New year, new look

[Bubblecraft]

Cheers Dave. I feel I can justify it being off the ciggies

 

[DHTiling]

Sooo you selling the xxxxxxxl van then :lol:

 

[Bubblecraft]

Hell no!! Pantera is here to stay. She'll be turning 160k today. Navara is just an addition lol

 

[Gazzer]

Nice...but where is the bling ???? :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Bubblecraft]

Give me time...I've still to pick the damn thing up lol

 

[Gazzer]

Give me time...I've still to pick the damn thing up lol

Dont stop you looking :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Bubblecraft]

Very true lol

 

[Bubblecraft]

Well, got my plate for the Navara but still waiting on the V5 coming in so I can get it changed over. Be a nice matching pair now sitting outside my house.

Done the side wall lettering on it last week. I think it looks great.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Looking very smart Gus

 

[Bubblecraft]

Thanks mate. Not putting the sign writing on until plates are on as at the moment, it wouldn't make sense lol

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Sign write that lovely shiney truck? Haha

 

[Bubblecraft]

Just the website on each side along the bottom of the doors. Still not sure about doing the bonnet though. I'll wait till everything else is done first & decide

 

[Bubblecraft]

Just to update, plates are on the Nav & sign writing has been cut. Just needing to go in & get it stickered up.

Here's my "Couple a' Tools"

 

[Bubblecraft]

Would love to do a 5" body lift plus a 3" suspension lift like this to give a overall 8" lift

But think ill settle at a 4" lift. Mrs will complain that she can't get in lol

 

[Qwerty]

Costly too mate! Good to hear from you again Gus

 

[Bubblecraft]

Yeah, quite pricey. Think ill stick with a 3" or 4" body lift. Bout 250 quid. Sorted!

 

[Andy Allen]

monster truck comes to mind....luv it...:drool5: paint grave digger on the side, and you'll be well away..:lol:

 

[Bubblecraft]

That sounds a plan Andy! Lol

 

[Dan]

Would love to do a 5" body lift plus a 3" suspension lift like this to give a overall 8" lift

But think ill settle at a 4" lift. Mrs will complain that she can't get in lol

I have a VW Amarok that's had a suspension lift so far. (And off-road bigger tyres have lifted it more too)


Mine's the second one in from the right in this one.


And the the 2nd to last in this one. The white one second in from the left in this one is also lifted about the same height but using different suspension to mine.

They do stand out with even just that. We're limited to about 35mm in suspension lifts as the drive shaft starts to pull out then. Though I'm doing a body-lift too, which means even bigger tyres, and it'll look even higher than this....



... which is only a body lift. But with normalish size wheels with all-terrain tyres.

I get 45mm lift so far.

Been green laning in it twice so far and done Strata Florida, Wales. Which can be a dodgy 8 mile long course at times. Rivers were low for us at this time of the year though. Lucky as we only get 500mm height of water on a standard truck with no lift or no snorkel. And we had 8 of us there, mostly standard. Not one got stuck though, they're awesome things. We were taken out with a Land Rover Defender and a Range Rover, both kitted out, for 2 full days. Awesome stuff really. You should come with us on the next one. PM me for info. - You'll get to use the features it has that you will never do otherwise!

 

[Stef]

Dan, that would do me for the Fishin!!

 

[Bubblecraft]

Thats pretty cool Dan. I knew you had the Amarok but didn't know you we're big on the 4x4 scene. Will defo get a chat with you sometime about it.

To go back to my original thread topic, been looking at banded steels on the tranny. Looking into what the load bearing would be on them.

What you guys think?

 

[Bubblecraft]

For any one that doesn't know what banded wheels are, here's a quick vid to explain
http://youtu.be/BtTWgJ0xHKA

 

[Stef]

Do they not call that the European look!!

Get a lot of older golfs with them on.

 

[Bubblecraft]

Yeah, Euro, stance or stretched

 

[Qwerty]

That over stretching of tyres is being targeted quite hard at the moment. Heard of a few people being taken to task over it as classed as dangerous. Not too much of an issue in a golf, but not so good in a tranny!