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ANYONE CHOPPED A SWB GQ INTO A UTE? PICS NEEDED
ANYONE CHOPPED A SWB GQ INTO A UTE? PICS NEEDED
as post says just after some ideas
thanks
jake
thanks
jake
watch out for www.mudundies.com.au its www.mudrhino.com.au's sister site
you can chop like everyone else has but if you tub the rear of the shorty i.e. keep the base of it and just remove the roof you will have better wait distribution and it will handle better at speed.
Best person to speak to would be sandy from aus4wdracing
Best person to speak to would be sandy from aus4wdracing
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04 GU TD6 wagon with some ARB stuff
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Morkz Media Web and Graphic Design
Also webhosting and domain registration.
04 GU TD6 wagon with some ARB stuff
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Morkz Media Web and Graphic Design
Also webhosting and domain registration.
Yeah but you dont acheive anything from chopping it to a style side tub, may aswell leave it as a wagon.morkz wrote:you can chop like everyone else has but if you tub the rear of the shorty i.e. keep the base of it and just remove the roof you will have better wait distribution and it will handle better at speed.
Best person to speak to would be sandy from aus4wdracing
If your running a tray as soon as you get past the cab you can turn and there is less crap to run tyres etc on.
what didnt you understand about what i said, you achieve alot by leaving it a style side cab.Rhysta wrote:
Yeah but you dont acheive anything from chopping it to a style side tub, may aswell leave it as a wagon.
If your running a tray as soon as you get past the cab you can turn and there is less crap to run tyres etc on.
most shorty that have had the arse end compeletly cut off dont handle nearly as well as the style side tub
you look at all the top competitors what do they do i have been in both and i would rather have a style side even sandy doesnt chop his wagon into a flat tray for the exact reason.
yes on a tray you can hit stuff but thats the trade off its comp truck doesnt matter if you hit the back of it anyway.
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04 GU TD6 wagon with some ARB stuff
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Morkz Media Web and Graphic Design
Also webhosting and domain registration.
04 GU TD6 wagon with some ARB stuff
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Morkz Media Web and Graphic Design
Also webhosting and domain registration.
If you do not want the style side just make the tray heavier for weight distribution. We easily carried the rear of my wagon " two people" so getting the tray to weigh the same won't take much.
Talk to a window supplier and fitter and find out the prices of glass and what will make his job easier.
For my truck "wagon" I used the back of a MQ patrol. Just matted and welded.
LudaCris
Talk to a window supplier and fitter and find out the prices of glass and what will make his job easier.
For my truck "wagon" I used the back of a MQ patrol. Just matted and welded.
LudaCris
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I cut mine to trayback and extended the wheel base to 104". At the same time the batteries and the winch are now mounted under the deck. In my opinion SWB handle bad reguardless of wieght distrubution. The extra control and therefore I get with the extra length and reduced weight is hard to descibe but it is a lot. My truck weighs 2160kgs and now I'm going to lighten it! The biggest thing I think people get wrong with GQ's is they spend huge amounts of time reducing wieght at the rear when that isn't the problem. It is the front that needs a diet! Getting rid of battereis and winch did wonderful thing to the front end.[/img]
93 Nissan Pathfinder / Terrano Turboed VH45, GQ Trans and T-case, coil overs, hydraulic winch and fair bit of other stuff. (Currently a pile of parts in the workshop)
I should add that I also shift the 'C' pillar up the same as Doddzee's above photo. I have used polycarb (1mm thick) for the back window and fixed it in with rivets.
93 Nissan Pathfinder / Terrano Turboed VH45, GQ Trans and T-case, coil overs, hydraulic winch and fair bit of other stuff. (Currently a pile of parts in the workshop)
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