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[rover4x4]

Wheres that Terra Firma stuff made? China? Why not Rovertracks rear links? The bumper looks good, any chance he will offer these in the future?

 

[ArmyRover]

Oooooo, those r purty! Glad to see you were getting something accomplished this weekend while I was playing.

Any tips for when I go to install my RoverTracks arms?

I heard your winch got a work out

Buy new bolts for the axle mount and nuts. I ended up having to cut one off with a sawzall seems to be a theme for the passenger side of my RRC. Make sure to spray the nuts for a few days prior with your favorite lube. Other than that it's as easy as it comes.

Wheres that Terra Firma stuff made? China? Why not Rovertracks rear links? The bumper looks good, any chance he will offer these in the future?

From what I heard later it is China, a friend had just started carrying Terra Firma so I gave him my business. I really wanted to go with the Lucky8 rock crusher trailing arms but he was out of stock and wasn't sure when he would have more so I went with the TF's.

Next time I talk with Brad at roxtar fab I'll ask him if he has any plans to offer it. I should be talking with him soon as I'm thinking of sending my scorpion front bumper over to him to get it to his powder coater, for a fresh coating.

 

[fishEH]

Next time I talk with Brad at roxtar fab I'll ask him if he has any plans to offer it. I should be talking with him soon as I'm thinking of sending my scorpion front bumper over to him to get it to his powder coater, for a fresh coating.

Brad's trailing arms looked very stout and I believe he used heims on the threaded end. You think his powder coater will sandblast it for you, or will that be on you?

 

[ArmyRover]

I was planning on cleaning it up before sending it over, don't know what other services his guy offers. I know he does a zinc coating before the powder coat so it should be pretty rust resistant.

 

[ArmyRover]

For those asking about the bumper...

I've had a few inquiries about ordering these.
As most know, at RockStar Fabrication, our primary focus is on tube bumpers.
This bumper was a custom one-off for Bill.
He had helped me out on a previous occasion. That and I try to help out military personnel whenever possible.

Since he already had a Scorpion front that he wanted to somewhat match, we decided to go with a different style than I normally do.
This is the result.

I didn't make a jig to replicate this bumper but, if there is enough demand, I'll obviously be willing to set up a production run.

RSF currently offers a swing away spare carrier that can easily be fit to this bumper.

Pricing should be in the same ballpark as our current line.

Email me at brad@roxtarfab.com if you have interest in this.

 

[ArmyRover]

Well I was doing my trailing arms I greased the rear axle. Apparently I pulled the grease zerk out of the upper rear u-joint. It started to fail on me, but I got it pulled apart and changed out both the joints.

I also scored a double cardon front shaft and some GBR front axles :coffeedrink:

 

[achampagne]

great looking bumper!

 

[ArmyRover]

thanks, so how are things with SNHLR going you guys wheeling any?

 

[achampagne]

I'd like it say it was booming, but its not, I do most of the posts I think. its pretty dead, and its sad that community fell apart.

 

[ArmyRover]

At the beginning I thought the club would do better but it started the downward slide pretty quick.

 

[Series1Rangie]

Looking good!

Lets see some picts of how the hunter sits with the new arms and the bumper on the back.

x2 on getting the bolts for the rear trailing arms ahead of time. I had to cut one off as well.

Mike and Myles

 

[ArmyRover]

It now definitely looks like its heading up hill a bit. I'll take some more pics tomorrow. Work has not been moving along since I've been basically living at work the last two weeks.

 

[ArmyRover]

Finally, some real work has been accomplished

I got the rear suspension spacers in and it leveled out the RRC nicely. As a added bonus, I installed a set of RTE Radius Arms to get the front end back to the way it should be. I'll have some pictures up tomorrow. :victory:

 

[ArmyRover]

So here are a few update pics not the greatest but good enough for now. We had a Chicago Land Rover Club meeting today so I took a few quick shots while the trucks were parked together. Kinda strange how low to the ground the G4 looks next to my Hunter. Tomorrow with a little luck the sliders will be installed.

A little RTE goodness on the radius arms

 

[LtFuzz]

Looks like a roided-up Rangie ready to beat up on some trails.. sweet :victory: