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[wopass]

anh.. everyone is just in shocked silence....

yup

the speed at which you boys up that way can sneak a build thru


was that pete standing beside ya cruiser ??
how tall is he? coz OMG that thing looks damn tall now

hes 6 foot at a guess yea... its not going to ride that high, thats with no weight on the rear and the front jacked to make it level looks cool tho that high aye!! i may keep 2 sets of springs for it, one for looking cool and poser and doing river work and another not so heigh for trials etc

Ben , no comments from down here as I am to silly to even find the photo build , It was only when someone said that they where at beginning of the thread that I was able to go to page one and see what was going on , .
I will comment now,

WHERE ARE THE PHOTOS AND WRITE UP OF THE OFFROAD TEST,

FITZY.

ps, please PM me your address, I will send the 70# up next week for the same mods, and I'm booked for a trip at EASTER 09 , you should be even quicker with the next build .

pps, I don't require the Tub modifications .

the chassis/suspension mods took 2 weeks hard out,if i had another 2 weeks off work it would have been finished by now. you supply the parts and my labour for 2 weeks dude and ill do it no worries

[NJV6]

HI Ben,

looks great and I bet you'll love the coils. A couple of q's....

Did you run any numbers on how the rear will behave with the length of the links?
And have you set the castor on the front to anything?

Glen

[wopass]

HI Ben,

looks great and I bet you'll love the coils. A couple of q's....

Did you run any numbers on how the rear will behave with the length of the links?
And have you set the castor on the front to anything?

Glen

i tried to work that calc on my links but couldnt figure it out so im hoping it works ok

the castor i have set by the pinion angle being just over zero off verticle, my vx has about 8deg with its lift and the set up on the 40 is about 2deg so should be quite nice on the road, will have a better idea after i have it all done and mobile then i can take it to the wheel alligner to see how it all stacks up and make fine adjkustments from there, like castor and panhards.

[wopass]

updated with a couple new pics added

[mudzilla]

Looks Like you might have to take the wheels off to get out of the shed

[Madaz]

Looking pretty good dude, whens the test drive?

[wopass]

Looking pretty good dude, whens the test drive?

im hoping to have my new shocks and have my drive shafts finished and cage mounted properly before the 8th feb so i can take it to the thames round of the Laurie sansons fun trials for a drive. i want to just drive it over some stuff to see if it all works and if theres anything i need to change or if something breaks that needs to be made stronger etc before i finish it all off. so it wont have rear end finished off or anything so there will be no weight over the rear end for traction no locker in the front yet so it wont perform very well but will give me an idea of how it all works and show any flaws, i certianly wont be giving it a hard time but i will be testing it.

thats what im hoping anyway...see if i can get it ready for test in the next few weeks.

im starting to mock up the cage and chassis mounts now so should be able to do it...

[Madaz]

Sweet as , was gonna have a talk to dieselboy about a practise day befor the norwest comp in any case. We should have a few new "Tweaks" fitted to the hilux that are gonna need some testing

[wopass]

Sweet as , was gonna have a talk to dieselboy about a practise day befor the norwest comp in any case. We should have a few new "Tweaks" fitted to the hilux that are gonna need some testing

good idea, we can have a test day at his place

on another note, who did your cert ? neil miller eh ? how anal was he with stuff that was wof issues not cert stuff ?

im thinking of going to nostalgia motors and getting the good old boy down there to do mine but have never heard anything good or bad about him.... hes a V8 man so thats gotta be a good thing in my advantage

[Madaz]

Sweet as , was gonna have a talk to dieselboy about a practise day befor the norwest comp in any case. We should have a few new "Tweaks" fitted to the hilux that are gonna need some testing

good idea, we can have a test day at his place

on another note, who did your cert ? neil miller eh ? how anal was he with stuff that was wof issues not cert stuff ?

im thinking of going to nostalgia motors and getting the good old boy down there to do mine but have never heard anything good or bad about him.... hes a V8 man so thats gotta be a good thing in my advantage

I was thinking somewhere with a bit more mud and alot more trees (I'll just have to tee it up)
Certifers - Dont want to bag anyone on here, but ive heard nothing but bad things about one of them lately(and not just 4wd stuff), one of them also wouldnt certifi the roll cage in either my suzuki or my hilux, also one doesnt charge a recheck fee and one does.
Neils done 2 of mine, one of dads, 2 of my friends, and is doing shortylux's
Mine cost $500 to do this time round, which wasnt too bad considering what he had to do.
Beadlock wheels, rollcage, engine, diffs ,suspension,steering, bodychop, seating, ect
Only issue i had was that stupid f--ken d.b. test
But that shouldnt be a issue,cause every one knows my truck hardly makes a sound and yours is probally quieter

[wopass]

so you recomend neil then ? maybe message me or send a text, i kinda need to know who is good and who to avoid

[xj]

why would you need to avoid anyone?

