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Re: vitara sort out

Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 6:23 pm
by RickUK
Thats starting to look very nice,i bet you will need a bigger engine to drag all that extra metal around that you have welded in :weld: :weld: :lol:

Re: vitara sort out

Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 6:50 pm
by shredder
haha just wait till ive done my bumper (mostly angle iron :lol: ) although I do wonder about the engine power I know its only a 1.6 but considering they seem to be constructed from biscuit tins it does seem rather sluggish is this normal?

Re: vitara sort out

Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 9:30 pm
by shredder
did some work on the small chassis holes today there is one on the other side to but the wind was interfering with my welding!
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not quite sure what to do about the hole at the front of the arch for now im just gonna leave it not sure whether to just rivet a patch over the hole or try welding something in? but of a sod of a shape!
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started on my bumper think its going to take some thinking got an idea in my head just need to get it into metal :er:
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Re: vitara sort out

Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 6:22 pm
by shredder
bit more bumper work
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bit windy again today so tacked it up with my arc then welded it up with the mig (only 2 rods left for arc) in my coal shed ;)
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this is what im working towards seen here lovingly crafted in cardboard and ductape :lol:
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Re: vitara sort out

Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 8:44 am
by Anton
I like that! I'm going to redo my front bumper eventually, and I'll probably do something similar, tapering down to a skid plate. Maybe. :lol:

Re: vitara sort out

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 7:15 pm
by shredder
well not had a chance to do any more welding but added my trade mark stickers haha
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one thing you will notice here is where the previous owner has painted over the high level brake light presumably to pass an MOT
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I took the unit out with the view to replacing it, eh yeah right! oh how silly I was to think you could find one of these :x so I took the unit to bits and found out why only 4 LEDs were illuminating
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I cleaned the paint off the lens and as you can see also managed to break it into three bits while taking it apart :pissed:
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ordered me one of these, 24cm LED strip
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now unfortunately I managed to loose one of the bits I broke off at the mounting :oops: so decide I might manage to make something up with this :lol:
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fortunately and completely by chance when I went out to go to the shop for some superglue there was the offending article sitting beside my path (I had looked for it for three days!!)
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so there we go lens back together, LEDs installed, unit glued back together and she's sorted :thumbup:
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Re: vitara sort out

Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 5:26 pm
by Anton
I want a high level brake light like that for my SJ...

Maybe I should make one like you have.

Re: vitara sort out

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:38 pm
by shredder
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got some new(ish) boots!
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bit more bumper work
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Re: vitara sort out

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:16 pm
by shredder
wishbones finally on who thought it would be a great design to have to remove the drive shaft to get ball joint in?? :argh: , got my new shiny track rods to go in now
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Re: vitara sort out

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 2:37 pm
by Rhinoman
Those wishbones are quite rotten, I did find that the standard wishbones were always full of mud.