My LWB Mav

Well alot of things have been going on with my rig

End of July car rolled off on its own down a hill n wedged its self between 2 tree's

Punching drives door n guard and snapping everthing under its front end and totaling smashing the shit out of drivesand passenger floor pan

All this happened on Saturday around 2ish so i 2nded up spending the night out bush on my own in zero temp in the snow as everyone else went home to get recover cars n a trailer to tow it home


Heres some pics befor n after the front diff fell out completly
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COPY AND PASTING ALL THESE OFF NOTHER FORUM

Well the Rebuild/Repair has started on smurf


First up was getting it back on its wheels witch following was needed

New Front diff
New Front radius arms
New Radius Mushroom bushes
New Drag Link
New Tie Rod
New Panhard Rod
New Brake Line
And New Shocks n Coils witch in thise case i bought hole new lift kit as old kits had seen better days.

Once it was on its wheels i washed it as couldnt wash it in the shed

Now its clean ive started reparing the Floors n front of the body under front guards we all GQs are weak as shit under there n ive had cracks there for while.

Day after it happened removed stuffed door n guard

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Then got front end back together so i could get it out n wash it

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Then repaired passenger side footwell as it was easy one to fix
Just had to beat it back into shape then i plated over hole 2.5mm thick plate

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Well started repairing all the cracks at front of the body as we all no GQ front ends are weak as hell up front.

First off i plated over the hole that was cut for the snokel n shit job at that :shock: was cracking all the way around it :roll:

So i thought why not plate the hole and put the snorkel though the bonnet as ive always like style. 8)

Befor
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After
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Well front left is all finished n painted i welded a total of 20 cracks on that one side :shock:

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Heres pics of how rooted drives floor is ive tried fixing it but i cant needs to be done by shop that has all the right tools
At this stage im going to be sending it Sandy at AUS4WD


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Well took smurf to a Mates Mate Custom Hot Rod shop Friday arvo so he could repair drives floor

At first we thought we cut floor out n put new section in but once car was there he was like id be able to get that floor back to shape with Ozy n Hammer n body shaping tools

So its all done all Cracks n Holes where closed up n welded up we didnt had any new plate at all

All i gotta do now is wire wheel the floor had seemfiller where its now done n paint floor so i can get back to cleaning up body for respray.





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Well smurf come hom in morning so was able to hit it with wire wheel n coat it with loads of Sound Deadener on inside and Body Deadener on out side.

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With that done i started sanding body back for its fresh paint to go down but die to me starting a new job tomorrow witch takes me away on for work i wont be doing much more on it till weekend witch sucks but working part of life.

Man that sucks. Can't imagine what you were feeling. Good to see you getting into rebuilding it. Such a nice rig. Good luck on the rebuild

Geez mate that's horrible!! Good effort repairing it all cos a lot of people would put it in the too hard basket and write it off.

wow! what a mighty effort. Good to see no one got hurt. At least now you've got your new lift and welded up all those cracks, she'll be back bigger and better than before. And good to see if your going to do a job you do it properly! not content with some panel damage lmao

Great to see you, and Smurf, dusting yourselves off after this huge setback, and getting into it.

Very very impressive!

Thanks for sharing the photos and the knowledge.

Yeah repair job coming along nicely almost finshed sanding hole car back ready for primer then its freah paint.

Same colour or colour change?

Yeah same color mate

nice mate. love that blue.

Well over the last to Arvos of warm weather n sun shine i was able to finally put smurf into Primer :)


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Well the first layer of Top coat went down today just got sand it done lightly and had nother coat or 2 to really make it looks bling

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Well i myself and a mate sprayed smurfs final coat of paint over its body yesterday come up kinda OK for 2 people that dont do it for living even no ive sprayed all my cars before was first time with 2pac paint.

Bought some Fiberglass guards this week there being dropped off to me tomorrow so i can spray them get them bolted up so i can start putting smurf back together after i give car quick rub back and a buff to make the paint look alittle better but not to worries its a 4wd not show car :)

Also bought a Serise 2 chrome grill and some clear/crystel parkers to same some bling to it once its finished.


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It's come up good mate ya can come n paint mine anytime ;-)


Double Tap

Looks really good after you do growlers you can come and do mine aswell

Looks pretty!!

Cheers guys
I'll keep updates coming as im going

Looking mighty fine indeed mate......... and after you've finished with Growlers and Heal, you're most welcome to come and do mine lol

looks really good mate and love the cage in it. I really need something like that behind the front seats but still need the back seat usable

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looks really good mate and love the cage in it. I really need something like that behind the front seats but still need the back seat usable

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Just make it a 8 point cage then....
Got front legs middle hoop over head with cross brace then nother hoop behind back seats with stays down to back floor been done many times to family cars to keep kids in back seats safe aswell.

Well smurf is 70% back together atm just awaiting warmer weather so i can spray the front fiberglass guards i bought and get them bolted up then ill give car light rub and buff to get the dust n bugs out of paint due to spraying in a dusty shed.


Hole it sits with 5inch lift on 33s use to keep it low but gone for bigger lift now for change.
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And the guards
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Well its been long time since ive posted here been way to busy with work but ive earned my self 8 days off to work on smurfo


so over last 2 days ive sanded car back n gave it cut n polish to sorta fix the paint up looks like sh!t but see how it looks in the sun light after all its 4wd not show pony instal all new door locks n ignition barrel new steering column and bolted up GU steering box.

Aswell as buying some goodies

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Where did you get seats from Evil???? and cost if you don't mine

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Where did you get seats from Evil???? and cost if you don't mine

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Seats are Autotechica on sale at Repco atm $300 apair.

Well we finally got some good weather here for spraying so i sprayed up last stuff to the car

Witch was 2 gaurds and the Window Grill under front windscreen now there done ill bolt them up over weekend finish bolted up rest of the stuff i can do then im going to book it into John at Biders4wd for seats mounted and fresh tune and anything else he may find.

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Got the fiberglass mounted up witch now makes its body work completed aswell as it stands on all 4 wheels again now.


All thates left is fit couple of trims and stuff on inside and its finished
Bar work will be resprayed once the warm weather comes back again.

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Well today i finished everyone on smurf that i was doing so its 90% finished now

Inside of car all back together
Outside all done but bar work as im spraying barwork up atm should be all done n bolted up by tuesday as i go back to work on Wednesday

As ive said above last couple things that need doing are getting done by biders prob in new year as he flat out atm.

Front interior all done with its new straight floor.
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Looking good mate, when ur finished with yours your more than welcome 2 do mine :)

What's the display? Nav, Vid......etc

That would be my Car Computer running all my Nav programs

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That would be my Car Computer running all my Nav programs

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Sorry, can't say I have read all post in you thread, any more details of the computer setup in this thread. Do you run on board diagnostics as well???

Well as im over black bar work i choose to go Silver and it matches the blue nicely.

Aswell as i mounted the passenger site to GQ Rails and i sit bloody high in it got 30mm from top of my head n the roof so thinking i might have to make rails for my side so it sits alittle lower down.


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Well i straighten and repaired my front bar last night witch was only straighting the front of bar where winch bolted to and weld up a crack on bottom witch was where the main impact was.


Then resprayed it to match rest of my bar work.

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The rear bar looks shit hot mate love it


Sent from my tapped out thumbs

Front bar is all bolted up now and my himount all hooked up rope back on ready to roll......

Looks mega sexy

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Well Well looky here smurfs out of the shed for the first time sine June this year.

All finished and my 37s bolted back up ready to begin its journey to Biders 4wd tomorrow for its the last couple things to be done.

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