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turbo-tom
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by turbo-tom » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:45 pm
got to leave the petrol tank side of things as i need to order my checker plate.
so i have started to paint the front arches
from this
to this
then got a bit carried away
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doing the leaf springs , steering rods , axle , diff , oh and im missing a bumpstop but new ones should be on tomorrow
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by Tramp » Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:10 pm
Calmini shackle reversal kits are great aren't they? Did you weld your reversal towers to your winch bumper? Is that already welded to your chassis? The only thing I don't like about the calmini kit is how the towers mount to the front of the chassis I was thinking of making some packers to sit inside the chassis cross section to give the tower something to tighten on to
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by turbo-tom » Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:49 pm
Tramp wrote:Calmini shackle reversal kits are great aren't they? Did you weld your reversal towers to your winch bumper? Is that already welded to your chassis? The only thing I don't like about the calmini kit is how the towers mount to the front of the chassis I was thinking of making some packers to sit inside the chassis cross section to give the tower something to tighten on to
they great for what i need suspension for but pretty hard but that probably down to my shocks , i cant weld at all i bought it like it but whoever built it must of been wanting to die this re build has learnt me alot
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, the towers are bolted though the chassi and welded i think cant actually remember , my winch bumper (on the truck when i bought it) is scary really thinking about chopping it of and starting again just been made up of bits of scrap and stuck together with blue tac aka a shit weld, has got other bolting points aswell though
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by turbo-tom » Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:05 pm
bumpstops due for replacement its a bit obvious what ones are the old ones!
need to paint my shocks im thinking!!
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by Anton » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:46 am
I really like those bumpstops! Great build, Tom. And yes, paint those shocks!
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by Tramp » Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:04 am
where did you get the bump stops from? I think yours are mounted a bit high! my calmini kit came with some extension blocks, didn't yours? My shocks are rusting in exactly the same place! it matches the sills!
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by turbo-tom » Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:52 am
Tramp wrote:where did you get the bump stops from? I think yours are mounted a bit high! my calmini kit came with some extension blocks, didn't yours? My shocks are rusting in exactly the same place! it matches the sills!
got them from a fellow person on the scuk facebook page thing if i remember correctly
regarding the calmini suspension i really dont know mate it came with the truck and it works a treat so i have just left it the only thing i have for it is the recite in the service history
Anton wrote:I really like those bumpstops! Great build, Tom. And yes, paint those shocks!
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my shocks yeah i dont know what colour to paint them
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by turbo-tom » Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:46 pm
painted my battery strap and chamber thing today
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stolen the idea from a fellow scuk member (hope you didnt mind!)
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by Tramp » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:01 am
Nice one, heres my bumpstops with the Calmini kit spacers fitted,
I imagine you will need something similar if you want them to work as they should. It would be a real shame to see you buy brand new spacers & have them not work because they are too high.
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by turbo-tom » Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:17 am
Tramp wrote:Nice one, heres my bumpstops with the Calmini kit spacers fitted,
I imagine you will need something similar if you want them to work as they should. It would be a real shame to see you buy brand new spacers & have them not work because they are too high.
ahh never seen something like that before!? i take it mine are allright because i can pretty much get my wheel right up into the arch when i flex it on a ramp, but if i have problems do you know were i would be able to get them?
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