fractured rangas build, the lemon chronicals

[anthony kemp]

hey mate where did you get the bearing kits from? in the market for some myself

[fracturedranga]

hey mate where did you get the bearing kits from? in the market for some myself

got them from matty at monster rides he is a forum sponser

[fracturedranga]

picked up these bad boys today

the lux is booked in at the local diff place for monday to get them and the diff gears fitted
got some bad news from matty at monster rides, the cyclone in brissy has put back the delivery of my lift kit and bar for a few more weeks, bloody bunch of sooks down there
Also picked this up last week

now ill just need to do an axle swap on trailer and fit the leafs off the back of the lux after my lift goes in so i can fit the 29's onto it so i can tow it up the cape
I also picked up a lawrence combo fish finder/plotter that ill fit in the next few days

[fracturedranga]

..........Also booked my car in to get elockers fitted so its off next monday for a couple of days to get the lockers done and the diff gears changed over to 4.11 ready for my 33's to go on

If you don't mind me asking, who are you getting your lockers through and what are they costing?

lockers ended up being just shy of 2700 for the front and rear supply only, must have miss heard when he said 3 grand supplied and fitted lol.

got them through opposite lock here in townsville

[fracturedranga]

got another package today, some weathershields for the doors to stop the runoff from my highlift from running down the inside of the door
took the whole of 5 min to fit

Also fitted my sounder to the tinny today, keen as for a fish on the weekend to see how it goes

[bridgo_hilux]

Mate ur build is going great guns. I will keep a look out for u driving around tvle to say hi

[fracturedranga]

Mate ur build is going great guns. I will keep a look out for u driving around tvle to say hi

cheers mate, cant wait for the lift to go in and get my 33's on

[WPNLUX]

Awsome looking build all happening so quick love it so far!

[fracturedranga]

Awsome looking build all happening so quick love it so far!

cheers mate, bloody cyclone in brissy has delayed my bar and lift but otherwise its going well. i plan on heading up the cape in july and cant wait to get it all sorted

[kizza1]

you will have to do a little more too cape proof that trailer. change those wobble rollers for skids as they will bend the bottom of the hull. if that happens it willl track all over the joint in the water and become unpredictable. also gusset the guards as the corrugations will snap them off at the frame. also setup a turnbuckle from the eye on the front of the boat down to the base of the winch post on an angle so you can pull it foreward and down into the front rollers on both the keel and the winch post.

[fracturedranga]

you will have to do a little more too cape proof that trailer. change those wobble rollers for skids as they will bend the bottom of the hull. if that happens it willl track all over the joint in the water and become unpredictable. also gusset the guards as the corrugations will snap them off at the frame. also setup a turnbuckle from the eye on the front of the boat down to the base of the winch post on an angle so you can pull it foreward and down into the front rollers on both the keel and the winch post.

cheers man it was the plan to change to skids, ill probably change the guards completely as they wont clear the 29's.
Ill also build some stoneguards off the drawbar to try to save the boat hull. great idea on the turnbuckle i was just going to ratchet strap the buggery out of it, i do have a strap down, leave on boat cover that holds it all down snug and the motor will be going in an old tyre, strapped down in the middle of teh boat over the axles to save the transom
hopefully itll all hold together, just depends on my welds

[kizza1]

yeah thats the go. replace the split pins on the keel rollers too as they tend to snap and fall out. i have seen some good setups come through my old work. Generally they run a spare hub mounted to a stub axle bolted to the drawbar as well as a spare spring u bolted to the top side of the a frame.
also remember to have the axle under the springs so the u bolt threads dont hang down.

[fracturedranga]

got my car back from the shop today, the lockers are done!
i also picked up a voltage gauge and switch from jaycar on the way home and installed it this arvo.
I already had feeds from both batteries in the dash so apart from fitting the actual hardware it was easy as

[fracturedranga]

my new sliders turned up yesterday courtesy of monster rides, so i fitted them up this arvo. It was pretty easy except for the rear bolts on the passenger side. probably should have done the sliders before the long range tank but i eventually got the bolts through
they came awesomely packaged


fitted up


i also got some new neoprene seat covers (thanks jaydo for the link)



my lift kit and axis bar will be here next friday, cant wait to fit it up and get my 33's on . then ill start fabbing up my tray

[fracturedranga]

just a quick update,
the lux is booked in for monday to get my lift installed, the unichip injector driver installed and if my tuner can get one in in time a bluetooth module for the unichip so i can change maps from my phone.
i also ordered some braided extended break lines from safebreak.
the rest of this week is going to drag out forever, cant wait to get my 33's on!

[fracturedranga]

second Christmas for me today!
finally got my lift and axis bar and bash plates today


the rear springs werent in the box, but to matty at monster rides credit he offered to refund or pay for them local supplied as im booked in to get it installed monday (cant do it myself because the car wont fit in the garage with the lift in). matts a top bloke hes been awesome to deal with.
so as soon as i got it home and unpacked i started pulling off the toyota bar to fit the axis
Hilux naked

i bolted the winch into the cradle then with the help of my missus lifted the bar on and bolted it up and refitted the spotties and ariel


tomorrow ill cut down the guard liners so they look neater and paint the silver crap thats visible, i think ill also paint the winch hawse black to match the bar.

[fracturedranga]

i got my winch wired up today and finished off, i lost the pin outs for my AoB switches so ill have to email them to get another copy before i wire up my in car controls, but the cable is there ready to go.
i also need to pick up a hinge tomorrow to swing my number plate up to get to the winch rope.
well heres some more pics
the bracket i made for the winch controller

where i ran cable to for the in car controls

winch and control box in

grill back on and done for the day

[TRDLuxxy]

Whats the quality on the weather shields like?

[fracturedranga]

Whats the quality on the weather shields like?

they seem fairly good, theyve been on a while now and ive been down some pretty corrugated roads. They arent coming off at all

[TRDLuxxy]

Where did you purchase them? Got a link?