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He he certainly lives by that
haha yep why do things by halves? the good thing is I have a mate who just bought a 4by and has the same motto.should be hitting up some even better tracks real soon!
My next dilemma. I have a near new MTZ as my spare tyre, so I could get away with buying only 3 new MTZ's. Alternativly, I can get 4 new Maxxis Bighorns for a similar price. What would you do?
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Sorry which photos mate?
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Good lookin truck mate
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Finally got round to getting photo off my mates, so here is a few of a recent trip to glasshouse, and a few of local tracks.
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Mate awesome lookin tracks mate and some nice flex well done
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Cheers Growler I am actually thinking of putting in a 3" flexi lift with 6" shocks, but funds play a big part in this decision. also Need to hurry up and build myself some sliders that hide my sills :)
Also debating the advantiges of fabbing myself a tube bar but I don't know when I would get round to it.
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Well i started building myself a set of rocksliders the other day, and have mostly finished the drivers side one.
PROBLEM!!! I had hoped that I could use the sliders to hide the majority of the sill damage, so it would look better. WRONG. Instead, I have put a nice straight piece of pipe next to my bent up sill, only highlighting the dents :/
:biggrin::biggrin:Also got my green P's!!!:biggrin::biggrin:
Got a couple pics.
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Some nice photo's there mate, Looks like alot of fun haha.. Sliders look like they will come up good as well
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You could do a sill chop as well and just weld some 6mm flat bar where the sills use to be. Its coming along nicely though keep up the work.
Yeah thanks nissannewby I was thinking about doing something similar to that.
The next thing I need to do is to find a flare I can put on and not rip off. And mudflaps. I am currently thinking of getting some flares made that bolt onto the side rather than underneath the wheel arch. Something similar to the flares off a wrangler.
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great shots mate
Well been a while but time for an update on the rig.
She has a few more battle scars - but is still going strong.
I recently purchased a ste of 33" Bighorns, and also a set of 31" Allterrains for road tyres.
Finally finished my sliders
Bent a lower control arm - so replaced both with Racebred4wd Ones
Went 4bying
And discovered yesterday that the new bushes that i bought for my control arms (Just to clarify - these were not racebred4wd bushes) lasted 2 weeks and Are now completely stuffed! So I have to do the job again tomorrow :furious:
A few pics. - Gu is my dad, GQ ute and Rodeo are mates and Prado is mates cousins.
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And a few more!
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Well got the new bushes in, and took it for a test drive. Suffice to say It is now covered in mud. I have to wash it tomorrow morning.
But, on the plus side... washing it means that I didn't get defected tonight!!! YAY!!
I am not quite sure which way to go, as i think some other bushes are on their way out, and I am keen to replace them, but all the ones i have are the same crap ones that lasted 2 weeks in my lowers. So I'm not sure that I want to risk trying another set of rubber bushes, but I have heard that poly bushes give you less flex.
Thoughts?
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Genuine bushes only mate. Get onto patrolapart or Nizzbits they are cheaper through them.
If you want nice cheap flares that last and are easy on the wallet go Bunnings Garden Edging. Looks awesome as well.
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Are you able to post some pics of how you have attached the edging diesel-mate?
Copper didn't say a work about my flares last night though - he was just annoyed about the sheer volume of mud!
Genuine Nissan bushes.... I know that they are the best but still $$$$$$ which i don't have!!!!
Gotta love being an apprentice!
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Well I took a grinder to the old girl today..... Still deciding if I will cut the rest off or leave it as a well body. Either way this is the beginning of a complete makeover.
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wow man, not guts no glory? Whats the plan from here?
Well after I finish the chop And weld the back wall in, I plan o knock out all the dents, give it a full respray, make up some custom bar work, get the engine tuned up, and put in a new set of seats.
Basically making it look good again
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How can you do that legally in QLD , Im sure the laws in w.a are ridiculous. Can you upload some pics of your cuts how your going about it interested as.
I have spoken to the engineer, and by only cutting it into a dual cab I am leaving the pillars behind the doors, which means the body retains the rigidity it needs. If I was to chop it into an extra cab it would be a whole lot harder to get engineered. As for the seats I don't know if I will worry about engineering them cause it costs to much and harder to notice.
A bit of hoop jumping is required but the guy I'm using isn't too bad.
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Did a bit more grinding today.... Really happy with how i envision it to turn out.
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Nice rig mate
Thanks
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Mate lets see some up close personal pics , how your going to start fabrication sections. Pictures inside the roof under the lining would be good pictures for people as there are not many around.
Sure thing mate, I will grab a few more when I get home
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Been a while so i thought I would finally grab the pictures I promised.
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This is how it will look. It is the original d pillar, fitted up to the c pillar. retaining the original angle of the d pillar. I will fill in the gap with a bit of sheet and I will still retain the air vents for an original look.
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Where I cut off the d pillar. I will need to fill it in with some sheet, as well as the tops of the doors.
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With the windowsill, I have cut off the strip that holds the windows in via the rubber. As this is also what holds the two panels together, I still have to weld it up and smooth it over.
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The gas tank will still sit inside the car, and so the tub space will be quite small. (The tank is sitting there for measurements, I'm not stupid enough to weld/grind with it there!)
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Still have to knock out all the dents, finish welding it all up, sand, and paint. At the moment electric blue is the colour at the top of my list.
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We'll I have changed my mind and decided to do an extra cab chop. If you know of a rear wall off an mk, mq, or gq ute please let me know
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We'll I picked this up for a good price today for a good price. Gunna use the rear wall out of it for my gq. Will probably. Part out the rest, although I would love to make it into a good bashing rig. Will have to see what funds I don't have after the gq is done
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I have contracted a mate to chop it into an extra cab now. Looks brilliant!Attachment 36995
My new taillight arrived today :)
If I am lucky u will have it all finished by Christmas! :)
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nice rig mate love the pics
Well, its been a while, so time for a bit of an update. Progress has been slow. Very slow. Just re-reading my 'hopefully i'll be done by christmas. Hasn't really worked out. However some more progress was (Slowly) made
Here is how it sits now.
The only dilemma i now have is to sell it after i finish it to fund mods for my other patrol, or keep it as a weekend warrior and turn my other one into a tourer. The dilemmas of a 3rd year with too many toys......
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So I sold my other wagon, to fund another car yet again.
Chop should be done soon (really gotta get a move on with it!) and then I will swap over all the gear off a shorty I bought. Only have a few old pics from the owner, but pick it up in around 3 weeks.
Specs:
Tb42 swb
4" lift, full superior arms
High mount winch
37" super swampers on flipped rims, internal bead locks.
4.6 diff ratios
Front arb air locker
Rear diff shimmed up
Near new clutch/gearbox.
All in all one awesome rig!
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Picked up the shorty today!!! Super stoked. Should be getting my ute back either this weekend or next. Let the mods commence!!!
So happy. Had an awesome weekend collecting cars. Got my ute back from my mates, chop is done.
Now I just have to build the tray and put all the shorty gear on it!