Mate I stood at the front of it today and the bonnet is just below my shoulder! The bottom of the glass in the doors is shoulder height!!
It's huge!!!!
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Mate I stood at the front of it today and the bonnet is just below my shoulder! The bottom of the glass in the doors is shoulder height!!
It's huge!!!!
Crazy mate... Can't wait to see itQuote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Are you going to have to trim back the returns on your front bar as well?
I still need to trim mine back.
Nah should be fine mate. Was looking at it today, need to remove some of the body lift and modify the rock sliders to suit and will be selling my rear bar and making another to suit a 1" body lift.Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
Any plans on a rear wheel carrier when you do the rear bar? To get the spare out of the back?Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Nah keen to keep the weight forward. So will see how it goes after I have set it up in the back and see if I can get everything in. If I can then I will remove the wheel carrier off the back door even.
Damn had a crap day. The fibreglass I mixed up last night appeared to not have enough activator in it and I had to strip it all off. MESS.
So I have stripped and redone all the fibreglass today and it's looking great. All 4 quater panels need paint now.
Looking good Dazz. How the hell are you going to get in it, you are going to need to install one of those steps the come out as you unlock your doors.
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So stripped all the goooo off and went again. Disappointed. Got s good build of FG on the panels and 3 layers of FG and sanding done. Last patch done and my Sander Crapped itself! Damn it! Stripped it on the bench and need a couple of bearings and a set of brushes tomorrow hopefully.
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How you going to paint it? Spray it yourself ?
Awesome panel beating job!
Yeah mate. Just going to rattle can it for the time being. Get out on the tracks.Quote:
Originally Posted by lucus30
I have a pair of brand new front guards that I will cut and fold at some point when I get serious about the paint again. I don't have a shed so there is no point planning a nice paint job at this stage. The rattle can will come up great. Is White Is Good.
I've painted some of mine with a high gloss roller. Looks OK but for a 4wd its fine. Looks better than it did. Got to do a heap more like you have thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
I've painted plenty of stuff with the old pressure pack cans.... I surprise myself sometimes...
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I think you need to paint the whole car in bitumen paint then toss on some blue metal as camouflage !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
yeah the rattle can will work fine. This last time i sprayed these guards it was with a rattle can and it came up a treat. I note though the paint has faded in the sun in the last 18months and is now clearly a different colour! I will paint with an Acrylic Rattle this time and see how that goes.
Seriously considering a Camo Paint job with a couple of Rattle cans though! Or maybe some Wrap?
The wrap would tear off the first time you took it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
+1 for the bitumen paint
Just use black ute
liner. Bullet proof and
stylish. :sterb003:
Nice job, by the way.
I thought your were a kwaka bloke? LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
I have owned them all Matty..... Jap stuff anyway.
Rustoleum is a bloody good paint to use for the tough stuff and almost idiot proof.
Thats what i used, Mix it with penetrol and its even betterQuote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
Wow it's petty cheap too. Only $10 a can at bunnings! I have already bought Repco brand Enamel in a rattle can for $17 a can less 30% last week so will stick with it. Maybe look at that next time depending how this stuff lays.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
So I have neglected this thread a little. Pace is slow but been doing other things.
Guards are fine and waiting for a final rub and paint.
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Lightly spray a sand coat over and gave left it for better weather while I do other things
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Finally got around to dealing with the body lift. This is a massive job and one I have been not looking forward to. All the bar work is to suit the body lift! Sliders, rear bar, front shock towers. Damn!!
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What a bastard these where to remove. The bolt is 18mm!! WTF!!! Who has an 18mm anything!!!! I had to go and buy a single socket to suit! No f'ing idea how I fitted them last time without an 18mm socket????
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Next is the rear bar. Bloody hell! I made it Good!! No less than 14 bolts hold on the rear bar!!
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Notice I have welded a row of nuts across the back for extra fixing points. My rear bar is also my recovery bar as I don't have a towbar fitted. I well and truly Over a Engineered my bar but confident it won't break.! Lol
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Today was body lift reduction day.
Kallen made a set of 20mm body blocks about 12months ago for me and I have finally got around to fitting them. I had to buy a new set of bolts as mine were all to long.
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I have lifted my front shock towers to accommodate longer front shocks do I drilled a 50mm hole in the top of the inner guard so I can still get to the top of the shock if I need to remove one any time.
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So jacked up the body on both sides. Some of the bolts were a bastard to remove but got them all finally.
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All done. 30mm drop. Need to tighten all the bolts now, will get to them tomorrow Arvo.
Damn!! I can't shut the bonnet!!! Need to make an adjustment to my intercooler setup. Bugger it.
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Why have you reduced the body lift?
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Ow that intercooler issue would suck
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How far off is it?
Raise rear bonnet to avoid modding the mounts?
Yeah it hits by a bit damn it. I have a bit of room to move the back of the heat exchanger down which I will have to do. The radiator section connected to the bonnet needs to be replaced as its holed anyway. The fans have been removed and can't be refitted. The back angle team hits first so might be able to take some of the rib out. Fun a be close though.
My car is too big and removing some of the body lift gives me back 30mm straight away. The 20mm blocks almost look factory too so I might not get pinned for a body lift which is now illegal in Vic I am told.it was legal when I fitted it.
How did the rear
spring tower
reinforcement
brace go with
the lowered
body, Darren?
Yeah that is the primary reasons for not completely removing the body lift. I kept 20mm blocks to ensure that it would clear. Glad I did cause finding another 20mm under the bonnet would be impossible. I think I have enough in my IC to adjust to close the bonnet but another 20mm would smash meQuote:
Originally Posted by mudnut
Wow you've been busy Darren! Nice work though mate and I'm sure you'll work it all out
So got back on the GQ this Arvo. Finished tightening all the body bolts and finalized the body lift reduction. Very pleased.
Then the daunting. Lifted the bonnet and started on the intercooler.
Out she comes
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Couldn't remember how to remove the heat shield...... Figured it out!
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Out with the 9" grinder for some slight adjustments!!
Test fitted to intercooler back in and shot this vid with my iPhone in the engine bay. We are close! Very close!!
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So with the body lift gone I am glad I drilled these holes for the top of the front shocks or they are never coming out!!!
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A lot of work Daz, getting there mate looking good . . . The bar work will be fun [emoji4] . . .
Been busy!
Are you spraying the guards yourself?
Also I wonder if you could find some rubber bungs to in the shock tower holes, it might help keep dirt out out the engine bay?
Yeah I reckon I could. I used a hole saw so it's a nice neat hole. Not sure how much would enter there versus the rest of the engine bay though? Will check it out though cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
Your shock tower will hit the body, the top of my shocks punched holes in those humps without a body lift
Isn't that why there's a hole cut there?Quote:
Originally Posted by liftlid