kwyjibo's Build Thread

[kwyjibo]

OK so after about 3 weeks and me pestering OL every few days i finally received my xrox bar, oh happy day!!

at this point i should note that on the preview post page did not show the right hand extension of the pics, may need to right click them & open them in a new window?

anyway this is how it came packaged from WA

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i could not help myself and had to unpack it that afternoon and clamp it together to see it and make sure it wasn't just rocks inside the box . looked like this...

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it was very painful having to wait 3 more days till the weekend till i could fit it up... it was hard to work i couldn't concentrate on my job it was terrible, indeed a present that u know is there but u can't play with it yet(impatient)

So finally saturday came, invited a few triton fanboys over to help me chuck it on and eventually they showed up, jimmy was the first one to show (bonuses of living couple mins away ). so we drove it up onto the track step things and it was the nudge bars final hour... last time the car would look like this

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stupid 3 photo limit, posting next part in a little bit...

[kwyjibo]

so with great difficulty we ripped the nudge bar off that was pretty much bashed/moulded into the bottom of the bumper from the hard hits it has taken poor thing, but it seems to have served it purpose and then some! those who have seen it in person know what i'm talking about, the photo doesn't do it justice but here is what it looks like...

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Homer showed up just in time for the exciting stuff, the cutting! so removed all the plugs and screws and inner mud guards holding the bottom half of the bumper to the car so only the top bolts were in, it seems they reckon u can cut the bumper with it still attached, yep ok no problem get out the masking tape and make the measurements, from what i found out there are NO pictures of a triton with an xrox bar on, opposite lock didn't even have photos, so if there's NO photo proof then i hereby claim first xrox triton install in QLD . anyway there was only 4 points to mark on the bumper and we had to make our own line, added an extra cm of play for later.

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[kwyjibo]

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As u can se from that picture Fridgie had also shown up at this point so i could retire the shitty phone camera and the rest of the photos i will link directly from his photobucket account. I really hope all the links work haha

So removed the washer bottle and fog light plugs all stuff that was hanging down and cut the inner guards to size, Homer looks like hes doing something else while holding the guard


doing a few little touch ups to make sure its straigt, ofcourse i had to nick some of the steel behind the bumper too damn u fridgie with the photos!


Then it was time to assemble the bar, how many guys does it take to put together a tube bar? so many bolts, and no Homer you cannot tighten the front allen key bolt with a spanner no matter how hard u try


this place is turning into a gang hangout, what will the neighbors think?!?


a mock fitup, it can sit there without any bolts to make sure its all fitting good

bloody wavy tape doesn't go in a straight line i'm gonna call bunnings and complain


Diablo also showed up and really helped out here, at some points he was the only guy working on the car


once everything was ready car was reversed out of shed to give it a hose down in the radiator area... so much crap in there... triton looks beasty without any bumper


Shes really starting to look the part now


Drilling the extra holes here... we will NOT mention the "incident" where a 12mm drillbit snagged and was snapped clean in half and lives could have been lost... if there's no photos it didn't happen!!


Chicky shows up, "aren't ya finished yet" casual as always, but he did lend a hand eventually , cheers mate


could not continue without taking a triton stubbie holder photo


rather hard to touch up the cut with the bar still attached, half assed attempt with a hacksaw blade

screw this i can cut just as close with the grinder


day wouldn't be complete without someone hurting themselves, yer i fell ass over into all the sharp shit in the garage trying to get something


Mmmm chips


black spray paint fixes everything! blacking out the gunmetal bits behind the bar



bit of gloss black to cover the bolts... will probably wear off in a week, looks ok in daylight


finished product


yep she's sturdy, i just had to do it


it seems i will need another smaller join bash plate as OL didn't seem to have one...


and airing down for our little covert night run at ormeau


good approach angle


damn led's look cool, poor chicky missed out again




such a charmer


wish i had a difflock

and the bar is now christened

and there are heaps more photos on fridgies album on that site, just click forward and back.

i think thats it?

and no i didn't go back through and spell check it or see if the write up makes sense, so i don't care

[kwyjibo]

oh yeah a VERY big thank you to Jimmy Homer Fridgie Diablo and Chicky... it would have been a 2day job without you guys and alot more trouble , i owe you all a few cold beers cheers guys

[jop]

Hey Kyle - if you edit the above post and highlight each botophucket link and click image they will show up in the post

[kwyjibo]

wow thanks man, fixed it , sorry to those who have already read it

[jop]

Looks great mate, heading out to scenic early sat?

