TD5 Build up from stock

[mylosh]

Hey guys, Just new to the forum here. Bought a 2000 TD5 Manual 7 weeks ago and have been working on it since then on the weekends. Have done a bit so far. Just thought i'd share with those who were interested. Sorry if this is the wrong area to post. :o
-Mylo

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First day in my name! The cleanest it probably will ever be!

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Shiny new roof rack looks a bit weird on a stock car :D

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Did a trip to Flinders rangers the day i got it registered. Just a casual 4000km's on an untested car, no sweat lol

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Starting the snorkel installation.....and the beer installations!

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Hole cut with Nibblers! nerve wracking!

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Snorkel in!

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2" suspension dropping kit! arrrggghhhh too many parts!!!

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Starting the 2" dropping kit.

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Castor arms in.

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Mate having a break

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Another view

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Hard to see here, but 2" suspension lift is now in too! So although it doesnt look like it. That's 4 inches of lift now!

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Starting the flare instal!

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Taking the plastics off and drawing the lines

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Cutting the crap out of the doors!

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Ouch! point of no return long past

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Half the rear door done! Big difference!

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Doing the front flares! ....I also forgot to mention that i installed a new LED light bar and 2x rear LED spot lights. All 3w LED's and the rears have 9 LED's. Pretty strong.

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$4.56 worth of scrap aluminum. Least the cars lighter i guess.

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Flares all done. Took maybe 10 hours all up. A weekend and a few beers.

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Front view with new dif protector. I have also cut the front plastic bumber down in order to fit the new tyres comming. I have a ARB winch bar on order for 15 weeks at this stage.... Poor effort ARB. 3 fob off;s at this point. Over them. Thinking of TJM bar maybe.

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Diff guard

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Side view of flares and lift. So thats 4" total now. Nice pizza cutter wheels! :p

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Clean front view

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Clean side view

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TYRES TYRES TYRES!!! Finally got the rubber underneath! 315 75 16's BFG MT's. Very nice. Just need to sell my body for food after that payment though. Got some new rims too, they are from dynamic, but i liked the circular holes in stead of the triangle to make them look more like the older NATO rims. Black of course.

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Front view. Looking taller?

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Side view

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Removed rear tyre carrier in prep for a new carrier to handle the 35" spare that is currently in the boot...just.
Shot of the ladder and rear LED's here too.

All done until the bar come now!!! Already have bought a tigerz 12000lbs winch, uniden radio and Arial.

Unseen in all these pics are twin batteries, twin battery displays, dual thermometer sensors for rear fridge, new head unit, amp and speakers.

[iPom]

Thanks for sharing, inspiration my friend...

[decnal]

Mylo,

Quite a transformation

Where did you get the suspension dropping kit? Looks interesting

[rangieman]

Mylo,

Quite a transformation

Where did you get the suspension dropping kit? Looks interesting
Im guessing Les Richmond White Tiger = $$$$$$$:Thump:
Nice build mate you have come along way in a short time ;)

[Landover]

Very nice build up. Looking foward to seeing some pictures of it in action.

Have you changed the diff ratio to turn those wheels, if not how does it perform.

[robbotd5]

Great first post mate well done!!!!
Regards
Robbo

[mylosh]

So knuckled down again yesterday and put my bullbar and winch on. Also fitted my UHF to the ceiling console which seems to be a great spot for the uniden.

Bar and winch (12000lbs tiger z) weighed a ton, and my back sincerely regrets lifting the thing by myself and not just waiting a few hours for a mate to help. Not sure if i like the look of the ARB bar on it yet, as I had got used to the previous plastic bar i had trimmed to be slim line. Am thinking that i will probably get a custom bar made that is literally just a copy of the plastic bar in steel and with a winch cradle under neath in the middle. Not a fan of all the hoops and spot light mounts. Make is look like every other 4x4 on the road as ARB stuff is just so common these days.

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[mylosh]

Very nice build up. Looking foward to seeing some pictures of it in action.

Have you changed the diff ratio to turn those wheels, if not how does it perform.
Thanks David, Havn't changed the ratio's yet. And I was expecting to find it almost undrivable from all the posts and research i've been doing on tyre size. I had 33's in mind for so long, and then at the last minute just went for the 35's.

Short answer is....its not too bad. Look, you loose a fair chunk of torque, which is instantly noticeable in high range, but low range is still low enough for me atm. I think the only thing im not liking is that i find i have to slightly use more clutch when taking off from a dead stop in first. I don't have the best clutch in the world, so its probably not going to stick around for long as it is. I'm getting maxi drives put in soon, and will be doing diff centers with front and rear lockers at the same time. Thats just about $4-5000 away though lol. I've done this build so quick, i think i just need a break for a little while, or at least my wallet does. It's getting the ecu chipped in 2 weeks too, so that should claw back some of what i've lost to the tyres at least, but not in the way a correctly ratio'd diff would. One bonus so far though is that is that it has a higher top speed now :-) And it hardly revs at 110 on the highway!

