Let me ad some more detail to my question before ya answer.
Im at a crossroads right now. I've come into enough money to start a buggy build, but i'm hesitant. My vit is weeks away from becoming very un-roadworthy and un-roadfriendly (lux diffs, bigger lift, heaps of cuttin for 36's etc), so i've been considering a buggy (now that i've got the resources, space and $$$'s).
But the thing i'm hesitant about it actual use. I dont have the money to drag the thing up and down the east coast, so that cuts out a lot of drive time. which leads me to 4wd parks. at the moment i know of none that'll allow a buggy to play (unless ya in the know with the owners). do you guys see this changin in the future? i'm afraid it'd go the other way with insurance getting harder and harder to obtain.
then again, theres gonna be fawk all places around seq soon to wheel a normal rig anyway, but at least ya can go to a 4wd park.
of course theres plenty of other pro's and con's with regards to both sorts of rigs. but australia isn't like the us where ya can go to a national park and do a driving trip with an unrego'd rig. so my question is, do ya feel ya get enough seat time (competitive and non-competitive), and also, as an aside, what sorta $$$'s would ya spend at each event (travel, entry, spares etc)
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Each event i would guess would cost me between $500-$1000 and this includes the entry fee for the event,fuel to get there and food for the weekend. Depending on where it is i could add on accomodation as well. If we are close enough to a motel i realy cant be farked unpacking and re-packing a tent 
As for social driving i realy just dont get a chance. In the past 12 months i have had something that needed doing every weekend.
As for 4wd parks i cant ssay i have realy asked any of the owners if this will ever be considered. But as there are more buggies being built they may look into it.
As for social driving i realy just dont get a chance. In the past 12 months i have had something that needed doing every weekend.
As for 4wd parks i cant ssay i have realy asked any of the owners if this will ever be considered. But as there are more buggies being built they may look into it.
This is really hard for me to answer, not in the fact that i know what and how i want to say it but people may read this the wrong way.
So what i am about to say does not make me a better driver or more experienced than the next person, nor does it make me "high and Mighty". Just trying to help you understand why i love wheeling these buggies.
There are a number of reasons i love buggies, i will list most of them and some i keep to myself, BUT at the end of the day it's you that needs to make the discission.
When i was growing up i had never been in a normal 2wd car until i was 18, my grandad and father owned farms and everyone had 4wdrives, even the girls had them. So it was only natural that i would also buy and drive a 4wdrive. 
So for the past 11 years i have driven a 4wdrive nearly everyday of my life, in that time i went threw a period over 4 years or so that i would go fishing and hunting (which also involved some pretty cool driving) every weekend. It would be rare for me to not go for a drive, mud, sand whatever and whenever i could.
I then moved to brissy and could not get away as much as what we wanted too.
We then started to make the effort again to go wheeling and camping, it was then that i caught the bug again and really got into it. I met a heap of people and we would go wheeling all the time, weekends, public holidays, even weeknights a few times
.
We would go to cruiser park, manar, bribie, fraser anywhere it was fun to wheel.
As we got more mods and more adventurous we would drive harder and harder things, basically we got to a point that standard rigs would not handle that abuse.
It was also at that point when i was getting bored with only been able to drive the same/similar type of terrain and obstacals week in week out. There was nothing that really got me exicted to drive as it was all getting easier.
This is where the buggys come into it, i now only drive comps and a few times between comps to test and shake down rigs. But its enough, the effort, mental pressure, excitement, risks and pure adreniline i get out of one good weekend wheeling at a comp, easily outweighs 5 weekends driving the same tracks i have been driving for the past 4 years.
It also takes at least a few good weekends to fix everything and get it back into a drivable state.
I suppose you could look at it like sex, when your young you want to do it whenever and where ever you can, doesn't matter how long or how intense it is as long as your doing it, whereas when your over that you realise that one really really great romp that is so intense and full on is 1000% times better than just going threw the motions when ever you can get it.
Its all about the level of intensity that you think you can handle, if you are happy with wheeling the same things over and over again then put your $$$ into improvements on the Taxi, if you want a huge rush and step up the intensity than build a buggy and wheel it hard.
One thing, if you do build a buggy, drive it on the terrain that suits them. Don't take it out and just drive the same dirt tracks you would in the Vitara. Push the limits, exhaust yourself physically and menatlly everytime you wheel it.
Its totally up to you.
Either way, you will be doing what you enjoy and thats teh most important thing!
