GU Tray Build.

Post by **Weiner** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:23 pm

Looks good bud, might come see it this week.

Is it worth bracing the back stays down to the frame for a bit more strength?

Post by **SilverBulletBM** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:27 pm

looks good mate,
Couple of questions.
Are the sliders bolt on or welded, you got any better pics?
Are you using mdf/wood for the wheel arches?
And the two bars that run from the tray up to the roll bar, the joint at the top i presume is bushed, why so?
Loving the look.

Aaron

Post by **Weiner** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:46 pm

SilverBulletBM wrote:looks good mate,
Couple of questions.
Are the sliders bolt on or welded, you got any better pics?
Are you using mdf/wood for the wheel arches?
And the two bars that run from the tray up to the roll bar, the joint at the top i presume is bushed, why so?
Loving the look.

Aaron

If you look close enough they are bolted on.

I think the MDF is temporary

Post by **ma7rk** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:01 am

Looks the goods mate. How much did it cost to get those tray bars made up?

Post by **stokedapollo** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:25 am

im impressed

Post by **GU-ish** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:32 pm

they are weld on. A plate is welded on to the chassis ane then they are bolted to that. The bolt on types use a u-bolt sort of system. Cost me $1000 for the bar work on the tray and yeah it has bushes, not sure why supose it stops rattleing but that is just the way if said they do them.

Post by **GU-ish** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:13 pm

got some more work done on my tray over the easter break, a nice 10 days thanks to the union jobs

got it powered coated and started putting the aluminium on, only got one pic of it with aluminium on but will have more 2moz. thought i had taken more pics wen i hadnt.

Post by **Bad JuJu** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:24 pm

Any Idea on the weight ?

Post by **GU-ish** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:47 pm

can move it with me and one mate... but to put it on the car its easyer with 3 people.
not sure on an exact kg weight.

Post by **Weiner** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:35 pm

Looks better after powdercoat. Did you fill that hole in the weld and get the spatter off?

You home tomorrow night, might come for a look, got dinner at mums tomorrow.....

Post by **vanbox** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:38 pm

Just a tip when your finished...

On the underside of the try it might be a good idea to seal all crevices (sikaflex) where the alum sits on steal. anywhere dirt/water gets in will cause havoc in not much time.

When i build a new try for my GU it will be completely sealed underneath!

Looking good too. Like the idea of bolt on rear stays.

Post by **GU-ish** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:39 pm

yes aidos i filled in and grinded back.

and yeh i was going to do something along those lines with the sikaflex.
also to prevent any rattle that may come about in the future.

Post by **GU-ish** » Mon May 25, 2009 7:59 pm

have finaly got around to doing some more on my tray.
Just waiting on a slide out draw/ box thingo which Millweld is making up for me then i will be able to put the rest of the top on.
leaving it off so its easy to mount the box.

Post by **Weiner** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:14 pm

Looks better with the floor in mate.

The slides are the ones going at the front on the side yeah?

Hurry up, not far till Queens Birthday weekend

Post by **GU-ish** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:58 pm

Weiner wrote:Looks better with the floor in mate.

The slides are the ones going at the front on the side yeah?

Hurry up, not far till Queens Birthday weekend

yeh draw is going under tray front passinger side.

Post by **turbo gu** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:29 am

Change the exhaust

Dump it under the car before the diff. Looks pretty average coming out up that high, plus there will be a fare bit of heat in that box if it stays there.

Post by **GU-ish** » Tue May 26, 2009 6:00 pm

it looks better when the spare tyre is in, i have no problem with it anyways.

Post by **GU-ish** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:46 pm

ok got it all finished this weekend cept the draw box which hasnt been made yet. so after the long weekend for that.

pure fluke this lined up

mudflaps finally

Bars bolted back on and ready to role

Post by **dirtyben** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:27 pm

mate loving this thread, im just running an alloy atm but hope to follow in similar footsteps with my trol ute soon. looks great hey, what was the total dammage to built it yourself? chequerplate would have been pricey no? an how many mm plate did you go? and when you bolted it down to the chassis did you use any kind of rubber or poly spacers?

Post by **GU-ish** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:06 pm

dirtyben wrote:mate loving this thread, im just running an alloy atm but hope to follow in similar footsteps with my trol ute soon. looks great hey, what was the total dammage to built it yourself? chequerplate would have been pricey no? an how many mm plate did you go? and when you bolted it down to the chassis did you use any kind of rubber or poly spacers?

hey mate. wouldnt know i final cost on the thing, stopped counting lol.
i used 3mm checkerplate on it all, it cost me about $155 a sheet, but dnt use this as a guide as i got it pretty cheap off a mate.
i just put some 10mm rubber under it where it mounts to the chassie.

cheers chris

Post by **Little Greg** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:05 pm

how does the tyre go next to that exhaust???
and are u gonna try put storage in between the tray and chassis

Post by **GU-ish** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:27 pm

Little Greg wrote:how does the tyre go next to that exhaust???
and are u gonna try put storage in between the tray and chassis

tire is fine next to it. there was a gaurd between them but it broke.. none the less no trouble at all, no marks on the tire.
yes i have a box that i picked up last week but yet to be installed, will have pics up when it is in. it goes between the wheel arch and front of tray on passinger side. slide out draw system.

Post by **nastytroll** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:04 pm

deisel exhaust shoud be fine, petrol maybe not.

Post by **HLX.GRL** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:27 pm

Looks good

Post by **jamie noble** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:05 am

that is a mad tray mate nice thread as well! you can never have to many pics! cheers jamie

Post by **bj on roids** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:23 am

i think the front bar looks tops!

Post by **chunks** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:53 am

Looks good mate, nice effort. Maybe paint the checker plate in the wheel arch black so it doesn't stand out so much?

Post by **ashbilt** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:23 am

i coulnt be bothered to read all of it to see if anyone else said this but why not cut the exhaust off and have it dump just in front of the rear diff?

Post by **love ke70** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:03 pm

ashbilt wrote:i coulnt be bothered to read all of it to see if anyone else said this but why not cut the exhaust off and have it dump just in front of the rear diff?

it was mentioned, apparently he is happy with it.

maybe it will get changed in the future, i know i would be moving it.

can you give us a ballpark on total cost? i quite like this design, much more practical than many i have seen

one day i might do mine...maybe

Post by **grimbo** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:41 pm

nice design and looks like it will do the job, pity about the chequerplate though as I reckon it makes it look less finished. it's a bastard to keep clean and personally I reckon flat steel would look better. But that;s just me.

Any further updates on it? Has it worked the way you want it to? Any further changes? Did you get a canopy made in the end?

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