[mylosh]

Im guessing Les Richmond White Tiger = $$$$$$$:Thump:
Nice build mate you have come along way in a short time ;)
haha, yep, white tiger 2" dropping kit. Definitely $$$ at $900 and something for 2 inches of height, but i was more worried with the install than the money when i opened up the kit and laid it all out on the ground! :-$ I just didn't want a body lift in it but was after more than a suspension lift. I'm thinking of ditching my suspension already though and going to a 3" bilstein lift. Or at least another inch in the front as with the dual batteries, winch, and bar the front end has dropped a touch...and thats with HD springs and shockers. An inch should level it.

[vogue]

Looks AWESOME:D
Any chance of some close up pics of how and where you cut the front bumper?

[4runnernomore]

Love the work so far. A question on your winch fit up. did you have to modify the bar to fit a 12000lb winch?
So knuckled down again yesterday and put my bullbar and winch on. Also fitted my UHF to the ceiling console which seems to be a great spot for the uniden.

Bar and winch (12000lbs tiger z) weighed a ton, and my back sincerely regrets lifting the thing by myself and not just waiting a few hours for a mate to help. Not sure if i like the look of the ARB bar on it yet, as I had got used to the previous plastic bar i had trimmed to be slim line. Am thinking that i will probably get a custom bar made that is literally just a copy of the plastic bar in steel and with a winch cradle under neath in the middle. Not a fan of all the hoops and spot light mounts. Make is look like every other 4x4 on the road as ARB stuff is just so common these days.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/06/771.jpg

[mylosh]

Hey Vogue.
Definately a chance. Here is the cutting line i used. looks great. I actually prefer it over my arb bar, if only it were metal and held a winch. i guess my arb bar is better for roo's and the like on long trips.

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The cuts line up with the top of that air intake in the middle, and the slight step in or bulge on each side. It's a pretty obvious line to follow when you see it. I used a 4.5" handheld grinder and it basically melted the cut. It worked really well and was really clean. You could then pick off any of the slag/dags left hanging. Very easy. Maybe 30 mins tops. You can then reposition the metal grill/grate that covers the air intake with a few well placed screws.
Cheers.

[mylosh]

hey 4runnernomore,
no modification needed for fitting the winch. I did move the control box a little higher and just mounted with some metal cutting screws. The only thing im not happy with atm is the fairlead mounting position. there is a slight (maybe 1mm) overlap of the bullbar near the exit/entry for the rope. There could be a slight chance of slowly cutting/grinding the rope on this. I will grind it bac a little when i have some time. It did fit well though.

Cheers

[vogue]

Thanks heaps for the pics:D
Have you tested it out off road yet?

[mylosh]

Thanks heaps for the pics:D
Have you tested it out off road yet?
Yep, it actually went on its first trip over the long weekend. We went camping up at Lake cobbler in the Alpine national park down here in Vic. Was a chilly one, but perfect weather. Got some serious new pin-striping down the sides now! She went well, but it did reinforce the need for the correct ratio diffs. Not to mention a little more power. Can;t wait for the ecu chipping. I was driving around with some pretty serious TD42 patrols though. Hard to get that power output with some more $$$ :-)
On the openroad with 35's and normal ratios, you just chew through the juice and always seem like your trying to get to 100 clicks. Even mist on the road feels like a 50kmh head wind :-(
Anyone have any 4.11 diff centers they're selling? :-D

[that_kid]

haha, yep, white tiger 2" dropping kit. Definitely $$$ at $900 and something for 2 inches of height, but i was more worried with the install than the money when i opened up the kit and laid it all out on the ground! :-$ I just didn't want a body lift in it but was after more than a suspension lift. I'm thinking of ditching my suspension already though and going to a 3" bilstein lift. Or at least another inch in the front as with the dual batteries, winch, and bar the front end has dropped a touch...and thats with HD springs and shockers. An inch should level it.

I'd be ditching it completely and just going 4" straight up in the coils. You could retain the castor correction plates that came in the kit to save you getting new arms straight away but honestly i cant see the benefit of the white tiger kit. I run suspension stuff 4-5" flexi coils custom made to suit what i use the car for and i havent been able to fault them yet. heavily ladened, beach work, rock crawling and flat out rallying they do it all.

you will however need to go to an adjustable front panhard and i'd recommend doing something with the watts link. shocks too obviously.

I'd also rate my 4.11's as the best mod ive made so far. Using a chip to fix your loss in power is going to blow difs :(

awesome look d2 mate good to see more people chopping em up and running the big rubber

[Tommy B]

Hello.


Its a long shot as you haven't been on this forum for some time by the looks of it but... What is the offset on your modular rims on the D2? I am going to buy some soon but don't want to go too wide! These don't look as offset as -32.