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by **seb** on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 1:59 +0000

Im enjoying this build
Looking good mate
:twisted:

by **2010Blulux** on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 2:28 +0000

Hooked back in to the front end this morning in an effort to get the swaybar spacers to fit. I figured that I'd just had too many beers yesterday. Turns out that wasn't the case. I was having trouble with the swaybar hitting the drivers side radiator support bracket preventing it from rotating enough for all the holes in the clamp/brackets to line up at once. To confirm this I removed the drivers side support and everything fell into place beautifully. So I bolted it back up finger tight and marked it for some cutting. I as pretty stoked because this is the first chance I've had to take to my new truck with a grinder, its lasted the longest of anything I've ever owned before.

Bracket marked for a little love

Trimmed and painted. I think I will take a bit more off and weld it back up again when I get my mig back from repairs but for now I just trimmed it back so far as to leave a few mm of weld behind

I bolted back up again and still didn't have quite enough so I slipped in 2 washers underneath per bolt hole and this gave me some clearance, it's not heaps maybe 4 or 5 mm but its enough for it not to touch. You can just see were a got angry and ground some more off taking the weld with it. I'll tidy this up next break I did both brackets so that the bash plates would bolt up even again.

Showing the washers from the front

Cutout from the front

All this gear looks nearly as good as it works

Also fitted up the rear shocks today too

Comparison shot. Up close you can see they are of heaps better built quality than the OEM gear

LHS in place

by **2010Blulux** on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 2:30 +0000

seb wrote:Im enjoying this build
Looking good mate

Thanks for the encouragement dude

by **2010Blulux** on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 3:01 +0000

Went for a bit of a test run this arvo. So fr all seems good, nothings fallen off or broken and no dodgy sounds. It drives 100% better than before on and off road, really smooth and responsive. I cant wait to rack some more off road Ks.

This little jump up was a pain in the ass, it wasn't a terrably difficult bit of dirt, but a huge rock behind me and that tree to the right made it a bit of a mission to get on the good line.

I think this one wins shot of the day

I threw this one in for a bit of a comparison. Its come along way in the last 6 months. This is about 10 metres further up the track from the one before.

by **danmcccc** on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 4:09 +0000

http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x38 ... 2/Sun1.jpg

very nice shot man

by **toddie** on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 6:03 +0000

looking tuff mate

love the black on blue!

toddie

by **Jack S** on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 6:41 +0000

Thanks heaps for that write up dude, this is what ill be tackling on thursday!!
Also that Xrox bar is really getting to me

Awesome looking lux man, what are the rest of the plans for it?

by **helmut79** on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 6:56 +0000

Very nice mate

by **jdnkimsr5dc** on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 7:00 +0000

Good write up buddy.. I like the way its comin together...

by **2010Blulux** on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 8:18 +0000

jdnkimsr5dc wrote:Good write up buddy.. I like the way its comin together...

helmut79 wrote:Very nice mate

toddie wrote:looking tuff mate

love the black on blue!

toddie

Cheers guys

Jack S wrote:Thanks heaps for that write up dude, this is what ill be tackling on thursday!!
Also that Xrox bar is really getting to me
Awesome looking lux man, what are the rest of the plans for it?

I've got to finish fitting up the second battery, Couple of Jerry can holders, and the snorkel should go on tomorow. After that things will grind to a halt till after the simmo trip and the wedding

danmcccc wrote:http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x387/m_roberts3012/Sun1.jpg

very nice shot man

Thanks dude, its definitely a keeper

by **KTM525EXC** on Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:15 +0000

Very nice mate 8-)

those last couple of photos look awesome :mrgreen:

by **mrpatchman** on Mon, 18 Apr 2011 3:17 +0000

Ok, ok... Hows it going?

Im ordering all this kit real soon... Just got a nice set of wheels and tyres and now need Rekon...

820mm is a full 130mm over the 690mm standard height... That would be about 5 inches.

My rear end with OME fitted leaves is only 810mm. I asked Matt about remachining to drop to a 2" standard lift.

Did Matt sort the spring rate and length specifically for your truck? Ive got a ARB Sahara bar, dual batts and a 9.5XP winch... So need to take that into account when ordering spring rates.

Looks awesome... Enjoy.

by **2010Blulux** on Mon, 18 Apr 2011 6:08 +0000

mrpatchman wrote:Ok, ok... Hows it going?

Im ordering all this kit real soon... Just got a nice set of wheels and tyres and now need Rekon...

820mm is a full 130mm over the 690mm standard height... That would be about 5 inches.

My rear end with OME fitted leaves is only 810mm. I asked Matt about remachining to drop to a 2" standard lift.

Did Matt sort the spring rate and length specifically for your truck? Ive got a ARB Sahara bar, dual batts and a 9.5XP winch... So need to take that into account when ordering spring rates.

Looks awesome... Enjoy.

I just told him what I had and he sent me the gear. Too easy. It has settled to about 805 now from bottom of rim to flare or 605 from centre of rim to flare.

by **danmcccc** on Wed, 27 Apr 2011 4:28 +0000

605...thats 4.5inches of lift

by **Hiluxboy** on Mon, 02 May 2011 2:48 +0000

That is one ugly bullbar!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad you like it :lol:

by **Jack S** on Mon, 02 May 2011 4:00 +0000

Hiluxboy wrote:That is one ugly bullbar

Ugly bar?
What are you on.....

by **2010Blulux** on Tue, 03 May 2011 2:57 +0000

Finally got around to fitting up the snorkel last break, Only a couple of small hiccups.

Started by removing the drivers side flare, the little clips for the flare and the inner guard are both a pain in the a$s. Threw on the template and marked all the holes. I didn't really want to go out and spend $70+ on a 108mm holesaw just for this job. So I just marked centre of the large hole, Centre popped it and traced it out with my verniers leaving a scribe line on the tape.

all marked out

Then I measured in 6mm from the edge and drilled 5 10mm holes so I can get the jigsaw blade in there.

5 studs with a dab of 262 each. One of these castings to retain the studs is a but bulged (the one just blocked by the intake flange) leaving a bit of a g

5 studs with a dab of 262 each. One of these castings to retain the studs is a but bulged (the one just blocked by the intake flange) leaving a bit of a gap between the front of the snorkel. I tried to heat it up with the misso's hair dryer and push it in with no luck, so I just attacked it with a course file and brought it down a few mm. It seemed to help a little, but with the hole lot all fitted up and the flare back in place you can hardly notice it.

I cant seem to find the rest of the pics, I'll whack the rest up when I get home next week.

by **D4D luxy** on Tue, 03 May 2011 4:28 +0000

Truck looks awesome mate!
That rekon gear is really starting to sound like the stuff for me! Oh so practical and all u boys that have fitted it seem so super stoked!
May have to do some looking into!

by **2010Blulux** on Tue, 03 May 2011 7:30 +0000

D4D luxy wrote:Truck looks awesome mate!
That rekon gear is really starting to sound like the stuff for me! Oh so practical and all u boys that have fitted it seem so super stoked!
May have to do some looking into!

You wont regret it mate.

by **D4D luxy** on Wed, 04 May 2011 4:39 +0000

Did u have to fit new control arms or diff drop kit or anything like that wen fitting the big gear?

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