Well guys after two years of many different excuses it is now time for the modding to begin.

In order to avoid further procrastination I have purchased one of these:

the missus spoke to the owner John very decent bloke sorted to get it to me by week commencing 15th oct when i'm off for the week to start fitting.

The Bumper is far bigger than I had initially planned on, but given the pick-up is moving from everyday motor to general toy vehicle and as a daily driver will be replaced in early 2013 by a sensible and respectable estate I thought stuff it as I wont be pulling any punches in it I may as well give it a decent gum shield. I went for the "without light bar" version.

and one of these:

- gotta say comms and service thus far from this firm spot on it'll be here next tuesday.

I'm also gonna strip off the tub and do the chassis clean down week commencing 15/10 will post some pics in the gallery before i start some of the truck in bits and when its finished....whatever that'll look like

got some good quotes for tyres on the go too - I think i want muds but i've been offered kl78's (at) for £100 a corner fitted and balanced....decisions eh? Can you beleive it BFG at2 the old style ones £150 fitted and balanced. thats all standard 265/70/16. been told kumho kl71 is an old profile and not being produced could someone confirm thats a pile of poo?

Wish me luck - I'll be on with questions no doubt.


cheers

Malky

KL78's sound like a good deal to me at that price.Basil is ya man to talk to about 71's....

All the best with it Malky...

Mine did get dispatched today

I think the light bar is removable?

Great stuff Malky! Winch bumper and winch is a hell of a starting point for modding! Just a thought, but you sure you want to stick with standard size tyres? Not gonna end up wanting some bigger boots further down the line? The price difference is not that big really for wider and higher profile tyres.

I can see next month being Modtober

Quote: Yoda wrote in post #4

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Great stuff Malky! Winch bumper and winch is a hell of a starting point for modding! Just a thought, but you sure you want to stick with standard size tyres? Not gonna end up wanting some bigger boots further down the line? The price difference is not that big really for wider and higher profile tyres.

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I did exactly that with my tyres, first I ordered 265/70, they year after 265/75 and next spring I will order 285/75

Ofcourse there will be pics, I always put up pics of everything I do because I want everyone to see my wonderful truck.

Malky, I didn't want to do a body lift either. Whole heap of hasle and doesn't get the chassis off the ground. Granted it's the way to go if you want a big lift, but not for me. Hence why I have been waiting for the bj spacers to do the second stage of my lift. For you , maybe consider a set of Lez's shackles, bj spacers and torsion bar adjustment. This will give 3.5 inches of lift. And only cost around 100 of your hard earned pounds.

I have a set of lez's shackles shamefully stored at the bottom of a locker ......... must dig them out good point Yoda torsion bars here we come - I only have a week off though so no more adding to my to do list lol.

To adjust the bars wont take more then a half hour, maybe one if never held a wrench before.

Get yourself a set of bj spacers too while they're up for grabs Malky. As you say it's a learning curve and I can say from my experience that torsion bars to maximum will only allow 32 inch boots on. And they will still rub on compression an turning now and again. I won't suggest any other mods for now That's a pretty damn good start you've got

so list so far is
strip canopy and tub off rub down chassis prime paint and bitumen coat as necessary -(replace every bolt removed or snapped during removal process.)
remove bumper - replace bolts
wire in control unit for winch
fit winch and winch bumoper
fit shacklez and adjust torison bars
Decide what tyres to buy..... easy ...afternoons work that

lol

M

Deciding what tyres to buy was an afternoon's work in itself for me!

I fitted 32" before I adjusted the bars so that should not be a problem.

Maybe the difference is that mine are 292mm wide? They do rub...

Mine is only 265 so that is very much possible.

Oh AND I have 32mm spacers in.

I went for 265/75/16 Cooper stt muds and they caught ever so slightly at the bottom edge of the bumper but if your getting a winch bumper then that won't be an issue, there is a bit of a price difference in some tyres between the 265 and 285, I don't think the slightly wider tyre will make much if any difference off road

I was thinking more higher profile for ground clearance.

do you guys get your tyres from a special supplier? or the likes of Kwik Fit?

i would never go to kwik shit

i got my bigger tyres from Devon4x4

Quote: Danne wrote in post #10

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To adjust the bars wont take more then a half hour, maybe one if never held a wrench before.

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cheers storm ill have a search for them

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I did exactly that with my tyres, first I ordered 265/70, they year after 265/75 and next spring I will order 285/75

Ofcourse there will be pics, I always put up pics of everything I do because I want everyone to see my wonderful truck.

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