The Mutts new ground up rebuild

[rangimotors]

Didn't seem to be much interest here, so i stopped posting here about it.

im interested as well . photos please mr and lots of them

Yeah what he said.

X3 !!
looking forward to seeing this live in the flesh sometime soon might even have to steal some ideas from it
keep up the good work and progress reports and pics when ya get the chance.

[williamhamilton]

Its lookin farkin great Rok, I know what ya mean about little interest showin on here now adays

I asked for peoples opinions on my build about 2 months ago and was surprised that there were none

rest assured, I have subscribed to yours

what he said!!

W

[niblik]

good shiat rok!! keep at it guy.. comin along nicely..

how are your custom coilies goin?

and those tissues rexo... you'll need them for that special 'mrs gone to bed' quality time..

[rokhound]

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[J_Dub]

damn you quick, looking good as, you keepin it a ute or a surf? that 60 series tank looks a good fit for the hilux chassis too

[flyingbrick]

That looks awesome dude. I admire how you can just get out there and DO it.

Love the orange. Thats rad

[Steve_t647]

Your gearbox mount, if you have to pull the box do you remove the exhaust or pull the body or does it unbolt away from the chassis?

Keep up the good work

[rokhound]

Jdub: It will be both. I will fit some quick release catches to the f/glass canopy and the exo cage will be sorted so that the canopy can fit inside it.

Steve:Yep, you have to drop the exhaust. It has joins either side of the muffler so it is a fairly easy exersize.

[muddyhilux]

absolutly bloody awsum work mate,im the same and spent alot of time checking things out on your truck upon my arival to ore,and to see this coming to life again,well what can ya say,im jelous ae ,oh well keeep it up and more pics

[Madaz]

Looks good Rok, wished i'd taken more pics of mine when I built it, tend to forget what a headache building can be.

Cheers

[Bolo]

Loveing the Orange

[rokhound]

tend to forget what a headache building can be.

Cheers

Aint that the truth

[zookfest]

looks like ive bought this post back to life

farkn awesome dude,gota admire your motavation,the 60 fuel tank looks real good and the bracing on the diff housing is pretty serious

[hiriklux]

hope that colour is the undercoat or you gonna become the lone ranger of the offroad community

[rokhound]

hope that colour is the undercoat or you gonna become the lone ranger of the offroad community

Na dude,that's the finished go. You are just the boring shades of grey tokin Pom that we tolerate


(ps, how's your build going Rik?)

[rokhound]

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[muddyhilux]

now thats the sorta truck i want to build for my next rig,dam that is mint,good effort mate,i bet your pleased with it

[Bulletproof]

Why aren't you using a high pinion diff for Strength ?

Cheers Richard

[Dace]

Lookin good Rok

[rokhound]

Why aren't you using a high pinion diff for Strength ?

Cheers Richard

Not a lot of extra strength in a high pinion verses a 4 pinion. Most people use a HP unit to get the drive shaft angle sorted, my front drive shaft is longer than the rear one with the duals, and adapted holden auto, so drive line angle is not an issue. on top of that, I will still run CV joints in both drive shafts.
I also like to have the drive shafts as the fuse in the drive line (ie weakest point) as they are very easy to fix on the trail.
Apart from that, if it was higher I think there would be interference issues with the top link and drivers side manifold.

[surf10]

this rig is awsome, how do you like the 304 in the surf, im think about puting one in mine to replace the 5m,
any big issues with it?

[rokhound]

this rig is awsome, how do you like the 304 in the surf, im think about puting one in mine to replace the 5m,
any big issues with it?

Love it. Mine replaced a 6m which replaced 2 5m's

Never had it road legal with the 304 though as the last suspension setup would only let it do 50kph ( and it was getting pretty out of control at that as well ). So I am looking forward to having a multi that I can take on the road.

[hosehustler]

Your build looks primo grunta, been following it from the start so far
I've used a prado pitman arm on my steering box which does away with the need for the IFS adaptor as the prado arm takes a std 80series ball joint fits straight on to the IFS box, although I used 70 series box, ya probs already know as i'm aware you're a big reader, I thought i'd post it just in case, look forward to seeing it in action
Tim

[Madaz]

Any more updates?

[rokhound]

Not yet,
Prepping and painting everything is a real biyatch, and now the silly season has got in the way, and I have to do some actual work that I get paid for

[niblik]

were you still thinkin of sellin rokhound? pity ya gotta get rid of it.

good luck with the sale man..

[rokhound]

Yeah, well it is only so i can help you out with your castration costs Nibby. That's what mates are for










You're an arse

[MudBum]

NICE Westy you've made my love for bling look pale in comparison

[Fakey]

Ok, stupid question but...What are heavy duty rock rings?

[flyingbrick]

Its what the passengers need so they dont sh*t themselves when it rolls.