Gavs 2012 d40 st

[rastas dog]

Hi guys thought it was about time started a build thread.
Here it is brand new on the way home from dealer and how she looks now.
Ill up date posts of each mod

Alpha GSE Canopy
ARB bash plates
ARB rear bar
ARB awning
Rhino rack roof racks
rhino rack mesh roof platform on canopy
Blackout fabrication custom rock sliders
TJM air tec snorkel
Xrox bull bar
VRS 9500lb winch
illuminator light bar
Korr HID's
Korr round LED's in bar
Road safe recovery points
DIY Drawers
ARB compressor
EGR blocked
Forefront industries hard pipe
75mm lift monster rides suspension with spc upper control arms
Dick Cipek FC2 265/70 r17
stock rims painted black

 

[rastas dog]

First mods were tyres and tint
A set of dick cepek fc2's 265/70 r17 on stock rims
15% tint

 

[rastas dog]

Being a carpenter i needed storage for my tools, i didn't want to put a tray on her so tossing up between a custom tool box for the tub and a canopy, there wasn't much difference in price so went with a Alpha GSE canopy.

 

[rastas dog]

Next was drawers for tools.
I built these myself just out of 15mm CD ply.
I used teflon boat slides for the runners, each draw is around 90kg when full of tools and still slide easy enough

 

[lewis88]

Nice looking rig mate, did you notice much performance loss with the bigger tyres?

 

[rastas dog]

Nah not really but I had only had it a couple of weeks before I put them on so not much to go by

 

[rastas dog]

Next was better rear bar.
Got a second hand ARB tow bar off gum tree for $300 and sprayed it black (it was silver)
Came up like brand new

 

[rastas dog]

without a lift in it at this stage i put some bash plates on for those belly scrapes.
set of arb all the way to transfer case.

 

[rastas dog]

With the ass sagging majorly with the tools, drawers and canopy i upgraded the suspension with a lift from Australian Ultimate Suspension.
I went with there raised height lift which is around 50mm and requires new UCA, i purchased the UCA's from www.4x4parts.com in the states and saved about $400.
They suggested a comfort springs front and rear as i had no bar and not a massive amount of weight in the rear and i didn't want it to stiff off road. After driving for couple of weeks the rear was a bit to soft so they added a extra leaf so guess its kinda close to medium duty sping.
Once it settled i ended up with 590mm rear
560mmfront
Measured from centre of wheel to guard.
I have also removed the sway bar.


Before and after shot and cople of her flexed up on the tracks

 

[charlie91]

Nice rig mate

 

[rastas dog]

Nice rig mate

Thanks mate, I checked yours out too. Looking good

 

[J13NST]

looking sweet mate.
Did you had to grind your strut bucket after fitting UCA?

 

[rastas dog]

looking sweet mate.
Did you had to grind your strut bucket after fitting UCA?

Nah mate.
does look pretty close at full droop though, there the spc ones same as your (had a look at your garage).
I'm getting heavy duty springs and a small 6mm strut spacer in on friday so ill see what happens then, did you have to?

 

[rastas dog]

The next few to tick off the list were rock sliders, Snorkel and black out the grill.

The rock sliders are custom made from Blackout Fabrication 4x4 There bolted to a plate welded to chassis, solid as. I did want them angled up a bit more closer to the sill which he has agreed to do just haven't got back there yet.
The snorkel is from TJM and just plasti dip on the grill.

 

[J13NST]

i did about 3mm on lhs and 1mm on rhs. but looks like i need to do extra 2mm grinding on both side.

 

[nathand22]

The next few to tick off the list were rock sliders, Snorkel and black out the grill.

The rock sliders are custom made from Blackout Fabrication 4x4 There bolted to a plate welded to chassis, solid as. I did want them angled up a bit more closer to the sill which he has agreed to do just haven't got back there yet.
The snorkel is from TJM and just plasti dip on the grill.

No Bullbar? and why heavy duty springs in the front? with no bar or winch?

 

[rastas dog]

No Bullbar? and why heavy duty springs in the front? with no bar or winch?

Bull bar and winch only just went on, hadn't got that far in the thread yet was going to be next post I've just been posting each mod at a time. With my typing skills it would take me all day to do it at once and there's not even that many mods
There's a pic in the first post

 

[nathand22]

Cool, that would explain the HD springs then haha, didnt see the first pic just saw the ones at the end of pg1 of you doing the side track at the power lines.

 

[rastas dog]

New bar and winch went on a few weeks ago and upgraded the spings to heavy duty and added a 6mm strut spacer last week.
Really happy with how she sits now.
I did have to grind a few mm off the coil bucket as the ball joint on the UCA was touching on full droop.

 

[J13NST]

Whats the measurement on front and rear? It looks like front sitting higher than back