If so you can have your own thread in this section.
This section on other websites has led to arguments and contention. People are posting pictures of their pride and joy and therefore CONSTRUCTIVE comments only please!
Smoggy's 'Rockwatt' monster rebuild
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To accommodate the articulation of the axles the bonnet is being redefined and the headlights moved inwards to make the previously 5 sectioned grille a 3 section. This is being finished off with custom front wings to smarten up the package. Richard is also chopping the shell to convert it into a trayback/pickup rear (final details still being discussed). This will be protected by an all encompassing external cage extending around the front to protect the wings and to the rear to cover the pickup sides. Instead of fitting rocksliders Redacted will be fabricating 3mm box section sills to which the cage will mount. 2x20" light bars will be fitted to the cage above the windscreen (which I recently purchased from Black Oak LED in the USA).
I have also bought 2x high output ARB compressors into which Redacted is going to make a self contained waterproof enclosure and air tank fed by breather tubes for the lockers and tyre inflation etc. My 6.5 transfer box has been sold and the funds have gone towards a more suitably ratio' d box as fitted to Dave bits for vits Jimny protected by a one off special Redacted cradle.
I already had a Goodwinch 9.5 winch on the front loaded with dyneema which Redacted is going to service for me and move to the rear. A second Goodwinch 9.5 (dyneema) I have bought is going to be fitted by Redacted also to a more suitable position at the front.
Rich is going to finish the whole thing off with a nice spray job though I haven't decided what colour to have it sprayed yet (Rockwatt said as lond as it's not camo lol though I don't think even that would be a challenge for a man of Redacted s talents).
If there's enough money left in the kitty I hope to have Richard make me some stainless steel tool chests for my recovery gear to fit the pickup beD.
Rich said the work is expected to take upto 6 months (it's a lot of work and the top man is a busy fella) but Redacted is going to post me weekly progress pics which I will post on here for you guys.
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Any colour will do so long as its not middlesbrough ones
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6 months! No chance of getting a roof rack or front bump stops now then
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Bet you can't wait now
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Smoggy wrote: Can't mate. So excited.
This looks interesting
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So.. Have to ask..
What kind of suspension are you going after? Coilovers, airshocks perhaps??
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Can't remember what engine you have.. But 35" tyres with the 1.3 ... Hmm Hope it'll be okay
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TomDK wrote:
Smoggy wrote: Can't mate. So excited.
This looks interesting
So.. Have to ask..
What kind of suspension are you going after? Coilovers, airshocks perhaps??
Can't remember what engine you have.. But 35" tyres with the 1.3 ... Hmm Hope it'll be okay
No Tom it has a 1.6 engine in. I was going to fit an Isuzu 1.7td but Redacted said that the 1.6 motor I have in is perfectly acceptable. I'm not yet sure on the finer details of the suspension setup with the exception of the points I've already mentioned.
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Smoggy wrote:
TomDK wrote:
Smoggy wrote: Can't mate. So excited.
This looks interesting
So.. Have to ask..
What kind of suspension are you going after? Coilovers, airshocks perhaps??
Can't remember what engine you have.. But 35" tyres with the 1.3 ... Hmm Hope it'll be okay
No Tom it has a 1.6 engine in. I was going to fit an Isuzu 1.7td but Redacted said that the 1.6 motor I have in is perfectly acceptable. I'm not yet sure on the finer details of the suspension setup with the exception of the points I've already mentioned.
Agree with Richard. Diesel is for farmers
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Looking forward to seeing more on this project
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