Tomsoffroad Cruiser Tidy up

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:09 pm

[quote="DMcCready]went on a snow trip the other weekend over here in the land of Maple Syrup :mrgreen:

( BC Canada) A couple of the trucks had these tyres. They are freakin huge! and flat out worked in the snow. They did love to feed on axle shafts and u joints though haha :lol:

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Yeah, thats alot of rubber to be spinning around the place. Really need truck axles/driveline to put up with stress involved.

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:17 pm

Couldn't sell it :oops:

Off shopping on Wed. Ditching the 1/4 elliptic rear and going coils and 15" Ranchos. :mrgreen:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:07 pm

and the front? what ya thinkin there?

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:37 pm

niblik wrote:and the front? what ya thinkin there?

x2

Need to redo my front 3 link one day - rear is doing all the flexing and i'm getting 400mm less travel out of the front...

Will watch with interest.

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:32 pm

and the front? what ya thinkin there?

Nothing to serious. I've got a wee bit of work with the cab and a whole heap of bar work to do so it only getting a SOA.

I WANT TO GET THIS F#@KER GOING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

Bought some cheap ass rims and tyres today. Only 35s and nothing flash but it gets me rolling. :mrgreen:

-54 offset

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:23 pm

Finally got some thing done. The plans changed quite abit. :roll:

Im dragging it back on the road as a daily driver :wink:

It'll also be expected to tow a trailer without complaint when needed :twisted:

Basicly a mall crawler :lol:

After very little thought I decided to stick with the 1/4 eliptic but ditch the hinge idea and just bolt the leaves to the chassis. Less flex but still plenty for a d/d. Doing this also got rid of all my unloading issues

The front got its soa. Still thinking of a shackel reversal but dont know if I can be naffed. We'll see :roll:

yeti · Post by **yeti** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:33 pm

..looks good tom...

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:18 am

I aint no expert but I reckon you will have trouble certing the beer crate seat :mrgreen:

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:41 am

rokhound wrote:I aint no expert but I reckon you will have trouble certing the beer crate seat

wait till you see a pic of the custom drag link :wink:

c'mon Tom

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:50 pm

rokhound
Post subject: Re: Tomsoffroad Cruiser Tidy up

I aint no expert but I reckon you will have trouble certing the beer crate seat

Yeah true. But if I replace the broken pailing she'll be sweet as fulla :lol:

wait till you see a pic of the custom drag link
c'mon Tom

Thank you Tim :lol:

This is some of my finest work to date. I didn't want to show it cos now everyone else who builds stuff will feel like lesser human beings.

muddy_munke · Post by **muddy_munke** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:32 pm

Loving that steering mod Tom, keep up the good work!

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:54 am

Made a little progress this weekend. I used the 60 fuel tank (slightly modified :mrgreen:

) which is now done and in the truck. Its yet to be sealed and undersealed. Also got a bit of the rear wall done.

Roenut · Post by **Roenut** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:50 pm

looks wicked!
i may need a quick easy weld job done for a wof if it wont be too much trouble? i'll pm you with some details if thats ok?

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:56 pm

No problems. Txt is easier. :wink:

Roenut · Post by **Roenut** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:10 pm

tomsoffroad wrote:No problems. Txt is easier.

done, cheers

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:55 pm

It appears I've made a perfectly good Landcruiser look abit like a bloody Landrover :oops:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:28 pm

Ordered high steer today. Mix of LHD and RHD hilux parts Cheers Suzolla :mrgreen:

Also modded fuel tank is away getting sealed and undersealed, Cheers Hosehustler :mrgreen:

Progress is good :wink:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:24 pm

Picked up a new set of 35" Silverstones yesterday.

Bolo · Post by **Bolo** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:46 pm

tomsoffroad wrote:Picked up a new set of 35" Silverstones yesterday.

Pics or it didnt happen :mrgreen:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:22 am

Pics or it didnt happen

It happened :wink:

Got the cab finished

Off to slap abit of epoxy primer on it this morning :mrgreen:

Pics or it didnt happen

Pix tonight :mrgreen:

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:52 pm

tomsoffroad wrote:
Pix tonight

waiting.....

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:53 pm

Righto give me ten minutes :mrgreen:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:08 pm

Pretty bloody ruff but it'll all be covered up with barwork :mrgreen:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:04 pm

Yeehaa. Now onto the bar work :mrgreen:

I'll come back to the body one day :lol:

ethan loves toyota · Post by **ethan loves toyota** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:34 pm

watching with interest mate cant wait to c barwork i need something i can just take offroad nd not worry about too much could be keen to sort some sort of deal out pm me if interested cheers

ethan

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:53 pm

ethan loves toyota wrote:watching with interest mate cant wait to c barwork i need something i can just take offroad nd not worry about too much could be keen to sort some sort of deal out pm me if interested cheers

ethan

You cant buy the mans truck now he's getting closer to wheeling it!!!!

That's just not playing ball

PS. Truck is looking better by the post :mrgreen:

Loving the olive green - hope you're going to finish it in cammo :wink:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:32 pm

tom tom tom... looks shiat hawt guy.. ya gettin there.. just need to mount those dayum tyres and flex her up.. see how the clearances are on the front end and get to denting that there purty panel work.. :wink:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:27 am

watching with interest mate cant wait to c barwork i need something i can just take offroad nd not worry about too much could be keen to sort some sort of deal out pm me if interested cheers

ethan

You might be waiting a while for that PM Ethan. :lol:

I think its got to the point where shes a keeper :mrgreen:

PS. Truck is looking better by the post Loving the olive green - hope you're going to finish it in cammo

Cheers Man. Im gonna stick with the olive green but not camo. Chances are thats all the panel and paint it'll get for now tho :mrgreen:

tom tom tom... looks shiat hawt guy.. ya gettin there.. just need to mount those dayum tyres and flex her up.. see how the clearances are on the front end and get to denting that there purty panel work..

Clearance in the front should be sweet brother. If not I'll clearance it on the trail :mrgreen:

Its mainly going to be a mall crawler on the BFG's but will be good too have the other feet keep up with your toy Nibs. I think you'll get to keep your flex king title tho......... For now :twisted:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:22 am

Please excuse the grainy "it 3am photos" :mrgreen:

Nowhere near finished but you'll get the idea :wink:

wayfastwhitee · Post by **wayfastwhitee** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:30 am

that bar work came out awesome. How does that work with if you were to actually go for cert, with covering the rear wheels etc?