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by **Jay7953** on Tue, 17 Jan 2012 4:18 +0000

Hey mate nice Lux I really like what you've done with it. Can you tell me where you got your fuel tank (cell) from? I've got a 96 dual cab Lux that I'm very slowly doing up and would like to install a bigger tank like you've done maybe to give it room for coils but to at least up the fuel capacity. Also how do you think your tray would go covering the tyres if you went with a gu rear diff instead of a gq?

Cheers bud,
Jacob

by **BushTuckerNed** on Tue, 17 Jan 2012 4:43 +0000

hey mate

i dont really know where the tank was made. i was told long range automotive by the guy who orginally had a crack at doing my suspension and failed

but after going down to LRA because it is made terrible, they deny it and their stamp which they weld on all tanks is not there. They just wouldnt make a tank in this way either, judging by the way its poorly made. Im guessing the guy doing the suspension made it....long story

But i would go to LRA in Lillydale and see what they can do.

My tyres stick out a bit now with the gq diff, so will be worse obviously with the GU. Dont think ill need a GU rear tho

by **Jay7953** on Wed, 18 Jan 2012 5:36 +0000

Hey mate cheers for that I'm looking forward to see more updates of this truck

Cheers bud,
Jacob

by **Unidriveshafts** on Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:15 +0000

Nice build, Any more updates on this ??

by **BushTuckerNed** on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 6:48 +0000

Unidriveshafts wrote:Nice build, Any more updates on this ??

Big auto cooler

rear mount radiator

custom rear sway bar

Rear mounted batteries (dont pay attention to my little dodgey wiring

)
Has an isolater wired in too

Winch tucked in

I have now installed guages (oil pressure, trans temp, volts and water temp), some crappy flares, recovery hooks and borrowed some rope to take it on a drive this weekend :mrgreen:

Next is to tune the shocks i think, its way to stiff because the spring rates are all wrong

by **Jack S** on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 7:15 +0000

Looking tough as man!
Love it...

What size shocks are you running? 16" or 18"...

by **BushTuckerNed** on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 8:07 +0000

Cheers mate

There actually 10" front 12" rear

Won't really get much more travel in the front with a standard 3 link system. I'd prefer mainly up travel too for hitting stuff hard

by **Jack S** on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 8:26 +0000

Oh really my bad, they looked nice and long in the photo of the rear where you can see the shock!
Photo has obvisouly made them look near twice as long :lol:

by **Hilux Max** on Sun, 16 Sep 2012 6:20 +0000

Ned, what events you planning on running since the Vic Winch series is pretty much non existant anymore?

by **inluxhvn** on Sun, 16 Sep 2012 4:30 +0000

This is awesome nice truck

by **BushTuckerNed** on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 1:57 +0000

The Vic winch race scene could be back sooner rather than later. So hopefully if all goes well ill be racing any of those events when I can. I can't really do any other events with how the car is set up now

Took it on its maiden voyage to the Strathbogies on the weekend. It went pretty well considering the suspension isn't tuned correctly (very stiff) and I don't have lockers

The barwork works awesome and is missing paint to show it

by **Hilux Max** on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 2:37 +0000

Be good to see some winch comps happeneing again in Vic.

by **Jack S** on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 9:42 +0000

You said it can't really go in any other comp with how it is setup!
What actually makes a winch truck a 'winch truck' and why can't it gO in other comps...

by **BushTuckerNed** on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 4:30 +0000

The only other event i would want to enter is offroad racing.

For that i would need more suspension travel, drop some barwork and panels on the rear. I could do it with fibreglass panels or using the sides of a tub and just entering for some fun. But there are bigger costs involved in travelling to the event and other things the car would need

Ill be happy doing day trips in it for now

by **MUD000** on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 4:20 +0000

We will hopefully be running a couple of comps next year if we can sort the driveway out. We ran a series of the engel a couple of years ago & everyone who entered loved it. Just need some dry weather to make it all happen.
CHeers Dan

by **BushTuckerNed** on Thu, 20 Sep 2012 3:54 +0000

MUD000 wrote:We will hopefully be running a couple of comps next year if we can sort the driveway out. We ran a series of the engel a couple of years ago & everyone who entered loved it. Just need some dry weather to make it all happen.
CHeers Dan

Sweet as

I didnt get to make it up there for the last ones, but looking at the footage my barwork would come in handy

by **MUD000** on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 5:13 +0000

Yep sure will. Your ute looks sweet as. At the moment the driveway could be a stage in itself hopefully over summer if its dry we will get a chance to fix it
Cheers Dan

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