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Well just ordered a 55w HID kit for a pair of IPF Extremes to fit up to the front of the GQ to give me some frontal distance. With the LED Light bar they will be awesome.
Also just ordered a GU Steering Box. Should arrive tomorrow and will fit it up this weekend. Got a big weekend coming.
You will like that. I know my 50w HID XGT's shine further than I can see I just need more spread now :)
I have 50W XGT HID on the GUIV and they are insane so 50w for the GQ should be heaps. i ummmed and arrrred about going to a 75w or even a 100w but the price doubled then quadrupled and will suck the guts out of the batteries so went with the 50w and think they will be great.Quote:
Originally Posted by nissannewby
woooooo hoooooo! the Gu Steering box has just arrived! Now to fine time to fit it this weekend! Its only a short list ........ Really it is......
- Finish the Flares,
- Design, make and fit the Mudflaps. These ones will last more than a single drive damn it!!
- Fit the new Steering box.
- wire up and fit the Switch, relay and wiring for the spot lights waiting for the HID kit and so i just need o fit the lights when they arrive
- Rebuild the Himount and then fit it to the car
- Clean the inside of the car
- finish the bog up of the rear quarter panel and blow a little paint over it
- roll out the swag and add some more insulation to under the mattress.
- make sure my Diff Breathers are fully connected after the diff swap and that my lockers are functioning correctly.
- Pack the car
- look after the 2 kids as the wife is working full shifts all weekend
Buckleys!!
Send it up here ill work on it and test drive it for you. A word of warning though it will end up with hybrid super flex arms and long arms.
Pm me your postal address and ill call the courier Truck!!!Quote:
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First car through that big hole at the start of my Build!!
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The pics with the bikes in them have the same type if tracks that we drive here. Hundreds of k's of them all around my area. Slick clay and over grown forestry tracks, water bars on hills and tight corners onto steep long clay hills, My favourite driving.
Seriously need to organise a West Coast Tassie Trip!!Quote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
You'd like it in my area then, they are all just like that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
You all would hate my area, there is literally thousands upon thousands upon thousands of hectares at my back door step but illegal to 4wd or dirt bikes for anything other then a dirt track a 2wd could drive down easily :(:(:( Welcome 2 the Blue Mountains National Park where you can do ABSOLUTELY SWEET F!CK ALL! Still need to travel 2hrs just to go somewhere legal :(:(:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Are you serious? What a waste!Quote:
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The same deal in the Otways! nothing worth driving in there unless your of the grid. most has been permanently shut or made into a Blue Diamond Track.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Our Club ran an event in the Otways every year for many many years and catered for Easy, Medium, Hard and Extreme. about 4 years ago we had to relocate tot he Mt Cole area as there was simply nothing left to drive beyond Easy Medium.
OK maybe hr n half but with all the road works they have been doing on our hwy for the last 20 years it really does take 2hrsQuote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Just did a screen capture of where I am to show you the National Parks I have around me, I can drive not even 10mins away and be in a national park :(
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Yeh its a shame, all of the tracks around my way have been closed, the only way you will go offroad here is with a portable angle grinder / bolt cutters and do it illegally, which I don't believe helps our cause so won't do.Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Excuse my lack of knowledge but what is a blue diamond track?
And sorry for the hijack off your thread *L*
About 4 years ago we rolled out a Track Classification system in Victoria. then the DSE and Parks vic ran out of money and it all got put in a Drawer. Unfortunately they really missed an opportunity to engage the 4x4 community as their classification system went from Green, Blue, Black Double Black, from memory. the problem is that the Double Black is where we want to Start not finish! and it did not take much to make a track into a Double Black. it was a Mess. Because the system ends at double Black there is simply no way of grading say a Double Black (DB) level 1 track (Just a DB) that you'd get through if you were trying hard enough in an AWD Soft Roader and the Extreme end at say DB9 where there should be an obstruction that requires a certain level of vehicle and driver to attempt even to get on the track.Quote:
Originally Posted by NissanGQ4.2
They chose to leve it as just DB! I lobbied hard to ad the numerical grading to the DB to give the system some level of perspective but they were not listening! What they Wanted! and what they Got was a system that would allow them to provide an Iconic 4WD Track system in Victoria that could be graded as Blue and allow every Mum and Dad in their AWD Territories to tackle with the kids on the weekends! What a Waste.