[wopass]

why would you need to avoid anyone?

because some of them think they are god and will fail your cert on the stupidest things. i know one guy who had to replace his steering wheel(factory, not changed) because of a split in the rubber covering... thats a wof issue, nothing to do with the cert man who was doing an engine conversion cert kinda like the wof man, some are good and some are over the top and some are just useless

[wopass]

well ive been battling with the truck the last week and managed to get back to where i was dont ask but there was a lot of cursing of myself and a few cutting disks and re-welding and im back on track again...

the cage is pretty much in now and all thats left to do is get the rear stays mounted,make a rear tray then tidy up and assemble the front end after finishing off the PTO hanger,do a rebuild kit on the front hubs (already have the kit sitting there) bolt my panhards on when they turn up (hope they fit ) ohh and make a new passenger side zaust piece to go over the chassis rail...mount the seats again...re-wire the rear end with lights on there somewhere...ohh put a tow hook on somewhere...ahhh...ohh get my drive shafts modified again ...Hmmm... get cert and wof...ohh driveshaft hoops if i have to have them ?...


im sure theres other stuff as well but im going to make a big effort on it this sunday so should have some more progress

short list really !

[skid]

ohh and make a new passenger side zaust piece to go over the chassis rail...

go single if ya can dude

I went thru all the stoooopid twin shit and when I finally went to 3" single, it was the sweetest sounding cruiser you ever heard, and thats not just my opinion either, others thought it sounded crisp too


only a suggestion though dude, you've probably don't want to be adding more to ya list though

[wopass]

Nah i like my twin system sound and its me that i have to please and it keeps it nice and quiet with a bloody great 3in mufler on each side so all the noise isnt comming out the same place

[wopass]

updated

more pics of coolness

[niblik]

hell yeah... go you good thing go!!

p.s.. lookin mint cuzzie..

[DieselBoy]

Sweet, PnP the tub on sunday for ya????

[wopass]

Sweet, PnP the tub on sunday for ya????

deal

ill have the front end finished by then i think so can hook into the rear end then as well

[SMOKEY]

I hope the colour scheme for the missile is going to be BLACK (Matt ) for the tub and RED/ORANGE for the cage.

WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITH OUT IT,

FITZY.

[DieselBoy]

No no no no no no noooooooooooo

Gloss black with orange cage

Its gotta start off shiney at least!!!!!!

[SMOKEY]

If it is Gloss Ben will have to keep it clean and polished, and make the cage "Rescue Orange".

OH THE BLING, THE OWNER/DRIVER WILL HAVE TO SMARTEN HIMSELF UP,

FITZY.

[wopass]

If it is Gloss Ben will have to keep it clean and polished, and make the cage "Rescue Orange".

OH THE BLING, THE OWNER/DRIVER WILL HAVE TO SMARTEN HIMSELF UP,

FITZY.

it used to be dark night metalic black then gloss black before just needs a trip to cover it all in mud then hose it off and it stays the colour it was

to look at from a distance it will look excactly the same as it used to look..except for the tray/deck on the back, dirty black 40 series with a muddy covered orange cage

[wopass]

picked off a couple of small jobs tonight. Got the PTO prop shaft finished off and mounted properly and alligned to the winch much better than it ever was before , front gaurds are on and radiator support bracket is in,was going to bolt front headlight panel on but remembered im going to have to take the left gaurd off to do that side zaust pipe mod so stopped there so moved to the front driveshaft and bolted that on. ohh and bolted on my cool panhards

all the little jobs that are so time consuming

[wopass]

so so many little jobs!!! thought i had em all sorted then realised there was another list as long as my arm of the stuff i had over looked

but im getting there

Zausts are on
passenger side gaurd back on
radiator in
rad hoses on
throttle cable hooked up


next is

starter motor on
fuel tank in
drivers seat in
key in ignition...
V8 purr


thats tomorrows list while pete works his magic on some panels

[wopass]

and heres the king pic from the 2nd Jan

[Madaz]

Nice fish dude!!!

[UBZ]

Very nice fish, Puts my snapper to shame.
Was that caught on softy's?

[wopass]

Very nice fish, Puts my snapper to shame.
Was that caught on softy's?

nah that was on bigger gear with a sea run 8lb kahawai live bait