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Re: safaripetes zook

Postby yeti » Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:32 pm

yep reading away,,keep the updates coming, :wink:
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Postby Beer_Cruiser » Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:07 pm

yeti wrote:yep reading away,,keep the updates coming, :wink:

x2 and more photos

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Postby Smurf » Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:34 pm

Beer_Cruiser wrote:
yeti wrote:yep reading away,,keep the updates coming, :wink:

x2 and more photos


I reckon, Its an interesting looking build, keep it up. :-)

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Re: safaripetes zook

Postby safaripete » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:14 pm

some pics

ignore tha mounts lol need to be gusseted and trimmed up but will do that with the body off

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also this is really my first time building suspension from scratch so if theres any advise for what im doing or if im doing things wrong im open for sugestions

i havent done any of those calcutator things or anything

but jus making things fit where i can the upper links are mounted off the factory surf mountings and also butchered the surf chassis mount to get it to fit where it is

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Re: safaripetes zook

Postby safaripete » Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:59 pm

after having a chat to fakey last nite about a few things he had me abit worried about how the diff angle would change etc

but holy shit it looks like it mite just work if the angle changed i deffinatly couldnt see it

it even flexed up (no springs or shocks on yet) and ran outta travel on the lill floor jack im borrowing

will remake the stock surf spring pearches at work tomorrow an hopefully get them tacked in tomorrow night

will then look at shock mounts and the panard rod

more pics to follow

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Re: safaripetes zook

Postby Dace » Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:40 am

Its looking shit hot Pete, I am definately watching this thread, got me motivated to kick in on my Lux
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Postby safaripete » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:23 pm

got spring pearches mounted tonight

not good :roll:

going to need some chassis modification to make the springs fit

will get some pics up once that is completed

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Postby badnuz » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:02 pm

i concur,after what i saw tonite, cut grind welds gusset and reinforce. and you will be sweet!
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Postby rotordogg » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:33 pm

badnuz wrote:...cut grind welds gusset and reinforce. and you will be sweet!


...and more pics. :D
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Postby safaripete » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:18 pm

little update

i cut the chassis to make the springs fit and have baxed that section up

its finally sitting on the wheels on its own weight :D

have got pics but cant upload them for some reason but will try later

going to move onto the front end over the weekend removing any unessesary crap that doesnt need to be there and making a start on some trailing arm mounts for the safari arms

oh and it wont be running the factory headlights now :roll:

hopefully i will have a full set of 35 mudstars by the end of next week

also brought 3 brand new 15x8 rims off landyrover as thats all he had left

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Re: safaripetes zook

Postby fj40 » Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:38 pm

also brought 3 brand new 15x8 rims
3 rims are handy :lol:
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Postby safaripete » Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:57 pm

pics of rear chassis chopped

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where the spring is sitting

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Postby safaripete » Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:01 pm

chassis box
will be gusseted and finished properly when the body comes off

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Postby safaripete » Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:05 pm

the current ride height at the rear with 35s on

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mite be lowered abit yet

also paid for my new tyres and fourth rim on friday so should be here mid week

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Re: safaripetes zook

Postby niblik » Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:46 pm

i got a question about the 'chassis boxing'...

does it get any tyre rub when one sides compressed and the other has fully dropped away?

could you have inboarded the coils and modified the poistion of the control arms?

what ya plan to do with the shock locations? lookin at prior pics, from bottom outer diff to bottom of chassis rail or something?
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Postby safaripete » Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:05 pm

niblik wrote:i got a question about the 'chassis boxing'...

does it get any tyre rub when one sides compressed and the other has fully dropped away?

could you have inboarded the coils and modified the poistion of the control arms?

what ya plan to do with the shock locations? lookin at prior pics, from bottom outer diff to bottom of chassis rail or something?


shouldnt have any rub with tha bigger offset rims but things only tacked in there atm so can change if needed

yeah i could've inboarded coils but couldnt be assed muckin with diff mounts lol

still undecided where shocks will mount but will more than likely be on top of tha diff as there will be an rhs crossmember going between the chassis "box" so will mount shocks to that

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Postby niblik » Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:36 pm

to make it easier with the work involved with weldin the box part, ya could just get a 8" piece of 10mm wall thickness pipe from steel and tube at around the 5 or 6" diameter, so it fitted snug in the chassis and to encompass the round of the coil. be more aesthetically pleasing and also have no sharp edges for the tyres to catch on..

sorta like this... excuse the primo magnadoodle sketchyness!!

