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Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:11 pm
by Luna-Sea
Ah shawing-a-ling-a-ding-dong.
Looking Good!
Right On!
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:21 pm
by jessef
I must say when you got the van you were quite wet behind the ears. It appears now you can swim well.
Your mods not be appealing to everyone but as a whole you've expressed yourself very well with your work on the rig. Good on you bro
Did you make the canada flag Mitsu maple sticker ?
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:50 pm
by nxski
Thanks!
Yes, I used a Mitsumaple flag to make it.
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:24 am
by nxski
Today I put touch up paint on every little spot I could find including a rather large scrape from the Whipsaw trail last September. I also started getting some equipment together for my trip in 3 weeks which included finding and installing an LED light I had hanging around. Lots of small stuff still to come but I'm feeling the time crunch now!
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:19 pm
by nxski
Today I installed my mud flaps / fender flares, made some rear hatch supports out of j-bead, locked my shovel and ave to my basket, took off my steering wheel and fixed my wonky indicators and fixed a portion of my roof.
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:44 pm
by CREGAN
Hey what did you use for the cable contraption on your mud flappers? I was thinking about doing the same thing but did not know what to use. Looks pretty good- almost like you are ready
Craig
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:16 pm
by nxski
CREGAN wrote:Hey what did you use for the cable contraption on your mud flappers? I was thinking about doing the same thing but did not know what to use. Looks pretty good- almost like you are ready
Craig
It's stainless steel aircraft cable with aluminum crimps. I used some bolt cutters to crimp them together (my ghetto solution). Be warned though, stainless steel cable is not cheap, 15' was $36!
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:47 pm
by nxski
My friend Katie wanted a place to put her books while we're camping so I made her some bookshelves. One side is removable / adjustable and the other is fixed. I also received my LED back-up light's, rated at 1,200 lumens and 17 Watts they should do nicely for blinding the tailgaters behind me.
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:36 pm
by nxski
Today I wired the rear light's, finished painting the shelves, fixed a kink in my catch can hose and tested out one of my many boxes for the trip.
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:16 am
by cruisn06
Great build up so far. excellent work.
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:20 pm
by nxski
cruisn06 wrote:Great build up so far. excellent work.
Thanks!
Today I just did a few simple additions.
- Installed shelves
- velcro'd Inverter to bulkhead
- Velcro'd a levelling compass to bulkhead
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:42 pm
by RichD
Nick: I really like the mudflaps.
Awwww shuckie-duckie! (That was for you Joe)
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:23 pm
by nxski
RichD wrote:Nick: I really like the mudflaps.
Awwww shuckie-duckie! (That was for you Joe)
Thanks, they were super cheap too (the bolts holding them post for than he flaps.
Not sure what this Joe statement is about though!?
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:59 pm
by jessef
Joe likes 'a the ducky
You have one of the most unique rides Nick. From start to present. Good eyeball reading
Re: Hermione's Makeover
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:06 pm
by nvanadm
What's the plan for keeping the books on the shelf while you drive?