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Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:05 pm
by Steinbruchsoldat
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 6:08 pm
by FalcoColumbarius
Kowabunga! First place eh? Well done!
You didn't look like you were in a stressful situation in the picture where you are hooking up a line to the Delica ~ so would I be correct in presuming you rescued a vehicle?
Falco.
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 6:25 pm
by nxski
Cool pictures! Looks like a really fun event!
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:55 am
by L300Foca
Everything is great, but light bar between headlights is too much ugly :)
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:03 pm
by Steinbruchsoldat
Thanks guys, it was a great weekend...
FalcoColumbarius wrote:
You didn't look like you were in a stressful situation in the picture where you are hooking up a line to the Delica ~ so would I be correct in presuming you rescued a vehicle?
Unfortunately it was me that was rescued. The picture was taken when i unhooked the line after i was pulled out. There was this mudhole that i drove through 3 times, and at the fourth time i got high centered on both axles, so no chance for me to get out...
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:53 pm
by Steinbruchsoldat
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:51 am
by Steinbruchsoldat
While driving offroad, i noticed how bad the approach angle is. I landed hard on the front bumper a few times, and also ripped the license plate off...
So i started with a new front bumper, to improve the approach angle a lot. Here is it with the stock bumper:
This is how i want it:
Then i removed the front bumper to see how i`m gonna built the new one:
There`s a lot of stuff that has to go...
I also did a quick sketch of the new bumper, but i`ll draw a few blueprints on photoshop soon:
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:51 am
by Steinbruchsoldat
A quick paint sketch:
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 12:25 pm
by Steinbruchsoldat
So i started with a rear swingout today:
There will be the hilift and a shovel mounted, and a mount for three cherry cans...
Then i`ll built a nice kitchen cabinet, skidplates for the engine and transfer case and a nice front bumper...
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 12:27 pm
by Steinbruchsoldat
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:58 am
by Steinbruchsoldat
Finished the Hilift mount today and put on a bolt that strengthens the swingout mount a lot:
This is how i`ll mount the jerry cans:
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 9:42 pm
by FalcoColumbarius
I'm curious to see the new front end. How stable is that jack? Could it not get caught by a rock or something? What's it held on by?
Falco.
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:46 pm
by Steinbruchsoldat
It`s bolted on with two 1/2" grade 8 bolts and probably the strongest thing on the whole vehicle. I won`t do crazy stuff, so it won`t get caught by something...
Not sure how i`ll do the frontend, because i want to be able to cover it with the oem bumper. But it`ll be built with tubes, because i have lot`s of them...
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 3:16 pm
by FalcoColumbarius
Tubes are good. Looking forward to more pictures!
Viel Glück!
Falco.
Re: German 1989 L300 build
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 11:04 am
by Steinbruchsoldat