So what i am about to say does not make me a better driver or more experienced than the next person, nor does it make me "high and Mighty". Just trying to help you understand why i love wheeling these buggies.
There are a number of reasons i love buggies, i will list most of them and some i keep to myself, BUT at the end of the day it's you that needs to make the discission.
When i was growing up i had never been in a normal 2wd car until i was 18, my grandad and father owned farms and everyone had 4wdrives, even the girls had them. So it was only natural that i would also buy and drive a 4wdrive.
So for the past 11 years i have driven a 4wdrive nearly everyday of my life, in that time i went threw a period over 4 years or so that i would go fishing and hunting (which also involved some pretty cool driving) every weekend. It would be rare for me to not go for a drive, mud, sand whatever and whenever i could.
I then moved to brissy and could not get away as much as what we wanted too.
We then started to make the effort again to go wheeling and camping, it was then that i caught the bug again and really got into it. I met a heap of people and we would go wheeling all the time, weekends, public holidays, even weeknights a few times
.We would go to cruiser park, manar, bribie, fraser anywhere it was fun to wheel.
As we got more mods and more adventurous we would drive harder and harder things, basically we got to a point that standard rigs would not handle that abuse.
It was also at that point when i was getting bored with only been able to drive the same/similar type of terrain and obstacals week in week out. There was nothing that really got me exicted to drive as it was all getting easier.
This is where the buggys come into it, i now only drive comps and a few times between comps to test and shake down rigs. But its enough, the effort, mental pressure, excitement, risks and pure adreniline i get out of one good weekend wheeling at a comp, easily outweighs 5 weekends driving the same tracks i have been driving for the past 4 years.
It also takes at least a few good weekends to fix everything and get it back into a drivable state.
I suppose you could look at it like sex, when your young you want to do it whenever and where ever you can, doesn't matter how long or how intense it is as long as your doing it, whereas when your over that you realise that one really really great romp that is so intense and full on is 1000% times better than just going threw the motions when ever you can get it.
Its all about the level of intensity that you think you can handle, if you are happy with wheeling the same things over and over again then put your $$$ into improvements on the Taxi, if you want a huge rush and step up the intensity than build a buggy and wheel it hard.
One thing, if you do build a buggy, drive it on the terrain that suits them. Don't take it out and just drive the same dirt tracks you would in the Vitara. Push the limits, exhaust yourself physically and menatlly everytime you wheel it.
Its totally up to you.
Either way, you will be doing what you enjoy and thats teh most important thing!
well said adrian
it did get dull goin to ormeau/paradise road driving the same shit (and breaking the same shit
) everytime. but now that i haven't been able to 4wd since the first round of toughtracks (march?), the itch is growing badly, and there is only so much wheeling ya can do in an ifs company 4wd hilux
having said that. there is a good argument to be able to go for a quick spin and not have to organise the buggy, load the trailer, and all the other things that ya have to go through. then again, a roll is a minor thing in a buggy, not something that costs $$$'s and time off the road.
i dunno, its a tough one, and something i gotta decide soon
it did get dull goin to ormeau/paradise road driving the same shit (and breaking the same shit
) everytime. but now that i haven't been able to 4wd since the first round of toughtracks (march?), the itch is growing badly, and there is only so much wheeling ya can do in an ifs company 4wd hilux having said that. there is a good argument to be able to go for a quick spin and not have to organise the buggy, load the trailer, and all the other things that ya have to go through. then again, a roll is a minor thing in a buggy, not something that costs $$$'s and time off the road.
i dunno, its a tough one, and something i gotta decide soon
Once you own a buggy and really start to get into it - going for a drive in a full bodied rig really wont interest you much.
For example - I own the mogrover which is a fairly extreme machine and I couldnt think of anything more uninteresting than going for a drive in it - so I never wheel it. Last time I wheeled the mog was tuff truck and I carnt remember when I wheeled it before that (probably XRCC in 2003)
I dont know if this is a good thing or a bad thing but once you get into wheeling buggies then everything else will seem boaring.
Sam
For example - I own the mogrover which is a fairly extreme machine and I couldnt think of anything more uninteresting than going for a drive in it - so I never wheel it. Last time I wheeled the mog was tuff truck and I carnt remember when I wheeled it before that (probably XRCC in 2003)
I dont know if this is a good thing or a bad thing but once you get into wheeling buggies then everything else will seem boaring.
