's but i think you should do some double duces!

djs03xtreme wrote:YES!!!! i have always wanted to see some one do what you did... i think maybe one or two other trucks that i think i have seen was done this way...

THE FRAME IS UNDER THE AXEL!!!!
ha ha i wanted to do that with my truck... but never got around to doing that..
i ended up just doing a bolt on from SD lol

any ways man good luck with the truck looks good so far im likeing this one..
keep us posted what size rims are you gonna set it up for.?

Haha, i only know of 2 other underslung trucks with underslung links.

It has 20s right now. The biggest i can run is a 20 up front without putting a 25 series on a 22. Back may get 22's or 20's with a really wide tire. I scooted the cab back 7/8 of an inch to center me front wheels in the wheel arches whel layed out. So 20's are pretty close to commin out of the hood already.



Frame horn tacks broke on the way home from CRFSL

dude... shits bad ass ha ha you got my subscription to the build up lol

good luck with it and keep us updated..

dave photoshop this truck with 20 22 combo would ya! i think it would look sick with double d's in back

djs03xtreme wrote:dude... shits bad ass ha ha you got my subscription to the build up lol

good luck with it and keep us updated..

dave photoshop this truck with 20 22 combo would ya! i think it would look sick with double d's in back

Thanks man. I like it too, sometimes. Haha!

I wanna see a photochop!

Some one help me what is the purpose of an underslung frame and what is the lift like on it. Looks real confusing. JIMMY

i think their is a full size x cab done like this... im not 100% sure but i thought i read an article with it done and he said the lift was only like 14'' on 22's but it rode pretty good due to he had a canti set up on it like i said not 100% sure if it was the same set up or something close to it

jimmy wrote:Some one help me what is the purpose of an underslung frame and what is the lift like on it. Looks real confusing. JIMMY

Well, the way i designed the frame and link setup. THe only thing sticking out of the bed will be the axle tubes and the pumpkin with a stock un moddified bed. My link and all my air managment is under the bed. I will have a 3 gallon 2 port in the bed for a little extra air. Maybe just keep my single 5 and get an EDC.

As far as lift goes. HUGE rear lift in my mind is just plain retarded. With a properly setup shock system, your shocks will max out way before your bags are fully extended with a levered setup. I get a good 7.5 inches of lift before my shocks max out. Without shocks i could get 8.5 inches before my axle woudl hit the frame.

Sounds a little better, I hear ya on the lift. I think once its bagged it should be as low as humanly possible. JIMMY