The Nissan SWB Transformers Trasformation (My Ride) lots of pics

[rusty_nail]

Ok well i was thinking about it and i havent actually done a "My Ride" thread, just some stuff in the DIY section. i finally put together a video of the whole painting process, and thought id share it all for you guys to have a look at.

i bought the car at the beginning of 2012 of a mate for $1500. it was in pretty good knick, although the exterior had seen much better days. the paint was de-laminating over most of the panels, and on closer inspection noticed a fair bit of rust. it came with a newly installed(mid 2011) 2" king springs lift kit, extractors and a 2.5 inch straight through exhaust.

this isnt my first patrol, and another mate of mine and I had always planned on giving the first patrol a bonnet paint job with what ended up on this one, so i teed it up with him and we decided to respray the whole car.

im in the process of changing the interior over to black, ive resprayed the dash and replaced both front carpet peices. i also just installed a new set of rear solid windows from patroldocta.com.au they are great!

the list of thinks that i will be doing to it in the future are as follows:

1.convert entire interior to black
2. tint windows really dark
3. Rear quarter chop
4. buy or make a rear bar and rock sliders
5. 33" tyres
6. Make Myself a set of rear drawers(black of course)

all up im pretty happy with my progress so far on the truck. it needs a head gasket replaced i think, it leaks a bit of water i think thats the head gasket, and i will get around to that sometime, i just wont push her too hard till then.

please enjoy the pics below:

the best before picture i could find:

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u502/Nic_Purdon/Car%20face%20lift%20pre%20op/IMG_0194.jpg

then the car came apart:

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u502/Nic_Purdon/Car%20face%20lift%20pre%20op/IMG_0225.jpg

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u502/Nic_Purdon/Car%20face%20lift%20pre%20op/IMG_0221.jpg

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u502/Nic_Purdon/Car%20face%20lift%20pre%20op/IMG_0223.jpg

then my mate came down and the fun began:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31XwBnDTdoI

and now the finaly product (well up to now at least):

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u502/Nic_Purdon/417529_10150834061029741_641104740_12570291_521153 062_n.jpg

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u502/Nic_Purdon/406551_10150834062364741_641104740_12570299_926267 033_n.jpg

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u502/Nic_Purdon/417315_10150834063199741_641104740_12570306_165482 1469_n.jpg

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u502/Nic_Purdon/416868_10150834061769741_641104740_12570295_200997 6340_n.jpg

plenty more to come and ill keep you all posted!!!

[growler2058]

Gee all that in 9 minutes hes gooooood hahahahahahahaha almost too good to get dirty now ;-)

[rusty_nail]

i tell ya what mate, that was one hell of a week. we were pulling 7am starts and finishing at around 10-11pm. poor guy had to drive back to sydney after it all too. oh and FYI thats about 300 gig worth of footage compressed into that 9 minutes lol

[Wine_maker]

Awesome work mate!
You did it great!

[Bigrig]

Yep, great write up/pics/vids old mate!!!!

[Trolatron]

Great work mate. Top job with the video too. Starting to get the impression that black is your fav colour lol.

[AB]

That was a good vid to watch, I like your videos...lol

Top stuff mate, jeez you boys work hard up there and so damn fast!!!!

[oncedisturbed]

sweet, I like black rigs and the SWB is coming along nicely

Within reason, I like almost anything black :)

[rusty_nail]

thanks boys, yeah i love the black i suppose, i had a black car as my first car and just love the look. and black is better than the standard nissan grey i reckon so yeah i hope it comes out good in the end

[Protius]

This thing looks nice and tidy.

[rusty_nail]

well its been a while since ive done anything to the old girl, but just a status update, next week ill be redoing the head(machining, crack tested, valves re-sleaved etc, renewing the diff and gearbox oil and fixing a few other little tidbits on it. ill be posting up plenty of pics maybe a few videos once im home. im doing it up at Armidale(northern nsw, no the other one) and if anyone wants to drop by and have a beer let me know.

cheers

nic

[rusty_nail]

Well short an sweet here is what I have done today

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Note to all, don't use that gasket gunk stuff this had it in it and 50% of the Engine block cooling holes were fully blocked others less blocked but none the less not good.


