Project Nuki - The Afterbirth - pics again

Post by **sierrajim** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:15 pm

body painted, boggers fitted, u bolts for rear diff arrived, will fit body tomoz.

Post by **stumped** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:06 am

vitarajim wrote:body painted, boggers fitted, u bolts for rear diff arrived, will fit body tomoz.

pics????????????? :cool:

Post by **sierrajim** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:06 pm

Well the body is on, looks good. I don't know how to do the "hosting the pics thing" and don't want to hasle people to do it for me. When pics are working i'll load them up.

Really though this thread and many others like it are useless with out pics.

Post by **grimbo** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:13 pm

send them to Chris and he can put them up

Post by **bigsteve** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:55 pm

Post by **sierrajim** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:13 pm

thanks steve

Post by **markil** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:12 pm

that's looking so :cool:

makes me wanna go work on my car now

Post by **Jwreck** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:04 am

Nice progress! How big are the swampers?

Post by **sierrajim** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:32 pm

35x14's, big enough that i'm still trying to work out what to do for flares!

Post by **sierrajim** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:33 pm

35x14's, big enough that i'm still trying to work out what to do for flares!

Post by **christover1** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:12 pm

more pix

Post by **DaveS3** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:01 pm

Sweet!

When do you think it will be eng'd / reg and driving??

Nice Work!

Dave

Post by **sierrajim** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:06 pm

Hopefully driving next week. Finished including cage etc within the next couple of weeks.

Dented, scratched, covered in rock rash and mud real soon.

Post by **bigsteve** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:36 am

Its coming along really well James

Post by **bigsteve** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:46 pm

Can you take some measurements for me?
Measured height of those meats?
Whats the wheelbase?
Distance from the ground to your sills??

Post by **bigsteve** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:50 pm

Oh yes and I am running a club trip on cup day (re-run of the trip I wrecked my tin top on last year)

You will need to have nuki going by then, all fetishes will be catered for (rocks, ruts and mud)

Post by **christover1** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 5:13 pm

more pix

Post by **christover1** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 5:31 pm

love the sills

Post by **bigsteve** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:21 pm

The sills have come up a treat, I know you told me on the phone but what thickness are they??

Post by **sierrajim** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:51 pm

i think it's 3mm from memory. Make sure you allow a full day and a bit to do them properley.

I did mine with the body off and just laid it down on its side to do the welding on the inside edge. It would be a PITA job to do with the body on the car at ground level i would think.

Maybe wait untill you're going to do the cage and pull the body.

Post by **sierrajim** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:11 pm

Wheelbase 2230mm

Outside edge tyre width 1890mm

Sill to ground 610mm

Tyre height @15psi 870mm

Note:- no seats, roll cage, front clip, approx 1lt of fuel and i did not use a calibrated air pressure gauge or tape measure.

Outside edge tyre width will increase by approximately 65-70mm with 10" rims.

The back is sitting a little lower than the front at the moment, when it's all back together if it still does i'll have to work something out with the rear springs.

Post by **christover1** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:54 pm

vitarajim wrote: back is sitting a little lower than the front at the moment, when it's all back together if it still does i'll have to work something out with the rear springs.

thats common after a ruf conversion (higher arch springs using similar mounting points to original), but let it settle before ya mess with it, it may be fine with finished config, and if not, is easy fix...christover

Post by **ljxtreem** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:22 am

yeh mine did the same, and the winch helped, you also flex the front alot more so it dosnt take long for them to flatten out :lol:

MOCK

Post by **bigsteve** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:41 pm

Looking good for cup day

Post by **christover1** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:32 pm

bigsteve wrote:Looking good for cup day

who has the cup now, or do we need another? don't think I got it, but anything is possible :silly:

Post by **bigsteve** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:40 pm

christover1 wrote:
bigsteve wrote:Looking good for cup day

who has the cup now, or do we need another? don't think I got it, but anything is possible

I have it at my place, can bring it to the meeting on Wednesday.

Steve

Post by **flyinwall** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:02 pm

if you want flared fibreglass guards get onto mud4b as he is in the process of aquiring them in various sizes

Post by **sierrajim** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:16 pm

I think that he's only going up to 6 inch. I need to cover at least 14 inches and my wheel arches have been slightly modified to the point that you would need to join two standard flares lenght ways to go around the rear.

Post by **bigsteve** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:24 pm

I say do the trailor flare thing, it will look otis-style gay but it'd only be for on road.

Post by **grimbo** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:35 am

bigsteve wrote:I say do the trailor flare thing, it will look otis-style gay but it'd only be for on road.

Hey mine will not look Otis style gay I hope

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