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 57 Chook Shed
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| posted on April 3rd, 2004 at 05:10 PM |
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Crewcab
Had hassles with my pics on the last thread so started over again!!
Rhys, Kai, Ash here`s the answers to your questions.........
I`m running 185/60/14`s on the front and 215/65/14`s on the back (it had the 215`s all round when I bought it, the steering was shocking, way too
heavy).
I raised the front up a bit coz it was about 2 inches off the ground at the base of the beam!!, the anti-roll bar was also sitting on the floor. I`ve
got around this by turning the stock anti-roll bar upside down and mounting it on the top of the suspension arm rather than the bottom. this tucks it
up out of the way nicely and clears all the steering gear which was the main potential problem. Not sure if this is a bit of a no no but can`t see any
problem with it and it seems to work fine (well I`ve obviously not killed myself or nothing!)
I made my own adjusters by the way. They are loosely based on the sway-away idea.
The 215`s are pretty hard to get off the back but all you need to do is have a suitable metal bar that you can put on the top of the spring plate and
lever down on it on the bottom of the chassis rail. A bit of jiggery pokery and they come off. I`ll possibly get a 205/65 when the 215`s wear out
although it looks FAT at the back at the moment.
Yeah, Kai, it handles fuckin great, like it`s on rails mate!! Ride is a bit choppy but who cares, it shakes the kids to sleep!
Anyway, not sure what happened to all my other pics but here`s some of how it looked and how it looks now.
Cheers
Gra.
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| posted on April 3rd, 2004 at 05:13 PM |
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During surgey with the thing literally sitting on the floor (check out the Coopers Bottle!)
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| posted on April 3rd, 2004 at 05:16 PM |
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Now...........
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| posted on April 3rd, 2004 at 05:20 PM |
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| posted on April 3rd, 2004 at 05:25 PM |
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| posted on April 3rd, 2004 at 05:37 PM |
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said it before, and i'll say it again:
looks great mate! 
i had 185/60s all round on my 73 bay, it was really really low at the front (actually failed it's m.o.t 'cos it was too low, no suspension movement
at all, so i raised it an inch  ) probably only about 2-3 inches between
the beam and the floor, the back was really low too, handled great, the ride quality was ok too.
i didn't have an anti-roll bar, when the suspension is so low ya don't need one!
kai
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| posted on April 3rd, 2004 at 05:46 PM |
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Yeah, my first Bug failed the MOT coz the tester couldn`t get the sliding jack on the hoist under the spare wheel well!!
Suppose you have to do these things though!.
Did contemplate leaving the front real low but still need to use it for taking stuff to the tip and that so need a bit of movement. Not good for the
ball joints either!!
Got about 20mm between rear bump stop and suspension arm, I cut the bumpstops down to the last "doughnut" better thet than the arm hitting the
chassis rail.
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| posted on April 3rd, 2004 at 05:59 PM |
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love it!!!!! there is something about the crewcabs that look so good when droped. one nice bay you have there chook shed
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| posted on April 3rd, 2004 at 06:01 PM |
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i take it you've removed the bumpstops completely from the front yeh? that's what was done on my old van....
and yeh, if it's too low it definately chews balljoints!!!
kai
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| posted on April 3rd, 2004 at 09:21 PM |
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Sweet, time for the Fuch's..
THE LOWEST WITH THE MOSTEST BLING BLING WINS!!
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| posted on April 4th, 2004 at 10:57 AM |
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Hot diggity, I love the bay utes ... it looks very sweet mate :thumb
Though the avatar rims do look pretty good - when do they go on, or are they still being polished up
Very, very sweet - have you done anything with the interior?? Any plans??
Congrats on an excellent piece of machinery 
¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.-> Keepin' it Real !!
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| posted on April 4th, 2004 at 08:51 PM |
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The Fuchs are a cut`n`paste job on Photoshop. I wish they were in for polishing mate!!.
Wouldn`t mind a set of 17" American Racing 5 Spokes!
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[Edited on 4-4-2004 by 57 Chook Shed]
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| posted on April 8th, 2004 at 04:52 AM |
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The Ute looks the nuts mate! another first class ride.
Also, first pic I've seen of your garage, your place looks ace dude, I'll get saving up for another visit...
Kai's engine is in my Kab! small world. Mad as toast.
Take it easy fella's, we'll all have to hook-up in the future!
Matt
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| posted on April 8th, 2004 at 11:58 PM |
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| posted on April 10th, 2004 at 11:46 AM |
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Do It Gra.
That looks so Cool
Cheers
Dave
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| posted on April 11th, 2004 at 10:03 PM |
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hey man id have to admit that twin cab is NICE!!!!! i wish i could get my hands one one when i get my Ps
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