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Oh whoops. I didn't really look that hard 

Bedford housetruck with accessory pack of cheap Nissan and bitsa mutt. 

Meanwhile in Espana... 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1289499908403996

Two little cars 

This evening on the hill into our valley.. 

I'd like one of these please... 

Guessing there is no way they'd be legal in nz though. Get stuck in the tread of rangers and upset short men. 

Nothing wrong at all with your welding efforts. Good on you for having a go and learning new skills 

bonus points for big yellow sign too!

Motueka

12 hours ago, oldrx7 said:

Yeh I get ya, was more that you’d be able to do the assembly and porting etc yourself, using 2nd hand bits to keep costs down.  Aka Doug styles with his PP and that thing hums along real well.  But yep, if it goes bang through R&D then there’s not the abundance of cheap n easy to find parts 

Don't forget the big savings to be had by not using genuine mazda housing seals but instead use appropriate sized electric cable. 

Not kidding. I've seen it done. 

3 hours ago, ajg193 said:

I don't really get the arguments that steer by wire is safe for cars because planes use it.

Show me one person who will maintain a car to even half the standard that a plane is maintained to.

Planes also don't drive on 4wd tracks in wet mud at full throttle

Too right!  This new dang fangled 'technology' can sod off. It'll lead to nothing but trouble! Dangerous trouble! For example - just look at all the accidents caused by E throttles every day. Thousands killed! 

Stick to our horses I say.  Technology has no place here!.. 

I like that little add on front lip. 

22 minutes ago, cletus said:

Another thing

Imagine if you bought one, and wanted to use it for work? 

You'd never get anything done, there would be so many people pestering you to take photos

Fit a full ranger body kit and blend in? 

I hated the thing. Its looks, the fact its Elon, its size. But after watching the vid snoozin posted up I have a new found appreciation for it. Its still ugly but those looks will soften and heck- so many modern cars and utes out there now have gone mad with the amount of over the top stylistic angry faces, extra vents, lights everywhere, stickers and badges proclaiming all sorts of crap, messy looking huge wheels and dashes/instrument clusters that look like a sci-fi electronics loving kid who's had far too many sweets has designed. The cybertruck is actually refreshing (but still ugly) and its going to hopefully make all the other manufacturers sit up and re-assess what is new.

I'm not a fan of any big vehicles and find the excessiveness of most suvs on NZ roads absurd. But its still fun to watch things like the ct happen, the new technology that Tesla are pushing and see the reactions from all corners.

I didn't really know these were a thing. Very cool. Very dinky. 

Tidy 2dsbfla in white here in mot.. 

I'll just put the old springs back in then. Save a lot of hassle. Then sort the height issues out later on.

Yeah that's another idea, although even without knowing the cost of custom springs, i bet they are more expensive then making wire rope retainers (but much cleaner looking....)

Currently I have something like 30mm, maybe a bit more, of droop before the straps got tight.

Sweeeet. Mine are made from quality strop but I could easily whip up some wire rope items as per above link suggests. 

@cletus @KKtrips does this sound OK? 

Coil over on the front. Divorced (never actually heard that term used before now) at the back. The back end is fine - the coils there remain captive.  Just these loose front springs to sort. I'd love it if I could swap the guts out and put in shorter inserts but I cant as they have non-servicable rolled over ends. If there was enough meat in the wall I'd cut the tops off the dampers, internally thread them and machine up some caps to retain some inserts.

Are keeper/helper springs OK for certification? Like these sort of things.. 

https://www.nzperformance.co.nz/bc-adjustable-suspension-keeper-helper-spring-pa-2

One of the things I'll have to deal with in the future is loose front springs (makita one ways) when the car jacked jacked off the ground. Iirc it's about 20mm gap. Currently the car has some very well secured straps, as is done extensively in the UK with imps wearing shorter springs. But I'm guessing this fix would not pass a cert? 

So if my 'strap ons' are not good enough then it's some keeper springs or start looking into making some coilovers with shorter insert etc etc but that's a whole new set of questions.