Offroad-Express

Good stuff, looking flash!

Well I wanted to go watch the boys play at MWC, but some small truck obsessed alter ego of mine made me stay home and sand paint.

I got sick of sanding the interior and decided to get the exterior preped . All those features that make the zuk so cool, also make it a royal pain in the biarch to sand up..

anyways , the leaper bonnet.


and cured this evening. I know have all the exterior of the tub all in primer. Hopefully I can finish the interior tomorrow and move on the the front guards.

very tidy mate,keep up the good work

UBZ wrote:...I hate Rust
I hate Paint Stripping
I really hate Sanding .
I hate Painting

but the end result is sweet.

Dude, I completely agree with you. But your truck is looking sweet for all the effort put in.

Cant wait to see it all painted up

Awesome man, can't wait untill I'm at that stage with mine!!!!

That epoxy primer is the shizz huh

another day of sanding and priming.
Only the dash to do and the interior is completely finished........... plus hit the few spots I have missed with the primer.

I havent had as much time this week as i would like on the LJ. damm clients changing deadlines and making me work overtime. everynight this week and tomorrow

but work still progresses.
the leaper front clip.


and a little while later , after copping an ear full from the land lady about spray painting at midnight .


Also learned why you have to keep your spray gun really clean. it blocked up on me tonight and i had to tip out 150mls of unsprayed paint .
but at least the progress looks good. And all the exterior yellow has gone


tomorrow evenings mission is to pull off the front clip and bonnet

Nice work. Wish I had the patience for panel work. I just tend to bend them, scratch them and generally f#$k them

tomsoffroad wrote:Nice work. Wish I had the patience for panel work. I just tend to bend them, scratch them and generally f#$k them

I hate panel work with a passion. I swore after the last zuk I would never do it agian.
But I'm also too much of a scroge to pay someone to do what I can do.
leaves me more $$ for mods .

Same
Hate it, but no way could I ever afford to pay someone to do what I am doing in my shed

Its the vision of the finished result that drives me

More Progress Yesterday.

Front Clip / Bonnet is off and Firewall Prepped.


One Side of the windscreen frame ready for paint .

No Pics of it painted though.

Firewall all primed up and ready for some black.

Proposed Color or near to it

That pic looks like curly hair 70's asian dude, was going for a boob grab, but she blocked him at the last minute with her package!

The other 2 are laughing at boob grab fail.

Yes immature I know.....

i'm lovin the fact that the sign says 'toms sandwich'..

that colour looks wicked coolies man! you got that trick little rear view mirror too? these things are neat little toys.. lovin the handy work too fella.. veddy noice..

herro prease...

niblik wrote:i'm lovin the fact that the sign says 'toms sandwich'..

that colour looks wicked coolies man! you got that trick little rear view mirror too? these things are neat little toys.. lovin the handy work too fella.. veddy noice..

herro prease...

Yep got the cool reversing mirror , but previous experience tells me that a folded down windscreen generally results in a slap in the face, from a passing gorse bush.

Anywho work has progressed.

The Firewall is painted inner and outer in Black
All the tricky spots in the cab/tub have been done in black in preparation for the Jurassic treatment.


Spent hours filling all the little holes in the tub and bogging up the dents in the rear corner and rear light clip.
I'm 80% happy with my work , only a couple of small spots that need attention after being highlighted by paint.

Split the front clip after much dilemmia about weather or not I should . But glad I did, as the joins between the panels had fark all paint on them
Got one side all prepped and painted up . Just needs some rubber spray.


Cut/Ground off the crap chassis mounts/spot mounts and a-frame garbage off the bulbar and used the left over primmer on it and the side bars.

Have a baby winch arriving this week

Getting used to the late nights are ya.

good effort mate,this things progressing very nicely indeed

Heath wrote:Getting used to the late nights are ya.

you never get used to them especially after working all day , but I'm on a mission, want it done yesterday, want to drive it

Excited Today , new toy turned up.


and some better pictures of the interior, taken in some decent light

And just for DB

Holy shit, never realized they were different!!!!!!

Started mocking up the winch last night

Work Progresses.
Much respect to panel beaters :hail: My ams are aching and fingers raw.

The Front Clip is fully prepared , I will reassemble it tomorrow , then seam seal and Paint




Tail gate ready for its inner rubber liner coat , will be done at the same time as the the interior.

Gonna have to hurry up man, it is nearly yesterday.
Its really looking good, especially the 2 pound winch But they dont get stuck, so its actually only an ornament like the bonnet

Dr_PC wrote:Gonna have to hurry up man, it is nearly yesterday.
Its really looking good, especially the 2 pound winch But they dont get stuck, so its actually only an ornament like the bonnet

Its a 3000lb winch , and has a no load line speed of 27fpm. its there for recovering SJ's , Jimneys , Vitaras and Landrovers.

Busted out the seam sealer this morning , used up all the rest of my black paint.
Then Got Jurassic

Tail gate and Front clip back to together and treated

Interior Done



Im really happy with the result , but of course i managed to miss a couple of small spots , but nothing a spray can won't fix.

very tidy mate,where did you track down the Jurassic from?been reading up on it and looks like good stuff.are you back home a lot more now or still just in the weekends

muddyhilux wrote:very tidy mate,where did you track down the Jurassic from?been reading up on it and looks like good stuff

The Raptor Liner was sourced through "Supreme Panel and Paint Works" in Hamilton. Email: sppw@vodaphone.co.nz
It is excellent product , and priced accordingly
Dan (Mudslut) has been very helpful with sourcing these hard to find items.

UBZ wrote:Its a 3000lb winch , and has a no load line speed of 27fpm. its there for recovering SJ's , Jimneys , Vitaras and Landrovers.

So you won't be recovering any Ladas I see...

Looking awesome, keep it up

that black shit looks shit hot Chris, do you need a special gun or can you spray it with a normal spray gun?

SP450andLE wrote:

UBZ wrote:Its a 3000lb winch , and has a no load line speed of 27fpm. its there for recovering SJ's , Jimneys , Vitaras and Landrovers.

So you won't be recovering any Ladas I see...

Nissians and toyotas are to heavy ! Ladas and Jeeps arnt allowed due to the taint factor.

Sadam_Husain wrote:that black shit looks shit hot Chris, do you need a special gun or can you spray it with a normal spray gun?

it's a special gun that screws onto the liner bottle. will ask what it's called for ya.