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[threedogs]

Yo Rusty ever think of putting lift up checker plate instead of rear sliding side windows both sides.
looking good by the way, short, coils oooh yeeeaahhh

[rusty_nail]

Haha yeah mate, I've actually got patrol docta solids in it, the sliders had had it. Checker plate woulda looked tough, but I did the windows in feb when I painted it.i got the winch from aldi for 399, it's a 9500lb winch, should be more than enough. I had to modify the bullbar to fit it but I squeezed her just in. Hopefully the snorkel will be fitted and polished up tomoz and the head will be done and ill for it back on. I'm stuck working on this beast tonight we jut put a new motor in today:

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[rusty_nail]

Got my brand new head from the engineer it's nice and shiny!!!

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[rusty_nail]

So she's back on the road now with a brand new head, new aldi winch and new stainless snorkel =) very happy with the end result!22201


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[Bigrig]

Outstanding mate! Bet your pleased now that the only chore left is fill it with fuel and hook up the trailer, like in the photo!

Well done!

[taslucas]

Looking good:-) love that snorkel too!

Tap, crackle, pop

[threedogs]

Yo mate PM if you want one of these in red or black, rated as well. That loop at the back is NOT rated and will break. Also have rated front ones as well, check vendor thread, but great build up just make sure you have the good gear on it eh
These are the originals too not cheap copies. Buy with confidents

[Trolatron]

Looks great mate, Those types of snorkles look schmick..

[rusty_nail]

So more recently I've acquired an ex RFS Dean trailer, it's tough as nails, fitted 31's straight on and I decided I wanted to turn it into a camper trailer. However I didn't want ANY canvas as I felt there would be too much maintenance and it's only myself and the missus camping so we didn't need too much room.

I came up with a design, for an a frame of boxed in steel with a hinged door on gas struts for access to the top(sleeping quarters) and the sleeping section to also be hinged and strutted for inside the trailer access.

I bought a bunch of steel, and have started welding the main frame together, the dimensions are 2050lx1200wx900h (on an 1800x1200 trailer).

If anyone has any other ideas for it feel free to chip in.

I've attached a pic of progress so far

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[Bloodyaussie]

How is your trailer going..?????

I really want to start on mine but it is down on the list...sob!!!

[scottyo]

sweet shorty dude

[anasaz09]

Daamn nice ride, gotta love the art on the hood

[albone90]

nice airbrushing

[arfa]

awsome mate
good work

[anasaz09]

just a quick question, does stripping the car and rebuilding it require a lot of experience or you can just start?

[rusty_nail]

How is your trailer going..?????

I really want to start on mine but it is down on the list...sob!!!

hey BA, here is the actual thread about the trailer. ive been away twice in it now, once overnight and once for 5 days. i can honestly say its bloody comfy and beats a tent!

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?18205-My-Camper-Trailer-Build-Thread

[rusty_nail]

sweet shorty dude


Daamn nice ride, gotta love the art on the hood


nice airbrushing


awsome mate
good work

thanks guys

[rusty_nail]

just a quick question, does stripping the car and rebuilding it require a lot of experience or you can just start?

hey mate, IMO, i think all you need is to take your time. i clearly labelled EVERYTHING! like i mean bag screws and label each screw. i was really organised and i had barely any screws left over at the end of it haha. the doors were the hardest part to remove, it was a real pain in the ass trying to get them all properly aligned i was glad i only had 4 doors not 6.

[anasaz09]

hey mate, IMO, i think all you need is to take your time. i clearly labelled EVERYTHING! like i mean bag screws and label each screw. i was really organised and i had barely any screws left over at the end of it haha. the doors were the hardest part to remove, it was a real pain in the ass trying to get them all properly aligned i was glad i only had 4 doors not 6.

Glad to hear that, and btw I have a shorty too, so I think I might strip it like you did.

anyways cheers for the tip mate.

[rusty_nail]

so i took the truck out to menai to test out the new tyres on the weekend. didnt get too many pics but the tyres went really well. here are the few i got on my phone

[Trolatron]

Looking good mate.

[taslucas]

Flexing it up mate! Looking sweet. Too bad you're gonna get banned for posting those last two pics!! Lol

Hi trolatron, haven't seen you around for a while!