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| Time to lower
the rear suspension, I have to say thanks you to Al form
Hanwood Garage for the use of his workshop. As you can
see from the picture, the axle is underneath the leaf
springs, by moving the axle above the springs you can
effectively and cheaply lower the back end of the pickup
a substantial amount.
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Rob and yours
truly cutting the support lugs off that stop the axle
twisting when the brakes are applied. Once cut off, you
rotate the axle 180 degrees and drill a 15mm hole for
the locating bolt to sit in, re-weld the lugs back on
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| This shows the
axle with the supports now inverted and mounted on top
of the leaf springs rather than underneath. We were lucky
that all the bolts came undone without to much fuss. Time
to get the alloy wheels ready for fitting.
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That's the rear suspension height done,
it will still probably drop another 20 to 40mm when
the engine is mounted in the rear. The weather is still
letting us down, oh well to be expected this time of
year I suppose.
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I have now
sorted out how I am going to get the aluminium Load Liner
made, its going to be with the help of the one and only
Anthony Doorbar, inventor extraordinar. He helped me make
these aluminium door liners in less than 30 minutes in
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I felt that
covering the bank of the panels with gaffer tape would
help stop road noise, rattling and also help with the
metal to metal insulation when fixed in place. We decided
it would look better if the panels were given a matt finish,
so this was a job for an orbital sander. Finish looks
great!
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The panels
have yet to be fitted properly, but this gives me an idea
of what they will look like. I'm trying to get hold of
some stainless steel self tapping allen key screws, wish
me luck!
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Side windows
tinted to go with the on-going blue and silver theme.
Pretty good but not the best job in the world. |
