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botailing a 60

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:59 am
by crazyclark31
Family has an old bj60 and is get pretty hard to wof due to the good old rust in roof.
Am thinking would make a good club truck but wanna shortin the rear overhang.

Is this a hard thing to do? From what i can see it isn't but wanna make sure before i take to it with the grinder

Also how much boost can the 3b handle before it becomes an issue?
Am pretty good with the spanners and welder so will do most if not all myself.

Re: botailing a 60

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:13 am
by GotFlex
do it! :D

Re: botailing a 60

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:56 am
by Mongoose
have a look on ih8mud.com, do a search and you'll find quite a few people who've done it.

Re: botailing a 60

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:12 pm
by mudlva
cut off right behind spring mounts this will take off close to 500mm

install a heavy channel as a cross member and this can then be a mounting for your recovery hooks etc

doit doit doit 8)

Re: botailing a 60

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:45 pm
by crazyclark31
fully intend in doing it 8)
Just gota convince the minister of war and finace to let me :lol:
am going to cut were mudlva said.
If i do a spring over do i need to put torque rod on diffs?
At this stage it will be non road legal club truck but still done properly 8)

Re: botailing a 60

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:48 pm
by mudlva
crazyclark31 wrote:fully intend in doing it 8)
Just gota convince the minister of war and finace to let me :lol:
am going to cut were mudlva said.
If i do a spring over do i need to put torque rod on diffs?
At this stage it will be non road legal club truck but still done properly 8)



sorry just reread what i said and it was all sh--t so i got rid of it before i got cut to peices

painted on eyes being the problem

yes a touque rod or esle known as a tramp rod would be reckomended

Re: botailing a 60

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:01 pm
by Fakey
Do it an take heaps of pics
Try this for inpsiration (not sure if its the exact one Im thinking of but you get the idea)
http://forum.ih8mud.com/hardcore-corner/258072-fj62-bob-extend-wb.html

Re: botailing a 60

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:08 pm
by Big-AL
Have a chat to this guy: http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/ ... 38&t=24887

i know he cut his down, he took heaps of pics and did a nice job.