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Painting my Rangie

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Post by boggerbrad37 »

Yep. That was me. Had last week off. I was on my way to the powder coater to check on the progress. Or lack of it.
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PAINTING MY RANGIE

Post by big dave »

MATE LOOKS AWESOME LOVE THE COLOUR THAT ONE SICK TRUCK

IF THAT IS SUPERCHEAP PAINT THEN YOU MAKE IT LOOK GOOD

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NA LOOKS GOOD HAVE FUN

CHEERS DAVE :P :cool: :P :cool:
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Post by GUEEY »

Looking good brad!

the Jaffa has come up sweet (pardon the pun)

Grant.
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Post by Corgie Carrier »

Boggerbrad37

Nice paint job

Can you take a pic of where you put the cage through the dash?

I want to put a cage in mine but need ideas of where to run it, did you build it yourself?

Is the dash pod home made as well?

What is that above the cb?

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Post by boggerbrad37 »

The roll bar goes through the air vent holes. I made the roll bar and the dash pod. The thing above the cb is the CD player. No room in the normal spot when the roll bar went in.
Finally got the wheels back from powder coating. They look great.
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Had To replace the heads this week. They blew the gasket between no 2 and no 4. Gas has been to lean. Took the gas off. I needed to spend about 1000 bucks on it to bring it up to scratch. Do not drive it every day now. Had a go at match porting the heads and manifold, see if it has made any noticable differance when its going.
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Post by boggerbrad37 »

Finally got the wheels on. I will get some better shots soon.
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Post by Sprover »

That looks awesome.Great work!
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Post by ruffgu »

Starting to look very bling mate you wont want to bash it up next time we go out cheers Deano.
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Post by boggerbrad37 »

Hi mate. Already got some scratches on it on the weekend. Hanging to get out and use it properly. Spent so much time working on it. It's about time to use it.
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Post by boggerbrad37 »

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A couple more shots in better light.
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Post by 86MUD »

really like that rear bar mate...feel like making another? I currently have the arb bar on the back with a spare wheel carrier and it is huge compared to yours.

Cheers

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Post by KiwiBacon »

Very cool. :cool:
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Post by def90 »

man shes a bea :twisted: st brad
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Post by def90 »

love the 'rockhammer orange' :D
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Post by RangingRover »

That colour changes so much in the light braddy, when you dropped past work the other week it looked more red than anything, in those photos it actually looks like the orange its supposed to for once!
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Post by boggerbrad37 »

Thanks for everyones comments. 86MUD i have spent most of my nights this year in the garage working on my car and my brother in laws rangie. Need some time to get to know my kids again. If you are interested in doing something in a month or so let me know.
Cheers Brad.
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Post by 86MUD »

Sounds familiar...I have two little kids which are hardly get to see...which doesn't leave much time to play on my truck so I know how you feel. I'll let you know if I can't find time to make one myself.

Once quick question. Did you use a trailer stub axle for the swing arm? How did you ensure there was enough strength welding the stub axle to the rhs?

Cheers

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Post by boggerbrad37 »

On mine it has a socket in the bar(Round tube with a flange at the top) the swing away part has a shaft that fits inside the socket. On my brother in laws i used a trailer hab assembly. Sat the stub axle part in the join (corner) of the rhs and welded a bead down each side. Then cut another peice of rhs on 45's and butted it up to the stub axle and rhs. So made a triangle out of rhs with the stub axle in the middle. Also has two braces on the wheel side to the chassis and one on the Lhs. If you use a trailer hub you need to put lights on the bar. Here is a pic of the last one i made.
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Post by 86MUD »

Thanks Brad

Perfect pictures

Cheers

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Post by Woop »

Very nice mate!!! I'm impressed. I think i might respray my truck the same color!

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Post by MUD400 »

Brad,
that is EASILY THE BEST (& toughest) rangie i have seen to date.

:cool:
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Post by stooge »

Great build up, very nice indeed. Most people just slap something together, but its good to see this is a clean and professional job.

I do have one query tho... did you make up your own body lift spacers too? That pic showig the underside of the rear bar and carrier shows a square block.

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Post by boggerbrad37 »

Yes the body blocks where made by me. The square ones are steel on the blue car and mine are made from 70 mil round alloy.
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Post by ... rick »

Looks amazing mate, great job!!
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Post by Rovernaut »

boggerbrad37 wrote:Image
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A couple more shots in better light.
SWEET!!. A Yota just never looks as tough. :D
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Post by mickrangie »

you compare that to a yota! shame on you! go sit in a corner! :bad-words:
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Post by PacMan »

Hi Brad,

very very nice Rangie!

What Flares are you using? That are not this ones from LRA or?

Greeting
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Post by boggerbrad37 »

They are LRA ones. I used 25x25 square rubber to space them out. just used a longer screw through the normal flare hole.
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Post by Rovernaut »

mickrangie wrote:you compare that to a yota! shame on you! go sit in a corner! :bad-words:
Ok.I've said 15 Hail Rangies and 2 virgin freelanders, am i forgiven yet?
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Post by RangingRover »

Ok.I've said 15 Hail Rangies and 2 virgin freelanders, am i forgiven yet?
No, you just dug a deeper hole by mentioning freeloaders :twisted:
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