Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 11/08/13 10:29 AM Author Share Posted 11/08/13 10:29 AM Had a little delay 'cause needed to build this 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 11y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 11/08/13 10:35 AM Share Posted 11/08/13 10:35 AM absolutely brilliantlove seeing trailers like this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f6mark Member 2,908 Member For: 13y 9m 2d Gender: Male Posted 11/08/13 11:55 AM Share Posted 11/08/13 11:55 AM Nice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 5m 16d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 11/08/13 10:02 PM Share Posted 11/08/13 10:02 PM Mate that is wild !!Whats the go talk us through the build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRK Member 361 Member For: 12y 11m 3d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 12/08/13 12:27 AM Share Posted 12/08/13 12:27 AM That trailer is a piece of Art. Very, very well done Bomber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 11y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 12/08/13 02:54 AM Share Posted 12/08/13 02:54 AM yeah with Jetbuild thread build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 13/08/13 11:18 AM Author Share Posted 13/08/13 11:18 AM Well, goes something like this. I discovered this frame on a job that had a hilux extra cab tub on it that had been in an accident. Was in the owners way. Carton later, towing home. Grinder came out and buzzed the tub in half - off to tip. Had sourced another new hilux tub ready for $400 but said nup, gotta be Falcon. Rang my local dealer and as luck would have it they'd just delivered an XR with a tray and the owner didn't want the tub. Negotiated a 'very' reasonable price and picked it up the next day with brother-in-law and his brother. Measured everything up and cut 75x50x75mm long 2.5mm RHS mounts which were welded directly onto the frame under the ribs. This I knew would give me correct ride height - about 10mm lower than stock XR. The axle was too short and Expensive Daewoo pattern so ebay'd it for $50 - gone. Rubber had gone off on the XR (about 60% left) so bought two new rims and tyres. They went on the car, the others to the trailer. Calculated the axle length 70", which ended up 5mm in from the outer with the 9.5" ET40's and 275's. The frame was gal but painted it black. Four sets of hands and on she was lifted to the frame. Drilled my holes into the new mounts and rattled them on. To finish, I'm making a checker infill front panel and, fakey zort tips to match the car, lol. Going to fit a soft cover for now. Has an extended draw so tows perfectly and backs a treat. Total weight a shade under 300kg. 22kg on towball. GVM 750kg so can carry 450kg legally. I'm the President of the Gold Coast Performance Ford Club so it will mainly be used for club duties plus carrying my tools for the odd Saturday cashie. If anybody gets a tub and wants to build one I'll shoot the measurements.Cheers, Bomber. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 11y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 13/08/13 11:34 AM Share Posted 13/08/13 11:34 AM sweet job....well donehope the other club members up there appreciate your work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 18y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 13/08/13 12:00 PM Share Posted 13/08/13 12:00 PM that's awesome, do want one of my own 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 19/08/13 09:51 AM Author Share Posted 19/08/13 09:51 AM Had a slight no load idle pulse that would come and go. The boys had a couple of goes and thought we'd cured it but back it came. Anyway, the power steer switch crapped itself on the weekend and I replaced it tonight. As luck would have it - fixed both faults!You can now get the switch separate - not the entire hose kit for like $265 trade. Switch cost me under $20 today ($19.36 to be exact). Don't get fleeced by somebody telling you otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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