i passed my engineers report yipee

Post by **albey** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:12 pm

looks like im off to bunnings tomorrow
thanx for the help fellers

Post by **P_Byrne** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:18 pm

My zook has 30 x 9.5 muddies on 15mm offset rims, and they only just poke out past the metal guards.

Bad Juju - Those pics were taken just after the sills were removed and the stonegaurd paint done, hence it was nice and clean.

Am sad to report that my rig will soon be up for sale -bad back means that 4wding in a hard sprung SWB vehicle is not so much fun anymore :(

Post by **albey** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:17 pm

i bit the bullet and went with the garden edge
it looks as good as its worth but should do the trick if i get knocked back ill ....... wont say he might read this

Post by **roc box** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:51 pm

grimbo wrote:garden edging is not a legal way of going about it. A flare needs to be structural to a degree. It must be able to keep a pedestrian off the wheel in the case of an accident.

have you tried to bend garden edging

good luck its a damn sight more rigid than rubber and stronger than zook panels too

before i made mine detachable i ripped them off repeatedly and the rivets pulled through the body metal before the edging failed so id say thats fairly structural

Post by **foolsp33d** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:56 pm

Glad you were able to take the advice and go with what was usable. off memory it cost me just on 60$ to do my zuki in the clark rubber stuff... Helps when u just go and cut it yourself

yep its 2 meters worth... (really 4) lol.
Ok so now you have the "flares" on the car... POST UP SOME PICS for others to see..

interested in ya fast back to... was a maria job?? Pm me or somethin if want to discuss...
SHA-WEET

Post by **albey** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:02 am

soon as i get my$1500 sLR didgi camara fixed that i droped and smashdid on da floor like a F*#@ head before xmas

, ill have em up. thanx again guy's

Post by **grimbo** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:24 am

roc box wrote:
grimbo wrote:garden edging is not a legal way of going about it. A flare needs to be structural to a degree. It must be able to keep a pedestrian off the wheel in the case of an accident.
have you tried to bend garden edging good luck its a damn sight more rigid than rubber and stronger than zook panels too before i made mine detachable i ripped them off repeatedly and the rivets pulled through the body metal before the edging failed so id say thats fairly structural

got nothing to do with what I say or how good it actually is, I was told by VicRoads that it is not legal and will not be accepted as flare material. That is not to say that it does get passed by people, but why take the chance when you have already been defected or not passed by an engineer

Post by **albey** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:18 pm

rang my engineer today said it was fine so long as it covers the wheels and is fixed firmly to the body and is not flopy, wich it is. i must say it dont look half bad now i trimmed up the corners ,

dam not havin a camara soon as i get some pic ill post them

Post by **LTDHO** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:20 pm

After reading this thread on Friday, I went to Clark Rubber on Saturday.

By Saturday arvo my Vit looked like this.

Flares cost me under $50. I neeed more screws though.

Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:58 am

[quote="LTDHO"]I neeed more screws though.[/quote]

dont we all

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Post by **foolsp33d** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:14 am

PieceaPi$$ eh!!

yeh mine need a "re-screw" so to speak.. put my rears on upside down to be a little different, now ya just need some wheels an tyres to fill the flares LTD.

Post by **roc box** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:34 pm

grimbo wrote:
roc box wrote:
grimbo wrote:garden edging is not a legal way of going about it. A flare needs to be structural to a degree. It must be able to keep a pedestrian off the wheel in the case of an accident.
have you tried to bend garden edging good luck its a damn sight more rigid than rubber and stronger than zook panels too before i made mine detachable i ripped them off repeatedly and the rivets pulled through the body metal before the edging failed so id say thats fairly structural
got nothing to do with what I say or how good it actually is, I was told by VicRoads that it is not legal and will not be accepted as flare material. That is not to say that it does get passed by people, but why take the chance when you have already been defected or not passed by an engineer

mine is passed by an engineer

must be different here in NSW.

Post by **suzuki boy** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:03 pm

When i get the 31's on with the off set rims i will be off to bunnings!

On a narrow track do you have to take the stock flairs off and attach the garden edging to that bit of angle that the flairs are attached to? I would think so but just wanted to make sure!

Post by **roc box** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:36 pm

Thats what i did.

Post by **suzuki boy** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:08 pm

roc box wrote:Thats what i did.

Just attach it to the angle? Thanks!

Post by **sanger** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:01 pm

suzuki boy: Yep just remove original flare and screw on garden edging to the angle. Make them removable so u can take them off in bush and put them back on for road use.

Post by **foolsp33d** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:24 am

when you pull the original flare off be prepared to find some rust on that lip.

Heres the Original Flare

And with the C/R flare.(Note rears are upside down)

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Post by **suzuki boy** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:45 pm

Thanks for that!

Post by **albey** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:21 pm

i got some pic's

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i recon they look better than the clark rubber one now, I EAT MY WORDS

now all i need is a set of 33'' to fill the gaurds lol

i hope it pass's tomorrow im still waiting on my steering link to come
my N\T snake racing one got knocked back so im getting one made

Post by **albey** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:24 pm

once it pass's ill trim them back a bit , it looks like a bug or somthin

Post by **suzuki boy** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:45 pm

I think garden edging looks alright!

Why is your snorkel on that side? Do you have a different engine?

Post by **albey** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:50 pm

did have a datsun a1500 in it but to many demons so back went the zook motor its a classic,

Post by **suzuki boy** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:21 pm

Fair enough!

Post by **albey** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:19 am

well that over with now my reco carby i brought is playin up on me
it seems to be revin real high, im not sure what the original setup looks like for the aisin carby does anyone know of a diagram or somthing i can refer to?

Post by **foolsp33d** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:03 pm

this post reads strangely now that the original "Tyres protruding topic" has been replaced with a "My carbi is runnin weirdly.." post.. lol

if need be PM me and i will see if can cough*scan* some info on the factory carbie for you... off memory have diagrams around...

Post by **albey** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:45 am

no worrys,
some bad news to report i didnt get to go for my blue slip on saturday mornig my c##k head brother got pissed on australia day night and we ended up fighting and he done some panel beating on my drivers door and ripped off my mirrors here is the car

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and one off my mates got a bit of panel beating aswell

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Post by **suzuki boy** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:04 pm

Jesus!

Nice brother!

Post by **Superduki** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:20 pm

your brother sounds like he needs a beat down!

Post by **foolsp33d** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:52 am

OUCH...

may i suggest some cable ties and a pillow case.. few of the boys may need to pay this one a visit, thats rough mate...

kick the door out.. she'eel b apples..

Good luck.

Post by **Bad JuJu** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:43 am

Thats some

up shit, sounds like your right though - Your bro smokes da cawk.

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