Outer Limits 4x4 Board

as post says just after some ideas
thanks
jake

come on someone must have some pictures of swb gq's chopped into utes

Here you Go

I shifted the C piller up on mine.

heres a couple of pocs of mine, this was all dine in my back yard, have a heap of pics if you want could prob email them to ya if needed,

ozy1 wrote:heres a couple of pocs of mine, this was all dine in my back yard, have a heap of pics if you want could prob email them to ya if needed,

is there burried treasure in your back yard, (X marks the spot right!? )

you can chop like everyone else has but if you tub the rear of the shorty i.e. keep the base of it and just remove the roof you will have better wait distribution and it will handle better at speed.

Best person to speak to would be sandy from aus4wdracing

morkz wrote:you can chop like everyone else has but if you tub the rear of the shorty i.e. keep the base of it and just remove the roof you will have better wait distribution and it will handle better at speed.

Best person to speak to would be sandy from aus4wdracing

Yeah but you dont acheive anything from chopping it to a style side tub, may aswell leave it as a wagon.

If your running a tray as soon as you get past the cab you can turn and there is less crap to run tyres etc on.

Rhysta wrote:
Yeah but you dont acheive anything from chopping it to a style side tub, may aswell leave it as a wagon.

If your running a tray as soon as you get past the cab you can turn and there is less crap to run tyres etc on.

what didnt you understand about what i said, you achieve alot by leaving it a style side cab.

most shorty that have had the arse end compeletly cut off dont handle nearly as well as the style side tub

you look at all the top competitors what do they do i have been in both and i would rather have a style side even sandy doesnt chop his wagon into a flat tray for the exact reason.

yes on a tray you can hit stuff but thats the trade off its comp truck doesnt matter if you hit the back of it anyway.

all i want to know is what they make the rear window out of or can you buy them. but keep thoes pics coming guys looking good
jake

If you do not want the style side just make the tray heavier for weight distribution. We easily carried the rear of my wagon " two people" so getting the tray to weigh the same won't take much.

Talk to a window supplier and fitter and find out the prices of glass and what will make his job easier.

For my truck "wagon" I used the back of a MQ patrol. Just matted and welded.

LudaCris

do a search on patrol4x4.com you should find mine... shorty tub

I cut mine to trayback and extended the wheel base to 104". At the same time the batteries and the winch are now mounted under the deck. In my opinion SWB handle bad reguardless of wieght distrubution. The extra control and therefore I get with the extra length and reduced weight is hard to descibe but it is a lot. My truck weighs 2160kgs and now I'm going to lighten it! The biggest thing I think people get wrong with GQ's is they spend huge amounts of time reducing wieght at the rear when that isn't the problem. It is the front that needs a diet! Getting rid of battereis and winch did wonderful thing to the front end.[/img]

I should add that I also shift the 'C' pillar up the same as Doddzee's above photo. I have used polycarb (1mm thick) for the back window and fixed it in with rivets.