Frankensteins GQ Resurection

after it's life on a turf farm the front driver side coil mount was rusted through, there isn't much holding the coil in.

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I managed to get a couple of second hand ones from someone wrecking a gq they just cut off the whole chassis section for me

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I had a bit of a go with the grinder and buzzed one side off the section of chassis, I'll give the edges a bit of a clean up when i'm ready to put it on

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unfortunately a mate has borrowed the welder so i'll have to grab it back before i can can zap this on

i didn't get any work done yesterday, but i did manage to pick up a set of silverstone muddies 35x11.5x16 on GU steel rims. just can't go past a bargain $600 for the set wasn't too bad i though.

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new tyres fitted :)

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here is a shot of the first coat of paint on the rear section, it's pretty thick and smoothed out alright. doesn't look too bad

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Good read mate well thought out.
That rear chassis cross member if you beef that up you'll be able to recover a 4x4 from those for bolts
I sell a rated recovery point but with your skills You could whip one up in no time, hole cnts 85mm x 45mm

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Good read mate well thought out.
That rear chassis cross member if you beef that up you'll be able to recover a 4x4 from those for bolts
I sell a rated recovery point but with your skills You could whip one up in no time, hole cnts 85mm x 45mm

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Thanks mate!
i'll probably have a crack at making some form of rear bar down the track and try to incorporate recovery points, i kow i'll need them i'm generally the one to figure out how not to get through a track and need to be recovered :P

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Originally Posted by OLY

i got the coil brace brackets folded and grabbed some more steel to make the last 3 brackets

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the tacked the passenger side engine mount on

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made the plate to bolt to the engine, i made sure i had a cutout for the oil feed for down the track when i turbo it, i haven't seen any of the aftermarket ones where they have this. and i made the connecting pieces using the same cardboard template method

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tacked the side plates into position

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pulled it all out and welded it up on the bench

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i added a gusset in welded them all up and blasted them with some satin black killrust enamel but it got a bit dark, i'll throw up a finished off and installed photo tomorrow, i got everything cut out for the driver side, just have to chamfer off the corners and stick it together, that's another job for tomorrow

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Here ya go BA.. 21st post

so after making a set of engine mounts for a mate, i wasn't quite happy with the first set i made for this so i made another set

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they turned out pretty good and using the toyota bush they won't be as harsh as the patrol ones

i made a full write up in the DIY section

check it out here
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...d=1#post638233

Finally stopped procrastinating over repairing the coil tower today

jacked up the chassis and took off the front right wheel and took the spring out, this shows just how rusted out it was...

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a few careful cuts with the grinder and then bash the last bit out with a cold chisel and bam! no more coil mount

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i carefully positioned the new mount and tacked it in, then melted it on

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a bit of the magical paint and nobody will be any the wiser :)

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i spread a little more paint over the chassis rail but the weather started to turn dodgey so i'll leave this bit to dry and come back to it tomorrow

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i did a bit more painting but ran out and they are out of it at the shop so have to wait until more comes in

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so i pulled the engine and gearbox out ready to paint the front half of the chassis took the steering box and everything off as well

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thought i might have a go at making some front drop out cones while i'm here so i got some 4" - 3" steam pipe reducer and a 3" hole saw, cut out a base plate and welded them together

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cut out the centre section of the coil seat and lined these up and welded them in, i still have to drill the centre hole out to 8mm to mount the bump stop and i'll have to drill a couple of drain holes then paint but so far it looks alright

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