NATO paint collected and also bagged a bargain.

QT lightpod

Needs a tidy up and some lights but was a steal.

Love it!

Love it!

Haha

Cheers

Desert again Sunday and only manage to break the cb aerial and split a water hose. Was a good day and its all fixed again now.

Few weeks off now while I get another door fitted and hopefully the weather will stay nice so I can get it painted. Also got some paint for the wheels and a steering guard I'm collecting

Picked up a steering guard yesterday so gave it a coat of paint (same colour as the wheels are going). Hopefully get it on later.

Also tested the NATO green will look like on the truck, it will eventually all be going this colour

Hopefully picking up a heavy duty tubular winch bumper later aswell

Steering guard on

Better pic of the NATO

Now has a heavy duty tubular front bumper with recovery & jacking points

Also got some 10x15 wellers coming, need a refurb but were cheap and they'll allow me to fit 33x12.50x15 tyres

Edited 15 February, 201313 yr by SNH

Won't you need some extensive guard trimming to fit 33's?

Yep! Cut all arches out to accommodate them but I'll fit 2" flexi arches so it'll not be seen.

New snorkel top fitted to get rid of that big daft filter!

Started to paint it

Just got a bit left to do for the 1st coat but its dropped a bit to cold for the paint

Liking the NATO green.

Nice to see you got a tubular without the high-lift jacking holes.

That's where they split if you catch the end, folding into the wing.

Dont say that It has got hi lift jack points on it :(

It looks a whole lot better now I've rollered it, it took me an hour if that. Shame it dropped a bit cold would've liked to have got it all covered in the 1st coat today.

Yes, but not right through the middle of the tubular section llike some have.

I've just seen one on another truck and they don't look to clever tbh

I know, I had one.

It's like taking a tong tube and drilling a weak spot right through it...

Caught the corner on a tree and it just snapped where the jacking point was.

I liked your old filter head better. This new one looks like a bad flow restriction.

An alternative is to get a 45 degree bend and run it up so it finishes in the gap between the light and the roof bar. Pointing backwards.

It will still flow better than your new ram-head and pointing backwards it will suck in less thrown mud and water.

Don't worry about ram air effects. They are are a fairy tale at legal speeds. If you can do 300km/h then it's worth considering.

Its a proper Southdown snorkel so can't see it being a bad flow, the old one let water into the filter and airbox as it was no good hence why it was swapped over. I'll spin it around when I'm offroading so no mud can get in but it catches on the end light so I'm restricted on movement.

Boost gauge is in

Hits 14psi and holds 12 so its standard and healthy (for now) hopefully be adjusted to a safe 18psi at the weekend.

how much was the guage? where did you get it from? dont suppose its sutible for a fabia lol?

Won it off ebay mate. Any gauge should be ok

Fitted the straight through (no boxes) exhaust I had lying about today, also found out the turbo's on its way out :(

Fitted the straight through (no boxes) exhaust I had lying about today, also found out the turbo's on its way out :(

What is the turbo doing badly?

Not boosting above 12psi, fins are damaged and the bearings are going

Edited 23 February, 201313 yr by SNH

Not boosting above 12psi, fins are damaged and the bearings are going

Oh right.

200tdi isn't it? get a new CHRA and throw it into your existing housings.

http://www.melett.com/turbo-parts/1-A-1060.html

Melett are guaranteed good, chinese CHRA's are dirt cheap. Just be careful if anyone is selling you an "upgrade" that it doesn't kill all low rpm response.