D21 Navara SAS with falcon rear leaves

[kbjj]

Gutted.
Saw you cruising through Reefton on the Sunday, Pointed out to a mate how sweet your wagon looked.

That was after the incident. Looked better on Saturday

[juz]

OH Hell! gutted. was wanting to check this thing out at the godley trip. Got a bit of a thing for D21 Navaras, maybe a D22 cab on the cards?

[mylux]

Guttered

[vvilly]

Hey shagga Im in

Give me a yell when ya need it


I'm only round the corner well some of the time

[SMOKEY]

So sorry to see Jeremy , I no what your going through as I have done it not once but twice . Have you thought about knitting , will take up as much time but shouldn't cost as much and unless you slip with the needles you shouldn't get hurt, we could do swaps with patterns and spare wool. Seriously it's not the total answer but if I was to re build a new vehicle I would be looking at a dedicated EXO trailer queen ,

I LIKE THE THOUGHT OF BEING BARRED UP,

FITZY

[hosehustler]

Hi Jeremy,
hope you got my txt last weekend, really good to read that you were all ok after the roll and no injuries etc, not good that it happened but it does sometimes.
I also have had to do a body swap after a roll in my surf, takes time and of course the vin number is also a problem but can be done legally if you involve the VINZ people from start to finish of the body swap.

I'm with Fitzy's comments!

Seriously it's not the total answer but if I was to re build a new vehicle I would be looking at a dedicated EXO trailer queen ,

I LIKE THE THOUGHT OF BEING BARRED UP,

FITZY

[tomsoffroad]

Woohoo. Thats the way to drive the sucker!! Give me a yell if you are having a working bee.

[red-devil]

it's only a little bit of buffing and she'll be go as new.

just goes to show the old girl knows how to look after her passenger.

glad to hear you all walked away

[kbjj]

Decided to strip the old girl out today with the help of my boy.

[niblik]

holy sheetballs..!! thats not a truck anymore.. more a skateboard with a tray..

p.s... i can see kels helpin with a hammer on the panel in the background... takin out frustrations much?

well done dude.. atta boy, get that sucker sorted.. *big thumbs up*

[Sadam_Husain]

whats it like trying to find bodies for those things, are there many around and are there rust issues or anything with them?

[kbjj]

I think (hope) Kelsey's practising building his truck.
I havn't found another donor truck yet, havn't really looked but I'm prepared to wait. Signs of rust around where inner guards meet firewall seem, looks good everywhere else. Sills maybe a prob if not flushed. Door window rubbers/seals are an arse, need to keep door drains clear, oh and the ifs is shit imho

[Jerry]

These guys may be worth a try
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 593989.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 423422.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 916078.htm

Otherwise would a D21 Terrano body fit with a ute chop?

[kbjj]

Prepared to wait and get a complete donor truck a this stage, considering I've been offered two in the last 12 months, $1000 for one and $800 for other. Chopped Terrano body has crossed my mind if I get desperate.

[GotFlex]

wouldnt doing the sas been sooooo easy with the body off!!
id go for a new D21 shape, that would look choice!!

[mylux]

Jeez ya don't stuff around do ya
Looks much better without that busted headlight
Keen to help.

[kbjj]

While cabs off, I've replaced and lifted a damaged cross member so it's now flush with the chassis, rehashed rear diff torque arm mount, strengthened side bar mounts.
Before


After




... ummm... now... redo exhaust... make and fit battery box underdeck for both batterys... strengthen rear bar stays.. straighten rear bar... oh,and of course, look for a cab

[niblik]

thats much better dude.. plenty of room to swing a chainsaw...

[KIWI_TERRANO]

Lucky noone got hurt mate, bugger to see the old girl damaged love the look of it.

A terrano cab like someone said will be a bit short, i looked at putting a navara cab on my terrano and it was a foot or two too long.

Good luck with the rebuild

[passengerpete]

a cut up terrano would be different but a bit of work.

[kbjj]

a cut up terrano would be different but a bit of work.

Yeah, I think cutting the front of my chassis off and stitching it onto a terrano would be the easiest option. I don't want to go down that track thou.
I do like what your up to

[kbjj]

Right, time to rearrange tyres and rims. Iv'e been running MT-117 Silverstone 35/10.5-16 on 8inch rims. I've been happy with there performance offroad, but being a soft rubber, they wear too fast for my liking onroad. I have to clean beads often due to mud and wood in them. I'm thinking of trying the Jungle Trekker 2 34/11.5-15 (Twin Block) on some 7inch rims for three reasons.
1) Simex is a harder rubber and will wear better on road
2)1inch wider tyre and 1inch narrower rim will help keep crap out of bead, although 4WDbits site recommends 8-10inch rim for this tyre
3)I believe they will be a better "all rounder for me"

Question, do I stay with an 8inch rim as recommended, or go 7inch?

[muddyplumber]

iv had some of those jt2, had them on a prado 4 years ago then sold them to a mate who ran them on his surf,seemed to wear prity well eh cos i think there still kickn round...mate said hed buy another set.id run them on ya 7" rims,thats what mine were on,didnt have any issues.
Rich

[ClassicCruiserSpares]

My 35x11.5x16 simex were on 8" rims and never popped a bead but still got sticks and dirt stuck in the bead, I would run them on 7" rims if it were me.

[kbjj]

Sweat, 7inch is it then. Anyone have some 15x7 -24 offset steely's they want to part with?

[ClassicCruiserSpares]

Ive got some 15x7 white spokes here, Ill have to check the offset for ya

[kbjj]

Battery's mounted, exhaust done, just need a fine day to paint

[drive it ...]

Motivational pic
Mt Greenland - J looking for reason to pull out the "quick draw" chainsaw?? Couldn't be loss of forward momentum could it?, surely not.

[Jerry]

[drive it ...]

What a top truck eh - hooking up to tow a dead safari when he's in snow that deep.