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Re: Scottie's Zuke

Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:29 am
by ScottieJ
slowly does it :mrgreen: I really need to get some .6mm wire and tips for the miqg, sj bodywork is a nightmare, even running the mig on 1 blows holes in some places instantly :lol:
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Re: Scottie's Zuke

Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 6:13 am
by parrotveasey81
nice one :rockin: at this rate it may just be ready for kirton :tongue:

Re: Scottie's Zuke

Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 9:29 pm
by ScottieJ
parrotveasey81 wrote:nice one :rockin: at this rate it may just be ready for kirton :tongue:
You never know :mrgreen:

Outer sill all welded up, going to do the floors on Saturday and then weld up the inner sills when the body is off again, saves lying on my back getting covered in sparks :guns:
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Re: Scottie's Zuke

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:22 pm
by Lil_Beastie
hay scottie,
Im quite interested in this, as its abit different to the box section idea.
Hows it look as a whole unit? Does it look like youve lifted up a ladys skirt and can see all her undercarrage?

Re: Scottie's Zuke

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:26 pm
by ScottieJ
:lol: I like your description lil beastie :lol: I spose it does a bit :lol: It just looks really high under the sills and you can see more of the chassis really, but the rocksliders will be underneath there soon hiding some of it again. :thumbup:

The reason I am doing it is because I want a cage I could remove from the chassis and didn't want to integrate the exo cage into the body work with box section sills, but I also didn't want to loose ground clearance under the sills with the rocksliders for the cage whilst keeping the strength of a chassis mounted cage so the obvious solution was to move the sills out of the way :thumbup: if that makes sense :lol: the exo cage will be bolted to the sliders and to the chassis through the rear bed.

It kind've felt wrong taking an angle grinder to an SJ with rot free sills but I think it will be worth it.

Re: Scottie's Zuke

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:22 pm
by turbo-tom
looking good scott :smokin:
nearly christmas soon :P so when is the proper deadline for finishing :lol: ;)
only kidding

happy assembling you sj :rockin:
cant wait to see pics of when your cage is on thinking to get one for mine rather then the small roll ball thing
tom ;)

Re: Scottie's Zuke

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:33 pm
by ScottieJ
Cheers matey, well I got back from a week in France today so I can get back on it in the evenings and at the weekends. I want it done by the Kirton weekender in August so fingers crossed I can get it done by then :rockin: If not it WILL be done in time for Core in October :cowboy::

Re: Scottie's Zuke

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 1:42 pm
by ScottieJ
Parrot's been knocking me up a few bits for my zuki at his work (will post pics when i collect and I've also been getting started on my new tbox guard/mount
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Re: Scottie's Zuke

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:18 pm
by Lil_Beastie
Ive never had a problem with hitting the tbox or the middle of the chassis (altho have hit the exhaust)

Re: Scottie's Zuke

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:29 pm
by ScottieJ
Lil_Beastie wrote:Ive never had a problem with hitting the tbox or the middle of the chassis (altho have hit the exhaust)
I have :lol: It's not only a guard though, it helps brace the two transfer boxes together and is also going to be part of the transmission mounts. There is no longer a seperate gearbox mount and I am not using the original transfer box mounts again as It's a pain in the ass to get the transmission out with this set up using them.

you'll soon see what i mean when it all comes together :thumbup: