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Gday guys,

how many of you have cut down GQ shorties to utes???

Im after ideas for mine.....

I dont want to cut the back completely off like i have done in the past and how i commonly see them done....

I want to keep the whole well back section in tact and simply cut the roof off so it looks like an MQ shorty does when the canopy is off.

Im thinking to run a soft top....

anyone on here done a similar chop? if so pics would be awsome....

Screwy

Styleside is the term you are after

351ciofgrunt wrote:Styleside is the term you are after

TA

Somthing like this

YEP

Is that a MQ/MK tailgate on the back of that???

Screwy

Don't think so, but they do look a lot alike.

Sandy from Aus4WD built this Car, and said that the Tail gate was a once off custom job.

Didn't Huddy used to run around in a blue one also built by Aus4wd? That was the first SWB I remember seeing. Was pretty sweet.

B.D.R wrote:Don't think so, but they do look a lot alike.

Sandy from Aus4WD built this Car, and said that the Tail gate was a once off custom job.

Fuck it looks like one, maybe he used the skin from one.....

nice though, looking to do similar but with soft top

rear tailgates lines are about 65 to 75mm difference between MK/MQ and GQ
GQ tailgate fold line lines up with top of taillights
MQ/MK tailgate fold line lines up between brake and indicator lense
screwy,
wats the advantage of doin this as apposed to using an MK/MQ shorty
MK/MQ shortys are real strong around the rear turret section, and can be regoed without canopy
are the GQs strong when the roof section is removed or is there extra bracing required ???
just thought id ask

This is mine, "C" pillar moved towards front. Just has bottom of barn doors.

nerida67 wrote:rear tailgates lines are about 65 to 75mm difference between MK/MQ and GQ
GQ tailgate fold line lines up with top of taillights
MQ/MK tailgate fold line lines up between brake and indicator lense
screwy,
wats the advantage of doin this as apposed to using an MK/MQ shorty
MK/MQ shortys are real strong around the rear turret section, and can be regoed without canopy
are the GQs strong when the roof section is removed or is there extra bracing required ???
just thought id ask

well the main reason is, that im not interested in a dedicated comp truck only anymore, if i was, a modded MQ body would be my option.

I currently have a very capable GQ with full road rego and engineers etc which is much bettter on road and offroad then an mq of similar mods and is being used for comp, and also road trips of a distance.... i wont go back to an mq ever again for this type of work..... They are too old for road traveling now that i have been in GQs for so long.....

Your right, GQs dont have the correct roof strength when cut so you need to add a brace or as "moysey" has done, added the rear C piller in forward to give the required strength.

Its a unique mod with not too many GQs with it, and i think it looks neat.......

Screwy

moysey wrote:This is mine, "C" pillar moved towards front. Just has bottom of barn doors.

I like this mate,

any pictures in close of the rear section and the way you closed off the cab with the barn doors.....

cheers

The nicest one i've seen was Glen Binskins blue one - it looked great, any one have any pics of it?

Would'nt know about roof strength, but mine has a 6 point internal Cage, so i'm not too worried about putting it on it's roof

If i was too cut one myself i'd make it a bit bigger inside, as the seat is right against the rear part of the Cage, and if you're any taller than 5'10ish, you would have trouble sitting in it

B.D.R wrote:Would'nt know about roof strength, but mine has a 6 point internal Cage, so i'm not too worried about putting it on it's roof

If i was too cut one myself i'd make it a bit bigger inside, as the seat is right against the rear part of the Cage, and if you're any taller than 5'10ish, you would have trouble sitting in it

thats why i dont have any intention closing off the cab.... if i wanted to close off the cab i would cut the back right off and put a tray on the back....

i want it to stay fully open as is just with a soft top running diagonal down. the reason i want to do this is so i can still make use of my 4x4 draws and rear seat if i ever want it back in and stereo equipment....

that and its abit different....

screwy

kinda like this is what i want......

including the wheelbase stretch at some point

here's a few of mine

its rough i know, but it was never really a daily driver in this state...

standard wheelbase and arms front and rear, soon to be extended front and rear (A-frame rear / 3-link panhard front) with a tube styleside back (no floor)

side on, i went a bit of an extra cab as you can see where the seats are the bit of extra roof was needed (i'm about 6'2" for seat position reference, and they're aftermarket seats on the factory rails and mounts) there is also a taxi bar back there for harness mounts



pics of how the back is





this was another one from up here that Darren Blackburn built or bought or something, no extra cab cut straight at the b-pillar





and a last pic of mine just cause i think its a good photo...


not really exactly what your after but its some more options for the cut, and if we could have made a decent exo and kept the full body i reckon i would have kept it like that... but yeah it was near impossible to make it look decent...

mine is like this.

but not hard to adapt to a soft top, but pros of cons of it, such as keeping people out, and your stuff in...

Screwy wrote:

moysey wrote:This is mine, "C" pillar moved towards front. Just has bottom of barn doors.

I like this mate,

any pictures in close of the rear section and the way you closed off the cab with the barn doors.....

cheers

Sorry, meant that rear has bottom of barn doors! Behind the seats is folded metal section. Attached to floor at step up to rear section and angled back to give more space inside.

SilverGQ wrote:here's a few of mine

its rough i know, but it was never really a daily driver in this state...

standard wheelbase and arms front and rear, soon to be extended front and rear (A-frame rear / 3-link panhard front) with a tube styleside back (no floor)

side on, i went a bit of an extra cab as you can see where the seats are the bit of extra roof was needed (i'm about 6'2" for seat position reference, and they're aftermarket seats on the factory rails and mounts) there is also a taxi bar back there for harness mounts



pics of how the back is





this was another one from up here that Darren Blackburn built or bought or something, no extra cab cut straight at the b-pillar





and a last pic of mine just cause i think its a good photo...


not really exactly what your after but its some more options for the cut, and if we could have made a decent exo and kept the full body i reckon i would have kept it like that... but yeah it was near impossible to make it look decent...

when r u gunna get this thing back wheeling jas? are you gunna have it ready for the logan challenge?

Hell yeah............

Can't wait to do this to my shorty..

Keep the pics coming

A mate and I chopped his in my shed




Then it became a middy.

Its for sale now again too. As a roller. check the for sale section

SilverGQ wrote:

bet you love your exo cage