Sam
is this directed at me? i'll answer it anywaysierrajim wrote:Is it the wheeling of the buggy or the building of the buggy?
....i'd much rather have a buggy totally setup ready to go this weekend, but unless i win lotto (highly unlikely since i dont gamble ) this week, i cant drop 20k for a ready built one
yep driving is where it's at. comp driving is totally different to recreational driving. it is expensive but you will never forget it. sounds obvious but if you intend to compete, you have to build something competitive. i don't think you could be really competitive unless you spend at least $20-30k. you will need a decent engine, a strong auto, probably a tcase adaptor as well, a well sorted link suspension system, hydro steering, twin air lockers, strong cvs, axles and diffs, and big tyres. some may disagree on specifics, but the point is that it will take a lot of coin and seat time to get to the podium. whether a single seater will be more effective than a two seater really depends on the course designers. they can make courses to favour either breed and i'm interested to see where australia will go.
i'm not really one to be giving advice on comps though because i am as green as they come. all i know is that it's really worth trying at least once. maybe you can enter the homeless buggy in the next werock? or be a spotter for somebody. get a taste of it on the business side of the bunting and see how you like it.
but buggies are not restricted to comps though. like you said, you can find a land owner and get friendly. i really do enjoy recreational wheeling. driving all saturday, making camp, driving saturday night, and then more on sunday. when my junk is ready to go to berridale again, you should come and see how good it is. bring your camera too.
i'm not really one to be giving advice on comps though because i am as green as they come. all i know is that it's really worth trying at least once. maybe you can enter the homeless buggy in the next werock? or be a spotter for somebody. get a taste of it on the business side of the bunting and see how you like it.
but buggies are not restricted to comps though. like you said, you can find a land owner and get friendly. i really do enjoy recreational wheeling. driving all saturday, making camp, driving saturday night, and then more on sunday. when my junk is ready to go to berridale again, you should come and see how good it is. bring your camera too.
if you don't want to compete at every opportunity you get, it totally and completely depends on if you have access to good land with challenging obstacles.
i am lucky enough to have that close by so a buggy is a good option for me. i think i owned nam's buggy for just shy of 12 months, and missed going wheeling maybe 5 or 6 weekends out of that. and that is with working 60-70 hours a week and owning a house that needs work, etc. if you have a buggy it is easy to make the time to drive it because it is damn good fun. but if i didn't have access to good land i would more than likely still be tooling around in a full bodied car.
so if you can find good enough terrain to drive it, go for it. once you own one you can't go back to a normal suzuki, hilux, patrol, rangie or whatever again though (well sam keck seems to be able to, but he is a bit strange
)
i am lucky enough to have that close by so a buggy is a good option for me. i think i owned nam's buggy for just shy of 12 months, and missed going wheeling maybe 5 or 6 weekends out of that. and that is with working 60-70 hours a week and owning a house that needs work, etc. if you have a buggy it is easy to make the time to drive it because it is damn good fun. but if i didn't have access to good land i would more than likely still be tooling around in a full bodied car.
so if you can find good enough terrain to drive it, go for it. once you own one you can't go back to a normal suzuki, hilux, patrol, rangie or whatever again though (well sam keck seems to be able to, but he is a bit strange
)
I dont drive mine enough, but there are more and more comps happning, closer and closer to everyone, and im allways looking for private property to drive on.
If u have a buggy you will find time and a place to drive it, it becomes your one passon in life(dont let my girlfreind here this)
Mock
If u have a buggy you will find time and a place to drive it, it becomes your one passon in life(dont let my girlfreind here this)
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So hurry up, come back, buy a Lada (can't believe i just said that) and we'll go wheelin'.
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So hurry up, come back, buy a Lada (can't believe i just said that) and we'll go wheelin'.
have both
thats the reason for our new buggy
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like adrian said competing is like a drug, dave and i do an average 12-15 competitive weekends a year, and although this has cost each of over $15k (edit - just in competing costs, not even going to add up the $ in mods
)in 18months i wouldn't change a thing. We are addicted and are modifying the lux for winch events, and will have the buggy ready for rock comps. So next year we have pencilled in nearly 18 events
As said before, just start competing, you'll love it andyou will quickly decide on which direction you want to head.
