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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:53 pm

hcr83 wrote:Gday Krazed

just wondering what size tyres you are running on your machine??



hey bud . I Got some 265/75/16 federal couragia's on 16x7 csa ranger steelies 0 offset ;)

p.s . the fronts are debateable but the back tyres do stick out of the flares a little . for the look im willing to run the risk 8-) . Alternatively you could run them on +7 offset and they would all be in the guards
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:01 pm

Duck wrote:Very nice looking Ute mate 8-) Good job on the side steps, how much did the material cost for them ?


Hi Duck . I was able to find a merchant who sold cts steel (cut to size) rather than the full lengths (6.5m). Being that im in the cabinetmaking/wood machinist game and he needs some kitchen stuff made i was able to get everything at trade price and have done for a few mates too. all up it was about 250-280$ including the checker plate which was the most expensive stuff out of it all . if your in seq i can give you his number and just drop my name and he will look after ya ;) . I just sprayed mine but its starting to fade off abit after a year now . I will be pulling them off and sandblasting them down sometime soon . Will respray again and put a couple of clears over it next time . Alternatively you could get them powdercoated 8-) . need any other info shoot me a pm
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby Duck on Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:07 pm

krazed wrote:
Duck wrote:Very nice looking Ute mate 8-) Good job on the side steps, how much did the material cost for them ?


Hi Duck . I was able to find a merchant who sold cts steel (cut to size) rather than the full lengths (6.5m). Being that im in the cabinetmaking/wood machinist game and he needs some kitchen stuff made i was able to get everything at trade price and have done for a few mates too. all up it was about 250-280$ including the checker plate which was the most expensive stuff out of it all . if your in seq i can give you his number and just drop my name and he will look after ya ;) . I just sprayed mine but its starting to fade off abit after a year now . I will be pulling them off and sandblasting them down sometime soon . Will respray again and put a couple of clears over it next time . Alternatively you could get them powdercoated 8-) . need any other info shoot me a pm


In SEQ I'm just around the corner from you :lol: Sounds cheap enough, But will have to wait untill my brother inlaw, finds time to do the welding. They look good for the money :D :D :D
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby bp1495 on Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:34 pm

Hey mate great looking rig, just wondering what wheel nuts you were using with the NM pajero alloys?
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:33 pm

bp1495 wrote:Hey mate great looking rig, just wondering what wheel nuts you were using with the NM pajero alloys?


Hey mate i was using the standard mn triton wheel nuts for the pajero alloys (exactly the same from what i could see??) when i had them on. Father inlaw lent me the rims and wheel nuts, but the nuts i just kept as spares in the glove box . ;)
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby viking shippy on Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:55 pm

krazed wrote:
bp1495 wrote:Hey mate great looking rig, just wondering what wheel nuts you were using with the NM pajero alloys?


Hey mate i was using the standard mn triton wheel nuts for the pajero alloys (exactly the same from what i could see??) when i had them on. Father inlaw lent me the rims and wheel nuts, but the nuts i just kept as spares in the glove box . ;)

Carfull you don't pull the dash apart looking for the rattle....
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby bp1495 on Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:20 pm

krazed wrote:
bp1495 wrote:Hey mate great looking rig, just wondering what wheel nuts you were using with the NM pajero alloys?


Hey mate i was using the standard mn triton wheel nuts for the pajero alloys (exactly the same from what i could see??) when i had them on. Father inlaw lent me the rims and wheel nuts, but the nuts i just kept as spares in the glove box . ;)


Cheers mate, as i said, great looking rig
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:22 pm

bp1495 wrote:
krazed wrote:
bp1495 wrote:Hey mate great looking rig, just wondering what wheel nuts you were using with the NM pajero alloys?


Hey mate i was using the standard mn triton wheel nuts for the pajero alloys (exactly the same from what i could see??) when i had them on. Father inlaw lent me the rims and wheel nuts, but the nuts i just kept as spares in the glove box . ;)


Cheers mate, as i said, great looking rig



thanks mate i'm pretty happy with it ;)
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:27 pm

viking shippy wrote:
krazed wrote:
bp1495 wrote:Hey mate great looking rig, just wondering what wheel nuts you were using with the NM pajero alloys?


