Newby 85 SWB owner

[lewis84]

Hey guys, been lurking around the forum for a few weeks and thought id say hi. I recently bought a 1985 SWB. Its in pretty good nic, the body is straight as, paint is a little rough though. Interior is near mint, except for the drivers seat foam which has sagged a bit. It has all the factory options, air ride seat, jerry rack, optional guages etc. Engine wise it has 72,000 original klms, 1 owner and it has been garaged without rego since 1998. I can't believe how tidy it is in the engine bay, 25 year old cars are usually pretty nasty Anyway the plan is this, a tidy truck to run to work and back and take the wife and 2 kids out for a drive in the mud occasionally. I was thinking;
Remove the roof basket and jerry can rack
Cut the bullbar down, remove the top half so its more like a normal bumper
A new coat of 2k solid paint
Wheel arch flairs (any ideas on a supplier?)
New sunrasia style rims and 31" tyres, hopefully I wouldn't need to lift the body or suspension for these?
Any help or sugestions are appreciated regarding my plans for the old girl. I just want a nice looking truck that will handle light off road and have reasonable manners on road. Thanks in advance,
Chris

[lewis84]

the big girl

[Bernoulli]

The roof rack will cost you mileage. I imagine there is a market for the Jerry can holder.
Check/replace radiator and heater hoses.
Keep eye on engine temp. Cooling is an issue.

[DAZZLA]

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[ngwagon]

with sunnies and 31's will fit no prob mate.. I got the rubber flares, you can get the bunnings job stuff or the clark rubber rubber.. that what mine is.. has a bit that goes over the side of the car and screws to the under side of the guards..the computer wont let me put a pic of the flares

[lewis84]

The roof rack will cost you mileage. I imagine there is a market for the Jerry can holder.
Check/replace radiator and heater hoses.
Keep eye on engine temp. Cooling is an issue.

Thanks mate, the radiator has been replaced at some stage with an LJ torana radiator, I thought this was strange so thanks for clearing that up! The roof basket is off, it weighed a ton lol. Ill pull the bull bar off tomorrow and get to work on building a smaller steel bumper for it. Thanks for the info
NGWAGON, thanks mate, ill check clark rubber out, love to see a pic if you organise it.

Thanks for the input guys

[ngwagon]

will get a pic for you tomorrow when i get home from work around lunch time..

[Shaunoh]

Very very nice mate congrats!

[ngwagon]

here is the pics, sorry its later than i said but got stuck doing deliveries in the work truck again cos the the normal driver quit today..

[MaddBros]

hey ngwagon, i have a nf wagon and was lookin at gettin those clark rubber job flares, have you had any prob with them saging or going out of shape or any probs at all?

cheers

[lewis84]

Thanks ngwagon, I'm going to grab somethis weekend, cheers. Im also trying to find a standard front bar so I can ditch the bull bar, and I have to change a cv boot tonight As soon as the boot is done I can have the blue slip ticked off and It will be dragging me to work in the morning lol

[ngwagon]

mine have a small hole in the outer lip part that i put wire in there so they keep the shape..

[ngwagon]

I have to change a cv boot tonight

i have to change the left boot, let me know how it works out for you and how hard too..

[ngwagon]

just push the wire through the end and cut the left over off..

[MaddBros]

Thanks ngwagon, I'm going to grab somethis weekend, cheers. Im also trying to find a standard front bar so I can ditch the bull bar, and I have to change a cv boot tonight As soon as the boot is done I can have the blue slip ticked off and It will be dragging me to work in the morning lol

hey lewis, i have a standard front bar here but it has the attached bull bar to it, i am on the gold coast tho so kinda hard to get if ur in NSW. but its here if you want it!

it is the bar in this pic, i have since got a alloy one