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Location: VIC working on my junk
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by 308LUX » Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:04 pm
removed leaf springs front & rear, more flex
about to start IFS rears in rear
saving for shocks (going bilstiens)
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by XXXL80 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:27 pm
turbo charger & double air lockers & 4:88 diff ratios.
bank account is now empty
next purchase will be a set of 36 inch swampers and then thats it (for a while)
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by DaveS3 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:44 pm
new seats!!!! thank god for that!!
Bigger tyres
Land Rover Discovery - GQ conversion underway
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by MY45 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:07 pm
Added a big leaf to front suspension to counter Wrap......
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by bundytunna » Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:46 pm
put a snorkel on
bout to put in body lift and susp lift
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by Skegbudley » Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:56 pm
Raised front bash plate up 3" after droping off ledge onto big rock. (Rock won)
Bash plate also redesigned oil cooler so it now looks like a crinkle cut chip.
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by redzook » Mon Nov 10, 2003 4:05 pm
welded rear, trackbar
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by ozy1 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 4:09 pm
Cut rear fibreglass flares to allow the 33s to articulate without rippin em off, people told me i could fit 35's without body lift but with 6" springs, well, ill get pics, it doesnt work,
ripped out interior, to seal the floor, found water seepin in through factory holes and underfelt ratshit, just finished painting floor with Sound deadner,
off to put interior back in.
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by crispy » Mon Nov 10, 2003 4:24 pm
N*A*M wrote: stephen wrote: conveyor belt wheel arch flares to cover new simex.
pics?
of the flares or the simex's, lol
mine too was conveyor belt flares, is cheap, easy and works a treat. I'll post a pic of mine for ya nam
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by Slunnie » Mon Nov 10, 2003 5:20 pm
Extended bump stops to stop my shockies crunching. Also stops my inner guards crunching.
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by ORSM45 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 6:51 pm
out with the 6 cyl and 4 spd, in with the 383 V8 and the 5 spd
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by MissDrew » Mon Nov 10, 2003 6:56 pm
Air Conditioning
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by RUFF » Mon Nov 10, 2003 7:27 pm
Cut 18" off the back of my hilux chassie
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by robbie » Mon Nov 10, 2003 7:27 pm
greg wrote: robbie wrote: beat the shit out of my guards with an axe to make my simexes fit..
I've gone one better than this and beat my sills with a chunk of concrete so i could get the doors back on
nice
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by mlowe76 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 7:31 pm
home made bead locks...
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by Bluey » Mon Nov 10, 2003 7:39 pm
fitted new suspension all round. parabolics and shocks werent too short like originals i had
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by ORSM45 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:24 pm
mlowe76 wrote: home made bead locks...
made on your computer?
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by Area54 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:28 pm
NERF roll bar
(you brissy boys will know what I'm talking about)
Built, not bought.
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by thunder » Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:47 pm
rear air locker
Bar work RDG
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by A1 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 9:20 pm
Put my 37''s on then
Then took em back offfffffffffff
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by big red » Mon Nov 10, 2003 9:26 pm
thick walled tailshaft due to buggering the standard one at mud bulls
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by ShortyMQ » Mon Nov 10, 2003 9:31 pm
Removed turbo diesel & 5-speed and replaced with injected x-flow, C4 auto and cruiser transfer with crawler gears
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by Screwy » Mon Nov 10, 2003 9:57 pm
Just put in 2 inch springs, extended shackles, and LSD rear into the MQ
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by mlowe76 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:25 pm
383FJ45 wrote: mlowe76 wrote: home made bead locks...
made on your computer?
Nope they are real.
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by beebee » Tue Nov 11, 2003 12:46 am
Attempted to build side/scrub bars on Saturday. Pulled power steering pump on Sunday and adjusted pressure. Built a high energy ignition system tonight and will install tomorrow.
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by *BESTY* » Tue Nov 11, 2003 3:06 am
My last modification was the rebuild !!
V6 Engine - Hilux Box, t-case, diffs, side bars, rear bar, 35 Simex's, fuel tank....... on the Feroza
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by Webbie » Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:07 am
LOOKED at it and realized ive 9ot s#it loads of work left to do before its finised
Lockers or Knockers ,both will make for fun.
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by Kev80 » Tue Nov 11, 2003 8:08 pm
Welded up some new steel bash plates & sill rails for my Cruiser, which i managed to bend the T/case one the first weekend out afterwards !
GXL Turbo Diesel 80 series- 6" King springs + Rancho in-cab kit- 35" BFG Muds Twin ARB airlockers.
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by Mad Cruiser » Tue Nov 11, 2003 8:13 pm
Gearbox Rebuild, still doing it.
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by RUFF » Tue Nov 11, 2003 8:23 pm
Took 13.5" out of my wheelbase
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