Thread: My V8 Ser 3 Ute

Hi There, I did say I would post a pic of my Ser 3 4.4lt V8 when I could !....So here she is !
She is currenty having the 4.4 removed and a 3.5Injected engine fitted. Also bob tail her with a small flat bed steel tray.
Other Options are : Winch, Bullbar, Dual Batts, Custom Cherplate dash, UHF, HID's

Cheers

OK, Bit more done this weekend !

I removed the Bull bar, driving lights and winch...............and decided that the FArm GAte had to go ! With it all removed and the lower fill pannel out there is an amazing amount of room between the chassis rails
maybe I can sell the old bull bar.................... then thought its not worth much........ maybe I can use it for my new winch cradle, after all it got all the holes cut etc for the winch
Recess the main part of the winch cradle back into the chassis, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm then just to finish it off maybe I could cut out the tubular top wing sections and they could finish off the sides and give some more protection. OK enough measuring and thing time to cut the S*@t out of the old bar !

Now after all that cutting and re-cuting / gas axing / grinding and welding im quite sure it would have been easier to start from scratch but any way............... I cut out the cradle to slot back flush so its only about 10mm out from the end of the chassis rails welded the heavy mounts back on the outside of the cradle giving the ability to remove it all like a normall bull bar fianlly after most of the day got the cradle welded up and ready for the clean up work and extra bar work to be done, still need to weld in some infill plates and clean it all up ready to paint.
NOTE: Be aware that if you want to attemp this the winch can not fit cenral to the chassis (it wont fit) you have to off-set the fairlead to one side so it fits !, I measured and marked where the winch fitted and then made the cradle offset, which was a pain and it may look a bit odd, but would have hate to cut it all out even then realise the winch would'nt fit in
From here I have got my wrap around bars ready to weld togeather and on, the finished product will have one long tube that will be able to mount the spotties on and it will wrap around the end to protect the guards / fender just in front of the wheel (almost vertical aproach with 35's ), I also think i will weld in a support tube that will be tapered from the bottom of the winch cradle to the bottom of the other tube near the outside edge of the bar !
If you can not picture that, hopfully before long I can have the finished product ready to show you all !

Cheers