1990 GQ patrol TD42 turbo

[nine2nine]

hmmm, well i dont really have a reply to that yet.

I will soon though.....

[hrt5l]

more rain on its way so it wont be for a while

[hrt5l]

Had to get the winch out today, 35's would have got me through cause i ran out of diff clearance.

[hrt5l]

This is where i got stuck.

[nine2nine]

That looks like a decent hill.

Set of 35" silverstones on order then?

[hrt5l]

Been doing some work to this lately.
Decided the patrol needed less quarter panel to bash on things so i cut them off. (All work is done as dodgy as possible in true 4x4 style)

This is what they looked like





So out came the grinder and the tin snips





Cut some plate out of 1.2mm zinc plate and pop rivited and sicaflexed them on.

[hrt5l]

Before.



After.

[hrt5l]

I then took it to cruiser park to test the new found departure angle, which was good till i bent a rock slider. I decided i needed to brace the rocksliders as they were flexing to much.

I welded a larger plate to the chassis because the previous one was to small and had allowed the chassis to flex

Then new plate which extends right to the top of the chassis.



And i braced the longest leg on the slider, the other legs are much shorter so i didn't think they needed bracing.

[hrt5l]

I then decided the rear bar should be brace back to the chassis, this would also give me a place to hang some mudflaps to keep the po po off my back.






The mudflaps attached to the brace





Finished product

[nine2nine]

Nice work, that looks so much better, way stronger and good design.

Looks like you need to use that welder more often though.....