Offroad-Express

well spent the day under the bloody rover doing the long awaited mods arsehole the rover shit and fit cruiser

final results as of 530 today










only gotta trim 60mm out of the guards to make the tires fit, doors included!!!

tomorrow front end out and fit cruiser in....


Pedro

Ooooo look there some disco bits on the floor that will fit my truck...

Cleary wrote:Ooooo look there some disco bits on the floor that will fit my truck...

ya gonna need em..........

Good work my son

Sorry Pedro, I will leave the IHC to it and discuss in the "other" fourm

Looking good

front in

swing arms mounts made and fitted, steering drag link made and fitted, panhard in, brakes connected, shocks in , springs in, even painted







bleed brakes, oil in diffs, tighten some more bolts anf fit wheels, and trim a bot of ali away to clear the tires

pedro

double post for some reason

got it on wheels and drove it, drives nice, same as before really, got bloody good steering lock, go cruiser gear !!!
brakes ok, got a sticking caliper i think, no vibrations, tracks nice, guards rub like a bastard, have trimmed a bit off to get it onto a trailer to get it home, leaning towards 40mm body lift,







Pedro

it looks mean as with the wider track

Pedro wrote: leaning towards 40mm body lift

She's looking MINT az, probably need a BL and a guard cut to get the most out of your flex

What diffs and ratio's did you use?

It really does look Mint, can't wait till my diffs go now.....

Overkill wrote:

Pedro wrote: leaning towards 40mm body lift

She's looking MINT az, probably need a BL and a guard cut to get the most out of your flex

What diffs and ratio's did you use?

It really does look Mint, can't wait till my diffs go now.....

yeah 40mm lift, major guard cut and 4.11 ration diffs

Pedro

Thats a sweet looking disco now

Cleary wrote:Ooooo look there some disco bits on the floor that will fit my truck...

when is the club changeing its name?????
the rover end of the table must be full up

nice job, well done. And i see the V12 BMW club track in the back ground tht i spotted on TM this week too.

Very interesting Mods

I'll keep watching to see how it works

cut front guards
before


after




got hold of the epoxy and a microfibre filler, so stripped the door, sand blasted the areas i wanted to epoxy and then packed as much as i could in, you can only access the top of the arch and the lower front of the arch,



i left it over night and then cut the door this mornnig


as you can see the epoxy was in two places, so once i had he desired profile in the door both inner and outer skins aligned etc i sand blasted the inner panel and mixed up more paste and forced it into place


then left this and continued to cut the rear panel and inner door frame





ti have folded the rear panel and door frame over about 15mm right angle fold, my intent is to mount the rubber conveyor rubber off this fold, but are also looking at bolting a bit of flat bar to rear panel and welding to door frame to hold the rubber and also to put a bit more strength into that area,


one side down other side to go.

seems very effective way to cut the panel, a bit of mucking around stripping but not having to fold ali and steel and attach to each other seems to be a bonus

pedro
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better shot from further back showing front changes

before



after

Looks better with the guards cut for sure When I cut my guards I purchased some flare strips from these guys.....

http://www.basisnz.co.nz/product.pasp?c ... ductid=408

You can get it by the meter and it attaches straight to the side of panel.

Overkill wrote:Looks better with the guards cut for sure When I cut my guards I purchased some flare strips from these guys.....

http://www.basisnz.co.nz/product.pasp?c ... ductid=408

You can get it by the meter and it attaches straight to the side of panel.

looked at these strips and they are not wide enough , i need about 110-120mm to cover the tire, these are only 58mm

pedro

got into the other side today and sandblasted the interior of the door and using the epoxy filler mix i packed it full of epoxy, and now i have templates from the other side markedthe panel out and cut away with the slitting disk,
folded the edge up and also the inner door frame edge,

before



as far as i can go until the epoxy sets.



photo taken from a distance, not very happy with the front guard cut, but the side bars and flares will cover the f**-up



may also have to adjust the spring seat, bring the front down or lift rear, have to get it on the flat to figure it out.


Pedro

looking good

very tidy work,like the epoxy idea to keep skins in correct shape etc