New Surf

[turbo_steve]

Beginning of Oct I finished off the tranny on my red surf, no top gear or reverse (it's an auto). I picked up another surf I knew of, the guy got it from another province last year with a blown headgasket which turned into seized crank, he gave up after being into it for about $4k. Other than a half built motor the thing was minty with 108,000km and I picked it up for $1500. I swapped my motor over from the red one and it's been fun ever since!








TG Rear Disc Brake Kit
TG Extended Rear Brake Line
TG Rear Axle Shafts, Chromoly 1986-1995
TG Diff Armor, Large
TG Rear Axle Bearing Pocket
TG Rear Axle Bearing Service Kit
TG Wheel Lug Nuts and Studs
TG Differential Stud Eliminator Kit
Factory 4.88 Gears
Aussie Locker
OME 2" Lift Coil Springs
2" Lift Bilstein Shocks

4Crawler 1.5" BJ Spacers in front
Bilstein shocks
TG Rock Sliders
MB TKO Wheels
33x12.50R15 Goodyear DuraTracs


Installed my rear bumper
Adjusted the factory tire carrier to lift tire out of the way


Painted the sliders, grey paint and chrome with rockerguard


To see all the pics from the build check out http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...1&l=7d55c0fd68

[turbo_steve]

Here's a lil vid from a couple weeks ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhfzR0jqrLU

[tashtego]

Well done!

Wow,
you have turned it into a pretty amazing truck...ad the video is excellent too.

Well done!

[HONEST AL]

Steve, that looks well nice,rear bumper mod looks spot on.
Can you let me know,is that the original rear axle and where did you get the disc brake kit for the rear from please???????

[budweiser]

nice,
where did you get the pieces to convert it to rear disc brakes?
how the hand brake works now?
love to have a rear bumber like it.
good job!!

[slobodan]

Dr. Hook towing.

I like that!

[MWS]

Nice, Steve. Keep up the good work. Did you find that your 35"s were too tall/large to use?

[turbo_steve]

Thanks guys!

Yes it was the original rear axle, just added all the goodies to it. The brake kit is from Trail Gear, I'm actually a dealer for them:

http://www.trail-gear.com/brakes

There is currently no e-brake but it's an auto so not a big deal. There are a couple options to remedy that but I'm not too worried about it at the moment.

I loved the 35s but the tranny not so much, if I went to 5.29 gears it would have been better. This truck is my daily driver with the odd wheeling so I didn't need to go as big, try and keep some decent fuel economy.

[muddle]

What did you do to lift the spare?

[J i m s t e r]

Dr. Hook towing.

I like that!

Sexy Eyelets?

[turbo_steve]

What did you do to lift the spare?

Cut the stock mount off the carrier and used a couple metal pieces and welded it all up.

[shokenore]

Cut the stock mount off the carrier and used a couple metal pieces and welded it all up.

Like it
Don't look Vince it is another dirty pic.

[Dodge]

Cool truck, some nice mods. Liking the rear bumper and the relocated spare in particular.

[turbo_steve]

Finally got the front bumper done up, just need to install the winch now:

[HONEST AL]

looks good there Steve