my discovery pickup roll cage outriggers

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• Oct 29, 2018

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mark 88 said:

with 3mm plate plasma cutters and welding it will live again lol

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Looks like there is very little to weld to!!

Anyway, good luck!!

 

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• Oct 29, 2018

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Dippypud said:

You may need some mounts to pop the body on to .....

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the sills will be fully welded to the body and to the outriggers

 

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• Oct 29, 2018

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mark 88 said:

the sills will be fully welded to the body and to the outriggers

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Will you not be using proper isolation body mounts as per Discovery 1&2?

You bending pipe yourself or getting a custom cage built up for it?

 

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• Oct 30, 2018

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dieseldog69 said:

Will you not be using proper isolation body mounts as per Discovery 1&2?

You bending pipe yourself or getting a custom cage built up for it?

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the cage is going to be built by JFT fabrications and no I'm going to skip the hassle with the mounts and just directly weld it to the outriggers

 

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• Dec 9, 2018

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that's one rear outrigger finished I have to start repairing the other side of the chassis before the next ion can go on

 

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• Dec 9, 2018

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Just a thought..
Have you removed the springs/shocks to see if the axle arms touch these roll cage brackets?
Only asking as look close

 

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• Dec 9, 2018

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Mark88
Good on you mate
I love your Optimism and welding abilities

Looking forward to seeing the finished article

.....Although "reinforcing a sand castle with Gaffa tape" did spring to mind looking at some of those pics

 

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• Dec 9, 2018

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and some more photos

 

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• Dec 9, 2018

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Hicap phill said:

Just a thought..
Have you removed the springs/shocks to see if the axle arms touch these roll cage brackets?
Only asking as look close

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yeah it would be tragic to find out cluck resulting in a bent arm. but yeah they clear fine

 

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• Dec 9, 2018

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exmed wayne said:

Mark88
Good on you mate
I love your Optimism and welding abilities

Looking forward to seeing the finished article

.....Although "reinforcing a sand castle with Gaffa tape" did spring to mind looking at some of those pics

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structural gaffer tape though lol once you get under the cab the chassis is on really good shape it literally drops from 3mm thick to 1mm in one foot