thats the reason for our new buggy
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like adrian said competing is like a drug, dave and i do an average 12-15 competitive weekends a year, and although this has cost each of over $15k (edit - just in competing costs, not even going to add up the $ in mods
)in 18months i wouldn't change a thing. We are addicted and are modifying the lux for winch events, and will have the buggy ready for rock comps. So next year we have pencilled in nearly 18 events As said before, just start competing, you'll love it andyou will quickly decide on which direction you want to head.
cheers for all the replies.N*A*M wrote:yep driving is where it's at. comp driving is totally different to recreational driving. it is expensive but you will never forget it. sounds obvious but if you intend to compete, you have to build something competitive. i don't think you could be really competitive unless you spend at least $20-30k. you will need a decent engine, a strong auto, probably a tcase adaptor as well, a well sorted link suspension system, hydro steering, twin air lockers, strong cvs, axles and diffs, and big tyres. some may disagree on specifics, but the point is that it will take a lot of coin and seat time to get to the podium. whether a single seater will be more effective than a two seater really depends on the course designers. they can make courses to favour either breed and i'm interested to see where australia will go.
i'm not really one to be giving advice on comps though because i am as green as they come. all i know is that it's really worth trying at least once. maybe you can enter the homeless buggy in the next werock? or be a spotter for somebody. get a taste of it on the business side of the bunting and see how you like it.
but buggies are not restricted to comps though. like you said, you can find a land owner and get friendly. i really do enjoy recreational wheeling. driving all saturday, making camp, driving saturday night, and then more on sunday. when my junk is ready to go to berridale again, you should come and see how good it is. bring your camera too.
nam has brought up some points though that i'd thought about but didn't mention. the part about 'if ya competing, ya may as well build something competitive' i totally agree with. i'd be building a single seater for sure, either along the lines of the assasin, or the whaley enterprises buggy. what worries me about the 'competitve' bit, is that all the top runners have, or are closely associated with a 4wd shop/engineering shop, which allows em plenty of tinkering and testing time during work hours.
i have driven rods tractor for a little bit, and also ridden along with tony in the budgie, so i already have a bit of an idea of what they're capable of. and its like night and day comparing them to a normal car.
as for berridale, i'd love to come and film you guys. specially once carltons new buggy is goin. possibly late october early november?
I think that if you build something yourself that you should be competitive for way less than $10000.
The basics of the homeless is rangie 3.5l v8 auto and transfer - $1000
Fuel injection - $500
hilux axles - $500
front arb, rear welded - $1000
wheels and tyres - less than $2000
all the other bits to finish the build - $4000 (like seats, steering box, suspension bushes, steel etc)
So this rig probably is less than $9000 in components and I believe it is a very competitive buggy - basically this buggy has driven every difficult climb in both WE Rock comps this year and the only other person to do the same climbs was Adrian.
You could put something like this together for even less if you really scrounged for parts. Initially I wouldnt worry about the fuel injection or the front ARB and try to round up some cheaper wheels and tyres. Even come back to a 35in MTR or BFG mud tyre. So say you only spend 1000 on second hand wheels and tyres. So on this build the cost will be
The basics of the homeless is rangie 3.5l v8 auto and transfer - $1000
hilux axles - $500
wheels and tyres - less than $1000
all the other bits to finish the build - $4000 (like seats, steering box, suspension bushes, steel, springs, shocks etc)
Total - $6500.
Which is getting very cheap and if you have got some ability (both building and driving) there is no reason why it wouldnt be very competitive.
To go to something with heim joints and air shox and full hydro you can add at least $5000 extra.
Sam
The basics of the homeless is rangie 3.5l v8 auto and transfer - $1000
Fuel injection - $500
hilux axles - $500
front arb, rear welded - $1000
wheels and tyres - less than $2000
all the other bits to finish the build - $4000 (like seats, steering box, suspension bushes, steel etc)
So this rig probably is less than $9000 in components and I believe it is a very competitive buggy - basically this buggy has driven every difficult climb in both WE Rock comps this year and the only other person to do the same climbs was Adrian.
You could put something like this together for even less if you really scrounged for parts. Initially I wouldnt worry about the fuel injection or the front ARB and try to round up some cheaper wheels and tyres. Even come back to a 35in MTR or BFG mud tyre. So say you only spend 1000 on second hand wheels and tyres. So on this build the cost will be
The basics of the homeless is rangie 3.5l v8 auto and transfer - $1000
hilux axles - $500
wheels and tyres - less than $1000
all the other bits to finish the build - $4000 (like seats, steering box, suspension bushes, steel, springs, shocks etc)
Total - $6500.