Hey mate i was using the standard mn triton wheel nuts for the pajero alloys (exactly the same from what i could see??) when i had them on. Father inlaw lent me the rims and wheel nuts, but the nuts i just kept as spares in the glove box . ;)

Carfull you don't pull the dash apart looking for the rattle....


funny you say that . i had a bad rattle/squeak coming from the back seat area ! pissed me off for weeks :evil: Wifey thought it was the zips on the awning rattling but i could still hear it the same with the windows up . I though it may have been the seat belt rattling against the door or what not but it wasn't . Turned out to be one of the bars for taking the spare wheel had fallen out of its clips and was rattling around behind the seat ! at least i know whats causing it now as its been intermittent over the last year :lol:
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby viking shippy on Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:03 pm

Or the pass seat belt being twisted and vibrating against the b pillar.
Or a pen lid in the vent that would rattle at 100k
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:27 pm

viking shippy wrote:Or the pass seat belt being twisted and vibrating against the b pillar.
Or a pen lid in the vent that would rattle at 100k



passenger seat belt happens a fair bit too . I generally just have all belts clipped in to avoid the dramas ;)
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby mntriton2010 on Mon Dec 02, 2013 3:08 pm

Very tidy build indeed. similar to what i have in mind for mine eventually. cash flow permitting hahahaha
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:13 pm

just bumping to make it easier to find tomorrow . A couple of photo updates coming including lightbar , front locker and custom rocker switch panel .
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby fridgie on Fri Sep 05, 2014 12:58 pm

8-) look forward to the pics
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Sat Sep 06, 2014 11:30 am

Been awhile since my last update . Well been awhile since i have done anything to the car anyway as have been paying more attention to setting up the camper trailer ;) . Plan was to get a front locker in with the tax return but before hand a few things needed doing .

1st thing was i wanted to get the 22inch lightbar on to the bullbar but quickly found out it was illegal to whack it on the top where i had originally planned . So i had to start looking for somewhere or someway to get the winchbox off the bullbar . I was thinking of running it straight to some rocker switches instead of having the box but it was going to end up a bit $$$ more than what its worth . ( i still may try something there in the coming months as i was thinking of running the control wire in to the cab and chopping the controller of and wiring that up to some switches but i need to investigate it a little more) . I ended up finding that it fits perfect in behind the middle of the front grille right behind the diamond . I just have it ziptied for the moment but will fab up a mounting bracket at some stage . For the time being its nice and secure anyway .

With that headache out of the way i mounted the lightbar up and got on to the wiring . Never used a relay before so took a bit of reading to get the jist of it all but ended up pretty easy in the end . While i was running wires for the lightbar i got my compressor from arb so i could have it pre installed ready for the locker install . Finding a spot to mount that was fun but after seeing what chill had going on when he came out to fix a machine at work i decided i'd steal his spot . Ended up taking the fuel filter out and bolting it to the bracket that holds the fuel filter . I had to move my dual battery isolator and mega fuse to make the room but it all fits nicely now .

Got all the wiring run in to the cab so it was time to chop in the 3 rocker switch panel i got from ebay . That was easy enough and then it was just to connect up the switches . Anyway heres a few pics .


