The "Tank" - Big, Grey and Ugly ..

[Sir Roofy]

Couple more progress shots (not much progress though!! lol). Have just tacked the top bar on to get the angle for the bottom tube ... at the join on the corner, both tubes run down the car together with the outer edge of the smaller one sitting about 30mm inside the outer edge of the larger tube to sort of 'taper' it in line with the body and not look too boxy ...

Tomorrow is another day, so the welder has been put away for today!!

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Holding the bottom tube just to give you the idea of where it runs from/to ... pretty stoked that my angle cut to the mounting plate (by hand with the angle grinder) was bloody spot on!!! Miracles will never cease!!! lmfao

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comming together nice mate,gloss is a bit shiney tho lol

[Bigrig]

Thats comin on reeeel nice. What if anything are you gunna put in the open ends mate

Was thinking about that today, and open to suggestions, however I thought about using that Selley's foam gap filler stuff ... spray it in, let it harden, rough chisel to shape, lightly sand and then spray black as well. It is pretty hardy stuff, and it allows for some movement, but if it flakes out over time, just resprayed and touch up again.

I thought a piece of industrial rubber also (the thick stuff with stitching through the guts for strength) - cut to shape etc, but no real way of getting it to stay in place ....

Those mounts are going to have the corners taken off and rounded also.

Thoughts??

[growler2058]

I got high pressure pvc blank ed but its being a bit of a prik to get on i like your idea i got sh1tloads of expension foam im sold on that idea might go do it now

[Bigrig]

I got high pressure pvc blank ed but its being a bit of a prik to get on i like your idea i got sh1tloads of expension foam im sold on that idea might go do it now

Let me know how it works then!!!!! LMFAO!!!!

[big_fletch]

Coming along nicely mate, I like the foam idea for the ends as well.. It's pretty rock solid when its dry as well

[Bigrig]

Coming along nicely mate, I like the foam idea for the ends as well.. It's pretty rock solid when its dry as well

Yeah, my only concern was too solid, but according to the website, it allows expansion and contraction for home timber usage, so figure it would do the trick on this as well - just hope it bonds well enough to steel ... again, states that it does, but think that's for 'stationary' usage around windows and the like, not on a fourbie getting flogged around the bush!! lol

[growler2058]

Let me know how it works then!!!!! LMFAO!!!!

I got 2 cans in the shed n they a bit old and wouldnt squirt properly sooooo i pulled the spout off and rammed it in a zoooosssshhhhhhhhh got it everywhere my fingers are all covered in the stuff. hahahahaha ill let you know tomorrow how the experiment went

[Bigrig]

I got 2 cans in the shed n they a bit old and wouldnt squirt properly sooooo i pulled the spout off and rammed it in a zoooosssshhhhhhhhh got it everywhere my fingers are all covered in the stuff. hahahahaha ill let you know tomorrow how the experiment went

Excellent mate!! It'll bubble etc, but I've used it on the house, and just chiseled a rough shape (sharp chisel), and then sand to finish ..

Good luck with it and hopefully I've steered you down the right path!! lol

[YNOT]

A bit more mucking around but I'd be welding a single plate over the ends of both tubes to join the together if you know what I mean.

Tony

[Bigrig]

A bit more mucking around but I'd be welding a single plate over the ends of both tubes to join the together if you know what I mean.

Tony

On the sides??