donington 4x4 show

200tdi ayre · Feb 17, 2013

Mark L said:
A rather productive visit for me at Donnington today.

Paid my deposit & secured my place for the trip to Morocco in October, ordered a custom build Raptor dash pod, had a few more bits off Allisport and brought a winch iso switch which is featuring in the custom built Raptor pod.

Nice.

Sounds like an expensive day

bluehaze · Feb 17, 2013

We had a great time:

Raptor dash
Bush piggy gridle
Multi tool
Cargo nets
Electrical connectors
Cup holders

And a big dent in the visa card!! Pics to follow.

Mark L · Feb 17, 2013

The Mad Hat Man said:
Why?

Because unless the chassis is anything other than 100% bare, clean metal on the INSIDE of the box section (which is highly unlikely on an old chassis) the galv process won't take to it, will remain bare metal and will therefore eventually rot from the inside out, so may as well just wire wheel down the outside and cold galv paint it to get what would essentially be the same end result.

It happened to a customer (who happened to be there with him at the point I was talking to him) whereby he paid somebody £3000 to supply, hot-dip galv and fit a second hand chassis. X amount of time down the line, aforementioned rotting from inside out then occurred and ended up going to Richard Chassis for a brand new, properly made one which cost him another 3k+.

For £1600 plus the VAT, he'll make up a brand new, made from scratch, galv'd D1 chassis for anyone interested.

200tdi ayre · Feb 17, 2013

Mark L said:
Because unless the chassis is anything other than 100% bare, clean metal on the INSIDE of the box section (which is highly unlikely on an old chassis) the galv process won't take to it, will remain bare metal and will therefore eventually rot from the inside out, so may as well just wire wheel down the outside and cold galv paint it to get what would essentially be the same end result.

It happened to a customer (who happened to be there with him at the point I was talking to him) whereby he paid somebody £3000 to supply, hot-dip galv and fit a second hand chassis. X amount of time down the line, aforementioned rotting from inside out then occurred and ended up going to Richard Chassis for a brand new, properly made one which cost him another 3k+.

For £1600 plus the VAT, he'll make up a brand new, made from scratch, galv'd D1 chassis for anyone interested.

That's the main reason mines shotblasters and painted

Mark L · Feb 17, 2013

200tdi ayre said:
Sounds like an expensive day

Hmm, not too bad.
Allisport's stuff is a LOT cheaper at the shows than what their shop prices are. The Raptor pod was a touch cheaper than normally advertised too.

Anyone considering anything from Raptor Engineering certainly won't be disappointed with the quality of their kit. Gotta admit, I was very surprised - hence buying one.

Mark L · Feb 17, 2013

200tdi ayre said:
That's the main reason mines shotblasters and painted

And that's exactly the route I'm now going down. :bounce:

200tdi ayre · Feb 17, 2013

Mark L said:
Hmm, not too bad.
Allisport's stuff is a LOT cheaper at the shows than what their shop prices are. The Raptor pod was a touch cheaper than normally advertised too.

Anyone considering anything from Raptor Engineering certainly won't be disappointed with the quality of their kit. Gotta admit, I was very surprised - hence buying one.

Yeah my raptor stuff is top notch! Got it at show prices too wouldn't buy much stuff apart from show prices/ trade price

GINGE · Feb 17, 2013

productive day for me also.

Box spanner
prop shaft socket
circlip pliers
HD drive flange ends
front wide angle prop from QT
goodwinch dynamic winch rope and hook

Havent told the wife yet.

Mark L · Feb 17, 2013

200tdi ayre said:
Yeah my raptor stuff is top notch! Got it at show prices too wouldn't buy much stuff apart from show prices/ trade price

I've gone for a CB (custom made size) 52mm gauge, 5x switch, winch iso switch combo.

Question now is which gauge do I choose to I put in it?

GINGE · Feb 17, 2013

Mark L said:
I've gone for a CB (custom made size) 52mm gauge, 5x switch, winch iso switch combo.

Question now is which gauge do I choose to I put in it?

boost.

So you can eventually see your VNT turbo pressure.

Mark L · Feb 17, 2013

BIG_GINGA_BEARD said:
boost.

So you can eventually see your VNT turbo pressure.

Tis a good point well put.

Was going to fit a dual Voltmeter guage for the twin batteries but it seems you can't get them, so it is looking like a boost gauge, to be fair.

Shall get 2x Voltometer gauges and fit them next to each other in the would be sunroof switch panel instead. Also fitting a water temp gauge somewhere in the mix at some point too.

Mark L · Feb 17, 2013

I'm going for a selection from this range:

ANY 3 GAUGE OFFER- Black Faced Boost Oil Water Volt Amp | eBay

Seem a fair price...?

200tdi ayre · Feb 17, 2013

Mark L said:
I've gone for a CB (custom made size) 52mm gauge, 5x switch, winch iso switch combo.

Question now is which gauge do I choose to I put in it?

I've got custom cb mount, 3 gauges, 6 switches and 2 12v outputs on mine

Pikey · Feb 17, 2013

Mark L said:
Tis a good point well put.

Was going to fit a dual Voltmeter guage for the twin batteries but it seems you can't get them, so it is looking like a boost gauge, to be fair.

Shall get 2x Voltometer gauges and fit them next to each other in the would be sunroof switch panel instead. Also fitting a water temp gauge somewhere in the mix at some point too.

I've got 2 of these in Blue, for my dual battery setup. 2 would probably fit in the space that a gauge fits. Would need to make a housing for em though.

Mini Red LED Digital Display Voltmeter Voltage Panel Volt Meter DC 0-99V Car New | eBay

MPfive · Feb 17, 2013

I like my raptor pod,Although Im tempted to get another front plate for it with the cb mount in as Most of my switches aren't doing anything

Paulmitchell1984 · Feb 17, 2013

redhand said:
I've got 2 of these in Blue, for my dual battery setup. 2 would probably fit in the space that a gauge fits. Would need to make a housing for em though.

Mini Red LED Digital Display Voltmeter Voltage Panel Volt Meter DC 0-99V Car New | eBay

ther what il be going for when i get my head round the split charge and where to wite my winch and got all cabling needed lol

Pikey · Feb 17, 2013

MPfive said:
I like my raptor pod,Although Im tempted to get another front plate for it with the cb mount in as Most of my switches aren't doing anything

Same CB as mine

MPfive · Feb 17, 2013

Good cb's for the money,can't fault it at all

Pikey · Feb 17, 2013

Paulmitchell1984 said:
ther what il be going for when i get my head round the split charge and where to wite my winch and got all cabling needed lol

Earth both batteries.

fix a feed from live on main battery to a 100amp relay, take a 2nd feed from relay to second battery.

Supply relay with a ignition switched feed or from Alternator W terminal (rev counter feed) so that 2nd battery is isolated from main battery until the ignition is switched on/engine is spinning.

jai_landrover · Feb 17, 2013

Am i the only one that thought it was absolutly crap?

Maybe been doing this too long but i walked around in 10 mins i did buy one thing but sold some bits to Alisport. main reason to go and my bro was picking up Marks Whitbread motor to bring back (the blue/white one) if I didn't go to help/sell stuff I woulda been most pee'd off!! Saw the usual suspects whitbread megasquirt some guys I compete with and Keiron from freespirit 4x4 said hello but the rest was pants lots of projects with serious price tags (house prices almost) and lots of bling stuff. Only thing I got was from mudstuff a center seatcup holder/map for £10 don't even think I need it I like my centre seat but it was fooking cheap.

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