Which is getting very cheap and if you have got some ability (both building and driving) there is no reason why it wouldnt be very competitive.
To go to something with heim joints and air shox and full hydro you can add at least $5000 extra.
Sam
if i had known that buggies were to be this big i would have left the patrol as a play rig and built one already. will have to wait till the patrol is finished now then i will do both. starting to collect parts now. if you try hard enough it amazing what you get for cartons of piss
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Think thus far after buying wrecks and lotsa gear on ebay mine has cost me approx 5k, still need so big ticket items though which will prob top out at another 7k on top.
On missing daily trip wheeling, well I havnt really done it for approx 12 mths now, wheeled a few people rigs and yeah do find it boring driving the samo tracks, mind you one thing I have found fun is driving stockers in terrain they are not designed for, lots of thinking which is what gets me going, having to use the grey matter a bit.
I am personally feeling once by rig is finished, the comps will fill my want to drive enough. As Adrian said, intense competition is always better!
On missing daily trip wheeling, well I havnt really done it for approx 12 mths now, wheeled a few people rigs and yeah do find it boring driving the samo tracks, mind you one thing I have found fun is driving stockers in terrain they are not designed for, lots of thinking which is what gets me going, having to use the grey matter a bit.
I am personally feeling once by rig is finished, the comps will fill my want to drive enough. As Adrian said, intense competition is always better!
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Don't kow if its been said enough or at all but to have a buggie you must also (if you want to be self reliant 
) have a capable/comfortable tow rig and a decent trailer. (i honestly think that ppl overlook this when they say...i'm gonna build one or i want one) when their current drive car is definatley not something thats capable to haul these things over long distances,this is when they start to add up the $$$ and rethink the idea.
Its the little things like that, that cost the money ( extra rego/maintenance etc).
Antt, i'm sure of course you would realise this but unfortunately some ppl don't.
It all adds up in the end either way so the choice is yours, realistically i think that the driving will be just as limited to 'full bodied' rigs soon anyway.
Rover park have no problems with us exploring the park in the buggie (going to the waterfall/goldmines/rapids etc because they know that safety is always first and we are considerate of other ppl out there on the tracks). 
) have a capable/comfortable tow rig and a decent trailer. (i honestly think that ppl overlook this when they say...i'm gonna build one or i want one) when their current drive car is definatley not something thats capable to haul these things over long distances,this is when they start to add up the $$$ and rethink the idea.Its the little things like that, that cost the money ( extra rego/maintenance etc).
Antt, i'm sure of course you would realise this but unfortunately some ppl don't.
It all adds up in the end either way so the choice is yours, realistically i think that the driving will be just as limited to 'full bodied' rigs soon anyway.
Rover park have no problems with us exploring the park in the buggie (going to the waterfall/goldmines/rapids etc because they know that safety is always first and we are considerate of other ppl out there on the tracks).
i to weighed up the options you are looking at antt.
i choose to wreck out my surf as i realised that it was never going to be re-registered once i got a defect notice on it. it wrecked out to alittle over 18 grand, of which i put about half into a buggy, bought a trailer. i also sold my rodeo and put the rest of the money into a new vechicle that i could tow with. i choose to buy a chevy silverado as i wanted something that was capable to tow and somtheing that was nice to drive. Into total after selling all my gear and replacing it i have spent about 10 grand have a much better daily driver and will have, in my mind a great buggy once it is finished.
I did'nt go out and "buy" a buggy, nor did i build one. i have spent the last 9 months collecting parts and talking to sam and tony at haultech about having one built. In away i did buy a buggy, but i had alot of input into what running gear would be used, sourced my own axles for reasons that i thought were good and supplied all the parts to have it put together. i wanted a 2 seater so i could still "drive" around landcruiser, rover park etc. parts had to be cheap and readily available, most of all the buggy had to be "big" as i am not that much of a small bloke.
in the end i ended up with the following,
GQ 4.1 air locked rear
80s 4.1 air locker front
fox shocks all round
rpm race seats and harness
v6 commodore and t700 with an lt230
rover steer with ram assit
winches front and rear
tyres, not sure yet.
I have spent about $4000 on parts and some more having it all put together, like i said, in my mind a great set up and i cant wait to compete in it.
