Offroad-Express

finaly managed to get my new improved spring retaining clamps finished tonight may test this weekend with son as navi somewhere...

welded and bolted new tow mounts on to the front of a challanger , quick test loaded to three tonnes no stress's noted

picked up sum 44x19.5x15 tsl boggers today,looks like they will fit the truck as is but when truck flexs it will rub so going to keep working on getting them to fit right,have to get some rims sorted for them first

zookfest wrote:picked up sum 44x19.5x15 tsl boggers today,looks like they will fit the truck as is but when truck flexs it will rub so going to keep working on getting them to fit right,have to get some rims sorted for them first

thats a big fkn tyre!! wot you putting them on??

id be guessing his cruiser... i had no issue with 12.4/16 tractor tyres..

near 20" wide.... holey moses.

I managed to get some work done on the saflux today. Marked out glass guard and planned angle of attack to make them actually fit finished steering column, bonnet pin brackets and made up a template so the dash can be cut from aluminum. Also continued gutting safari- mostly stripping loom down to the bare essentials.

And took my swaybar out for muskie.

yea goin on the 70,got 5.29s in it with longs etc so should go ok but am going to look into crawler gears and hydraulic steering set up,im going to lift it only as much as i have to

looking forward to driving them
swapped them for 4 simex's and 1600 bux

Got some of the bullbar made around the winch mount i fabbed up, Just need to add some plate down to the factory chassis mount on the 130 surf chassis and get a top hoop section bent up then ill burn that on then its finished,

Then fiqure out how to mount the fairlead as I didnt leave enough room for the bolts Might just tac in on then cut the weld's if needing to get it off

Hopfully the approach angle is ok as thats the closest and highest I could get everything up with the current radiator setup etc.







Also splashed some paint on the rollbar and the rear bumper i made.

haydgq wrote:Got some of the bullbar made around the winch mount i fabbed up, Just need to add some plate down to the factory chassis mount on the 130 surf chassis and get a top hoop section bent up then ill burn that on then its finished,

Then fiqure out how to mount the fairlead as I didnt leave enough room for the bolts Might just tac in on then cut the weld's if needing to get it off

Hopfully the approach angle is ok as thats the closest and highest I could get everything up with the current radiator setup etc.







Also splashed some paint on the rollbar and the rear bumper i made.

looks strangly familia ya copy cat

haha Dave yea your right the basic layout is similar but its also similar to the other 1000 pics ive prob looked at when guys have made a bar from a trail gear winch type mount.

And once the hoop is on it will be totally different

haydgq wrote:haha Dave yea your right the basic layout is similar but its also similar to the other 1000 pics ive prob looked at when guys have made a bar from a trail gear winch type mount.

And once the hoop is on it will be totally different

dont matter as unless it has a v6 in the back and floats really well its completly different

haynzy wrote:

haydgq wrote:haha Dave yea your right the basic layout is similar but its also similar to the other 1000 pics ive prob looked at when guys have made a bar from a trail gear winch type mount.

And once the hoop is on it will be totally different

dont matter as unless it has a v6 in the back and floats really well its completly different

Sweet is it a stern drive with a mercury 4.3 v6.? We had a volvo penta with a mercury v6 in our 7.5 meter white pointer alloy sea boat and it went well, A mate of ours has just finished building his alloy boat and has fitted a mexican assembled 5lt Chevy inboard and its aweosome hearing the 8 purring when cruising out fishing.

haydgq wrote:

haynzy wrote:

haydgq wrote:haha Dave yea your right the basic layout is similar but its also similar to the other 1000 pics ive prob looked at when guys have made a bar from a trail gear winch type mount.

And once the hoop is on it will be totally different

dont matter as unless it has a v6 in the back and floats really well its completly different

Sweet is it a stern drive with a mercury 4.3 v6.? We had a volvo penta with a mercury v6 in our 7.5 meter white pointer alloy sea boat and it went well, A mate of ours has just finished building his alloy boat and has fitted a mexican assembled 5lt Chevy inboard and its aweosome hearing the 8 purring when cruising out fishing.

yep dirty old chevy in the back, pushes the little bayliner along good

ripped canopy off to get the ute chop underway, found a little rust, nothing too serious.
mate coming over tomorrow to check out work involved to bob-tail it, spose to be doing the Ness Valley trip tomorrow but truck in serious need of attention, plenty more trips in the future...

no turning back now, all cut and boogied up, ready for a grind and fibreglass, mate came over looked at rust and talked about bobing it

Got bored so decided to paint the Mistress again, that and Im leaving Fire Security Services in 3 weeks so it was time to remove the FSS signage and add the new.





New clothes for the mistress

Picked up 'zilla and shot up thommos with a few other trucks.. pretty ordinary little jaunt, but managed to not break anything today

xj wrote:Picked up 'zilla and shot up thommos with a few other trucks.. pretty ordinary little jaunt, but managed to not break anything today

you lost my number again??

Got called out to a pak n save carpark to rescue a truck

hhmmm thats not a flat battery from the battery man is it!!!!!

sig wrote:hhmmm thats not a flat battery from the battery man is it!!!!!

get faaaarked cnut


seems the drowning is gonna haunt me forever
no power to the starter which may be an issue with corroded terminals on relays etc etc

wont know till I find time to look at it, after this trialing lark that we enjoy doing

skid wrote:

sig wrote:hhmmm thats not a flat battery from the battery man is it!!!!!

get faaaarked cnut


seems the drowning is gonna haunt me forever
no power to the starter which may be an issue with corroded terminals on relays etc etc

wont know till I find time to look at it, after this trialing lark that we enjoy doing

Surely it wouldnt break down again an hour later

sig wrote:hhmmm thats not a flat battery from the battery man is it!!!!!

I can swear by the batteries they're good, so it will be some other problem, maybe God doesn't like his clothes or haircut.

Sadam_Husain wrote:

skid wrote:

sig wrote:hhmmm thats not a flat battery from the battery man is it!!!!!

get faaaarked cnut


seems the drowning is gonna haunt me forever
no power to the starter which may be an issue with corroded terminals on relays etc etc

wont know till I find time to look at it, after this trialing lark that we enjoy doing

Surely it wouldnt break down again an hour later

Two people standing there with their backs to the dead thing, saying,

"This is VERY embarrasing, We are NOT with them we don't associate with people who have dead toyodas"

Maybe Skidalina was driving it

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2 ... 6171477901
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2 ... 6171477901
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pi ... 0174459703

Sadam_Husain wrote:Surely it wouldnt break down again an hour later

What's this?? Sadam with a new truck?? Isn't that a NISSAN???!!!???


Well dip me in honey and feed me to lesbians... it is!

Whos the really ugly chick with the beard and hairy armpits

Jerry wrote:Maybe Skidalina was driving it

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2 ... 6171477901
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2 ... 6171477901
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pi ... 0174459703

i was talking to Marty about Skidalina earlier this afternoon, i think we should to up for the 2010 tui girl competition

I had a very busy weekend, got married!.
I'm puting it here as it was four wheel drive related. I'll let the pictures explain.





We also had mini green remote control 4X4's on all the tables for the guests to play with, and to destroy

zookfest wrote:picked up sum 44x19.5x15 tsl boggers today,looks like they will fit the truck as is but when truck flexs it will rub so going to keep working on getting them to fit right,have to get some rims sorted for them first

shit dean, looking forward to seeing them, what are ya doing with the 40's ?