rust fix on yellow supra surf

[monaro427]

well all settled up here in the bay of plenty so i thought i mite started to fix a few things on the wof checklist most of the stuff is pretty basic, but i thought i mite stat with the rust that was uder the fibre glass flares that i had on there.
this is the before shot rust all around the arch, the other side had a lot more than this side,
i have taken out 3 inches and will cut the inner guard and try to bend it up and mig it together, if that fails will buy some steel sheet and make a new inner guard, have read how to do this on the pirate 4x4 site, not that great with the mig welder but i will pratice first before i start on my panels, check out the lovely big shed i get to park my truck in,
i have a few other things like the wiper seals on the front and other little stuff

[Smurf]

do you have a link to the pirate info about the wheel arch chop? did a quick search but didn't come up with anything, been looking at a way of doing similar thing to my rear guards.

[niblik]

lovin the shed fella!!!!

plenty of room..

perhaps room for more toys.......?

[monaro427]

hey smurf try this link hopefully it workshttp://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386066
if it dosen't work i'll pm you the link

[monaro427]

just to let you know yes i did use a square like he did as well and it worked

[rokhound]

I haven't seen the Pirate site you are tralking about Craig, but I needed some extra room in the gaurds to slip the 39.5's in. Just took a stab in the dark at the size and drew a line around the existing flare. Made the cut about 10mm further out so I could fold the excess in with some vice grips. This makes the edge you are welding too a bit thicker and it stiffens up the sheet metal itself.
You need to fold out the inner gaurd so it is flat, so some cuts are needed. I think I needed to cut the inner gaurd 3 times. Then just work your way around pushing the inner gaurd and the outer skin togerher and tack as you go. I found a bit of 40mm pipe using the chassis as a leverage point the easiest way to do this.

Ramping the wreck so I knew how much to chop out of the way. The outer skin has been cut here, and the some of the inner gaurd has gone too



Finished deal, well amost. I still have to make some 100mm wide flares to cover the tyres (will be forming these with 25mm box section that has been roll formed)

[monaro427]

well got all the inner guard cut and now it just needs a new inner guard made for it, gives me a lot of clearence between the tyre and top of the guard, once all this has been fixed up i will be looking at bobbing the bed and yes i have been reading more info on it from pirate so that will be my next little project should be fun besides that i get to tick two more things of my checklist bloody truck, i just want to be out there wheeling, thompsons track looks good, haven't been able to go out with the ore guys up here yet busy between family stuff and truck, but heres a photo of the end result

[Furgus]

well all settled up here in the bay of plenty

Welcome to the Bay mate - where are you based?

[monaro427]

set up in te puke just past waitangi, hope to be able to at least go out in a month or two's time

[niblik]

that rear guard looks to be cut in perfect relation to th front guards shape and hieght.. very nice clean job monaro..

bobbing it too? sweet.. i like the surfs how they can detach their roofs like that.. when you bob it, are ya gonna still have the roof? ie ya goin to shorten the roof too?

[monaro427]

yer i will shorten that as well found an article off pirate as well on how to cut it and take out the side windows so in total when i do it i will probably take out hopefully 9 inch's. it shows me how to cut the window frame as well so once it is done it should look like it was made to fit glass and all and will try to make the roof quick release so i can take it of when i want

[nzhunter]

Hey monaro427 when your free a weekend we can go up thompsons maybe even this weekend. I think xj was keen to do a trip up there fairly soon as well. I think I've still got your cellphone number so ill flick u a txt.

DAN

[monaro427]

would be keen but the truck isn't rego or wof yet, but could come over on road bike and be a passenger, number-027 2889783, i think brian70 was keen at some stage as well


Craig

[brianr70]

would be keen but going to jaffa land for a 'work do' on Saturday nite

[monaro427]

well guards are all done looking good to, also have redone all the seals in the front axle so there shouldn't be any more leaks touch wood, for the next little bit i will be doing the transfer case e-brake or other wise handbrake, got to get it going before the 6 may for pete's place if not mite have to catch a ride with some one if they have a spare seat,



front diff has been painted as well to make it look new,will post more later

[tallsam66]

Rokhound
Just been looking at the pics of your vehicle.
What are the 2 pieces of box section just below you fuel cap ?

[monaro427]

that is his exhaust pipes pretty cool if you ask me

[tallsam66]

ta
an interesting location....would have to be careful when refueling if you had been doing some hot running....might be interesting if you had a spillage.

[rokhound]

Fuel does not go in there. My tank is rear mounted (behind the rear axle and right up under the floor).


Looking good Craig

[monaro427]

well it's been a while since i last postedbut done a bit more on the shitta, abit of cutting o f panel work and this is the result so far

[ELEV8]

that looks awesome man. love the side window job. should look great when its finnished.

[monaro427]

well some more has been done to the truck painted and have started putting things back in place instead of blocking the spare room with seats and other crap. here's the truck with it's new colour on,


not looking to bad
i have also been busy with the winch bar and have finished that as well just have to give it a couple coats of paint chassis black should be good for that

[basics]

looks great now, cant wait to see it finished.

[monaro427]

well have finally got the pos finished just rear windows to get made up out of perspex, winch on and working used it to lift my spare motor of the engine stand and on to a trolley i made for it gets it out of the way now,

[rokhound]

That's looking shit hot Craig

[J_Dub]

very very nice, two questions, what springs you got in the surf? and would you been keen to make a second copy of that front bar? very nice

[monaro427]

don't know what sort of springs are in as they were in there when i brought the truck over five years ago, the front bar was pretty easy to make using the winch mount from trailgear that jafa on here sells, just got the tube bent up at an exhaust shop, the two pieces that hold the top bar are just bent at 90 degrees, pays when you do it to make sure you have your truck at the bender shop so you can go back and fourth to ge the bends sweet, as i had to go from shop to home and back again to get the second bend on the end, if you wish to come check it out and get measurements that should be find,pm me

[J_Dub]

are you in auckland?

[monaro427]

no tauranga, or papamoa