Outer Limits 4x4 Board

They look like they hang down a lot as most of us have them mounted directly to the ends of the chassis rails, something like this:

http://www.rhinoink.com.au/bar_mount.jpg
Poor picture, but you can see how mine is mounted to the inside of the rails. Nice and strong mount, good for attaching ...

The 2-300mm clearance allows spotties, winches, antenna's to be mounted behind the bar. Also gives some squash room between the bar and the body should you ever hit something hard.

Here's one I had made. Heaps of room for a winch if ever needed.
I still dont' have any decent indicators, may have to find some new ones before selling the beast...

My zook has 30 x 9.5 muddies on 15mm offset rims, and they only just poke out past the metal guards.

Bad Juju - Those pics were taken just after the sills were removed and the stonegaurd paint done, hence it was nice and clean.

Am sad to report that my rig will soon be up for sale -bad back means ...

Here you go!





This is the Clark Rubber 50mm stuff.

The tube is still there, I have though of reinforcing that tube as well.

It's a similar concept, but rather than crush tubes, there is an exactly fitting solid block inside the rails, so the force is spread more evenly.

I only have one recovery point on at the moment, will get same done on the ...

Here's how my custom bar (pro made) is mounted.



It "plugs into" the chassis rail as a solid block, then bolted.
You can see the holes for thr recovery hook.

Here's the rest of the bar:



Paul

xl7fan,

Thanks for that idea, will probably work! At the rate the lights seem to be able to discharge the battery to completely dead I wont want the parkers left on either.

Ruffy - nice solution but I am a bit of a electrikary newb, so I need a simple solution to fill me in until I make a new ...

Hey all,

How would I wire up a warning buzzer in a negatively switched zook?
I bought a cheap buzzer from super's, and when wired up as per the instructions, it buzzes all the time (obviously!)

Is there an easy way of doing it?
I'm sick of having to jump start my car :( and I'm not yet ready to ...

My bar doesn't have a winch in it but was made with room for one.

Mounted inside the chassis rails like this:



Paul

My hardtop has factory air con, works a treat. Installed in Darwin by original owner.

Doesn't kill the engine too much (not when daily driving), but will cause cooling and power issues is your using it whilst wheeling, esp hillclimbs etc.

Paul

Try heating it with a welder or similar device, it may loosen it up a bit. New genuine ones are only a few buck by the way...

I think the difflocks for that price are a minispool type, and are a permanant locking device - not the best option for a Daily Driven GV...

I'm putting a thermo into my zook and was wondering what would be the best source for the 'ignition' line for the relay?

It would preferably be near the battery somewhere, I hope.

Any advice is appreciated as always!

Cheers,
Paul

Cheers for that.

I had just read that there are better ways of doing it, some other form of thermatic switch.

Guess I'll be setting it for around 100 and keeping a close eye on how it goes.

Hey all,

After a heater hose let go on me I've decided to give the cooling system an overhaul. :x

Whilst the rad is out, I'm putting in a thermo.
What temp should I have it kick in? Going onto a G13BA, no engine mods.
The thermostat opens at 82, and fully open by 95. Would 95 be the correct temp ...

Try Custom Off Road in Stafford.

They specialise in vee dubs, but made me a great tube bar and slider set for my zook.

Reasonable price and great work.

Cheers,
Paul

Hey all,

This may sound silly, but 5 out of 8 bolts holding my seats in seem to be threaded - one on the drivers side and 3 on the passengers.

How can I get them out without destroying them? I am trying to dry fit my new seats (they are very comfy) and the bolts just keep spinning...

Cheers ...

I guess it depends if you are including a cat converter or not.

I've been quoted around $220 just for the cat, around $240 for the extractors and around $150 for the muffler and bits in between.

'90 Tin top, red, with some bigger tyres, sus and BL. Just moved into Bonython from Brisvegas.

Who parks the black tin top with 31s at Russell?

Keen for some locals to show me around too!

Tiny... except that you are required to have a 5mm min rolled edge to be legal, like flexy flares have. The garden edge would only be 2mm ish...

Mudzuki,

Can you recall what type of flasher unit it was? ie number of pins etc?
Where abouts on the firewall is the sucker in a zook?

Cheers,

Paul

Mine are a 30 x 9.5 x 15.

LJ Tyres in Virginia...

In Queensland the bodylift needs to be inspected by the DOT. Getting this done soon, no mod plate required though.

Will have legal tyres on it for the inspection though - most of the mods so far are aimed at making the 30's look legal :)

Thanks for the offer of help mkpatrol, will keep you in ...

Sure is the land of red tape, though they might have bludged off NSW given they are surrounded by it!

Will give Kaos a call, cheers DiddyZook.

I'm moving from QLD to the ACT soon and was wondering what rules apply there, ie do they use the NSW RTA rules or do they have their own?

As far as I can tell my '90 Sierra will have to be inspected prior to being registered there, so I want to pass first go!

I have 2'' sus and body lift, some 30 ...

Queensland has a rule that is something like "the edge of any material (for flares) has to have a 5mm diameter radius", so that it wont cut pedestrians or similar

They had Transport Dept guys there.

50mm spring lift is maximum legal.
50mm body lift is max legal, and you can have both.

Tyres can be max 1.5 times the width of original spec (off road passenger vehicle) but no more than 15mm greater in height.

(Can you get 215/70/ 9.5 tyres for a zook :roll ...

I got myself a gizmo to remind myself to turn off my headlights - i can be a bit forgetfull :oops:

Thing is, the instructions say to connect red wire to headlamp fuse/line, and the black to something else in the fuse box that is only on when the ignition is.

You do that in a Sierra, and buzz away ...

You could try Custom Off Road in Stafford.
Specialise in VW stuff but made me a good strong set for my zook, reasonable price too