NICK
i choose to wreck out my surf as i realised that it was never going to be re-registered once i got a defect notice on it. it wrecked out to alittle over 18 grand, of which i put about half into a buggy, bought a trailer. i also sold my rodeo and put the rest of the money into a new vechicle that i could tow with. i choose to buy a chevy silverado as i wanted something that was capable to tow and somtheing that was nice to drive. Into total after selling all my gear and replacing it i have spent about 10 grand have a much better daily driver and will have, in my mind a great buggy once it is finished.
I did'nt go out and "buy" a buggy, nor did i build one. i have spent the last 9 months collecting parts and talking to sam and tony at haultech about having one built. In away i did buy a buggy, but i had alot of input into what running gear would be used, sourced my own axles for reasons that i thought were good and supplied all the parts to have it put together. i wanted a 2 seater so i could still "drive" around landcruiser, rover park etc. parts had to be cheap and readily available, most of all the buggy had to be "big" as i am not that much of a small bloke.
in the end i ended up with the following,
GQ 4.1 air locked rear
80s 4.1 air locker front
fox shocks all round
rpm race seats and harness
v6 commodore and t700 with an lt230
rover steer with ram assit
winches front and rear
tyres, not sure yet.
I have spent about $4000 on parts and some more having it all put together, like i said, in my mind a great set up and i cant wait to compete in it.
NICK
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I think sam summed it up on a cheap buggie being competative
With a driver with a bit of nouse a cheap rig could be competative
For instance tom in the homeless at werock 2 did awsome and most was driver ability in my opinion
As for myself driving the sam old stuff was getting boring like most others have stated But the soring costs of buggies with the envelope being pushed harder did put me off untill i came across rods old ruggie
(rangie chassis with all tube frame) came up cheap as chips
So my costs are as follows
Chassis and frame $450
Rear diff Gq $50
Front diff Free from my GQ with locker But replace Car was $450
V6 Vs commo motor $300 With auto
MQ transfer $200
Various other bits about $300
Steel about $400 and counting
Springs free from suspension shops scrap bin
Shocks free from my car and old shorter ones going back in
A frame and other bits like steer box and bits from a rangie Free from a mate i striped it for him
Bonett and guards to cut up are vn guards and vz bonnet from a pannel shop who was replacing cause of hail damage Free
Rear winch $120 super cheap
Radiator free from mate who went bigger
All i have to spend left is brake lines wiring front winch and tyres
But when shes done she wont be real flash but it is cheap and im gunnna have a ball trying my hand at comps
But ultimatly its whats gunna make you happy wheeln
Just my raving Cheers Jamie H
With a driver with a bit of nouse a cheap rig could be competative
For instance tom in the homeless at werock 2 did awsome and most was driver ability in my opinion
As for myself driving the sam old stuff was getting boring like most others have stated But the soring costs of buggies with the envelope being pushed harder did put me off untill i came across rods old ruggie
(rangie chassis with all tube frame) came up cheap as chips
So my costs are as follows
Chassis and frame $450
Rear diff Gq $50
Front diff Free from my GQ with locker But replace Car was $450
V6 Vs commo motor $300 With auto
MQ transfer $200
Various other bits about $300
Steel about $400 and counting
Springs free from suspension shops scrap bin
Shocks free from my car and old shorter ones going back in
A frame and other bits like steer box and bits from a rangie Free from a mate i striped it for him
Bonett and guards to cut up are vn guards and vz bonnet from a pannel shop who was replacing cause of hail damage Free
Rear winch $120 super cheap
Radiator free from mate who went bigger
All i have to spend left is brake lines wiring front winch and tyres
But when shes done she wont be real flash but it is cheap and im gunnna have a ball trying my hand at comps
But ultimatly its whats gunna make you happy wheeln
Just my raving Cheers Jamie H
Twenty4-7 Rock Racing
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NICK wrote: i wanted a 2 seater so i could still "drive" around landcruiser, rover park etc.NICK
does this mean a moon buggy could not do this as its a single seater?
as for antt... thanks for posting this topic as its what ive wanted to ask for ages but just didnt know how to say it.
im not bored with the "normal" wheeling just yet but i have got over the mud4b (hopefully be sold start of next year) and have wanted to build a moon buggy for ages.
i know it wont be the poo as im only going to spend around the 10g on it.
but i have most of the stuff already so this allows me to buy the bigger $ items, that i have access to also.
id say if your thinking of going that way start to get all the bits together now and do it.. otherwise you will do what ive (and allot of other people)
done and build another truck that you will end up selling for bugger all compared to what it ows you just so you can go the buggy route..
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