A few pics so far...

[puddlesurfer]

yes, you're going to lose your blue star!

[Black Sheep]

Amongst jeep owners it stands for Just Empty Every Pocket.
And I should know as mine just cost me another £200 yesterday
There again it gives me an excuse to post a pic lol

[TonyN]

So, am I still in the bad books for calling that lovely Surf a Jeep?

Hell yeah,

and so's Yoshie, stick 6" skyjacker kit on that, some 35s and lockers on a Surf and I'd still rather have the surf and probably outwheel the Heep just about anywhere as well. As well as drive home afterwards instead on the back of an AA van..

[Albannach]

Famous case of "thinking I'm correct, but clearly I was very wrong"

Yep, just like you think you can spell my name; but you can't.

[jgs600]

love the look of the 32x11.50's... i pressume they are on 15" wheels.

i was thinking of changing my wheel tyre combo. ive just fitted a set of roughtrax 2"+ rear springs.... would this tyre wheel size fit ok without any mods.

[puddlesurfer]

I think they would fit under there, but would rub if you went off road or over speed humps - experts will be along soon

[JUDWAK]

i have 30's on with out no lift they rub a bit on full lock
but no problems other wise very good off roading too

[Wolfracer]

love the look of the 32x11.50's... i pressume they are on 15" wheels.

i was thinking of changing my wheel tyre combo. ive just fitted a set of roughtrax 2"+ rear springs.... would this tyre wheel size fit ok without any mods.

You'll be fine, to be honest the overall circumference isn't massively different to the 265/70/r16's that were on it before. The extra width could cause an issue when on full lock or articulation though depending on the offset of the wheels you choose. I have fitted wheel spacers to push the tyre out to fit flush with the outside of the wheel arch extension and suffer no such issues.

[Wolfracer]

Following Wez's example, decided to have a go at sorting the front A bar today.
After a quick trip to B&Q, got some angle iron for strength and Alu chequer plate angle to go over the top. Took off the plastic coated cross member and replaced. Will be getting a couple of nice new shiny spots soon as well.

[tintin]

So, am I still in the bad books for calling that lovely Surf a Jeep?

Hell yes!
You just said it yourself "that lovely surf"
It is not a feckin jeep

Al

[puddlesurfer]

Nice looking truck, good job

[Wolfracer]

Thoughts on this please?

Thinking of 2 sets of spots, 8" and 6" or 7" and 5" or similar - think the 2 sizes would work well. Any thoughts other than blocking the rad?
Anyone got some good lamps you can reccomend?

Thinking KC Daylighters, Cibies etc... deffo 100W+

[slobodan]

My opinion... makes it look cluttered.

[Predictable Bob]

You're losing cooling ...

[Shalershasker]

I'd go for the two spots low down but only for the looks, I'm not convinced by the spots effecting the cooling any more (although I was) since fitting the temp gauge, I did the same trip three times (Hastings to Tunbridge Wells), once with 5" spots on, once with none (waiting for the new ones to turn up) then with the 6" Baja's on, there was no difference what so ever.
Don't get me wrong, the theory is sound, your putting two blocks in front of the rad it should stop some of the air flow, but for me my findings were that it had no effect, that said my truck doesn't seem to run as hot as some anyway, certainly not at the 90 degree mark anyway, I even replaced the gauge thinking it was faulty and not showing the correct temp.