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Got my extra light bars fitted up monday night


60w each ,total of 10,250 lumens (20 500 with 20 inch bar as well) all running through the same 40amp relay. Just used pin 86 and earth to bat. Best done at night to get the angle you require. And just let me say it's freakin awsum

Oggy are you scared of the dark? Looks good tho

No Ross the dark is scared of me now

Long time between drinks....well, its a long time since last night...anyway, got some new rubber
Must be good they have a pick and shovel on them


Went with the Hercules trail diggers in a 265/75R16. On patrol steelies. Pretty chuffed so far....[emoji41]

Nice looking rubber there Oggy, but those shadow chrome Datsun rims really look the business

Forgive me for I have sinned They were certainly Datsun wheels when I got them. Rusted pox. Got one of those free mates rates sandblasting jobs to clean em up. You know the type 6 weeks later and your still chasing him to do it Anyway they came up alright , although the durability of the white knight hammer tone has me a little worried. They were chipping bits off when they were balancing them beauty of it is though there's plenty more cans in bunnings

Datsun wheels don't rust, they just lull people into a false sense of security by mimicking their surrounds then stand up to live another day, even it is on a Yota. seriously though they are good wheels and do look good painted that colour. I painted mine in White Knoght Rust guard (satin black) and they were tough as nails.

PS: being Datsun wheels you'll find you won't get bogged as often as they have much better off road capability.

You forgot to mention they crack under pressure...... Went through 2 sets of 5 each . First set had 2 cracked rims... So needed to find some more. Picked up the rusty bastards with no cracks , so now I have 8 good rims. Might be time for duels

Those 2 cracked ones must have been Nissan wheels, I heard some have had a few issues with those, but the genuine Dataun wheels are where it's at.

Is like to see some duallies on it

Looks a bit more of a man truck now, bit more street cred for you. Good decision.

Steps are off and steel in the shed More cred

Steel needs to be on the truck and not I the shed for street cred, otherwise it's called shed cred and you've got heaps of that.

Shed cred....so in between having finished this 40' extension (including the 40' container on the stand).

And working on finishing this sucker
I decided to finally knock up some of these
Apparently they don't belong here so I took Rocket's advice and stuck them here
35mm clearance when doors are open . 3mm rhs and 3.2 42 nb pipe. Used the gearbox cross member at the front . seem solid enough[emoji41]

Looking very good Oggy, so when is the next trip to test the sliders out

See how the lurkers pan out this year Pete. They need us to make up the numbers

Nice work Oggy! Seems you're a bit hazy with the welder

Rod, i'm presuming that's meant to be "handy" Everything else may well be "hazy"
The worker is pretty impressed wants me to knock up a set for his datsun Haven't the heart to tell him that the structural integrity of the navara isn't up too carrying such awsumness and that chassis failure would be inevitable

Yeah sorry mate, that is handy. Your awesome (note the correct spelling unlike above) sliders will be fine on the Nav, it's those pesky Tritons the break in half.

Knocked these up yesterday

They go here

To hold this
Because of the length between the mounts I may have to die grind a slot in the shovel holder bracket to fit bear gryills in. Otherwise I may just have to get another shovel , as losing bear on a track somewhere would be devastating[emoji34]