ROLLED GU !, the full story with pics & video

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Originally Posted by growlers71gq

Good job strewth ya goin the full Monty ay

Tapp tillya Crap

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Yeh its a hell of a lot of work ill tell ya, i think its a "keeper" now mate :tongue:

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Originally Posted by NissanGQ4.2

I just get mine sandblasted @ the beach.............................chassis Rails and Diff Housings get professionally coated in MUD afterwards *L*

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Ha-ha, "that" was the cause of the problem for me Todd, after spending a week on the beach, then not getting washed and repainted (as i normally would do) , heaps of stuff developed surface rust.

Apart from getting the professional guy out to do the chassis rails, i must have personally spent hours with the panel shops portable sandblaster, removing every little bit surface rust i could find inside and out of the body panels/floor, this is how ive clogged up my A/C vent controls with sand (so now have to remove the dash) :1087:

The job of Sandblasting sucks, but compared to cutting, grinding and sanding rust away, its bloody fantastic, and a much better way to go !




I also got my Sliders and Bullbar brackets, tow hooks etc all Powdercoated , as they had all developed surface rust from going to the beach.

Now they look like "brand spankers" again :animierte-smilies-t

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Ill now be doing the chassis rails and diff in this stuff instead......

http://www.kbs-coatings.com.au/kbs-rustseal

The guy who worked at the paint supply store, was actually a car painter i used to know about 15 years ago, he suggested i use the above product, and said its exactly the same as the POR15 but made in Aus (and cheaper), he has owned the same Patrol for as long as ive known him, and he said this is what he will be doing to his chassis soon.

Hope he's right, guess ill find out soon :tongue:

that kbs stuff looks prity good and tough i might look at coating my rig with it .. it will be a pain in the:eck05: though well worth it i think.

Got the rest of the glass removed this week, passenger front door is on, bought new hinges for both front doors to remove any play.....

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Ive got a few more repairs to do this weekend, plus some more sandblasting, getting a bit closer :smile:

Hey mate

Have just read this glad everyone is all good and that you will be going back to moreton it certainly is one of best spots on this side of the country I love it myself it could live there quite easily.

The work you have done has been inspirational mate and looks bloody tops i know who to call now for panel work :p. I agree with you on the safari snorkels tuffness, I rolled my GQ onto its side, the snorkel was fine but it had pushed all my guard in.

If you get stuck for a vehicle steve for the meetup, having own 3 patrols, Im sure you could possibly borrow one. (With a disclaimer signed first :p)

Top read mate hope it all comes together for you and looks better than new

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Originally Posted by 04OFF

Got the rest of the glass removed this week, passenger front door is on, bought new hinges for both front doors to remove any play.....

Ive got a few more repairs to do this weekend, plus some more sandblasting, getting a bit closer :smile:

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Goes without saying Steve that it was great no one was injured, but this may be a small blessing in disguise by the looks of it - let alone the awesome experience of going right through a build (I understand it may be causing hardship), you'll have a fully rebuilt rig that you've put all the effort into that should be both a bottler truck, and last for an eon!!!

Proud of you mate - your approach and resolve in dealing with what was in front of you is beyond commendable!!

Top effort and look forward to hitting the tracks with you again (shiny side up preferably!!! lol).

Thanks guys ^




Found some rust in the back of both sills, got a bit crazy with the grinder, but wanted to be sure i cut it all out, Drivers side was worst.....

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...epairLarge.jpg


It took me 3 nights to fabricate the replacement metal panels to put back in, but all turned out great, i neglected to rebuild the factory "sand trap" cup design, that lives where the sill meets the rear gaurd, instead opting for a more open self cleaning shape.







The "Boss" welding in the new panels..

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Fitted a new (second hand) rear barn door to replace my dented one, all the main repairs are done and primed, and so now the car is pretty much almost ready for paint :bananarock:

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Ive still yet to body deaden all underneath, tweak the final alignment of replaced panels, then its one last rub down, and on goes some colour i think ! :icon_victory:

I know the feeling ... I started fixing mine with the intention of just getting it drivable again. I'm now finding myself restoring all the damaged panels.

I like the metal plates mounted under your rock sliders ... I will need to do the same -- I have had sticks push up through the sliders and damage panels.

Far out Steveo she's gun a be better n new
Wonder what ya can do to Agatha


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Originally Posted by spektrum

I know the feeling ... I started fixing mine with the intention of just getting it drivable again. I'm now finding myself restoring all the damaged panels.

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Yes, its kinda like that, you say to yourself, well if ive fixed that panel, i may as well fix the bit next to it, then you just keep finding more stuff, but this is long after you are already in too deep to stop, next thing its a full re-paint !

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Originally Posted by spektrum

I like the metal plates mounted under your rock sliders ... I will need to do the same -- I have had sticks push up through the sliders and damage panels.

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While the plate does make them really great for sliding on rocks, beware, the 5mm steel plates add a bit of weight to the car, in this "wide" position, this weight changed the cars handeling more than i expected, it also doesn't stop sticks getting caught in the slider mounting bars that connect to the chassis.

The plate has a drain slot along the lower length, but can still get full of dirt/sand, and the drain slit can allow dirt to flick up upon the sills.


So steel plates are brilliant if you do heaps of hard rock stuff, and the car really does slide over rocks very well on the flat plate, but if most of your stuff is beach or forest/mud, id suggest a different design could be much better suited, i wanted a custom design made but it was too expensive, in the time i waited looking/saving, id damaged the car (sills, gaurds,door etc) twice on rocks, so i cracked the sh8ts, and bought these sliders as they are affordable and "dam tuff".

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Originally Posted by growlers71gq

Far out Steveo she's gun a be better n new
Wonder what ya can do to Agatha

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Don't know about better than new, but should be better than it was before the rollover anyway :wink:

What happen to Agatha ?