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All done just waiting on the swivel housing rebuild kit and some brake hoses.

Whipped up some sliders while I was at it

tomsoffroad wrote:Whipped up some sliders while I was at it

coolies...this is what i have in mind......

http://www.detoursusa.com/xjrokslyders.php

tomsoffroad wrote:


Sorry about the top quality photography

Looks sexy... shaky hands... blurry photos... what were you doing with the other hand? ... actually dont answer that

Jokes, Awesome work!!!!!

Looks sexy... shaky hands... blurry photos... what were you doing with the other hand? ... actually dont answer that

Jokes, Awesome work!!!!!

Im saying nothing

Looks awesome, giving other 4wd moderfier in chch a run for money that for sure.

Should have atleast washed your truck before droping it off

Should have atleast washed your truck before droping it off

Aye Getting quite a nice wee pile of dirt (sweepings) beside the shed

tidy truck indeed,the owner will be pleased indeed,how much travel are you getting out of her?

muddyhilux
Post subject: Re: Tomsoffroad & Customs

tidy truck indeed,the owner will be pleased indeed,how much travel are you getting out of her?

The front diff is at 28deg there. The 3 link has up to 36deg in it! But the shock are holding it up. There is abit of refinement to be done but looking very promising. I wasn't able to install the front driveshaft or swaybar because the x over exhaust is in the way. Sam has plans to get that sorted this week and bring it back on Saturday to finish. At the moment it has a fair (read; Heaps ) amount of body roll.

impressed and quick too. what springs are you using?

yeah tom has done an amazing job of it. As he says there is a bit/heaps of bodyroll but i will get the exhaust done this week and get a swaybar put on and she will be sorted. I am really impressed with the flex that it gets. The front springs are 60mm lift prado front springs. I am quite suprised with how soft they are for a vehicle that is a lot bigger in the front than a surf.

Should've been doing Robs winch bar but got distracted



So who's first

Oh yeah and yes, everything gets a Tomsoffroad sticker!!

tomsoffroad wrote:Should've been doing Robs winch bar but got distracted



So who's first

Oh yeah and yes, everything gets a Tomsoffroad sticker!!

Feel sorry for kids having to slide down that you could of at least made it smooth!!

wicked uber cool ramp Tom

Feel sorry for kids having to slide down that you could of at least made it smooth

Nah make the little buggers work for their fun
They got lucky anyways. I initally had an 80mm gap between the treads then figured that we might end up with the odd broken leg So because I'm a compassionate sort of fella I reduced that to 50mm

wicked uber cool ramp Tom

Cheers Tim. Think I might even add some wheels and a coupling to it at some stage

I think I may have over cooked it a tad tho Its 1600mm high Least no-one will get to the top. All welcome to try tho

what degree's ya made it at fella?

30deg brother. Thats the standard isn't it??

i've heard of 25 - 28's but that sounds mint.. ideal even..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramp_travel_index

you should weld a ruler of some description on the side too.. blingin.

thats a mint ramp mate,id also heard around 25 degress but i dont see anything wrong with what youve done,good effort of reducing the run gap i could definitely see something going wrong with the 80mm.gives mer some motivation to get mine built now

niblik wrote:i've heard of 25 - 28's but that sounds mint.. ideal even..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramp_travel_index

you should weld a ruler of some description on the side too.. blingin.

Its all about the distance travelled up the ramp to establish the RTI.
General rule for road modified vehicles is to use a 20 degree ramp which are what most are.

If doing rock crawling type vehicles them 30 degrees would be option.

Now that is just plain evil .Fark that is cool

F#$king awesome!!!

really liek the headlight bar part, looks awesome