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well well it finally happened as a few know its been blueplated for friggin ages and the hard parts been the roadworthy and the roady wasnt hard for the fact that my car was dodgy it wasnt. its the useless as tits on a bull mechanics inspecting it. first guy wrote me a few things no major stuff fixxed it all took it back he then proceeded to write more thats when i told him to faaaark of and left there in a sideways manner (missus thought it looked good), 2nd guy he had no friggin idea at all he had arguements with a customer while i was there, long story short he was wrong customer was right, and with mine he wrote down things like body lift when the paperwork was on the seat next to him just had no clue. 3rd guys they were saints no bull**** aproach from me and them seen me come out the other side with a road worthy car with not one thing wrong, no under the table deals or nothing they plain just didnt find anything. that was 2 weeks ago since then ive been waiting for extra paperwork so i can get some no. plates. paperwork came thru and yesterday i ducked into dot and payed them some money and fitted some plates up went to tjm this morning bought a snatchy and a winch pulley to add to my collection then it was out for a test/play/try break it run at Ross and Locke for a few hrs. heres the result :P so didnt break nothing went like a champ all day of out there tomorrow with kids and dogs for a bit before show long weekend its gettin its final tune hopefully then the mods can begin cheers stewy

i got his tho to prove shes all legit in qld even has my name on it

sooooo the hilux failed roady today for 4 reasons 1. no plate lights didnt work so im sacking my missus ( ) as my light checker because that was her duty for me. 2. i forgot to plug the windscreen washer motor plug back in therfore no window washers 3. they wanna see a charcoal canister on it, no biggy 4. and since i changed my extended shackles out to factory length greasable ones olemate didnt like the shackle angle as the leafs are super long in it fix for that is to rework the springs to acheive a better angle which in turn works for me i get to run a lower ride height with a super soft spring rate with ****loads of downtravel which is ultimate. im actually diggin the new ride height feels alot more road friendly with really good offroad ability other than that everything else is cool i take it back once springs are done next week or the week after and ill defo be roadworthy. olemate also commended me on a really good job overall on the lux which made me feel better about it not passing lol cheers stewy

cheers cee-lo its gonna get a decent run/flogging this weekend see how it goes on fuel and stuff still obviously taking a few tools and spare fluids tho. cheers 1st kill i went thru the whole thread from start to finish the other night and cant believe im at the point im at as some of my posts seemed like it was going to be an endless quest lol (it still maybe hehehehe) i think it sucks i gotta tak it to the mechanic for the roady considering i am a mechanic lol oh well thats what happens when u have double trades lol but $80 roadworthy is cheaper than what it may have cost me to pay someone to fabricate what ive done. and frankensump is mint i flexed it up on the forklift at work today while running and it didnt looses oil pressure so that must be a good thing filled her up to the brim today with fresh 98 octane fuel and it seems better but its getting a proper full on tune on thursday night if i get the plates in time today i got a winch roller fairlead so fit that up tonight and do the last of the clearance mods and also booked it in for its roady tomorrow morning so tomorrow is D-DAY cheers stewy

cheers fellas its defo a huge weight of the shoulders its going for its first camping trip in 3 or 4 years this weekend coming heading out with the rest of the 4by guys for a boys weekend and its gonna be a doozy as the the tracks were hitting are either twin diff locked or high hp region tracks about 6 decent rigs going. with quads, guns, pigs, and acouple of beers

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo​oooooohoooooooooooo ooooooooooo​ooooooo woohoo woohoo woohoo the lux is passed the only issues we have is he'd like to see the clutch line bracket mounted a bit further from the head and exhaust header. my first bend on the intake is a tad close to the power steering resovoir put another 2 or 3 cable ties here and there for wiring route the fuel line away from the handbrake cable a tad further/better and shorten a heater hose a tad the only thing he is still unsure on is the extended shackles but advised me to take it as it is and see if not ill put the standards back in but overall he was mildly impressed with a number of things all really easy simple 5 min things and had nothing to do with the engineering je just advised me for roadworthy so monday its get 3rd party insurance to drive it into town. tuesday drive it into town and weld steering dampner on and take it to mechanic man for roadworthy then NUMBER PLATES so at the end of the day it payed of to take my time with it and make sure everything is 100% right, theres nothing wrong with QLD transport if you do the job right the first time stewy

