TD5 Build up from stock

Love the work so far. A question on your winch fit up. did you have to modify the bar to fit a 12000lb winch?

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Originally Posted by 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.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/06/771.jpg

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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.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/06/789.jpg

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.

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

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

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Originally Posted by vogue

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

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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

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Originally Posted by mylosh

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.

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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

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.