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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 7:29 am
by bigsteve
camo wrote:nice to see it coming together. we will have almost identical rigs by the time we finish i have 34 ltb's on order and am waiting for my r.u.f. gear and new shock mounts to arrive will be good to see how 2 almost the same cars will run!!
Sweet, what shocks are you planning to run.
These things are sooooo soft!!!
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:35 pm
by Damo
bigsteve wrote:camo wrote:nice to see it coming together. we will have almost identical rigs by the time we finish i have 34 ltb's on order and am waiting for my r.u.f. gear and new shock mounts to arrive will be good to see how 2 almost the same cars will run!!
Sweet, what shocks are you planning to run.
These things are sooooo soft!!!
Are they the OME buggy shocks? How much di u pay for them?
Lengths?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 1:39 pm
by bigsteve
Damo wrote:bigsteve wrote:camo wrote:nice to see it coming together. we will have almost identical rigs by the time we finish i have 34 ltb's on order and am waiting for my r.u.f. gear and new shock mounts to arrive will be good to see how 2 almost the same cars will run!!
Sweet, what shocks are you planning to run.
These things are sooooo soft!!!
Are they the OME buggy shocks? How much di u pay for them?
Lengths?
Yes they are N76's which I'm told are for buggys.
I paid $135 and they are noticable softer than a 9012.
I know they are about an inch longer than Gregs old rear shocks.
What was the travel on your old rears Greg???
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 2:44 pm
by greg
bigsteve wrote:I know they are about an inch longer than Gregs old rear shocks.
What was the travel on your old rears Greg???
I think the 99112's are 10" and the 99012's are 12"...
so you could guess that the OME ones are about 11".
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 2:57 pm
by bigsteve
greg wrote:bigsteve wrote:I know they are about an inch longer than Gregs old rear shocks.
What was the travel on your old rears Greg???
I think the 99112's are 10" and the 99012's are 12"...
so you could guess that the OME ones are about 11".
Yep thats correct, thanks for clearing that up.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 4:29 pm
by camo
was thinking the pro-comp adjustable's shocks
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 4:43 pm
by Guy
camo wrote:was thinking the pro-comp adjustable's shocks
They look nice .. and price is not to bad either ..
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 11:02 pm
by bigsteve
love_mud wrote:camo wrote:was thinking the pro-comp adjustable's shocks
They look nice .. and price is not to bad either ..
Yes but they are apparently not that soft.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 9:16 am
by bigsteve
Yesterday I managed to get the new clutch fitted as well as the gearbox, I also sprayed the bare metal bits around the chassis extension & gave the front guards a coat of primer.
Picked up some more C channel for the shackles (The first set were a fraction to short).
Dropped my tcase off at Total 4wd for the 6:1, will hopefully get it back this time next week.
Also swapped my 15x8's with a set of 15X7's that Rod was wanting to offload, they are in at the wheel repairers getting the centres punched out and offset to 2.5 inch back spacing they should be done by the weekend.
The rest of the week will be spent sanding and painting, I paid the reg and transfer so its legally drivable.
I still need to work out how I am going to re-mount the flares and have them easily removable plus service the engine and wire up the tail lights.
All things going to plan I should be able to take it out next weekend.
Steve
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:56 am
by greg
bigsteve wrote:I still need to work out how I am going to re-mount the flares and have them easily removable
Mount them to something flat (i.e. sheet metal / aluminium), and then use some bolts with wingnuts (good idea grimbo
) to attach them to the flat panels on the car (via some little holes that you have drilled in them)...
Or, get bling and use some Dsuz fasteners (do a search in General Tech - i raised a topic about those a while ago)...
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:45 pm
by bigsteve
greg wrote:bigsteve wrote:I still need to work out how I am going to re-mount the flares and have them easily removable
Mount them to something flat (i.e. sheet metal / aluminium), and then use some bolts with wingnuts (good idea grimbo
) to attach them to the flat panels on the car (via some little holes that you have drilled in them)...
Or, get bling and use some Dsuz fasteners (do a search in General Tech - i raised a topic about those a while ago)...
Yep I was thinking of a strip of right angle aluminium attached to the flare with 2 quick realease nuts for each flare.
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:51 pm
by greg
bigsteve wrote:Yep I was thinking of a strip of right angle aluminium attached to the flare with 2 quick realease nuts for each flare.
