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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:54 am

That´s right tassie, lucky me in Venezuela the laws are not that hard. ;) ......till now :)
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:14 am

Armour installed level 2+ (Roof, floor, doors and pillars armoured with ¨honeywell Goldflex¨ and 19mm cristals all around, back cabin behind rear seat armoured with ballistic steel 3mm and cover with original fabric).
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Click to view larger pictureLast two years kidnapping had been raising so me and my brother had to armour our vehicles to prevent bad consecuences. :evil: The bright side is now i can do the round trip to all southamerica that i always want´d to do very confident and secure.
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby ultimate on Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:36 am

Nice work Valerio. It's scary how big the armoured vehicle market is getting. There is already over 2000 specialist companies and the number is constantly growing.

We have worked on a lot of everyday vehicles ranging from armoured Corollas to Landcruisers and Hiluxs. Now a lot of the vehicles are being supplied to middle class families through Asia, the Middle East and South America. Not just defence organisations.

It's sad that there is a need to go down this path but it is well worth it in the long run protecting yourself and your family.

Out of interest, how much does the Triton weigh now with the +2 armouring?
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby tassie_ml on Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:39 am

ultimate wrote:Nice work Valerio. It's scary how big the armoured vehicle market is getting. There is already over 2000 specialist companies and the number is constantly growing.


and thats why we are called the lucky country.....for now :shock: :shock:
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:46 pm

Some friends and family say the armour is a little bit exagerated for the situation at our country, but i prefer to go not worried at the road.
Out of interest, how much does the Triton weigh now with the +2 armouring?

Brendan the armour weight is about 140kg. it's very light, because is 97% goldflex armour level 3, instead the ballistic steel that must companies use. The weight is mostly at the windows. Windows are level 2 and the rest is level 3, that's why they call it level 2+.
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:56 pm

Most recent mod is the ARB canopy wich arrived corrugated finish instead smooth finish as i ordered, i spoke to a friend who has a paintshop in order to change the finish to a smooth finish by applying hookit sand system, and they did it so i get my smooth finish at the end :D.
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby Homer on Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:25 pm

Looks really good mate, very well set up...and black ones always need a wash :mrgreen:
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby TJR on Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:45 pm

Wow. Your car looks like a Tank! :twisted:

I'm curious - have you got any metal framework inside your ARB canopy, or do you think the canopy will be strong enough with the roof-top camper and you on it?

Oh - and my wife want's to know if you still have the ability to use A/C?! (You really impressed her with that! :roll: )
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby tassie_ml on Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:25 pm

is the ballistic material a 'fabric' of sorts, I am assuming it goes on the inside of the panels and the glass, is that a direct replacement or layered inside the factory glass....
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby SinWolf on Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:39 pm

VALERIO wrote:Sorry :oops: these are the Arm Rest, the previous was at some beach near Colombia.
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Good day... Do these arm rests fit on the leather seats as well ?? Do you perhaps have a part number for me ?? THANKS
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby tassie_ml on Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:57 pm

hey Valerio, I just noticed you dont have the switch in the centre console for the rear window, is yours fitted with a solid rear window?? or is the switch located somewhere else in the console?

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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:40 am

I'm curious - have you got any metal framework inside your ARB canopy, or do you think the canopy will be strong enough with the roof-top camper and you on it?

Oh - and my wife want's to know if you still have the ability to use A/C?! (You really impressed her with that! )

Yes TJR i made a framework inside the canopy as i order the ARB original support and never arrived, i decided to make my own, in fact i made some mods because i add two links bar between the two main front and rear archs to made the frame more rigid with less weight.
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and to attach the roof top tent i use a bolt in rubber (because i don't like the roof racks and to mantain the tent the lowerest i could to prevent aerodinamic drag and to prevent garage crashes).
With the a/c i just had to modified a little bit the base at the tent and the support and to add a rubber to prevent damage to the canopy window when it's open.
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:51 am

is the ballistic material a 'fabric' of sorts, I am assuming it goes on the inside of the panels and the glass, is that a direct replacement or layered inside the factory glass....


Hey tassie, the ballistic material is a sort of a fiber-fabric-carton like.
The windows are totally replaced with a 19mm ballistic glass wich is a sort of many layers of glass and ballistic coats with different functions, there layers to disperse force, anothers to fragment the bullets and anothers to cath it. The windows are certified to resist .22 to 38, 9mm, .40, .45, machine guns, 357 and others similars. I made a test firing 7 projectiles of "9mm fullmetal jacket" on the same hole and the glass resisted without a problems. :twisted:
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:54 am

These is the rubbers i use to attach the roof tnet to the canopyClick to view larger picture
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:02 am

Good day... Do these arm rests fit on the leather seats as well ?? Do you perhaps have a part number for me ?? THANKS

Hello Sinwolf i'm not quite sure if there is a leather option for the arm rest, but check here and maybe you can make a contact to ask for it>
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For the fabric finish arm rest the part number is MZ314109
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:06 am

hey Valerio, I just noticed you dont have the switch in the centre console for the rear window, is yours fitted with a solid rear window?? or is the switch located somewhere else in the console?

Hey Tassie, my triton has a solid rear window before and after the armour work that's why i don't have the switch
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Thu May 12, 2011 11:32 am

New bigger and improved roof top tent installed. 1.65mt wide, my daughter is getting bigger, she's 4 years old already so the previous tent got small for us.Click to view larger pictureClick to view larger picture
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby andyj on Fri May 13, 2011 8:24 pm

Looks good Val
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Valerio´s Triton

Postby fridgie on Fri May 13, 2011 11:04 pm

Good to see the air con still fits ;) :lol:
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby giancarlo93 on Sat May 14, 2011 5:27 am

nice truck and roof tent with the air condition.
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Tue May 17, 2011 2:07 am

Thanks Giancarlo, a/c at the tent is very useful on tropic weather! :D
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Mon May 23, 2011 12:49 pm

A couples of month ago I made the washer bottle modification, I bought a universal washer bottle kit and installed attached to ballistic steel battery protection surrounding the battery of my triton (These protection was added when I got the armour work) At first i used the electric pump that came at the kit, but it was so so crapy :evil: it leaks water, so i decided to use the original pump and open a hole to install it on the new bottle, I use the original seal and apply some sikaflex, it was ok. These is the result
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These bottle has 1.5 lts capacity, it's not the best but is enough
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:05 am

I removed the lower arb bull bar covers to get a better approach angle, now i've to design and fabricate a new ones for a good finish
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:16 pm

I already installed the new bucket seats :D :D :D
Good bye to the original crappy seats. Now i'll be sitting in these
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Tomorrow i'll post some pics of the work ended
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Re: Valerio´s Triton

Postby VALERIO on Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:34 pm

Hi guys.
Since in my country the super intelligent people at the transit government institute decided that bullbars are dangerous, everybody has to take off the bullbars and wait for a final decision because the organized 4x4 groups appeal the introduction of these law. So meanwhile to avoid problems with the police i decide to took off the bullbar and get the original aspect again :evil: with the buy of a new original bumper as a consequence :evil:
But as i don't want to loss the winch benefits, a stealth winch base is been developed at my factory. :twisted:Click to view larger picture
I'll replace the roller fairlead for the slim hawse fairlead in order to get it hyde behind the license plate.
Other point to got mad :evil: was the double fender flare cut that the arb dealer made when installed the bulbar.... i don't know why... Click to view larger picture
As it was impossible to find a pair of front fender flares and i need to use the ute, well i decided to make a link path between both fender parts.Click to view larger picture
So far these is the result
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I'll post more pis next week.
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