Ok lets get some 'After' pictures I i really am bad at doing these mid job, especially when it is cold, gets dark quickly, and am working outside on the wet ground
One of my main motivations for the change in suspension, was this
not a fan of z links at the best of times, let alone when they have been seemingly welded together with what ever was laying about, luckely, i got a spare standard rod with the zook in a box of spares, so now looks like this
much better
The front suspension is roughly the same height as it was with SPOA no bearing in mind, SPOA should give 5" lift, verses my 2" Shackle reversal and 2" (at best) springs, it just shows you how nackered my springs were.
much better and the over all side picture is just about right
bumper had a little trim to get around the reversal, but otherwise is quite suttle, and wouldn't look that different to the untrained eye
you can also see the issue i have with the shocks, they are a tad on the long side for my rather basic setup, i wold need to extend the top mount through the top of the arch, and mount the shock as far south as possible to get it to work, the rears are just as bad, even with all the room under the back, you would still have to invert and mount as high as possible
Other old mods, are the seats, came with some old cortina/granada jobbies, far to big, couldnt go back far enough, resulting in a very crampt driving posistion, and a painful ankle using the clutch, they went and are now replaced with these
Suzuki Ignus (keeping it in the family) comfy, small good grip, and look the part fitted
dashboard, couple of switches and an FIA approved cut off switch (another reason i want the sammy dash)
hidden 12v sockets in ashtray
slightly hidden CB (with mic removed)
continueing on in the interior, the nav/mp3/car phone, i was using this on speaker as my stereo until i put the LG unit in underneath
on the outside, i have mounted some work/reversing lights on the back of the cab, LED not amazingly bright, but for lighting up an area in picth black, work really well, and can leave on all night and not kill your battery
Rear foglight was the first breakage on this truck, and i always used to have them get full of crap and never work anyway, so now have one mounted on the swing away numberplate mount, and it is a LED sealed unit, so should be fairly water tight too
think that is pretty much it for the pictures at the moment, took it for a drive this morning and is so much better on the road now, and great over bumps, with the shocks sorted, should be a great handeling little truck
Ian, got the pics and measurements for you, and will post on your build later today
, so you definatly putting a sammy dash in here now ?
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