Snoopy22 - 95 Series

[Snoopy22 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Snoopy22]

Picture of flag being used in anger and shovel holder. Shovel holder worked a treat over 1000km on the weekend and didn't move.

[Torrie 72 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Torrie 72]

Looks good Snoopy. Good to see another 90 series getting out and about! Hope you had a good time down the south east, would be good to catch up on a trip one day.
Cheers, Ben.

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Always looking for an excuse to get out, would even like to catch up and compare notes as it looks like you've done a lot of things that are still on my wish list:-)

[WOZCLEAN Member Find all posts View Profile Close WOZCLEAN]

Don't forget to add a post to your thread with the all important PP Sticker.

Gotta say we need to update our rig build up thread.

[mrkrinkle Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mrkrinkle]

After researching forums other websites and speaking with PP members and 4x4 accessory providers it became increasingly evident that obtaining recovery points for my 95 Series with OME alloy bar wasn't going to happen.

Initially I was going to bolt a custom flat point to the side of the existing tie downs (higher up) (there is another thread showing a mock-up of the design. After some further discussions it was decided the best option would be to utilise the current chassis anchor points and also use the existing structure as additional bracing material.

As a result I made some custom points. I used a 200mm off cut of 150 x 150 structural steel.
I cut this down to two 85 lengths of 40 x 100 drilled 4 holes into each; two to receive longer bolts to mount into the existing chassis locations, one to tie the new points to the side of the current structure and a 30mm hole to accommodate a shackle.
Fitting the points was tight and slow took some fine tuning to get the bolts locked up nice and tight but at the end of the day all was OK. I also removed the old tie down points to make room

For those interested I've attached a couple of pictures.

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Snoopy

So when are you going into production Snoopy22.... I'd love a set of these for my 95 series :-)

[Snoopy22 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Snoopy22]

I would have thought your ARB bar would have had some points already built in?
One of the issues I would face for making others is the positioning of the holes to line up with the chassis. I'm thinking they would all be slightly different even if by a bees preverbial which makes doing up the bolts an interesting exercise. When doing mine I found the left side different to the right, go figure :-)

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Recently fitted a Wind Cheetah roof rack and Feather Lite 2.5x 2.1 awning. Pics attached.
Tested them last weekend along the border track.
Staked one of my tyres which bought forward my tyre replacement strategy by 6 months. Get 5 x Cooper ST Maxx tyres fitted Wed.

[Snoopy22 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Snoopy22]

5 x Cooper ST Maxx tyres now fitted. No noticible increase in road noise from the old tyres.

[jayden Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close jayden]

Hey snoop, nice to see a another 95 series in the build up's, what do you think of the auto diesel i have one as well.

[Steevo Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steevo]

Nice rig Snoop. I too have the same alloy bar and same recovery point issues

[Snoopy22 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Snoopy22]

G'day Jayden,

generally speaking I like the rig and think in its stock form is really good value for money, however, a little more power would never go astray. Guess thats an excuse for some engine/exhaust mods when finances permit.

[Snoopy22 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Snoopy22]

G'day Stevo,

in the end the recovery points were a relatively easy fix even though it was a tad fiddly. Everything becomes easier with the right tools :-)

[Steevo Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steevo]

Yeah Snoop I actually have a good rated hook but yeah the design of the bar wont allow it to fit. I will do something like yours at some point.

[Snoopy22 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Snoopy22]

Thought I'd better include these really important mods
Thanks goes to "wozclean" for supplying them, especially the custom mirror bling

[Snoopy22 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Snoopy22]

Fitted rear biff breather and extended the front the other day. No need to do transfer case (and gearbox if there is one) looks like the easiest way is to do this through the inside of the car
Also did the dash modification on the passenger side to hopefully address the dash rattle issues, I haven't tested it yet to see if it actually works, but it all appears to be locked down nicely.