wagon chop

Post by **G_loomis** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:32 pm

As you may of seen in the 'general chat' area my HJ60 is getting chopped at the end of the month.

This is basically what it hopefully will look like. Undecided on paint colour for barwork (including tray, sliders, and bullbar) so what in your opinion looks good with white. But I dont want blue, black or other common colours...at the moment I am thinking yellow.

The tray probably wont end up that high either, its just where it ended up in the picture, am thinking of dropping down in line with the door handles.

Post by **Rascal** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:00 pm

How about something like this.

Post by **G_loomis** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:30 pm

that looks good...but the main reason I am chopping it is it get rid of the rear quarters. So leaving it as a style side ute defeats the purpose of doing it.

Post by **ellard** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:44 pm

I have seen a few 60 series dual cabs - does anyone have any pictures.

PS as for the above it will look great.

Wayne

Post by **G_loomis** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:03 pm

thanks ellard...

I will be taking a shite load of pics and a bit of video when the chop is done...if anyone wants a copy of the pics/vid (for a future chop maybe)let me know.

Post by **FJOE45** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:18 pm

yer mate, i'll have some pics, and a video would be great. my brother has a 60 with shit loads of rust in rear roof, maybe he might do the same. the tray does look bette then the ute.

Post by **Mad Cruiser** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:43 pm

think dandownunder did one in the members section

Post by **bj42turbo** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:46 pm

That kinda looks like a 4wd mighty boy

Post by **G_loomis** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:10 pm

bj42turbo wrote:That kinda looks like a 4wd mighty boy

Good call...it does now that you mention it.

Thanks Mad Cruiser...just had a look at Dans, pretty much exactly what I am looking at doing...just sent him one really long PM.

Post by **benhl** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:36 pm

Do the style side option and just chop the quarters while your there, run a bar round each corner straight off the rear of the chassis rails and presto, ute, no quarters and TuFF

Post by **evanstaniland** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:15 pm

here this is my quick attempt at a chop with no quarters n yellow bar work looks pretty tough

Post by **evanstaniland** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:53 am

ok here is another photo chop i spent more than 5 mins on it and i had to source a tray its pretty shit but its the best i could do with paint

let me know wat u think of the photo chop

Evan[/url]

Post by **jakam04** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:35 pm

one of my mates has a dualcab 60 that he chopped down from the wagon. got balls galor with a 6.5 chev diesel. Have a look at his profile, might have a pick of his beast. His nic is "Sixty".....

Jarrod

Post by **chunderlicious** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:10 pm

WILL from this board has done a chop on his sixty.....check the members thread. his was a raw chop, no fancy lines or anything just straight down like the extracab nissans around the place...goes hard, no rear panel damage anymore.

Evan

Post by **spazbot** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:32 pm

u want it to look like this ?

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... p?id=16830

Post by **G_loomis** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:00 pm

Mad Cruiser wrote:think dandownunder did one in the members section

yer thats the one...mad cruiser pointed that one out early in the thread...but thanks anyway.

Thats why i am trying to contact him...got a post in the members thread trying to find a contact number for him!

if anyone reading this can help, it would be greatly appreciated.

Website · Post by **Maggot4x4** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:28 am

G_loomis wrote:
Mad Cruiser wrote:think dandownunder did one in the members section
yer thats the one...mad cruiser pointed that one out early in the thread...but thanks anyway.

Thats why i am trying to contact him...got a post in the members thread trying to find a contact number for him!

if anyone reading this can help, it would be greatly appreciated.

Call Sam Keck at Overkill in Hornsby, he did a lot of the work on it.

Post by **HEY CHARGER** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:51 am

G_loomis wrote:
Mad Cruiser wrote:think dandownunder did one in the members section
yer thats the one...mad cruiser pointed that one out early in the thread...but thanks anyway.

Thats why i am trying to contact him...got a post in the members thread trying to find a contact number for him!

if anyone reading this can help, it would be greatly appreciated.

What is it that your trying to find out ??

Post by **G_loomis** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:16 pm

Dan has been in contact with me today...all good. Thanks for your help guys.

Post by **Ruffy** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:20 am

Rascal wrote:How about something like this.

OMG that's exactly what mine looks like. And i've already called it the mighty boy!
Excecpt i do have quarter windows behind the doors.

Post by **midi73** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:25 pm

I know this is off the subject, but what computer program do you all use to do all these picture chops?
Cheers.
Dave

Post by **evanstaniland** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:34 pm

i used paint but it is shit for photo choping and my computer doesnt have adobe photo shop that is better

evan

Post by **midi73** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:59 am

Thanks Evan. So is adobe one of the best programs for chopping etc.

Post by **evanstaniland** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:02 pm

i am in germany at the moment and my host brother uses adobe and he has made movies by photo chopping pics and joining them together, when you learn how to use the tools it is extremely easy. i find paint is fun and quick if u need to do a quick but dodgey chop

evan

Post by **midi73** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:48 pm

Thank you for the info. When you say photo chop to make movies do you mean to join to geter different pictures or chopping pics apart. I want to cut pics apart so I can see what a 4x4 looks like with mods done: EG Bobbed wagon etc.
Cheers.
Dave.

Post by **evanstaniland** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:35 am

with adobe you can do both join pics together and chop them apart to see like you said a car with mods,
for my chop half way up the page i sourced a custom tray and choped the wogon and joinded the tray on it was with paint thats why its shitty but with adobe or somthing similar (i dint know anythin similar) it can be done with better quality outcome

evan

Post by **midi73** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:37 am

Ok. Thank you for that Evan. Have been tossing up what to get. Adobe looks like the go.
Cheers.
Dave.

Post by **beatle_bayly** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:06 am

OK, excuse the stoopid question, but why would you chop a 60 and make it a single cab instead of simply buying a 75 ?

I mean, if I were to chop a wagon, it would be so I could keep the rear doors and carry more bods.

Post by **evanstaniland** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:04 pm

some people like the type of car they have but now they want it to perform better or for a different reason, instead of getting rid of somthing they love they can modify it!!
each to their own

Post by **G_loomis** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:29 pm

the main reasons I am doing it are simple....

Having a ute means I no longer have to worry about rear quarters getting damaged...I know I could get them cut, or maybe even bob the vehicle. But the ute looks better to me.

As for why I am doing this instead of just buying a 75 series...because of the mods already done, and the fact I would have more space in the back than a 75 series does.

I dont need to carry more than 2 people in this vehicle, so that isnt a concern to me. My daughter is old enough to sit in the front when I pick her up from school, and whenever we go anywhere as a family, we take the dual cab hilux.

and there is two more important reasons why I am doing this...

1) the BLING factor

and

2) BECAUSE I CAN

P.S The chop starts on Saturday, so I will start a new thread then, and hopefully upload new pics at the end of each day....Just so you guys know where I am at with it....Once the chop is done and the tray is built, we are off to Tuff Truck...what a week this is going to be!

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