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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:19 pm
by greg
bigsteve wrote:grimbo wrote:Mine are the heavy duty ones bought this time last year. mind you they are stuffed now - gotta love inverting a shackle with the front diff lock on, 6:1 gears and full throttle
Why would you hit anything at full throttle with a 6:1??
I'm lurvin mine
I'm curious too - but then again - full throttle in one gear is no different in speed to changing up a gear is...
I think the issue is more speed - not how many revs you're pumping through the system.
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:38 pm
by grimbo
full throttle sounds better than Going to fast for situation
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:44 pm
by Guy
redzook wrote:love_mud wrote:grimbo wrote:
u can still invert a shackle with shackle reverse
I understand that this can occur but it is less likley to do so from what I can understand (as you are not backing off objects as often as you are climbing them, also you are moving in the same direction as the tyre so the spring itself is in tension not compression.. if you have your shackle lengths set up properly the spring should be at maximum droop as your shackle is at max reach ...
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:53 pm
by grimbo
I don't want a shackle reversal I have enough gentle contact with the firewall at the moment, don't want to end up with a swamper in my lap if I go with the reversal
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:58 pm
by bigsteve
UPDATE:
Inner front guards are now no more, I had hoped I could get away with just removing the front of the inner guard near the headlights (Like Gregs Tin Top) hence why I painted but as the tyres are an inch bigger than I anticipated I got stuck into the guards with a plasma cutter - and man I have to say its my new best friend.
Battery is in the back in a box, washer bottle will go back there too. I just need to track down a smallish air box from pick-a-part probably.
No pics ATM hopefully tomorrow, still need to clean up one of the edges and flex it up to work out how much more of the headlight bucket has to get chopped but its all looking promising.
Saturday will be spent fabbing some shock mounts, hopefully take it off road Sat or Sun arvo.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 7:58 pm
by bigsteve
Finished off the rear upper shock mounts today, we redrilled the crossmember further inward and used stepped shock bolts of my spare chassis. Now getting full tuck to the bump stop. I also finished the guards, chopped the bottoms of the headlight buckets out, went for a play around Winneke reservoir on some obstacles and couldn't get the fronts to touch panel, the back do but only about 5mm off the bump stops.
I still have a few bits of wiring to clean up and also mount the washer bottle and some sort of air box but apart from that its pretty much trail-ready, I'm hanging to take it out, perhaps one night this week may be the go.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 9:41 pm
by SAWZALL
I suppose we can wait til tommorrow for pics......flexed if possible hehehe
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:22 pm
by bigsteve
uphiir wrote:I suppose we can wait til tommorrow for pics......flexed if possible hehehe
Flexed will cost extra
Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 2:26 pm
by stumped
where's da pics?? it's tomorrow already!!!
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:29 am
by bigsteve
stumped wrote:where's da pics?? it's tomorrow already!!!
Oh god, its like..... I blinked and woke up at work ??????
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:13 am
by stumped
bigsteve wrote:Oh god, its like..... I blinked and woke up at work ??????
know that feeling, we should work 3 days and have 4day weekends
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:50 am
by bigsteve
stumped wrote:bigsteve wrote:Oh god, its like..... I blinked and woke up at work ??????
know that feeling, we should work 3 days and have 4day weekends
I work 7 days squeazed into 5
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:53 am
by greg
bigsteve wrote:stumped wrote:bigsteve wrote:Oh god, its like..... I blinked and woke up at work ??????
know that feeling, we should work 3 days and have 4day weekends
I work 7 days squeazed into 5
Big Steve,
I've only got winch and brakes to do... so if you need help - let me know.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:42 pm
by stumped
what's happening, u've moved back to page 3 bigsteve! any progress?
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:51 pm
by bigsteve
stumped wrote:what's happening, u've moved back to page 3 bigsteve! any progress?
Thats just coz Greg & luv_mud pad too much in the other threads.
Tonight Greg and another mate will be over.