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Postby safaripete » Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:44 pm

niblik wrote:to make it easier with the work involved with weldin the box part, ya could just get a 8" piece of 10mm wall thickness pipe from steel and tube at around the 5 or 6" diameter, so it fitted snug in the chassis and to encompass the round of the coil. be more aesthetically pleasing and also have no sharp edges for the tyres to catch on..

sorta like this... excuse the primo magnadoodle sketchyness!!

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yeah i had though of that but where that "box" edge is i will be angling a bit of plate back to the chassis and capping it all off

just waiting till i get the body off the chassis and take it to work to do those sorts of jobs rather than trying to make bits at work then bringing them home to tack on with the arc welder

so it is far from the finished product atm :)

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Postby niblik » Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:52 pm

all good fella.. just chuckin ideas around.. thats the good thing about these forums... never meant to sound like i was knockin ya either fella...

keep at it man.. you'll be done before ya know it and be wheelin it for sure.. :D keep updates goin on too.. :wink:
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Postby safaripete » Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:00 pm

niblik wrote:all good fella.. just chuckin ideas around.. thats the good thing about these forums... never meant to sound like i was knockin ya either fella...

keep at it man.. you'll be done before ya know it and be wheelin it for sure.. :D keep updates goin on too.. :wink:


nah `tis all good mate

good to have some advise throwen about tha place etc

things may look a little agricutral atm lol but i have a vision of how i would like it to look once finished just a matter of getting it in steel lol

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Re: safaripetes zook

Postby safaripete » Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:36 pm

my 35s turned up today :D

will get them fitted tomorrow

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Postby badnuz » Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:45 pm

GO BIGGER GO BIGGER GO BIGGER!!!

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Re: safaripetes zook

Postby Dace » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:14 pm

Fark you and ya build Pete, just reminds me I done Fark all on my Lux lately :evil: :oops: :cry: :(
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Postby safaripete » Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:28 pm

a lil update

pulled the dash out of the body to remove wiring loom to start fresh

removed trans from the motor to start mounting the bighorn transfercase will get some pics tmrw

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Re: safaripetes zook

Postby tomsoffroad » Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:48 pm

Is that roughly the final location of the top links Pete? Give me ten minutes I'll find a link for you. How you have it set now you will end up with radical pinion movement.

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Postby tomsoffroad » Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:58 pm

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthre ... calculator

On our Cruiser the top links are 1000mm eye to eye and the bottom are 1185mm e to e. The triangle they project forward converges at the top front side of the front wheel. Cycling it through 800mm (400mm either side of static ride height) of vertical travel the pinion angle doesnt change at all according to the magic angle finding doofrey

I like your idea of using the standard diff mounts. :D Wonder if they could be a warranty claim if they fail :lol: :lol:

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Postby safaripete » Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:30 pm

cheers man i cant work those bloody calculaters out :lol:

at this stage thats the final posi haha

the arms are the same length as nissan safari arms where the top links are on the chassis is basically where they ended up close to fitting lol ive had the diff moving up and down and tha pinion angle didnt change. well if it did i didnt see it.

still have tha panard rod to fit yet so the rear by far from finished but waiting to put some weight in the rear to sort that.

just waiting on some threads to be machined up to make a start on the front end

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Re: safaripetes zook

Postby Dace » Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:39 pm

still watchin, though wish Mike could fix the subscribe email thingee

BTW, keep up the good work mate
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Postby safaripete » Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:08 pm

managed to get some zook time yesterday and some ok weather

so brought home the plasma cutter from work and cut off all front end brackets

plus rebuilt the front knuckle so i can bolt some wheels on and line up things.

as we are looking at buying a house i need to get this at least sitting back on four wheels so more progress should happen :roll:

will get some pics up tonight

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Postby safaripete » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:45 pm

pic of front mounts removed

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engine mounts gone but need bigger grinder to clean up haha as tha 5" disc jus doesnt last



badnuz and fj40 came round and gave me a hand to position tha diff now i can make some spring pearches and radius arm mounts and hopefully get it sitting on its own weight

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