Alternatively you could attach them with zip ties - then when you break your accelerator cable - you'll be good to go in minutes
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:54 pm
by bigsteve
greg wrote:bigsteve wrote:Yep I was thinking of a strip of right angle aluminium attached to the flare with 2 quick realease nuts for each flare.
Alternatively you could attach them with zip ties - then when you break your accelerator cable - you'll be good to go in minutes
Hey thats not fair, I have never broken a throttle cable, merely supplied the cable ties to fix one (and we all know I fixed it better than stock anyway).
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:36 pm
by redzook
steve can you get some measurements of the LTB's
wonder how they would last on a daily driver
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 8:07 am
by greg
redzook wrote:steve can you get some measurements of the LTB's
wonder how they would last on a daily driver
looks like someone's been tempted by the dark side of the swamper.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 8:23 am
by bigsteve
redzook wrote:steve can you get some measurements of the LTB's
wonder how they would last on a daily driver
Off the rim they sit level against Gregs.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:33 pm
by redzook
were gregs on the car? what were his inflated to ?
how tall did they measure?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:36 pm
by greg
redzook wrote:were gregs on the car? what were his inflated to ?
how tall did they measure?
Mate they are massive... - no - not really - they are supposed to be able 33.6" brand new... however, definately not big enough for what you are building... You need some Q78's or something i reckon - check out Liam's 'Unsafe' - he is running these
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:40 pm
by redzook
ummm his rig looks a little tall
go measure your tires for me
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:44 pm
by greg
redzook wrote:ummm his rig looks a little tall
Not next to yours it doesn't
redzook wrote:go measure your tires for me
Yes boss...
I'll get the trusty ol' tape measure out tonight.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:01 pm
by bigsteve
redzook wrote:ummm his rig looks a little tall
go measure your tires for me
It is sitting higher than it will, bare in mind there is no doors no screen, no bonnet or bikini bar and the springs are brand new, currently the shackles are sitting vertical so it should come don an inch or too.
But on small tyres of course it looks tall, like a SPOA on 31's
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:03 pm
by greg
bigsteve wrote:redzook wrote:ummm his rig looks a little tall
go measure your tires for me
It is sitting higher than it will, bare in mind there is no doors no screen, no bonnet or bikini bar and the springs are brand new, currently the shackles are sitting vertical so it should come don an inch or too.
But on small tyres of course it looks tall, like a SPOA on 31's
Shouda read the thread buddy - we are talking about Unsafe..
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:13 pm
by bigsteve
greg wrote:bigsteve wrote:redzook wrote:ummm his rig looks a little tall
go measure your tires for me
It is sitting higher than it will, bare in mind there is no doors no screen, no bonnet or bikini bar and the springs are brand new, currently the shackles are sitting vertical so it should come don an inch or too.
But on small tyres of course it looks tall, like a SPOA on 31's
Shouda read the thread buddy - we are talking about Unsafe..
Ah too quick to defend myself plus I couldn't resist some SPOA bashing
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:15 pm
by greg
bigsteve wrote:Ah too quick to defend myself plus I couldn't resist some SPOA bashing
So is it easier with a keyboard, or with the steering wheel?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:37 pm
by bigsteve
greg wrote:bigsteve wrote:Ah too quick to defend myself plus I couldn't resist some SPOA bashing
So is it easier with a keyboard, or with the steering wheel?
I think we both know the answer to that.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:44 pm
by greg
bigsteve wrote:I think we both know the answer to that.
I don't... though i've got a fair idea which one is cheaper
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:48 pm
by greg
Big Steve,
You wanted some shots of the cutting of the front guards...
http://www.suzuki-4wd-club.rockcrawler. ... /index.htm
This is the best i can do i think... if that is not enough - you can just wait til wandin and check it out there
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:02 pm
by greg
This one is probably best
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 8:38 pm
by Rhett
Just woundering wat sort of price punching out the centre of sunnys are and rewelding them up? I m trying to make my zook as wide as possible without wheel spaces.
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 7:39 am
by bigsteve
Rhett wrote:Just woundering wat sort of price punching out the centre of sunnys are and rewelding them up? I m trying to make my zook as wide as possible without wheel spaces.
I'm paying $35 per wheel plus GST, I believe it is $40+GST if tyres are still fitted to the rims.
Note, "as much offset as possible" will only make it harder to steer.