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Well I actually started early on my weekend and have done stuff for a change.

Cleaned the car port so I could get to the new chassis, cleaned rear diff and painted it and mounted it minus the rear shocks. Started cleaning the front suspension and steering components ready for painting. Noticed the srtuts already had the cap flip done, so is a help to me, Cleaned up front brakes ready for painting too. By the end of the weekend I should have a rolling chassis again too.

Finally I have an idea for some cheap shocks to suit the Suzuki. Looking at Renault 19 ones as they fit. Might go to pick a part and see if the early Megane they have there has similar shocks. Otherwise I will get ones from up my dads

seeing as this weekend will go to the missis as its her bday and Ive had the last three days off work, thought id add my bit now.

got the 50mm lift fin by putting spacer in rear


finished product

o wait wrong pic


also added some beef to the bullbar so it wont fold up when winching sideways and wont need tow hooks anymore

just gotta find a friend with a gas axe to cut some holes for the D shakles

Wow, that came out awesome!

Edit: Weekend hasn't really started yet, but I did purchase some steel so I can make a bit more progress on the barwork/hooks/chassis strengthening... hoping to patch up most of the rust too if all goes according to plan

Put some air in the tyres ready to be Tail end charlie on the Glenbervie fundraiser tomorrow

tried to remove towball. after a few hours of sledge hammer and oil got the cut off saw out and cut the **** off !
good thing i never used it as it was almost rusted right through.

grabbed the straps out of the work ute ready for Glenbervie tomorrow.

Got a new toy for my truck, so happy now, I can relax.

Brakes have been pulling right so fitted new caliper kits and caliper pistons to the front brakes. The old pistons had lost there finish through rust etc. Lubricated caliper sliders, hopefully all good now, will test drive it tomorrow after bleeding the brakes:D

Weekend hasn't been going long but have done a few things.
The spare front end parts I picked up last weekend were still on the trailer, so i pulled it all apart into smaller chunks to move. Decided to pull the cover plate off the front diff assembly to check what ratio it was...........4.8!! Yippie $40 diff and everything else to upgrade the front drive, steering and brakes.




Also, went and picked up a couple of accessories for my brothers 2005 Hilux,


Thanks Mike from http://www.winch.co.nz for the awesome bar and winch package.

More to come over the weekend, but off to a good start

Cheers,

I`ve got 8 of em !



And here she is in all her unfinished glory...



Isint she a piece of ugly bueaty....

Gettting driveshafts made at the moment, then aircon lines made and gassed, then cert/wof time.

I forgot just how hideous that bar work was Still good to see it coming along

holy sh'itballs your snorkel hat sits high, and that front bar is worthy of a quagmire's chin comparison..

Dont be hating...

I know she`s ugly, but its survived hitting many a tree, rock, and even hanging out in the ocean without even a dent (plenty o scratches).
Doing it again i`d do it a whole lot different, but i`ve got it, it works, so unless someone wants to buy it (yeah right) she stays. Dont like it come ram me

And the snorkel can come down a bit, and likely the hat will be swapped out for a smaller one (its a 4 inch hat on 3 inch pipe). prolly one of these.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 275817.htm

Just to add to the uglyness.

Well if I get a chance I have an aftermarket water temp gauge to finish installing (thanks Ginzu8) and a set of brake pads.....And fix the last few things that fell off in Woodhill a few weeks back
Then on Sunday its off the Hamilton to collect a motorbike for my son...
He has decided to get one.... Much to his mums dismay.
Nice little Kawasaki Ninga 250....

sibainmud wrote:...
Also, went and picked up a couple of accessories for my brothers 2005 Hilux,


Thanks Mike from http://www.winch.co.nz for the awesome bar and winch package.

More to come over the weekend, but off to a good start

Cheers,

Those MCC winch bars look nice

4WDbits wrote:

sibainmud wrote:...
Also, went and picked up a couple of accessories for my brothers 2005 Hilux,


Thanks Mike from http://www.winch.co.nz for the awesome bar and winch package.

More to come over the weekend, but off to a good start

Cheers,

Those MCC winch bars look nice

There hilux rear bars are porn to!

Fixed to punchs on my quad at 4am before milking, might give truck a wash

Yep, fairly stoked with it. Came with the fog lights, side marker and indicator lights with relay, loom and dash switch, so can't complain at $1200.
I guess I might do a bit of a write up on the fitting with plenty of pics for you junkies

Cheers,

T-Boon wrote:


Isint she a piece of ugly bueaty....

Found one that is uglier

T-Boon wrote:I`ve got 8 of em !




Gettting driveshafts made at the moment, then aircon lines made and gassed, then cert/wof time.

other than the diving platform and handrails around the front its looking like a good fit in there mate, do you have any pic's of engine mounts and exhausts and how it all fits in the engine bay

Is that flange on the intake you can just see on the LH side of the photo an inline air filter?

Is that flange on the intake you can just see on the LH side of the photo an inline air filter? [/quote]


Yep looks like a K&N Apollo air box

The Colonel was sold today so will be going to its new home on wednesday once I take my recovery gear and tool boxes etc out.



Will be sad to see it go

ClassicCruiserSpares wrote:The Colonel was sold today

Went to the Glenbervie school fundraiser and had an awesome muddy day out

a few pics from Glenbervie school fundraiser.


oops someone did a wrong turn!


the line up waiting to down the hill, through the creek and up the slippery clay bank.


an opps with a patrol hanging one front wheel over the bank.

that turn kept the tow crew busy.

ClassicCruiserSpares wrote:The Colonel was sold today

Sorry to hear that, been there before myself...

If it helps, I am very happy with the upgrade I made

I cant wait to see what you replace it with

Catching up on all the aussie 4wd dvd's I havent seen yet (5 of them) so lots of Roothy and his 40's.

Got a pile of them to get rid of if anyone wants to make me a small donation to take them off my hands.

Drove up a mountain 1972 meters

Found some taller springs for the front of the Lada from pickapart.

Now I've got to get some for the rear.

Oh, and get the thing going too

went rock crawling with the BC rockcrawlers in Canada, big gear, long trucks, big rocks, good day had a blast in Daves rockcrawler, gotta love the escolade V8s

Pedro

Made me a snorkel this weekend from some mandrel bent 3' exhaust pipe 90 degree and 45 degree and the odd straight piece , still yet to do the under bonnet side of things as i'm waiting for some 3' intercooler piping and silicone joiners to run from the throttle body which is on drivers side (just to be a pain) to the snorkel steel pipe should have it all done by the end of the week i'm hoping!

Heres the porn.

Went to Woodhill and had a great hour or so until I blew yet another front diff . Good thing I have a brand new spare . I spent the rest of the day in 2wd.
Meet up with a few ORE’ers .

Had an epiphany…….perhaps I need to alter my driving style before there is a national shortage of 4.8 front diffs
Oh well into the shed to change diff, hub and steering assemblies.

Cheers,