Thread: D1 300tdi build up

Originally Posted by jeep_boy

well ive been thinking a lot about barwork, and the rearbar and sliders are the easy part, its the front bar that has me thinking, im planning on trying to make something myself, been thinking tube bar but now im thinking im going to find an arb bar(nice one) of ebay thats cheap and chop and weld to make it fit and suit the disco, chop the hoops off and prob just put one centre hoop, so whats you all think about that anyone wana sell a nice bar at a good price

For a cheap bar find an ARB bar off a classic rangie and then mod to your design, it will bolt straight on so thats the hardest part done.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

For a cheap bar find an ARB bar off a classic rangie and then mod to your design, it will bolt straight on so thats the hardest part done.

i did look at them but they dont have the design i like but its a good idea however

well i got me a welder today, so time to get to work,
also got some steel to make a fridge slide as this is where it will all begin, my plan it using angle steel ill be making a base for the fridge out of 40/40 angle with the 2 sides having the bottom edge facing out than a lenght of 75/75 angle down each side with 2 flat bars to hold them at the right width thses will have roller bearings which the fridge base will slide beetween hard to explain ill post pics as i go

Originally Posted by jeep_boy

well i got bored today and last weekend i re-arenged the gay plastic section on the front bar so i kinda removed it, looks much better

Thats an interesting chop you've done to the bumper. I've had mine naturally re-aranged a few times now so I might do similar until I can afford a decent bar. Good work

Originally Posted by stuee

Thats an interesting chop you've done to the bumper. I've had mine naturally re-aranged a few times now so I might do similar until I can afford a decent bar. Good work

yea i gave mine a little ah nudge into a bank which left it a little ah rearanged, looks so much better with the bottom bit gone

started on the fridge slide on the weekend and was going to use bearings for the slides but its going to work out cheaper to use heavy duty runners, pics will come soon havent got much done yet but

well i havent been making many updates.....ive been busy making some sliders...

there not finished, i started out with a chassis mounted one but that didnt work out how i wanted to i scapped that and made a body mounted one ive used a length of 50x25x3mm rhs sitting inside some 50x50x3mm anglei welded a step of that angling slightly upwards and than welded some plates tp mount i to the body than on the back side i have baking plates and so far it looks like this still got more work to were expecting a baby any moment so its slow going but getting there
By jeep_boy, shot with DSC-W30 at 2009-03-10


By jeep_boy, shot with DSC-W30 at 2009-03-10


By jeep_boy, shot with DSC-W30 at 2009-03-10


By jeep_boy, shot with DSC-W30 at 2009-03-10


By jeep_boy, shot with DSC-W30 at 2009-03-10

still have finish off the front end of it and tidy up the welds a bit than paint it but i think they will come up pretty schmikk

well havent got anymore done been busy being a new dad,

been thinking that im not sure if the steps will support the car for a highlift so i been thinking would it be an idea to bend up 2 sections of plate one for the front and one for the rear and weld it to the angle underneath than bent up and out to the outer edge of the step with the centre having a flat area for the arm of the jack to rest would this help to get a good positioning and strengthen the step from wanting to flex