Change of plans on the GK-Ecto. Since the clear Element Ecto body is still out of stock EVERYWHERE and the planned stock date keeps getting pushed farther out, I decided to go ahead and use the Pro-Line Power Wagon body that I painted a few months ago.
I didn't really want to chop this body up just so that the bed would clear the rear tires and the sway bar, but my mind was changed when I realized I'll probably be waiting forever to order the Ecto body.
Anyways, here are the first look pics. I still have more body work to do and add some other details to do to it. I'll go into more detail later on about what I've done and have planned for it.
I chopped the frame just past the first hole so that I could move the bumper in as far a possible to get a better approach angle. I trimmed the grill out so that the winch would set inside the body. More work to be done here to make it look better.
In order for the tires to clear the bed when at full flex/compression, I narrowed up the bed by 12mm. I cut it down the middle and used E6000 to secure the two halves together. I still have some cosmetic work to do to make the seams look better.
I still need to narrow up the tailgate area and get it attached. I'm going to shorten the length of the bed a tad so that it will have a better departure angle.
Since I bought the Ecto bumper and accessories parts tree and seeing that it came with the Ecto roll bar, I decided to add it to the PW bed. I think it looks much better with it installed.
Hoping to get more work done on it tonight and get some updates posted tomorrow.