[Homer]

I edited and fixed your crappy posting Kyle ...and Homer was doing 2 things..

1. Trying to stay out of the f*cking photo..
2. Trying to stay away from the madman who'd just stuck the grinder into the front of his car while looking around

[kwyjibo]

i really should get a photobucket account, but i need a real camera first

here are a few day shots with my camera phone,

[4wd26]

looks good- and sounds like fun.

[QueenslandeR]

great writeup kyle, looks like youse had fun fitting it too. Steel comp tray on the back next?

[kwyjibo]

i'm too fast for you old man, already did it before u "changed" them... and if theres no photo evidence it didn't happen!!




oh wait there is, stay away Jimmy!!



**EDIT** and to ANY of you who were at the geraldine meet up, if you think you spent over 3hrs cleaning under your car and all the mud is gone.... your wrong

almost lost a bloody limb when this plate dropped

[al coholic]

Looks really good Kyle...........i like it!!!

[jop]

Hmmmmm looks like it is cut at a similar height as my ironman bar - how much was it again?

[kwyjibo]

great writeup kyle, looks like youse had fun fitting it too. Steel comp tray on the back next?

seriously overdue for a lift kit, the xrox sorta looks sad when ute has std suspension, plus its shagged bad its probably lower than std

[Homer]

Looks good mate...shoulda known not to try and out geek a youngun

Heaps better approach angle and looks tuffer than a normal style bar I reckon

[Steane]

Does look good kwyjibo, thanks for sharing.

This is the style of bar I really wanted but ended up getting the ironman commercial bar at a price I couldn't refuse at the time. As jop has noticed...we should be able to unbolt our normal bars, cut the bumper a bit higher and bolt the xrox straight on. We'll see...we'll see...

You guys want to take your mudflaps off as well and get the mud out of those. It sits in there against the metalwork. Poor design by Mitsubishi. I do it after any mud run, just to stop any rust starting as water won't flush it out.

[Diablo]

Let me know when you need a hand on your next project Kwyjibo. always keen to work on cars and have a beer in a shed

nice writeup too mate.

[MUD LARK]

Wow, it looks awesome, mate!! It looks mean & manly, unlike other bars!!
Can't wait to have my custom made x-rox installed in 2 weeks time!!
Great write up and the pics, many thanks!!
Btw, can I ask, how much did it cost & the freight?

Cheers,
Mud Lark

[borngeek]

nice one kwyji!!!

nice bar mate been waiting for this one

looks tops and nice clean install especially given the hopeless gallery

//diablo we waiting for your snorkel install mate!!

[Diablo]

//diablo we waiting for your snorkel install mate!!

me too, and unfortunatly im waiting on approval from the mrs to be able to. apparently its HER truck and im not putting holes in it or something like that.

[borngeek]

//diablo we waiting for your snorkel install mate!!

me too, and unfortunatly im waiting on approval from the mrs to be able to. apparently its HER truck and im not putting holes in it or something like that.

show her how nice it looks here and how the geek needs one too and it would be selfish to hold back and all

back on topic, your bar is still looking like my option kwyjibo

//this site costs me heaps....

[chick_magnet_0001]

yer so when are we all going around to diablos place to errrrrr help/drink piss and laugh when he does a "fridgie" and [censored] up the hole in the quarter panel

[Diablo]

yer so when are we all going around to diablos place to errrrrr help/drink piss and laugh when he does a "fridgie" and [censored] up the hole in the quarter panel

when the mrs next goes to visit her mum in newcastle for a week

and then again when she comes back home, cause I might need witnesses

[borngeek]

yer so when are we all going around to diablos place to errrrrr help/drink piss and laugh when he does a "fridgie" and [censored] up the hole in the quarter panel

your frustrated mate just fork out the coin and get it sorted mate.... its embarassing