Offroad-Express

beter start a minor thread as will be doing bits and pieces always.

finally got rear bar finished
cheers to the old man for his solid saturdays effort while i assisted
x2 10,000lb recovery hooks fitted
surfs dont have any factory rear tow point at all, so was a bita burden



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Very nice!! Ive got the same surf, waiting for the engineer to get back to me with my rear bar at the moment. I like how you did the recovery points, I'm planning to go with eye points and D shackles myself but good to see how others have tackled this issue..

Cheers
Alex.

loryda wrote: I'm planning to go with eye points and D shackles myself but good to see how others have tackled this issue..

Cheers
Alex.

You soon get sick of lieing in the mud trying to unscrew the pin on the shackel and hoping it dosent drop into the mud to be lost forever

I used to have eyes and shackels on my front ARB bar and it started to stretch and elongate the holes so I ditched them and had the bar reinforced for some hooks

loryda wrote:Very nice!! Ive got the same surf, waiting for the engineer to get back to me with my rear bar at the moment. I like how you did the recovery points, I'm planning to go with eye points and D shackles myself but good to see how others have tackled this issue..

Cheers
Alex.

yea i was a bit unsure of where to put the hooks exactly, wanted them permanant, didnt want them protruding out past the bar or being the lowest point, just gone for a bitava compromise i guess, bout 150mm in from the bar.
Once we had the main arms cut up and drilled, the whole thing took 10 hours start to finish ready for a paint

very nice rear bar. You should start making a few of them. if the price is right id defanatly buy one.

cheers

86-surf wrote:very nice rear bar. You should start making a few of them. if the price is right id defanatly buy one.

cheers

could only be done after hours, not enough time as it is for fishing or 4x4ing
you must know some1 who can weld

i would be keen also obviously a lot of effort and time for ya though... nice bar anyway!

finaly got on making rear storage box, used some old shelving from the house as the main frames that you can see, took them to work to dress them down a bit and take paint off... to find it was rimu.. so i got me some expensive rare timber in me truck, couldnt finish it off though cause i couldnt get back to the workshop to get timber for the base and marine carpet to cover all the interior panels, so will do that next week, found the 2 storage trays @$20 each, should work all good, enough space to store everything underneith and a bed on top, will make a drop in box for the front half that cant be removed so i still got 2 seats in the back when needed.



and also done rear brakes, replaced shoes and cylinders, and gave drums a bita sand on the inside but they in pretty good nick, then a bita lick a paint to finish them off

PIMPED MY RIDE TODAY

10am till 4:30pm got the rear pretty much finished, just need to make a drop in box for the front end of the platform so its sleep-able.
Bit of a face lift from the surf kaka brown interior

very nice, it looks even better in the flesh. il let you off for not coming out today.

looks good mate where do you get that material from ive been looking for some for a while now

reid n twinnings in Auckland somewhere.
its marine carpet- hull lining

you mean reid and twainne in mt.eden??

Safari Swb wrote:you mean reid and twainne in mt.eden??

could be, i just guessed the spelling, ill check tomorrow if you want

got the new widebody style guards dry fitted, no need for rubber flares now, ready for a paint and fitting the snorkel... next on the list is bar work before i smash them guards


when i do the rear flares im going to cut all the panel steel that sits under the flares out so itll give me shite loads more clearance

dude,very nice,and you made these yourself?not bad at all,cost effective though?i might put my name down for a set for a 130 if ya keen

muddyhilux wrote:dude,very nice,and you made these yourself?not bad at all,cost effective though?i might put my name down for a set for a 130 if ya keen

im just doing it from home in my own time so not considering labour if i sold the odd set now and then it would give me a bita pocket money...
im hopeing or thinking the minitruckin community might be keen on a few for there bagged trucks on 20s etc..
as for nthe 130 guards i guess i need to start looking for some guards and flares to make moulds from....