Gunna paint the doors, screen surround, bonnet & bikinni bar as well as mount the front flares a bit better, I still need to chase up an air filter (either a shitty air box from pick-a-part or a K&N type pod.
I wanted to have it ready for a club adventure tour this weekend, I wont be doing all 3 days just the Monday as its closest to my house.
I'm currently digital camera-less, hopefully i'll get some action shots on the weekend.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:02 pm
by bigsteve
Oh and I used the bonnet pins that were too Bling even for Greg
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:33 pm
by greg
bigsteve wrote:Oh and I used the bonnet pins that were too Bling even for Greg
Trick
p.s. why are you using bonnet pins? the bonnet latch should still be there? does it not work?
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:11 pm
by bigsteve
greg wrote:bigsteve wrote:Oh and I used the bonnet pins that were too Bling even for Greg
Trick
p.s. why are you using bonnet pins? the bonnet latch should still be there? does it not work?
With no inner guard the cable was just flapping in the breeze, plus the mechanism was stupped you had to pull up on the bonnet to get it to release.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:20 pm
by greg
bigsteve wrote:With no inner guard the cable was just flapping in the breeze, plus the mechanism was stupped you had to pull up on the bonnet to get it to release.
hahah - any excuse for more bling right
I'm gonna have to wear my tyres out real fast now so i can justify the :bling: boggers :bling: now
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:22 pm
by bigsteve
greg wrote:bigsteve wrote:With no inner guard the cable was just flapping in the breeze, plus the mechanism was stupped you had to pull up on the bonnet to get it to release.
hahah - any excuse for more bling right
I'm gonna have to wear my tyres out real fast now so i can justify the :bling: boggers :bling: now
Krawlers mate, you know you want them
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:23 pm
by greg
bigsteve wrote:Krawlers mate, you know you want them
Nah - i don't do much shopping in my car
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:27 pm
by grimbo
greg wrote:bigsteve wrote:Krawlers mate, you know you want them
Nah - i don't do much shopping in my car
Perfect for cruising the IKEA carpark
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:34 pm
by Drewfus
Hey Greg, simple solution, you sell me your 'not-so-bling' 34's, and then you've got no reason not to get some flash rubber........
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:39 pm
by bigsteve
Drewfus wrote:Hey Greg, simple solution, you sell me your 'not-so-bling' 34's, and then you've got no reason not to get some flash rubber........
Are you sure you'd want them??
They are a little on the small side
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:42 pm
by greg
bigsteve wrote:Are you sure you'd want them??
They are a little on the small side
Stretching the friendship there big steve
You're certainly talking up this un-tested vehicle of yours aren't you
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:43 pm
by greg
Drewfus wrote:Hey Greg, simple solution, you sell me your 'not-so-bling' 34's, and then you've got no reason not to get some flash rubber........
No worries mate - PM me your addy
You pay postage.
And supply me with new boggers / crawlers
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:02 pm
by Drewfus
hmmm, did they make 'small' boggers in say a cheap 31" size?
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:03 pm
by greg
Drewfus wrote:hmmm, did they make 'small' boggers in say a cheap 31" size?
As far as you should be concerned - they only came in a 33x14x15
And that's most likely only going to fit on some beadlocks, or whiz bang super bling alloy rims
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:06 pm
by greg
greg wrote:Drewfus wrote:hmmm, did they make 'small' boggers in say a cheap 31" size?
As far as you should be concerned - they only came in a 33x14x15
And that's most likely only going to fit on some beadlocks, or whiz bang super bling alloy rims
i'm thinking something like this:
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:08 pm
by bigsteve
greg wrote:greg wrote:Drewfus wrote:hmmm, did they make 'small' boggers in say a cheap 31" size?
As far as you should be concerned - they only came in a 33x14x15
And that's most likely only going to fit on some beadlocks, or whiz bang super bling alloy rims
i'm thinking something like this:
Does it come in an OD centre.