Rocksliders/external cage

[stinka]

I see. So when will misty be road going ?

 

[Banshee]

Fitting them tonight i think, but they going on MistyBlue not Beast, and Misty not on the road yet. Putting a set of 31s on Beast for this weekend and the Mud tyres are going on misty for a while.

If they were advertised as yellow then I would play your face and say that the only reason you brought them was because of their aesthetics and you don't want black

If you don't ask you don't get!!!

 

[stinka]

Mate sorted me out with some m12 100mm galvanized goodness that he borrowed from work

 

[Kamsin]

She should have a very healthy MOT put on her this week i hope. I have just had to replace :-

Front upper and lower Ball joints.
Front suspension struts (Also doing rear as well)
Front anti rollbar links
1 front tyer. (But put all Beasts on anyway)
Rear anti roll bar links.

So she will be on the road but before it goes Off Roading it will need:-
New exhaust (Some numpty put in on under the rear axel and its bolloxed) :doh
Body lift of 2" :thumbs
Bit of cosmetic welding :augie
Maybe the Snorkel :naughty

Its all good fun though. :lol

 

[Fez_uk]

leave the rear anti roll bar off, one less thing for the mot.

 

[Kamsin]

leave the rear anti roll bar off, one less thing for the mot.

Iv already got them now. I will take them off afterwards though.

 

[stinka]

FINITO

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

They look very tidy mate, well done :thumb2

 

[stinka]

They look very tidy mate, well done :thumb2

Cheers mate. I really enjoyed doing them and I'm hooked on welding now, very rewarding when you get it right. First of many bits and pieces I hope :thumb2

 

[Fez_uk]

Once you get a mig things get alot easier. I did some stick welding in school, Why on earth they did not have a mig. It's tons easier and gives nicer welds.

Sliders looking good, need some mud on them though as they stick out being so clean :lol

 

[stinka]

Aye should see some serious mud this weekend

Here's one of the mounts I forgot

 

[Fez_uk]

I'd of just had bolts at the top and weld a plate at the bottom to increase clearance.

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

I'd of just had bolts at the top and weld a plate at the bottom to increase clearance.

I would have stuck with dreaming about it and never got round to actually doing it :lol

I admire you modders, I remember Fez posting his first project pics also excellent! well done both of you :thumb2

 

[Fez_uk]

I would have stuck with dreaming about it and never got round to actually doing it :lol

I admire you modders, I remember Fez posting his first project pics also excellent! well done both of you :thumb2

well he got further than me :lol

 

[stinka]

I'd of just had bolts at the top and weld a plate at the bottom to increase clearance.

It's on the list mate but cross members and all sorts are lower, will see how it goes

 

[stinka]

Ok, after some thought and critique on various forums, I'm going to weld a 40x40x6mm bar along the top of the 6ft side bar. This should strengthen the outer bar, stop the ends flexing and bending up on drop offs and contact with steps

In the middle, between the outriggers I'm going to weld in Laterally at 90 degrees between outriggers some more 50x50 but set it up the 7mm to touch the seam on the sill. This will mean the flex and load on the sliders is shared on that seam as well as the chassis fixing points.

I think this will make them twice as strong and I'm pretty confident that the seam on the sill will take the load spread over a 700mm section in combination with the chassis points

 

[makeitfit]

Sheesh, easy tiger Hang on with the 40 x 40 x 6 bar ON TOP
I think you'd be better off just welding a piece along the inside of the bar in the vertical plane. Say 70 x 4 or similar. That will strengthen it much better and won't look stupid
Front and rear ends of the existing bar could be improved with a combined angled end cut and a bracket back to the chassis as you've done elsewhere. This will support the ends AND stop you catching trees etc when the wheels aren't there, if you see what I mean.
One more bracket in the middle and you'll then be fine and dandy
Good effort btw :thumbs

 

[Dynamics]

leave the rear anti roll bar off, one less thing for the mot.

So it is obviously not an MOT fai if you remove front and/or rear ARB's then?

 

[makeitfit]

So it is obviously not an MOT fai if you remove front and/or rear ARB's then?

Not exactly :augie
Technically it is a fail in this case as the Terrano was fitted with one originally. So if your MOT examiner happens to know there "should" be one there, then you'll fail as the parts are absent
That said you probably will pass , as we have many times

 

[stinka]

Sheesh, easy tiger Hang on with the 40 x 40 x 6 bar ON TOP
I think you'd be better off just welding a piece along the inside of the bar in the vertical plane. Say 70 x 4 or similar. That will strengthen it much better and won't look stupid
Front and rear ends of the existing bar could be improved with a combined angled end cut and a bracket back to the chassis as you've done elsewhere. This will support the ends AND stop you catching trees etc when the wheels aren't there, if you see what I mean.
One more bracket in the middle and you'll then be fine and dandy
Good effort btw :thumbs

This isn't so straight forward as i have set them up as far as i could for clearance, but the sill drops lower at the front and back end, see pics:

sill drops so blocks path to chassis for out rigger:

And body mount in way on chassis: