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Re: Dual cab GQ build

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:31 pm
by simcoe
The project's comming along slowly now that the house reno's have started.

mate the build great, cant wait to do it to my GU in a few years!
lol, its funny once the house reno's start the poor truck gets put to the back of the list...my 5.0l gu is begging to have the whipple charger i have sitting in the shed put on but there is more important things to be done(or so the missus sais...)

anyway keep the good work coming :)

Re: Dual cab GQ build

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:17 pm
by RC_Freak
Cheers for the pics!
The roof lining is a real pain in my truck! but you have just given me a great idea!
I'm going to cover the frame work, with 10mm cd ply, covered in a marine carpet! to mount my amps on!


Matt.

Re: Dual cab GQ build

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 2:12 pm
by zakzammit
Hey mate.

Best build I have found yet. One question..

Can you show me how you nodded the D pillar to be able to weld straight to the c pillar?

How did you change the angle inwich the roof sat!! Cheers

Re: Dual cab GQ build

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 7:36 pm
by patrol_maverick
zakzammit wrote:Can you show me how you nodded the D pillar to be able to weld straight to the c pillar?

How did you change the angle inwich the roof sat!! Cheers
Hello, Here's some picts and descriptions. It takes a lot of patience and slow trimming to get it right.

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I started by cutting the inside of the pillars 20mm from the corner to allow space to weld to. The cut goes through the pillar vent which needs to be flattened with a hammer once the pillar is cut.

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I cut the top of the pillar as shown to allow it to be tucked inside and welded.

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The roof and outsides of the pillar are cut next. These need to be cut parallel to the inside cuts, e.g. if you were to lay it cut side down on a bench, all the cuts would sit flat on the bench. -With exception for the tops inside the pillar. Ignore the bits shown on the outside of the pillar, they need to be cut off.

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The roof of the vehicle needs to be cut in line with corners on the back of the C-pillar where the panels meet. You need to leave a bit of gutter going out past this point which need to be trimmed to match the pict on page one.

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The body is wider at the top of the C-pillars, so you need to section it out at the top slightly then tap it in with a hammer to meet up with the D-pillars. I also levered out the D-pillar to meet up with the tapped in C-pillars.

As shown on the first page, you basically need to slowly mark and trim the pillar section to go around the gutter. Also the angle of the wagon D-pillar is different to the C-pillar, but once cut for the dual cab, the D-pillar angle changes to run parallel to the rear of the C-pillar. The rear gutter aims slightly downward compared to a wagon but still looks neat. The curve of the roof take a bit to get it looking right, but isn't too hard to do.

Feel free to ask more questions :D
Just remember to take it slow and steady. If you cut too much, You're in serious shit.