Lightbar mounted . Looks alot tidier than a dirty old winchbox 8-)
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where i mounted the compressor

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rocker panel and switches (day)

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Rockers at night

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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby Bogor on Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:55 pm

Looking good mate.
Exactly what I want to do to mine one day :)
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Sat Sep 06, 2014 5:55 pm

Bogor wrote:Looking good mate.
Exactly what I want to do to mine one day :)



Cheers davo ! :) Lets tee up a weekend to get these brush bars done ;)
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby Wusty on Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:42 am

Love the zombie light switch. I bought one and a lightbar (3 weeks ago) one day haah. How is the lightbar? Throws a fair bit of light?
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby Bretty1307 on Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:11 pm

Excellent fab work mate. Looks really proffesional!
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:19 pm

Wusty wrote:Love the zombie light switch. I bought one and a lightbar (3 weeks ago) one day haah. How is the lightbar? Throws a fair bit of light?
Cheers



Yeh as soon as i saw the switch i wanted it :lol: Lightbar goes awesome ! :) . Got to test it out at landcruiser park a few weeks back and it lights up half the campground . I would say though they are not really much chop for distance but it puts out a massive spread and more than enough light for my liking . 8-)
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby Wusty on Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:16 am

krazed wrote:
Wusty wrote:Love the zombie light switch. I bought one and a lightbar (3 weeks ago) one day haah. How is the lightbar? Throws a fair bit of light?
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Yeh as soon as i saw the switch i wanted it :lol: Lightbar goes awesome ! :) . Got to test it out at landcruiser park a few weeks back and it lights up half the campground . I would say though they are not really much chop for distance but it puts out a massive spread and more than enough light for my liking . 8-)



That's good. What I wante to hear. Mainly wanted spread for the roos. Distance is pretty good for standard high beams I thought.
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:33 pm

As some may be aware i was rear ended a month and a half ago (4 cars all up). anyways thought id share the outcome.

So .. Got the rig back yesterday . Shes all fixed up and is going great :D .

So from the start i had some massive run arounds to do at the start but it all worked out well in the end .

1st) i obviously got a novice at racq on the phone when i lodged my claim as they buggered it right up . the smash repairer had no idea what was going on as they didn't receive the info needed . When i rocked up there for my evaluation they didn't really want a bar of it as there was no paperwork but nevertheless they done it for me in the end .
2) they were trying to get me to pay an excess even though i wasn't at fault . After a few phone calls and a couple of weeks i finally got on to someone who linked all our claims (still hadn't been linked 2 weeks after the crash :roll: ) and waived the excess for me .

The repairer sent me a copy of the quote which i am so glad that happened otherwise i wouldn't have done the running around to get what i want i would have just taken the repair . Once i noticed there was 3.6k worth of damage to the tub and rear bar it got me thinking . I was thinking [censored] i have wanted an ally tray for awhile surely racq would rather give me an ally tray and towbar as it would save them money and its what i had planned on changing to in the near future anyway .

After a phone call and a few hours of waiting Boom! it was approved by racq . Back an forward with the repairer at this point as i don't think he was 2 happy because he had massively over inflated his prices to make some quick cash especially on the rear bar (1800$ :shock: ). He made me do all the running around then sending me off to shops for quotes etc but it worked perfectly . The 4x4 store also said the bullbar had been compromised and needed to be replaced with a bar of my choice :twisted: .

So it took a month of running around by me in the end and 2.5 weeks in the repairer and this is how she sits now 8-) still need to put the slider back on but Stoked nevertheless !! My advice to anyone who finds themself in the same situation is take your time , explore your options and make it work out best for you ;) .


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Only problem is now it opens up a whole heap of other mods ..... Canvas canopy ... toolboxes .. air and water tanks .. you see where this is going ;) .. Anyways just glad to have her back in one piece and bring on the easter holidays :D
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby 4wd26 on Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:22 pm

Looks good, but is that a GLX towbar, looks to hang low, or is the tray high?
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby AUS4X4 on Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:21 pm

Sweet rig. I like the set up you've got. And glad to see things worked out well with the insurance claim.
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Re: Krazed's Mn Build Up

Postby krazed on Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:26 am

Dunno 26 ??? Tray is high id say . I think its a bad angle in the photo ?? . If i take the tongue out lowest part is 610mm to bottom of bar . Take in to account the tray is only 1600l too . I also think its sits about 400mm back from where the tjm one did so im winning . It definitely doesn't look low in person and ill try for a few more pics in the coming days
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