new year,new toy

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:30 am Post subject: new year,new toy

just picked up a n reg fourtrak,needs a bit of work(but dont they all)plan is to fit some 32" tyres,lift the front up to level it out,make and fit rock/tree sliders and posabley make front and rear bumpers but they will depend on what i have to cut/mod to fit the tyres as i would like to keep the std look(after modding my mates hilux that looks std but goes most places,i just love the looks on people's faces as most say that wont make then it does priceless)or just keep the std bumpers and fit a nice strong recovery point front and rear,any how on with the pics as we all like pics

Nathaniel · Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject:

Nice looking truck - I keep being tempted to paint mine matt black.....

A local fella had 35's on his indy with virtually no mods....

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject:

Nathaniel · Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:27 pm Post subject:

*** knows how he fitted them, had some strange ideas at times.

Our indy wasn't very good offroad either, I got it stuck on that low slung centre crossember quite a lot...

Winding up the torsion bars should be pretty easy tho.

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:17 am Post subject:

[quote="**** knows how he fitted them, had some strange ideas at times.

Our indy wasn't very good offroad either, I got it stuck on that low slung centre crossember quite a lot...

Winding up the torsion bars should be pretty easy tho.[/quote]

yea will do the torsion bars this weak end so its level and see if that helps much plus im looking at making a new crossember

treeboa · Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:18 am Post subject:

tow hitch with give you hangup problems, mine was a pain in the ar5e for it , a new set of rear coils will lift the back up, at n reg its prob sagging

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject:

today i took off the mud flaps,side steps and antiroll bars plus lifted the front up 40mm and that has given me 210mm from the ground -crossmember but i have only got 180mm from the ground-rear diff but that should go upto 220mm when i get some 32"tyres fitted

treeboa · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject:

heres my old trak, got me into and out of some bloody awful places, one thing i would do if your using her on road is add the higher lights, those in the bumper are prone to getting smashed

this is a big drop onto the beach from mud which it handled both ways no problems

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parrotveasey81 · Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:37 pm Post subject:

had some time at the weekend so i made up a new crossmember,next will be some rock sliders and a front recovery point

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:15 pm Post subject:

started to cut out my arches to give me more room for bigger tyres and to sort out the rust aswell,also i tryed some 33" tyres on and now i think i have the room for 35" tyres

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject:

well ive finshed the other side arches,fitted a front recovery point and sorted my front and rear bumpers and just fitted my new wheels and tyres but i think i should have got 35's not 33's but never mind

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:43 pm Post subject:

just made and fitted a 3" exhaust and give my lights the evil look

roadhogg · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:16 pm Post subject:

looks good... Wink

muddymesser · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:14 pm Post subject:

wow

Stal1878 · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:13 am Post subject:

Where did you join on the new 3" pipe Parrot? Onto the front pipe? From the shaky picture it looks a very nice job. What box have you got on there, a glass pack/straight through one? Sound good, or like a tractor like you were worried about? Razz

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:14 am Post subject:

Stal1878 · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:34 am Post subject:

Nice. Everything looks a bit foreign under there as I'm used to the old F70. Where did you end the pipe, from the pics it looks like before the rear axle?

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:08 pm Post subject:

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:24 pm Post subject:

my rock sliders

TheNewUnion · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:54 pm Post subject:

That looks mint. Been looking at a Fourtrak to be my first truck, Autotrader has several that are reasonably priced and it seems that buying one is only the beginning Very Happy

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:00 pm Post subject:

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:38 pm Post subject:

so this is why i had rear steer so i replaced them with polly bushes till i can afford some jj's to do all 4 links

ScottieJ · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:21 pm Post subject:

Hmmmmmm now where have I seen those wheels & tyres Question

before

looking good matey! looks even better in the flesh too!

Stal1878 · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:20 am Post subject:

Didn't like the rear-steer then? Ouch Razz

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:26 am Post subject:

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:06 pm Post subject:

well i thought it was time to lose some of the over hang on the rear so ive started to strip the tow bar and bumper and fit new rear lights,just need to fit the fog/reverse lights tomorrow ready for monday then i can cut the metal for the rear bumper/tank guard just need to think about what type of recovery point i want on the rear plus now i will need to mount the spare wheel on the inside of the door

Stal1878 · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:45 pm Post subject:

Hey Parrot.

The truck looks mint with the larger part of the wheels showing from the back, I take it your going to fit a small bumper high up to keep the approach angle good? I think the 2 "land rover" lamps look good on the back, whats the third lense your holding up going to be, fog or brake? If its fog I think it looks odd next to the other ones, maybe there is a space for it on the bumper? I think the fog has to be at least 6 inches anyway from the brake lamp too.....
Are the polly bushes really that bad, I know they are ment to stiffen the ride, but I though with coils/torsion it would hardly be noticeable... Are you going to keep them? I spose you'll have to, can't really waste the money chucking them away Sad

Do you just want a recovery point, or do you need a ball for towing as well?

The wheels are doing fine thanks Smile

I went up to Tamworth 2 weeks ago, which was a 300 mile round trip, no problems! I've been putting the 2 stroke in since you posted about it ages ago, I can't say I've noticed any change either way. I don't drive it everyday, so maybe thats why I haven't seen anything.
I've just bought some alloy chequer plate to do my kick-plates, the dorr lining is pretty much destroyed from when I ripped the speakers out Very Happy

My next job is to change the exhaust into a side pipe. I'm fed up of the current 3" getting crushed between the chassis and spring. Since I've got the running boards I don't know where I can get the exhaust to come out at the side...

Be sure to post the pics once you've finished the bumper!

Cheers, Ben.

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject:

the third light is the fog light and there is a reverse light on the other side as i dont want them in the bumper as they will only get broke every time i go off road,the bumper is flat on the back built into the tank guard as the fourtrak one was made of tinfoil,it will have 2 recovery points and then i will make up a drop hitch for if/when i need to tow

some progress pics of the bumper so far

Stal1878 · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:45 pm Post subject:

Thats some thick steel! 6mm? Doesn't look like much is going to be able to damage that bumper Smile

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:17 pm Post subject:

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