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Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:36 pm**

Just finished putting in my Tigerz11 winch, looking forward to trying it out....

Pretty happy.......

Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:38 pm**

Looking good Dan!

All ready for Kaiwaka? :wink:

Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:46 pm**

Nice work on your winch bar and wiring, this has to be ones of the most tidyist setups I have seen as winches go.

GOOD WORK.

Looking forward to see when the pipe work is done should look mean as.

Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:50 pm**

mega tidy looking winch mount! well done.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:20 am**

would we have expected anything less then tidy from dan... :lol:

looking good mate. whose doing your bar work for you?

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:08 am**

andy3542 wrote:would we have expected anything less then tidy from dan... looking good mate. whose doing your bar work for you?

Me, with the help of my mate who has the welder !! Just going to go for the tubular steel look like you see on the yank rock crawlers.............

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:31 am**

Changed all the oils in the yota, now ready for rally woods tomorrow...

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:45 am**

bruntonjm wrote:Changed all the oils in the yota, now ready for rally woods tomorrow...

I'm guessing Rally Woods is like Woodhill 4WD Park ??

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:15 am**

I think so, lots of tracks, camping facilities etc..... heres a link..
http://www.rallywoods.co.nz/

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:57 am**

ripped out the carpet and front seats of the Saf, first job is to seam weld the firewall to floor joint to get rid of that %^$ &***^ (( ^%%^ ^#%%@$ #*^# @&##(@& ^#^# ^#^@&@ #^@ #*@* #&#&@& (( @&^^# clonking/thump/clank/knock under my feet once and for all :mrgreen:

Next thing is to fit a set of Toyota Corolla Bucket seats out of the Mrs old red Car. the original Saf Seats are HORRIBLE and really uncomfortable on a long trip.

Just finished a bit of touch-up painting to get the Truck ready for the Sign writers, Mondays the official opening of my new Business!! :twisted:

Welcome to Taranaki's Newest PC Company.

http://www.ruralpc.co.nz :mrgreen:

As you can see my 4wd time may soon become a lot more limited.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:43 am**

new rear rotors BNT $160

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:00 pm**

Got the exhaust on the Lada finished. Has 2 leaks, so I went and got exhaust flexi-wrap stuff from SCA, at half price. Had deep-dish rear rubber mats at Repco for $10 each, so got a couple of those, to use in the Fiva (but also for the Lada in the meantime).

SO it's definitely closer to a WoF now...

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:48 pm**

Getting the truck ready for the winch comp next weekend (support truck

-not competing

) found the most important thing wasn't working any more so im off to shitycheep to get some new sounds

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:04 pm**

Spent the day with Steve and team, in the rain setting the final stages for the Superwinch Tough Truck Winch Challenge and changing a few.. :twisted:

Legs are sore from all that walking.... :cry:

Going to be a great event.

Calvin

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:35 am**

got the truck back on the road after the front diff sh!ting it self down south on the way to the army playground.
cost around about $1700 :evil:

to rebuild the whole front end
so there goes the new bigger winch for a little

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:45 am**

philipw wrote:got the truck back on the road after the front diff sh!ting it self down south on the way to the army playground.
cost around about $1700 to rebuild the whole front end
so there goes the new bigger winch for a little

OUCH!

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:18 am**

meece4x4 wrote:ripped out the carpet and front seats of the Saf, first job is to seam weld the firewall to floor joint to get rid of that %^$ &***^ (( ^%%^ ^#%%@$ #*^# @&##(@& ^#^# ^#^@&@ #^@ #*@* #&#&@& (( @&^^# clonking/thump/clank/knock under my feet once and for all

Next thing is to fit a set of Toyota Corolla Bucket seats out of the Mrs old red Car. the original Saf Seats are HORRIBLE and really uncomfortable on a long trip.

Just finished a bit of touch-up painting to get the Truck ready for the Sign writers, Mondays the official opening of my new Business!!
Just make sure you use original seat mounts other wise you could run into certifcation issues for your next WOF
Welcome to Taranaki's Newest PC Company.

http://www.ruralpc.co.nz

As you can see my 4wd time may soon become a lot more limited.

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:25 pm**

new rotors on

new bushes need to be fitted

and backlash sorted soon

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:56 pm**

monstr wrote:
Just make sure you use original seat mounts other wise you could run into certifcation issues for your next WOF

Thanks monstr, Discussed the subject with the WOF man when I got one last Wednesday, got him to pull up the regs and what I can and cant do :mrgreen:

, Told me the same thing the original seat mounts must remain unmodified.

thankfully I dont need to modify the rails at all in fact the same mod for the Subaru seats will work for the Toyota ones :wink:

Basically Im not interested in any Mods that require a cert, the Saf goes well enough for the sort of 4wding I do these days (other than a front locker that is) But my god factory Safari seats are uncomfortable!

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:05 pm**

made some alloy body lift blocks and installed on my surf and also started making a new bash plate as the factory one has taken its fair share of beatings and installed some longer TEIN rear shocks now it flexs really well

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:09 pm**

Ive got one of these

and a mate gave me one of these

but its for an older model with gutters so I pulled of the trim and found these

and so I made up some of these

and they fit like this

and now I have one of these up here like this

and if I take it off it looks like this

and thats good caus I dont plan on having it on unless I need it

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:18 pm**

nice wee write up gts,,,looks good :wink:

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:08 pm**

well my gearbox farked out on the way to simon's this morning so im now the proud owner of a blue lawn ornament. manual conversion is on the cards now.

got the main part of the mods done to the spare wheel carrier though. thanks for that simon. its just on the back burner now. :lol:

looking forward to superwinch tuff truck next weekend looks like itll be a great event.

cheers

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:32 pm**

Well managed to get the winch bar sorted to put the new Hawse on after some grinding and little plasma cutting now have a coat of grey primer on Monday will give it some more primer once dry will finish with gloss black, should look nice with alloy Hawse.

Will post photo's once finished.

Ruben

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:08 pm**

Spent various parts of the weekend feeding more 12v to my winch to run the second motor. Farken 95mm cable sux to work with over short distances. 10ish hp 8274 should darg the chopped up zook around ok. Guess I'll find out next friday stage 1 Superwinch Tuff truck

Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:02 am**

Put some wheel spacers on to stop the tyres hitting the guards.

It doesn't hit anymore as it sits right outside the guard so really pleased with the result.
Increased my width by about 4m also well which is great for frontal rollover protection.
Don't need a cert for it either as I'm gong to weld them to the brake rotor so it looks factory.

Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:29 am**

Man thats Class that is Must show Taz 01 that he will be green with envy

Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:05 am**

He'll have to pay for it. It's an 'intellectual's' property. Countless seconds of thought went into this project.

Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:13 am**

Taz wrote:He'll have to pay for it. It's an 'intellectual's' property. Countless seconds of thought went into this project.

with your welded diff and those spacers you'll go anywhere now Taz

Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:32 am**

Sadam_Husain wrote:
Taz wrote:He'll have to pay for it. It's an 'intellectual's' property. Countless seconds of thought went into this project.

with your welded diff and those spacers you'll go anywhere now Taz

Yeah man but only after I give it a 10" lift (it won't roll over from this because I'm going to store my pies in the foot well instead of the center console to keep the cog low). I've been thinking about making it 1 wheel drive as well to keep things challenging.

FYI I'm going to use ORANZ approved Pam's Mince and Cheese pies because I have a mate whos real good with a microwave that recommends them.

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