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where on sunny coast to buy body blocks?

Post by Bingham »

and dudes remind me how many i need for a 92 maverick lwb??

helping cousin do his

last time i bought them in caloundra but about 5 years ago and cant remember where?

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Pretty sure you need 12. Can't help with where to get 'em though.
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Post by mud4b »

custom offroad should have em.

arb if you like to lose money and wait for a special order.
or go to the alloy joint in kawana industrial and they make them up for $4 a block, then you need to drill them.

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Post by Bingham »

so remind me if they have to be alloy? or can be plastic be used "for compliance"..

think its miles plastics in caloundra..? not sure if bluey stocks them (custom 4wd)
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Bingham wrote:so remind me if they have to be alloy? or can be plastic be used "for compliance"..

think its miles plastics in caloundra..? not sure if bluey stocks them (custom 4wd)
from memory the plastic ones can be complianced if they use a metal sleeve inside the hole.
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Post by chimpboy »

Even if you can pass compliance with plastic, why would you bother?

Just go to Capral and them to cut some ally rod for you at the size of your choice and drill them yourself. Then off to a bolt place for the right length of bolt.

Well, that is what I did anyway.
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Post by Bingham »

chimpboy wrote:Even if you can pass compliance with plastic, why would you bother?

Just go to Capral and them to cut some ally rod for you at the size of your choice and drill them yourself. Then off to a bolt place for the right length of bolt.

Well, that is what I did anyway.
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Post by vanbox »

hey mark...

theres an aluminium joint in kawana (forget the name) that sold me half a metre of 60mm solid aluminium, cut them to 8x50mm blocks for my shorty (obviously more for a wagon) with a timber drop saw and fine cut blade (timber). then off to the bolt shop and got the high tensile bolts.
aluminium - $50
bolts - $30

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Post by Sic Lux »

vanbox wrote: timber drop saw and fine cut blade (timber)PAUL
Also see planers used to just shave alloy sec doors and screens down does good job
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Post by chimpboy »

Heh one of the dumber things I ever did was try to cut the first lot of ally blocks myself with a supercheap metal drop saw. What a mess, those grinder type blades are good for steel but they just clog up with ally... one block and I'd had it, it was easier to pay for the cutting at the ally place. Then on another occasion I happened to go there on a quiet arvo and they cut 'em for nothing, just paid for the ally.

So cutting them yourself can be a bitch but drilling them yourself is easy if you have a pedestal drill or a good eye.
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CBC bearings in nambour sell the plastic stuff in a length, then just cut to length and drill
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Post by skippy's GQ »

Sore a few sets on ebay for under $100 yesterday
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Post by jungle_surfer »

vanbox wrote:hey mark...

theres an aluminium joint in kawana (forget the name) that sold me half a metre of 60mm solid aluminium, cut them to 8x50mm blocks for my shorty (obviously more for a wagon) with a timber drop saw and fine cut blade (timber). then off to the bolt shop and got the high tensile bolts.
aluminium - $50
bolts - $30

cheap as

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Wow, that sounds really good... are they 'typical' prices??? I rang around a bit (obviously not enough), and ended up getting acetal rod (65mm) and steel tube. That cost about $85ish, then I spent ages cutting it up and fitting the tube in the acetal. :roll:
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Post by vanbox »

not sure about "typical" prices, as i didnt shop around. thats just what i paid for it. no discounts.

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Post by mud4b »

vanbox wrote:not sure about "typical" prices, as i didnt shop around. thats just what i paid for it. no discounts.

PAUL

yeah it would be the same place i went to id say. was around the same price at $4 a block..

cheers mark..

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Post by dfj20 »

i did mine and a few other hilux's just recently, Go to Miles hard plastics in caloundra industrial area, $5 a block cut to whatever size you want and any diameter you want
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http://www.gqpatrol.com/bodylift/index.htm
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