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Post by bennybigballs »

just finished it
cut back off
used back door for fill in section
moulded metal around corners
moved diff back about 430 mm
extended chassis rail
3/4 elipitical in place
custom tray
took about six days with some help from tim scutt and mick redmaallready has
2" body lift
2" springs
31s on f100 rims 15x8
4k corolla conversion
custom drive shafts all round
1.3 running gear
home made snorkel not connected
32dfm5 webber carb
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Post by Red_Zook »

we want pics
i like it
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Post by mico »

coupla pics for you Benny
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Post by cutzook »

any chance on getting pics of you r buggy leaf setup in the rear




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Post by mico »

pics of buggy leafs only ones i've got hope there ok :?
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Post by bazooked »

eeds bigger rubber
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Post by mico »

bazooked wrote:eeds bigger rubber
And longer shocks the standards are about 200mm to short
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Post by beally »

id paint it up before old mate rust comes along.
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Post by mico »

once Benny finishes the repairs i'll paint it for him so it shold be done soon
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Post by beally »

forgot to say its looking good so far anyways.
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Post by STUMPY »

are you planning turning it into a camper van and sleep between the chassis and the tray? why is the tray so high?
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Post by suzi_on_46s »

chuck a spare tyre in there and alos more flex can happen
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Post by bennybigballs »

have a set of lux diffs to go in just ran out of money and time then extra room is for extra rubber to fit under
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Post by sierrajim »

Maybe have a look at making some extended shackles.
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Post by tozook »

what do you use to fill in the rear door
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Post by mico »

i think benny bent up a piece of sheet metal for it welded it in to place and bogged it
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Post by chunkz »

just a qeustion why do people convert to utes?
looks? weight? other reasons?
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Post by cutzook »

easier to lengthen. i had a fair bit of rollover damage on the back of mine.
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Post by chunkz »

so you lengthen so you dont roll/flip as easy?
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Post by cutzook »

thats it
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Post by chunkz »

lol im about to get a sierra swb (expect alot of q's)
how easy are they to flip?
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Post by cutzook »

depends how you drive or how you DRIVE IT
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Post by Zookified »

Alot harder than a swb sierra.
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