Thread: 30-06ai 60 series custom landcruiser build

Originally Posted by blip

its a customers winch truck

not bad, road legal ?

yep we used to work on it a quite a while ago now not sure what happened to it haven't seen the owner for ages.

As far as cert/wof - there aren't any standards on the SEATS themselves (i.e. the arse perch foam and fabric bit) but the mounts, mounting hardware adjustment and rails all must be serviceable and secure. One car I got involved with recently failed the WoF due to the driver's seat not being secure in the lowered position on the height adjustment. The bushes and pins on the adjustment arms and cam setup had basically all developed enough slop over 14 years that the seat wobbled back and forwards about 75mm - it was all fully 'secure' i.e. not falling out but just the cumulative slop on all bits was just garbage for the 'grab and shake' test.

But, with the seat in the fully up position tight as a new one - flew straight through recheck. (Haha take that WoF guy - didn't check it at another setting!).

they look great, i need to put these with the rails into my patrol.

Originally Posted by Larskramer

they look great, i need to put these with the rails into my patrol.

Huracan do a kit for GU and GQ, I picked up the seats from a wrecker for $100 each I thought that was pretty good, the XR6 seats are comfy as too with a good range of adjustment and adjustable lumber support too

now you just need the "fish n chip warmer" switch too LOL they look like a seriously comfy seat..the wrap around your kidney area bit really does it for me..the isuzu trucks have wee airbags in there too so can inflate to your own level...awesome concept that should be in every vechile

If there's still a bit of a stain left grab a rug doctor with the furniture wand - they do a surprisingly good job on car interiors. I got a Navara D22 cheap, off a dealers lot at 14000K's with a brown-grey-yellow interior instead of light grey. The previous worker had been smoking cigars in it, and no one else in the company would use it it stunk that bad! The dealer's gear couldn't touch it on their grooming floor - they only had the basic stuff so sold the ute off cheap (I recall $32K for a 2007 model ute at 11 months old and 14Kms? Cost me something like 23K with trades etc).

The rug doctor with upholstery attachment and a heavy dose of carpet stain solution in it knocked it back to looking brand new in one pass. Did two goes on it though, the thing smelt like it was a brand new carpet after that and looked mint as. The dealer looked at it when I brought it back for the first service I negotiated into the sale after sniggering at me about it being a write off basically - thought I had swapped the roof lining out and was peeved when I wouldn't tell him what I'd done to it haha. Basically saved me 14965K on the ute I think ($35 to hire the rug doctor for two hours).

Originally Posted by No.3

If there's still a bit of a stain left grab a rug doctor with the furniture wand - they do a surprisingly good job on car interiors. I got a Navara D22 cheap, off a dealers lot at 14000K's with a brown-grey-yellow interior instead of light grey. The previous worker had been smoking cigars in it, and no one else in the company would use it it stunk that bad! The dealer's gear couldn't touch it on their grooming floor - they only had the basic stuff so sold the ute off cheap (I recall $32K for a 2007 model ute at 11 months old and 14Kms? Cost me something like 23K with trades etc).

The rug doctor with upholstery attachment and a heavy dose of carpet stain solution in it knocked it back to looking brand new in one pass. Did two goes on it though, the thing smelt like it was a brand new carpet after that and looked mint as. The dealer looked at it when I brought it back for the first service I negotiated into the sale after sniggering at me about it being a write off basically - thought I had swapped the roof lining out and was peeved when I wouldn't tell him what I'd done to it haha. Basically saved me 14965K on the ute I think ($35 to hire the rug doctor for two hours).

The pics make them look way worse thsn they actually are, they were still quite damp, they've been sitting in a hot dry greenhouse for a few days now and the dirt will pretty much brush off with a bristle brush, the steam will kill any nasty stuff unseen to the eye and deodorize them too. Will post pics post steam cleaning after Fridays working session. If they don't come clean with steam I have a few other tricks up my sleeve.

chemico..the stuff Mum used to use to clean the bath,in the pink pottle will take cigar smoke stains of glass better than anything else..... works awesomely.

Picked up the new deck today, absolute bargain $400 complete with mudguards, tail lights, reflectors and fuel filler mount.














Only a fleeting visit today, no time to work on it, but roll on Friday i have a big list of stuff to get stuck into

You got a nice deck.. (Not to be said with an Aussie accent)

thats the same just shorter than the one brother in law had on his early cab and a bit nissan..... we had issues with fuel tube being too flat so cut hole in deck and mounted spout under it...worked great unless loaded up and needing to refuel. the step on front corners is absolute GOLD for getting up onto deck.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

thats the same just shorter than the one brother in law had on his early cab and a bit nissan..... we had issues with fuel tube being too flat so cut hole in deck and mounted spout under it...worked great unless loaded up and needing to refuel. the step on front corners is absolute GOLD for getting up onto deck.

Something to watch, with my deck being mounted higher it should be ok, will keep an eye on it when setting it up as there are options if it is too flat. Yup the side steps may have to go sadly as they will be in the middle of the wheel arch, will figure something out though. Will know better when I've got it mocked up.

I'm guessing you've seen this

https://youtu.be/8q_UH6vYbK0

Originally Posted by Gkp

I'm guessing you've seen this

https://youtu.be/8q_UH6vYbK0

Yup