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disco truck.
Jake:
I never would have thought that a front bumper would look alright on the rear but it could work
The wrap around corners could finish the bottom of the tub a treat :D
What made you try that idea?
As for the front end, the 8274 is a better choice of winch for a monster truck but what are you thinking for the actual bumper wings?
Keep the idea's flowing, this is getting more and more interesting as it progresses
:clap:
Jake:
One other thing to point out
Get some measurements of an 8274 before you weld
If the winch cage stays in this possition the winch might hit the bottom of the bonnet/slam panel
;)
boss:
Jake, on the day it arrived i called Liz and she said she couldn't give me definitive measurements it was about 220mm deep and from other pics of 8274s i can sort of guess the height...its not going in that high though if that's what you were thinking :D
as for the rear(front) bumper I'm not sure weather i should or not.......its so pretty and i would have to cut it and reshape it and its allot of money......but then again i didn't pay full whack for it :lol: the steering guard will make a nice rear skid plate too :twisted:
boss:
sorry diddnt answer your question
i was going to modify the D44 bumper to take an 8274 but with my new plan i couldnt do that and moving the 8274 tray to the front ment i diddnt have a rear winch tray or a rear bumper so thought i may aswell give it a go. this also means im not tempted to put an 8274 in the rear now...just an xp or something saves cost :lol:
some more pics of it
its got to go up and back and it aint the bumper getting the chip! mrwuahahahaha :twisted:
boss:
feel a bit stupid at the moment, the truck was supposed to be going to billing and put on the BLRC stand but i cant get a trailer.......should have sorted that out really. when i clean the garage up a little (and eventually get a work bench!) I'm going to start making one.
anyways.....today i stood around.......looked at it......put somemore back to gether.......looked at it didn't like it then took it apart again! went on like that for about 3 hours. also got the dash working again....was the fuse that i knew nothing about that was under the steering wheel! LAME!
also figured that i work better when I'm not thinking about it....in the 3 hours of looking and dicking about i had serious thoughts about not doing it but then i thought it doesn't look right with such a modified back end and NOTHING done to the front....I'm not quite going as far as a shunt nose at the moment because i would then have to mount the rad in the back with the cooler and do all the pipe work and bracketry on a hoop that isn't even staying there. its not Worth it at the moment. i pretty much have all the materials needed for the job(apart from the tube) so i think it may be cheaper this way......also......shhhhhhhh but i got an interview tomorrow, but shhhhh if my step mum knows she will not stop going on about it! :-$
ANYWAY!
sealed up that drainplug thing on the defender air bin(would have welded it if i had a TIG set)
also removed the wiring from the kenlowe that wasn't there
trying to get the crap out of the way in the engine bay ready for chopping
i sware i tided up on Wednesday!
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