So i am a Certified Track Classifier. Did the Course. Got the certificate. Never got off the ground.
Gotcha, have never heard of a track classification system for dse / parks, shame it never got off the ground
I have a mate thats right into Mountain Bike riding esp downhill riding, we use to live next door to each other a couple of suburbs away from where I am now, there is some bushland that goes down the mountain side just down the road which over the years got turned into a downhill track about 1 year ago now council came along and erected no mountain bike riding signs on the track!. He has worked long and hard to get permission off council to find somewhere local and finally got permission to built a track at another location that wasn't 2 far away. Mind you this was one area that was closed down to 4wd access many years ago
Its not just four wheel drivers coping it these days!
Well with your certification, what would you rate Barkly river Jeep tk?Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Well the System will certify it as a Double Black Track! If they adopted a numerical scale of DB1 through to DB10 being the most extreme I reckon BRJT would be about a DB6 or DB7 because its drivable without a winch stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Go with 7,thats means I've done a DB7 on all terrains without winching lmao
which clearly shows the ranking system is totally flawed! lmaoQuote:
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And Kriso got up in a completely stock, unlifted, skinny tired maverick!Quote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
which shows that obviously fords are better than nissans!Quote:
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And the ranking system was always on an assumed Dry Track. So Brewry would be a BD6 too and drivable in the dry with ATs on but a 3 or 4 stage winch in the wet! How do you put that on a sign!
I attempted it in the wet. Got 50m up and went to set the winch up and had a think about it, the cars that were with me were certainly not up to the task! So we backed down (which was a mission in itself)
going through a similar thing with a mate at the moment. He just got a dual cab hilux (yeah i know) and ive taken him on pretty much the same few tracks in the same area 3 weekends in a row. First weekend he said "these things are way better than patrols, it goes anywhere!" (i didnt have the heart to tell him i was taking all the easiest tracks and it was fairly dry) and each weekend since its been raining flat out and getting slowy harder and harder. We are going out tomorrow and i plan on having a proper play (because two other trol mates are coming to help me out if bogged lol) and old mate in the hilux is gonna have a hard time of it i reckon:)Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Fitted up the GU steering box today and fixed the front locker and front breather before the rain arrived.
I'm keen for this...Quote:
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Originally Posted by AB
Well its bloody cold out side! Just refitted the Rebuild Himount and it works and is ready for Rope! New 6hp motor, Full brake shaft rebuild kit, lower housing rebuild kit, sand blast and a paint. Looks neat.
To save me unbolting the front bar to fit it in i have to fit it in 2 pieces. Top hat off. bolt up the bottom half then fit the top hat and motor. Of course it starts raining between bolting the bottom up and fitting the top hat. Head Torch on, out with the Umbrella and she'll be right mate. Damn i need a Shed the GQ will fit in!! Killing me!
Gathered all my camping gear and recovery gear and insulated the swag ready for the Snow trip this weekend. Still got allot to do but 1 day at a time. Time for a shower and Bed.
Darren, did you end up fitting a Gigglepin brake shaft or the original one?
i would be in for this! its only 1000k's to melb! then boat, im pretty sure it would be amazing!Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Nah the original one with the tapped end. It survived the trip well given what it had to do. It was stripped out 3 times and fitted to Gary's car to get him out too!
I replaced the end bearing on it though, the one in the lower housing casing. That was a Bitch to get out!
Just been to the post office!! Picked up the 50w HID kit for the IPFs for the front of the GQ. Been a few years since I bought HIDs! Wow I can't believe how small the kits and the Ballasts have got!!!
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Under $50 from Hong Kong ordered on Friday! Got the note in the letterbox on Monday!!
On the end of the list of things to do but if I get this kit fitted up I will be stoked!
I have two mates running hid retro fitted into GU 1 and they both have had a pretty bad run. I'm unsure of the brands they've used. One guy had a cheap brand and had to rreplace the ballast twice so then forked out more for an expensive brand and that developed an intermittent fault after a while.
Have you had any problems with hid's? And do you think that brand you got above will prove itself?
Id like to get some hids but I'm worried they would fail when I'm from home!