Outer Limits 4x4 Board

bogged wrote:

k3lst wrote:how the hell do you guys get away with 35s etc??

wait till you get defected, then pay the fine, then sell your 35's to buy 32's to get the defect cleared.

No thats why we encourage parents to drive cars with the same stud pattern.

bogged wrote:

nastytroll wrote:there would be aroung 700kg of alloy steel per mould, and roberly 200 hours each in machine time and labour.

Moulds are very time consuming to make and very labour intensive, and there genuine parts so they can charge what they want.

Gee, I should speak with Vince off patrol forum. he works for company that makes parts for holden and ford... eg the engine covers and shit..
hes the manager of the tool shop

Not really relevant to topic but for general interest.

That was a guess, its been awhile since I was toolmaking, you could ask Vince for a quote n see how far out I am.

For example, I did a mould for the old style arcade machine buttons, it made 4 inners and 4 outers and weighed 500kg. Injection moulds need to be perfect. Nylon will squeeze out a 0.015mm gap.

Back on topic

Run 2 sets of tyres, trailer the offroad set too and from parks ect ad just wing it on local runs. Cheap rubber flares would be ok to keep the fuzz off your back.

Yeah thats prob just about my only option, and i would be very happy to do that but it means every single time i go out wheelin i must retrace the road back to my original spot where i left the trailer its not an offroad trailer just a std old box trailer.

if i do this option i prob wouldnt bother with any rubber guards etc, would look pretty silly when i put the set of road tyres on and theres 3 inchs of rubber flare hanging past the tyre.

Does anyone know what size tyres 99 gu came out with/ or know whats the max legal size and rim offset?

Thanks for responses.

P.S. SEARCH FUNTION SUCKS!! SO MUCH CRAP TO SORT THROUGH TO FIND A REMOTELY RELATED THREAD.

k3lst wrote:Does anyone know what size tyres 99 gu came out with/ or know whats the max legal size and rim offset?.

285's (33s) are no go.
Thus why I said 32's.

Some fun Ryano went through
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/ft ... ht=placard

SIM79 wrote:

giantracing wrote:i have the moulds and can make you a pair of ice lantic flares for a gu about 5 ' wide. can fit huge offset wheels on. also for any body else i do GQ icelantic flares and GQ guards as well.

GU FLARES -$ 750 PAIR
GQ FLARES -$ 650 PAIR FRONT
GQ FLARES -$ 500 PAIR REAR
GQ FRONT GUARDS-$ 750 PAIR

Can you please post up pics of the GQ flares. Are these flares designed to bolt in like the orignal flares?

Pics????????

k3lst wrote:im interested in giantracings flares, however no offence mate but thats pretty pricy -1500 for a set of 4 that will be the easiest thing to break on the rig??
k3lst

$1500 can be cheap if it allows you run 37s with a 3 inch lift. The SWB below has that set up.

that them boys............ have sold a load of them over the years.... sorry my pics arnt that great.....

yup but apparently he doesnt/wont make them for a gu wagon.... so once again im stuffed..

They are a nice looking flare no doubt about that! The first GQ I had had similar flares...until I got halfway up this deep rutted creek bed where the top of the bank was about mirror height...and ended up with nice fibreglass flares that were demolished on one side The other two were removed and I made 4 new ones out of 8mm rubber

k3lst wrote:yup but apparently he doesnt/wont make them for a gu wagon.... so once again im stuffed..

sell your 40ft offset rims.

bogged wrote:

k3lst wrote:yup but apparently he doesnt/wont make them for a gu wagon.... so once again im stuffed..

sell your 40ft offset rims.

$110 each anyone keen only ever used once lol.. still pretty pissed off being new to ordering my own custom crap, i thought the max offset would be max legal offset.

im thinking bout posting a thread on ppls related defect stories, seeing how much the fine is etc, seeing if its worth risking putting them on whenever im going 4x4

pain in the date hole

check members secton for the flares on a ute i have just finished wll be for sale at mud bulls and then after...................

why not just get the Gu engineered with the 35s and be legal

k3lst wrote:im thinking bout posting a thread on ppls related defect stories, seeing how much the fine is etc, seeing if its worth risking putting them on whenever im going 4x4

thread has been done before...
is it worth the risk, well ask your insurance company what they think... unroadworthy is unroadworthy

Grimbo has the answer. spend $500 and get it engineered... or just get different rims.

giantracing wrote:check members secton for the flares on a ute i have just finished wll be for sale at mud bulls and then after...................