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Hi Tom. Great work on the Safari front bar, did you move that PTO winch back or is still at the factory position?

Suza wrote:Hi Tom. Great work on the Safari front bar, did you move that PTO winch back or is still at the factory position?

Thanks, It moved back 30mm.

Exo finished Onto another 106 Hilux this week, 4 link front and rear.

Cage looks good .not having any b pillar surport how do u think it will handel a good roll.im not critersising your work i think this every time i see exo with no b pillar.
When i had my lux i was going to do an exo and i thought about cutting a hole in roof and runing two smaller tubes mabe 35mm,onedown each b pillar. welded to plate on floor and have a cleat that bolts onto seat belt mount up through roof the fixed to exo .but did not need to as i went over to the darkside and bought a rangerover

That's a tricky one with a d/cab, there simply isn't the room to run an external B pillar tube, well there isn't if you want to use the rear doors anyways Running an internal B pillar tube wouldn't work unless it went right through the floor and onto the chassis. Cant have it welded to the chassis and the body, things would crack. The gusset in this one will help distribute the load of a roll. The ultimate (which is on the cards I believe) is a bolt in bit of barwork covering the rear doors.

The way Andy drives he'll dent a door in no time lol

Fantastic work though...he's gonna be a happy chappy!!

tomsoffroad wrote:That's a tricky one with a d/cab, there simply isn't the room to run an external B pillar tube, well there isn't if you want to use the rear doors anyways Running an internal B pillar tube wouldn't work unless it went right through the floor and onto the chassis. Cant have it welded to the chassis and the body, things would crack. The gusset in this one will help distribute the load of a roll. The ultimate (which is on the cards I believe) is a bolt in bit of barwork covering the rear doors.

Yup .i understand u cant weld to body and chassis .i thought that the tube be welded to plate on floor to spread the load,hole through roof weld a tube larger than b pillar tube to the roof bar work , and not weld .the tube socket would retain it with the down ward pressure of the roll over.easy as job done .

Batfastard wrote:

tomsoffroad wrote:That's a tricky one with a d/cab, there simply isn't the room to run an external B pillar tube, well there isn't if you want to use the rear doors anyways Running an internal B pillar tube wouldn't work unless it went right through the floor and onto the chassis. Cant have it welded to the chassis and the body, things would crack. The gusset in this one will help distribute the load of a roll. The ultimate (which is on the cards I believe) is a bolt in bit of barwork covering the rear doors.

Yup .i understand u cant weld to body and chassis .i thought that the tube be welded to plate on floor to spread the load,hole through roof weld a tube larger than b pillar tube to the roof bar work , and not weld .the tube socket would retain it with the down ward pressure of the roll over.easy as job done .

Mmm maybe, but in a roll there are more forces at play than just vertical down. I spoke to Andy today, what we are going to do is build a removable section over the rear doors, it will bolt to the cage at the top and bottom of the B pillar and at the centre of the C pillar. I'm not so keen on poking holes in the body, my reasoning is that with the independent movement between the body and the cage it would be tricky to make weather tight.

Don't tell my missus Need work but should be some humour
Lexus, lsd Safari diffs, Prado auto, 35x15.5x15 Swampers blah blah blah







Move a little to the left you horrible little f@#ker Neighbours lap dog only visits at toilet time

I see you brought Gary's truck ....engine goes ok ...not sure about the rest ...suspension needs lots of work ..but youll sort that out no worries.

tallsam66 wrote:I see you brought Gary's truck ....engine goes ok ...not sure about the rest ...suspension needs lots of work ..but youll sort that out no worries.

Knew you'd spot that Yeah it needs work but that's cool. Does anyone know who built it originally?

When i see him next ill ask him

tomsoffroad wrote:

tallsam66 wrote:I see you brought Gary's truck ....engine goes ok ...not sure about the rest ...suspension needs lots of work ..but youll sort that out no worries.

Knew you'd spot that Yeah it needs work but that's cool. Does anyone know who built it originally?

tallsam66 wrote:When i see him next ill ask him

tomsoffroad wrote:

tallsam66 wrote:I see you brought Gary's truck ....engine goes ok ...not sure about the rest ...suspension needs lots of work ..but youll sort that out no worries.

Knew you'd spot that Yeah it needs work but that's cool. Does anyone know who built it originally?

He doesn't remember, bought it in Kurow. I think I know who it was but need to make some phone calls.

Hi tom
I see finally somebody else in canterbury has joined the lexus v8 truck club about time,too many coal burners in canterbury
What chassis is the truck using? i saw this last time i was at garrys aswell

lexulance wrote:Hi tom
I see finally somebody else in canterbury has joined the lexus v8 truck club about time,too many coal burners in canterbury
What chassis is the truck using? i saw this last time i was at garrys aswell

Haa. I'll be sticking to the coal burner fella I think it still Feroza. Not going to matter soon anyways

tomsoffroad wrote:More bits for Robs Prado

hi tom
i have this problem that u can help me with after seeing this post lol
i need a custom air box made please
needs to cope wiv about 480 bhp thou and needs 4inch inlets and outlets
this is for GU spirt safari my new bush basher lol
also i need a sump guard made up and bar work
nige and mike says ur da man
vince

Been working on a 106 Hilux. 4 link front and rear.
Heres the front. Safari Coils with invisible 12" Ranchos (Ranchos turn up Tuesday )

Top coil clamp




And the bottom





Had to tickle the front guards to clear the Crawlers.
Cut out


Back together

Front done.....









Heavy duty tie rods are underway

Then we had a little battle with the back end We won

Great work as per usual Tom.
How long are the upper links?
Do you use any of the link calculators when youre planning a build like this?

Fakey wrote:Great work as per usual Tom.
How long are the upper links?
Do you use any of the link calculators when youre planning a build like this?

Thanks
Upper links are 740mm. Lower are 990mm
I did in the beginning, then played round with it a bit. But now just stick to the same geometry in all builds. It works, why change it

tomsoffroad wrote:

Suza wrote:Hi Tom. Great work on the Safari front bar, did you move that PTO winch back or is still at the factory position?

Thanks, It moved back 30mm.

Hey Tom,

Whats involved in moving a GQ PTO back? Do you need a new drive shaft machined or can you just trim the stock one down?

T-mo wrote:

tomsoffroad wrote:

Suza wrote:Hi Tom. Great work on the Safari front bar, did you move that PTO winch back or is still at the factory position?

Thanks, It moved back 30mm.

Hey Tom,

Whats involved in moving a GQ PTO back? Do you need a new drive shaft machined or can you just trim the stock one down?

Just trim them down. I attack them at the universal joint nearest to the winch. You cant move it back very far and cant really move it up at all, so options are pretty limited

The 106 Hilux almost done. Tie rod and drag link turn up today









It still has more travel to go but was pushing the ramp. Wouldn't be a good look to put a customers truck on its lid in the yard

Kzn185 Surf rear axle. Nice and wide

Very Nice

I am going to send you a PM about getting some different springs and shocks under the LR to try find some articulation

And now for another 106

Steering box mount. The fish plate will pick up the coilover mount and panhard mount. The 30mm hollow bar is overkill, but hey it was there and saved me 15min on the lathe







Steering column firewall cover obviously was made wrong at the factory

We whipped up a x member too

Front coilover mounts. The steering column passes through one of them.

Dam Tom you boys like the welder the lamination looks cool but alot of work.....