Offroad-Express

finally got round to making a start on my truck this weekend,still got to trim the roof back make up side panels to fill in the gaps,capp the roof ends,spray the cage and then refit and then a tidy up

nice, i wish my roof was a little longer as you have done, cage is looking good, mine has a 6 point internal cage, are you going that far?? seems easy but there is alot of fiddly finishing of jobs aye.

just a small word of advice which you probably already know but, remove the wheel fom the door as it starts to pull the door down and the rear quarter in, then the doors jam together, not nice.

just a quick q, where abouts do you fix the roll bars too?? would love to chop mine off one day (roof that is)

gary_in_nz wrote:just a quick q, where abouts do you fix the roll bars too?? would love to chop mine off one day (roof that is)

my cage has reinforced floor plates and gussets welded in, chassis mount would be better but alot more work involved.

it will be bolted in 6 different places, with sandwich plates, not a easy job making a roll cage as i found out,still some more to do ,wont be much happening till the 12th dec if i get time to fit and do all the small jobs but it will be just bolt in and then a final roof cut to make it all neat and cap the ends of the roof off,
vince

Is that a join in the main hoop? !!! Hope not as that really defeats the purpose a nd it won't comply with any rule! If you have done it I hope the least you have done is sleeve the inside of the tube. If it is just stuff on the tube then ignore this

I have the internal part of my cage tied in at the body mount. That way the cage is body mounted but the body mount bolts have been extended to go right through the cage mounting plate. I've only done it on the front points as the main hoop and back stays are outside the cab.

darinz wrote:Is that a join in the main hoop? !!! Hope not as that really defeats the purpose a nd it won't comply with any rule! If you have done it I hope the least you have done is sleeve the inside of the tube. If it is just stuff on the tube then ignore this

I have the internal part of my cage tied in at the body mount. That way the cage is body mounted but the body mount bolts have been extended to go right through the cage mounting plate. I've only done it on the front points as the main hoop and back stays are outside the cab.

na that was just a muck up first go it was my fault did not measure it right got some serious piss taking all day about it,there will be no joins in the pipe.
thanks vince

The joys of rollcage tube bending!!!!!!

are you moving the c pillar up to join on the back or is it gona be open and canvas back for summer??

Wish i was brave enough

gary_in_nz wrote:are you moving the c pillar up to join on the back or is it gona be open and canvas back for summer??

its going panel steel half way finished of with mesh at the top and a cover to fit over mesh if its blowing gail.and then hav a cover made for the wellside,
i will post a pic soon as its done,seen somthing like it in oz thats why it got me thinking,you see wot i mean soon
vince

3VILC wrote:Wish i was brave enough

well it's took me a while to get to this point,i have been talking about it for a long time,some people thought i had giving up on the idea,, aint that right worzel!!! lol

vince

Still trying to quite to quite summon up the time and willpower to chop the bottoms of the rear gaurds off mine..although its not as heartbreaking once you've put a few dents in them already Lookin good tho Vince, cant wait to see the finished product

would i do such a thing lol

PigFmr wrote:

3VILC wrote:Wish i was brave enough

well it's took me a while to get to this point,i have been talking about it for a long time,some people thought i had giving up on the idea,, aint that right worzel!!! lol

vince

done some more today small jobs that take all the time up thanks kerry for your time today

side panels
capped off rear doors,
capped off c pillars,
capped off roof ends,
rollcage will be in next saturday,just getting painted this week not sure wot colour to spray it probs black??
just need cut to alloy checker plate for inside the wellside to add a bit of bling!, cut the roof lining back and re attach,spray top half of truck and then finished till the next mod
with the silly season neally here not sure how much will done b4 xmas

done some this weekend
things still to do are
rear rollcage bars to be fitted,and top half of truck to be sprayed,move compresser to inside the truck now behind my seat stop sum little shit running off with it,and go out and buy a box for wellside to store all my stuff,and fit alloy checker plate to the wellside floor

nice work

cheers muskie for your photo's you sent me via email good looking truck you have there,
vince

Looks good, will end up doing that to the new GQ if it turns out its a good runner.
What have you done in the back to keep the water and crap building up in the rear footwell?

Looking good now Vince

starting to look real good now vince

be interesting to here if it changes its handling much,on road and off?

CG must be alittle lower now with that weight being removed up top.

Keep up the good work

Shane

this truck is my hero. one day i hope mine will look as cool as that!

thanks guys for your comments makes it all worth while,
shane as for handling not really notice much ,should be better offroad i hope as its not so top heavy,on road just the same like my tractor ,lol
vince

Looking real . Hope you've remembered how you did all this cause by the sounds of things you might have a few more to do

H2OLOVA wrote:Looking real . Hope you've remembered how you did all this cause by the sounds of things you might have a few more to do

jase
where is craig,(mudbum)aint heard from him in a while or seen him on here spoke to craig about looking at my front window screen on my truck..

maybe give his safari the once over with the grinder

vince

Do you have to get this certed for road legalness? Looking very flash indeed

gimmemud wrote:Do you have to get this certed for road legalness? Looking very flash indeed

thanks for your comment

wots a cert??


vince

PigFmr wrote:

gimmemud wrote:Do you have to get this certed for road legalness? Looking very flash indeed

wots a cert??


vince

joking right

DaveM wrote:

PigFmr wrote:

gimmemud wrote:Do you have to get this certed for road legalness? Looking very flash indeed

wots a cert??


vince

joking right

yer i am

will have to get one now been putting it off ,same old story i just this mod then i will get a cert then you think of somthing else do ,been pushing my luck for a while,
want to x link the front aswell not sure if i can get it done in time b4 cert or will have to see how if the funds will allow

Do the x links being sold here have the locking pin for on road use?