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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:44 am
by andrew e
No they do that over there. i've seen pics of a 2.5l defender td5 on 44s. I'm pretty sure they gear them down real low, and they dont have many rocks to get traction on and break stuff. Its all about distributing the weight over a greater surface area on the snow. Remember gonads old zook pushes 46's with the 1.3l!
Andrew.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:30 am
by chrispy
Iceland 4WD Club president's vehicle:
A Musso on 44's
And...
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:38 am
by BigMav
I like the flares on the GQ, Sick of the crappy flexiflares but there doesn't seem to be any alternatives.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:59 am
by Hobbz
Those flares on the GQ is around 700-800 AUD. for a set .... plus shipping ofcourse ..
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:16 am
by MARKx4
BigMav wrote:I like the flares on the GQ, Sick of the crappy flexiflares but there doesn't seem to be any alternatives.
You could always mould and fidre glass your own.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:56 am
by vn15
Hobbz wrote:Those flares on the GQ is around 700-800 AUD. for a set .... plus shipping ofcourse ..
I paid 7000 nkr (1400 AUD) 3 yrs ago, they are around 10-12000 nkr (2400 AUD) today for a set of four flares, mud flaps and the foam against stoneships.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:35 am
by bogged
vn15 wrote:Hobbz wrote:Those flares on the GQ is around 700-800 AUD. for a set .... plus shipping ofcourse ..
I paid 7000 nkr (1400 AUD) 3 yrs ago, they are around 10-12000 nkr (2400 AUD) today for a set of four flares, mud flaps and the foam against stoneships.
You should make a mould of them, and start selling them. If you could sell them for ~$300 you would clean up.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:37 pm
by mk swb
vn15 wrote:
Hobbz wrote:
Those flares on the GQ is around 700-800 AUD. for a set .... plus shipping ofcourse ..
I paid 7000 nkr (1400 AUD) 3 yrs ago, they are around 10-12000 nkr (2400 AUD) today for a set of four flares, mud flaps and the foam against stoneships.
You should make a mould of them, and start selling them. If you could sell them for ~$300 you would clean up.
biggest trouble is the man hours going into making them. i made a set of flares from scratch took me bout a month worth of weekends and bout $400 in materials. Not really worth it.
Rees
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:17 am
by Hobbz
vn15 wrote:Hobbz wrote:Those flares on the GQ is around 700-800 AUD. for a set .... plus shipping ofcourse ..
I paid 7000 nkr (1400 AUD) 3 yrs ago, they are around 10-12000 nkr (2400 AUD) today for a set of four flares, mud flaps and the foam against stoneships.
I just got offered a new set for 3000 Dkr ....
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:39 am
by bushy555
Take a squiz at the flares on me mates red Maverick in the readers rides in this months Aus 4wd monthly mag. $700.00 from some bloke in South Australia for GQ's.
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:04 pm
by challenger
It's always a nice (and ethical) idea to acknowledge where pics and stories come from, to give credit to the original owner.
For those interested in the Iceland pics, go to
http://www.4x4offroads.com/index.html
And for the GQ Patrol mods, go to
http://www.4x4offroads.com/nissan-patrol-1993.html
Ciao,
Dave
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:51 pm
by bogged
mk swb wrote:biggest trouble is the man hours going into making them. i made a set of flares from scratch took me bout a month worth of weekends and bout $400 in materials. Not really worth it.
but once you have done the hard work, making a mould is piss easy, and running them out of the mould is just as easy.
YMMV