but dont think im up to it anyway if i was to sell it how much would it be worth? and how much work to make the soft top body into a ute?
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chop it into a ute or sell it? whats it worth?
chop it into a ute or sell it? whats it worth?
ok i was going to sell it then i was going to keep it and do a ute chop on it
but dont think im up to it anyway if i was to sell it how much would it be worth? and how much work to make the soft top body into a ute?
but dont think im up to it anyway if i was to sell it how much would it be worth? and how much work to make the soft top body into a ute?
I dont know squat!!!!!!!!!!
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Am I the only swb sierra owner that hasn't worked out what the benefits are of cutting the back off the car???
I mean - absolute best case - you could end up with something that looks like this
In answer to your question though, I have previously swapped 4 sunnies ($200 equivillent) for an 85 drover rolling chassis and body...
I mean - absolute best case - you could end up with something that looks like this
In answer to your question though, I have previously swapped 4 sunnies ($200 equivillent) for an 85 drover rolling chassis and body...
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There are benefits?
*hmmm.. thinks really hard*
It's an afternoons work
It might work up a thirst.
That's all the benefits I could think of a ute chop.
That looks like a clean rolling chassis and tub. If they're matching numbers I reckon there's $250-$500 in it as is.
If you cut it into a ute? I hear scraps worth $70 a tonne.
Steve.
*hmmm.. thinks really hard*
It's an afternoons work
It might work up a thirst.
That's all the benefits I could think of a ute chop.
That looks like a clean rolling chassis and tub. If they're matching numbers I reckon there's $250-$500 in it as is.
If you cut it into a ute? I hear scraps worth $70 a tonne.
Steve.
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fibreglass tub and a drop down gate, its so easy.. you know you want tooalien wrote:Keep it as it is and build it back up... pretty sure years ago Skippy on here made a wooden tonneau for the back which supported a fair amount of weight... so all the benefits of a ute, but retaining the body and back space undercover.
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My bloke is actually getting over $200/tonneGwagensteve wrote:There are benefits?
If you cut it into a ute? I hear scraps worth $70 a tonne.
Steve.
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The cheaper rego bit was because sometimes people get stung with registering as a convertible for a soft top. AFAIK convertables are a little dearer possibly due to insurance. Mines a soft top but registered as a ute.
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Having had a soft top cut into a ute, a hard top, a factory ute and hard top thats been chopped to an extended cab ute.Better tyre clearance, heaps more storage space, raised fuel tank, stronger, cheaper rego/insurance and IMO it looks hot
1. If you spend the time you can clear tyres with tubbing of the rear.
2. Cleaver thinking results in great storage capacities (Gwagen steve might be able to post a pic or two of a car he's built for another guy)
3. Ute's draw LOTS of attention, it's very hard to make it look like it was built that way. If you get pulled over it doesn't take a brain surgeon to work it out.
4. Most ute conversions weigh lots more than a soft top with a good 4 point cage
5. You do not need to cut the back off your car to lift your tank (see point 2/cleaver thinking)
6. Unless your ute conversion is engineered your insurance is null and void.
My old red car wasn't engineered. Driving it as a full body wasn't so bad. As a ute, well it made it stand out a little more. It cleared 36" tyres with factory panels.
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sorry forgot that bit im in geelong can call me on 0407181515grimbo wrote:where?over land 4x4 wrote:im not going to chop it i dont think its a job i can do with the tool's time and money it will need so if any of you want to make an offer on it is now up for sale
I dont know squat!!!!!!!!!!
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Jim, my girlfriend is going to hate you tonight! She'll definately be making way for that picture of the full body rig!!
I wonder with some more guard manipulation would have those tires fitted without the bodylift?
I wonder with some more guard manipulation would have those tires fitted without the bodylift?
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Tyre clearance - yes the 36" tyres would fit with no body lift. The rears were tubbed, the front inner guards removed then re attached higher up the guard. There was still 2 inches between the top of the front wheel arch and the bonnet.DeWsE wrote:Jim, my girlfriend is going to hate you tonight! She'll definately be making way for that picture of the full body rig!!
I wonder with some more guard manipulation would have those tires fitted without the bodylift?
I'd run abody lift again simply for sill clearance, being able to lift the transfer case that little bit and so that the fuel tank could be lifted without sticking too far out of the floor.
[quote="Harb"]Well I'm guessing that they didn't think everyone would carry on like a big bunch of sooky girls over it like they have........[/quote]
In the end it's personal preference really. I never said utes were "better" just defending them by saying they do have advantages.
I bought mine ute chopped already for $3000 and it suits me for what I like to do in it. And yes the ute chop is engineered.
I bought mine ute chopped already for $3000 and it suits me for what I like to do in it. And yes the ute chop is engineered.
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I hated my body lift, but i can't remember why. But I did swear i'd never do it again. I understand what your saying about the tank/tcase and sills. I remember shane lifted the tcase without the bodylif but it envolved some cutting of the floor and it was a headache getting the bolts done up especially with the tcase ring around it.sierrajim wrote:Tyre clearance - yes the 36" tyres would fit with no body lift. The rears were tubbed, the front inner guards removed then re attached higher up the guard. There was still 2 inches between the top of the front wheel arch and the bonnet.DeWsE wrote:Jim, my girlfriend is going to hate you tonight! She'll definately be making way for that picture of the full body rig!!
I wonder with some more guard manipulation would have those tires fitted without the bodylift?
I'd run abody lift again simply for sill clearance, being able to lift the transfer case that little bit and so that the fuel tank could be lifted without sticking too far out of the floor.
It was MK diffs right?
[quote="STD CONSUMER"]haha, i'm tellin you, my camp was hard to find on Saturday night!
then i shared my bed with 2 second tom... [/quote]
then i shared my bed with 2 second tom... [/quote]
MQ diffs.DeWsE wrote:I hated my body lift, but i can't remember why. But I did swear i'd never do it again. I understand what your saying about the tank/tcase and sills. I remember shane lifted the tcase without the bodylif but it envolved some cutting of the floor and it was a headache getting the bolts done up especially with the tcase ring around it.sierrajim wrote:Tyre clearance - yes the 36" tyres would fit with no body lift. The rears were tubbed, the front inner guards removed then re attached higher up the guard. There was still 2 inches between the top of the front wheel arch and the bonnet.DeWsE wrote:Jim, my girlfriend is going to hate you tonight! She'll definately be making way for that picture of the full body rig!!
I wonder with some more guard manipulation would have those tires fitted without the bodylift?
I'd run abody lift again simply for sill clearance, being able to lift the transfer case that little bit and so that the fuel tank could be lifted without sticking too far out of the floor.
It was MK diffs right?
After having had a string of cars that have been of duibius legality (non engineered) I'll try to avoid going down that track again.
There is always an easy way to do something and a hard way to get the same end result. A body lift is just the easy way to get clearance, lift the transfer case etc without modifying a tunnel, cutting too much sheet metal off and so on.
[quote="Harb"]Well I'm guessing that they didn't think everyone would carry on like a big bunch of sooky girls over it like they have........[/quote]
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