everythings done bar the snorkel and mr engineer is coming to visit tomorrow and engrave me some blue plates, i should have no. plates by monday night as he's all ready approved it all in a meeting we had :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

so apart from 4 hose clamps and 2 more rivnuts in the body the airbox is 100% finished will be taking it to work tomorrow to make it look pretty the flange setup got acouple of exhaust hangers to fab up but wont get to work on her till friday got to much kid stuff to do. other than that i can wind the winch cable on and run a spanner around the whole thing and start fabricating a snorkel

winch is fitted up, allbright style solenoid is mounted under the bonnet away from evil fingers, and its wired with a incab winch in/out switch and master switch via ign as well, which is out of the way of childrens fingers and prying eyes. therefore winch will not work unless ign is turned to on and master switch is on. all the winch needs now is the wire fed on. nothing to exciting just acouple of switchs the master switch is mounted on the other side of the steering wheel also finally got around to machining the intake pipe up to suit my needs, as the lathe in my w/shop couldnt accomodate the pipe due to machine lacking care and maintenance so a mate offered to help me out and got it machined up for me. no. plates are getting closer now

ok so done some more tonight i get these sudden bursts of motivation for a few days then nothing for a bit :roll: :roll: got the ally pipe ready to machine down either tomorrow or wednesday at work for my intake pipe work and aquired some 75 series cruiser, rubber airbox mounts to mount up my airbox sitting in its final spot rubber seal, rivnuts and airfilter and the mounting tabs once intake pipe is machined i can start on the snorkel :P :P

cheers bud all my inspiration comes from a beer or 2 stewy

tiny update since gettin my tig i finshed or nearly finished the airbox pretty have the lid sorted just need to make some mounting tabs on the outside of the box then i can plumb it up and start on snorkel i learnt a trick while working for custom works in darwin so i thought id see if i could apply it to this airbox this is the lid after i welded it up and sanded it smooth and one of the edges u can see the uneven edge that needs to be tidied up and afterwards all tidied up and a constant radius all the way along the tool for the job a simple wood router using a 1/4" radius bit now my secrets out, some tips, using such a tool on ally doesnt hurt the the router bit at all, i even use a tiny bit of wax to help it but aslong as you go slow and not jerky it leaves a smooth consistant radius just as you would on timber. next time id use the next size down in radius to match the other sections that i folded on the panbrake but still this size looks and turns out good cheers stewy

getting closer now so exhaust is all fabricated just needs welding up winch is all done just needs fitting and some wiring and i recieved my new toy today to complete the rest of the lux, its allready had a workout and its worth every cent of the sub 2g there going for. so airbox is all welded up now, finish fabbing lid soon and fab some mounting tabs and its good to move onto the rest of the intake. new toy its a 200 amp AC/DC TIG with all the bells and whistles, ive been waiting 4 weeks for it and apparntly so im told its the first to be sold/used in qld of the new facelift models. its a sweet machine and exedes my expectations of a so called cheaper machine. about the 4th run TIG all dialed in and performing well so with a house move coming up in about 4 weeks i do HAVE to have the lux in a driveable/moveable state buy then lets see how i go with this deadline cheers stewy

hey need a new front bumper assembly and lower lip, plus splash pans underneath for my 08 aurion sx6 sportivo would like front bumper and lower lip intact if possible (mines cactus) dont care on colour and even if it has a few minor scratches as it will get painted blue to suit mine anyway. dont need all the clips ill buy new ones also need the carpet mines had a fairly decent mishap and as a result have no rear section in it. carpet out of any model aurion will be fine. im in cairns QLD but depending on dollar figure will freight from interstate cheers stewy

really its not that much work im just to perdantic on things for instance theres not one tech screw holding anything on if somethings been moved or somethings been added ive either made a bracket to suit or put a rivnut in. and ive gone to alot of other extremes others havent in there conversions wiring for one plus ive done absolutely everything myself now i reckon if i was to do another one knowing what i know now and what works i could knock one out exactly the same in about 3 weeks working on it solid