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700 plus posts . I guess it's time i shared my growing money pit.



Day 1







First thing was cheese cutter removal



next was the secondary (primary) fuel filter and duel battery instal (yes i am aware that the tray is empty )

Lookout forum, Oggy has learnt how to copy and past without his daughters assistance

Trucks looking very tidy tho mate

Yes yes Ross , suck it up princess. Told you kids think they know more than what they do Let the polluting of cyber-space begin .

Well done Oggy Il like the colour mate. So if you are in NSW but have an 03 area code does that put you near Deni?

Within 80 kms Kyle I'm still not seeing "platinum subscriber" Kyle ,shape up Poppa smurf

Whoops I remember now I'll follow it up sorry mate. Ill be down your down to Deni in a week or so. I just read how much grog you have sitting around, might be able to lighten the load for you

kyle300exc wrote:Whoops I remember now I'll follow it up sorry mate. Ill be down your down to Deni in a week or so. I just read how much grog you have sitting around, might be able to lighten the load for you

Ffs Kyle , don't tell me your delivering that damn Navara to my neck of the woods Pm me if you want to catch up

Nice work Oggy, as you said, after 700+ posts, it's about bloody time

oggy wrote:

kyle300exc wrote:Whoops I remember now I'll follow it up sorry mate. Ill be down your down to Deni in a week or so. I just read how much grog you have sitting around, might be able to lighten the load for you

Ffs Kyle , don't tell me your delivering that damn Navara to my neck of the woods Pm me if you want to catch up

No, Kyles secretly following the Navara down to Melb so he's close by to assist with warranty claims

So next on the list was roof console Saw a few home made jobbies on here and thought i can do that ;even if it involves wood First off was make a template Then work out how i would attach it to the roof? I wasn't overly impressed with the ones that attach to the sun visor holes ,so removed the sunnies holder (which i wanted to incorporate anyway). And found the perfect solution. The sunnies/map light holder attaches to the roof using the two yellow plastic grommits and two lugs that clip over the roof lining. However, the two holes (circled) will take a 7/16 bolt(don't quote me on that ... it was 12 months ago ). I just put a nut on the bolts to lock up against the frame of the console and to stop me from screwing it to far up and dinting the roof.

Next was the console build I had a few things in mind for this that the others don't have. I wanted it to have the uhf concealed with the mike out of the way. easily useable storage for things like dvd's. And i wanted to retain the sunnies holder/map lights. Finally it had to have a 6 gang switch for my accessories I used 9 mm mdf as it is reasonably strong yet not to heavy Attached the two frames to the console with extra wide rivets, so it wouldn't pull through the wood. cost me $9 to build and $100 to have upholstered but it was still cheaper than a bought one It's lined with a spongy type of material that looks remarkedley similar to the head lining . I got him to do two layers so it's a bit softer to touch (and on your head ). The storage area is done in carpet and the netting is doubled over and a piece of elastic used to allow easy access for hands and all lit up

Top job on the roof console Oggy well done

Awesome!!

Not bad for a tit puller

Alby wrote:Not bad for a tit puller

Alby wrote:Not bad for a tit puller

And no help from the daughter either . Must say it was this fantastic forum that gave me the idea and inspiration to have a crack at something that i other wise wouldn't have contemplated

Loving that roof console! How much too make me one too.?

Very clean . I like your work dude

Bought one of the A-sure units some time back. It now has issues loading the navigation software But i guess one of the main reasons i did buy it was to have a camera setup .

set the camera up on a angle to allow good visibility of my towbar (which in itself is different in that it has a pin through the middle of the ball that allows me to pull things with a tongue) It also aids when 45 degree angle parking


Now , here comes Oggy's uniqueness (i think ) decided to go with a front mount camera as front visibility when wheeling (or even when parking) is limited.

It's a shutter job , so when you turn it on you don't see giant bugs stuck to it or stone chips

Also stuck it in the slot in the bull bar , above the winch

view out windscreen.

and from front camera

Forgot to mention both cameras can be switched on (individually) at any time. Used two custom rocker switches. One turns the camera on and the second switches the power between the two. We used a av cable that was a female end with two male plugs feeding into it (may be the other way around, but you get the idea ) . Works a treat

That is cool . Well done dude

Nice work Oggy
You must be a short arse if you can't see over the dash or you havn't worked out how to use the windscreen wipers