GX470 Spare Tire Swingout Build DIY

GX470 Spare Tire Swingout Build DIY

[@StoverEnt]

Brave man to attempt such a visible part on a first time welding. Love the fact that you did it yourself the way you wanted.

[@dragon_offroad]

It's been holding up great! It was good motivation to really work on making nice welds. I still think I would like to gusset it where it connects to the frame

[@snakehead324]

As a beginner stick welder I can say your welds look pretty good for a first time.

[@dragon_offroad]

Thank you! I watched a good bit of KZbin tutorials before even starting

[@ISupportTheCurr3ntThing]

Flux core has a lot of magnesium in it. So when you stack welds on top of welds. It makes them brittle and prone to cracking. Otherwise great job. Im about to look into fabbing up something very similar.

[@Plus1HD]

Looks perfect man good job

[@paulsthormes251]

You did great 👍

[@stoneyt46]

Man you should have used that steel it paint. Rust olem no good. Haha thank you for sharing this video I'm a fabricator also looking to make a rear bumper. Thank you for all your ideas and feeding my inspiration to get working on it and not just order something

[@stoneyt46]

Oops just saw it was the bed liner not paint. Rust olem bed liner is great. There primer and paint not so much

[@tomx7889]

Make me one!

[@cb__az]

Where’d you get the decal on the side of the vehicle?

[@dragon_offroad]

I actually made it with some vinyl sticker sheets you can print at home, but they faded over time. I think next I will airbrush paint the stripes on.

[@bigroddave]

What welder did you use!?

[@dragon_offroad]

Chicago Electric Flux 125