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clarkey · Post by **clarkey** » Fri May 21, 2010 1:19 am

no probs mate, hope they looked after you over there? and they look good, mine are bfgoody rip offs mate, identical to bfgooys but not.... if that makes sense. (the question you asked lastnight)

cheers Mike.

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Fri May 21, 2010 10:29 pm

and guy they are brand new.
so what brand and yours mike if mine are a rip off of yours?
Since yesterday i have seeon two other cars with roadstones on but have never seen them before i got mine on. Haha
have done nothing paul. This weekend will be a miss unfortunatly

Post by **Alex** » Sat May 22, 2010 12:37 pm

nice tyres

looks good mate!

alex

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sun May 23, 2010 8:49 pm

red_rocket wrote:have done nothing paul. This weekend will be a miss unfortunatly

Well Scott I hope you got all that work done? You missed out a fun weekend.

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Sun May 23, 2010 11:01 pm

i sort of did, made the guards a bit wider to fit the tyres in there. looks not too bad and i will be chuching flares on it prob next weekend so that should cover some damage, ha
sorted the altentor although seems to be a slight bearing noise in the one you gave me paul but belts arent squeeling as of yet

still need to sort out exhaust bracket and stay rod though

so i sort of failed at getting it all done!

cheers alex

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Sun May 23, 2010 11:04 pm

oh and anyone know how i can get my accel cable lengthened or an aftermarket one to fit. with the 4" lift it just isnt long enough

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon May 24, 2010 9:56 am

If you like Scott.. run your original alternator down to the shop and we'll suss out what's wrong with it and rebuild it so you can refit it

As for your accel cable.. maybe look at those aftermarket cruise control setups

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Mon May 24, 2010 6:01 pm

yeah ill bring down the old one and you can either have it or we can do what you said.
there is a slight sound from this one but it may be nothing so we'll have a look when i drop the rex off tomorrow.
yeh lost with idea about accel cable, will look at that option though.
cheers

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon May 24, 2010 9:59 pm

ok.. I'll show you the setup when you come down

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:17 pm

got bored so thought i would put some stickers on. and ofcourse the ausubaru one!
pretty happy with it.
took me about 30min to decide where to put it but came up with one of Guy's ideas and having it flowing the way the stripes go.
i wanted it on the back windscreen bottom left corner but wiper would of eventually made it come unstuck i reckon

oh and put my rear mudflaps back on, they are a little slanty but do the job i guess

cheers

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:00 pm

Nice spot, looks real good:)

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:25 pm

hey guys, been a while since i have posted in this thread but im thinking of not selling the big tourer but need to spend a little more coin to get her good.

i am just wondering, i changed the rear springs to standard king springs since they didnt have a higher option cause the back was still saggy. so did that with no issues, it is stiffer a bit BUT when offroading or even speed bumps it likes to bounce a couple of times up and down then settle.
would this be due to the shocks needing replacing, which im happy to do since they are over 20 years old OR is this due to the 4" lift????
i wouldnt of thought so since its just a body lift but i may be wrong.
any answers are helpful

cheers

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:28 pm

Yeah new shocks will help with that but it will develop slowly again with offroad use.
I bought my rear KYB's new but my car does that again now. It's been years since I bought them but it saw alot of hardcore offroading when I first got them, probably buggered them.

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:45 pm

hey mate,
Yeah that sound like the shocks. But aren't you selling your car? Don't worry about it for that price, its pretty cheap.

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:53 pm

hey
yeah its all i can think of being the shocks and they are pretty cheap off ebay so i might get them.
i am but im in no hurry to sell it so i might just start putting a bit more into her! haha

2coupedup · Post by **2coupedup** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:22 pm

yeh gotta be the shocks, sounds like you need some heavy duty shocks with a nice slow rebound...

just standard ones would go again quickly whith rough use...

coupla extra $$$ would get some h/duty ones...

or go air adjustable for similar if not less dollars...

cheers

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:51 am

Ooooohhhhh...looks like a lot more rust there than you think,,,I'd say she been all over the beach and through the surf...Will need more than sandpaper and will be inside the chassis channels and sills. I would be revaluating whether its worth spending more dollars on or picking up another cleaner body somewhere. Just my thoughts,,but the rust looks major and there are places that you can't see,

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:41 pm

the new work bus/offroad toy-selling up everything else for this one so hope it pays off.
94 Surf, 240,xxx, SSR-G so has sunroof, nudge bar, rear wheel carrier and full elecs which actually work and most importantly its a manual! rare as hell

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:32 am

Nice Scott.. I had one of them (manual too) and loved it but had to remove the diesel and fit the 4.0ltr Toyota V8 then it was worth it. The diesels had many problems with head gaskets.