Yet another black mav...(new pics 11/02)

[blkmav]

Just got it back from the latest round of mods.

The mod list -

New front bar
XP winch
50mm body lift
Snorkel
ARB rear bar
150L fuel tank
New panhards
New lower trailing arms
Rotronics dual battery system
Piranha electronic ignition

The pics -

http://twosharp.com/truck/newfront.jpg
http://twosharp.com/truck/newrear.jpg

[Kane]

Look's veeery clean! What are your plans for the future?

[TUFFGU&GQ]

Not bad, bet you washed it this morning.. Hmmm is that a bit of gold pin stripe near the snorkel? :shock:
:shock:
The lights in the rear bar turned out good, must do mine now.

Oh yeah you have my panhards!!!! Bastard....anything else you wanna borrow, rear wheel carrier maybe, bullbar mounts, no probs. I fitted your rock sliders to mine last night or should I say this morning :lol: :wink:

Andrew.

[marin]

those reversing lights look schmick, the way you have placed them, what sort of lights did you use? and do they light up to the sides much, or just straight back?

[MavTestPilot]

Very tidy truck. Was there much work in lifting the rear bar to suit the bodylift?

[blkmav]

Was there much work in lifting the rear bar to suit the bodylift?

From what I saw it took a few hours with a MIG. Basically slice off the old mount and reattach it 50mm down and add some reinforcement. Had it freshly powder coated too.

[Link]

Very tidy 8)

[blkmav]

those reversing lights look schmick, the way you have placed them, what sort of lights did you use? and do they light up to the sides much, or just straight back?

Thanks, they are just elcheapo spread beams. They are not wired up yet so I have no idea how much light they put out.

[blkmav]

Another pic, packed and ready to go

http://twosharp.com/truck/cases.jpg

[blkmav]

Now with sliders...

http://twosharp.com/truck/sliders2.jpg

[blkmav]

Up in the Vic high country yesterday morning

http://twosharp.com/truck/tow.jpg

[blkmav]

Latest pose shots

http://twosharp.com/truck/posef.jpg
http://twosharp.com/truck/poser.jpg

[TUFFGU&GQ]

I want one of those shovel holders. Lookin' good.

[blkmav]

Got busy yesterday with a few mates and had a working bee on the mav.

Here's what we did and a few pics.
Fit winch controller socket on front bar
Fit in-cab winch control switch
Connect reversing lights
Terminate rear accessory sockets
Fit trailer socket on rear bar
Terminate GPS power lead
Fit headlight reminder
Fit shocks
Fit grease nipples and grease
Adjust bonnet stops

http://twosharp.com/truck/winchbar.jpg
http://twosharp.com/truck/gpsmount.jpg
http://twosharp.com/truck/rearsock.jpg
http://twosharp.com/truck/incabsw.jpg

[marin]

Fit shocks


How did she ride before you got shocks? sway bars would have been earning their keep :P

Anyway, sounds like you had a productive day, always good to have the mates there to help drink the beer, i mean feed the cables.

any plans for an on/off switch in the cab so the winch cant be shorted into operation from the socket on the bar? Or is that not possible? (i wonder if the myth is true about pulling the winch cable out over the car, hooking to rear bar, shorting winch with paperclip and squishing car?)

marin

[blkmav]

Yep the old shocks weren't matched to the new coils, so it made for an interesting ride. Now with a full EFS setup it’s fantastic.

Always good when one on your mates is an autoelec and the other is a mechanic. One job I left off is we advanced the timing. Makes a huge difference to gear changes,

I already have a winch isolation switch courtesy of the Rotronics dual battery system. Yes it’s true that with the 3 pin winches you can run them by shorting the pins out. The new 5 pin jobs are a bit harder.

[TUFFGU&GQ]

Need a pic of your roll bar. Next mod is fit your power steering cooler.

Andy (aka mechanic and parts runner) lol

[Bighazza]

Now thats a clean looking patrol the black is really nice 8)

[blkmav]

Finally got the drawers finished and installed

http://twosharp.com/truck/drawers.jpg

[blkmav]

Hawse fairlead and rockstomper winch rope fitted

http://twosharp.com/truck/rope.jpg

[Iggy]

Hi,
Great looking slider steps. Exactly what i want/need. Where did you get them, or are they customs? Tried three local engineering places and they don't want to know about it. I nearly bought a black Maverick myself, but got a white LWB instead (suits our purposes better). Keep up the updates, will watching out for them.

[blkmav]

Custom from these guys http://www.4wdconnections.com.au/

[sim79]

Just got it back from the latest round of mods.

The mod list -

New front bar
XP winch
50mm body lift
Snorkel
ARB rear bar
150L fuel tank
New panhards
New lower trailing arms
Rotronics dual battery system
Piranha electronic ignition

The pics -

http://twosharp.com/truck/newfront.jpg
http://twosharp.com/truck/newrear.jpg
NICE REAR BAR. CAN YOU TELL WHO MADE IT AND HOW MUCH IT SET YOU BACK

[blkmav]

It's an ARB rear bar. They don't make them anymore, I bought mine out of the trading post.

[blkmav]

Quick update - she now has a shiny new head gasket and front lock-right locker.

[bullitvb]

Done a great job on the 4wd. Like the rear bar and lights. Did u get them from super cheap? how do they light up the track? did u get that powder coated? what size lift and wheels do u have? thanks for ur time.

[blkmav]

Done a great job on the 4wd. Like the rear bar and lights. Did u get them from super cheap? how do they light up the track? did u get that powder coated? what size lift and wheels do u have? thanks for ur time.

Can't remember where I got the lights from sorry. They work ok in the bush but they are a little low, better than the standard reversing lights. I had the bar powder coated as it was blue when I bought it. I have a 3" EFS lift and run 34" JT2's

[maverick8u]

i'm excited!!!

she looks very tuff mate, mines a work in progress at the mo getting a V8 and a bunch of other bits, wish i had enough left over for a black paint job (white with red stripes is a bit poxy) but i wouldn't want to be a copycat.

but no **** dude it looks mad.

how is the six going for you, had endless issues with mine, elec ignition buggered everything up and timing chain was also about to carc it.

know anyone with an ARB bar for sale?

[Ryan]

Hey mate, your rig looks allmost identical to my MQ shorty, same colour and all!!!

[blkmav]

i'm excited!!!

she looks very tuff mate, mines a work in progress at the mo getting a V8 and a bunch of other bits, wish i had enough left over for a black paint job (white with red stripes is a bit poxy) but i wouldn't want to be a copycat.

but no **** dude it looks mad.

how is the six going for you, had endless issues with mine, elec ignition buggered everything up and timing chain was also about to carc it.

know anyone with an ARB bar for sale?

Thanks for the comments, this is what it looks like now

The TB42 is great now I have had the head done. Running like a swiss watch, except for the starter motor which is now full of mud.

http://blkmav.com/images/mav150406.jpg

[Shorty94]

Looks good! What size tyres you runnin?

[g4cube]

If he has not changed them since feb this year then they are 34's mate

[GIBBO]

looks good :smile:

[Dudeman4X4n]

Thats a tuff lookin unit. I like your work.

[Mulisha]

I have a black mav as well can't go past the... black is a good colur and have you found ur paint job it still good after all this time.:ahah:

[blkmav]

This vehicle is for sale, if you are interested PM me here.

Pictures of what it looks like now:
http://blkmav.com/forsale/mav.htm

[blkmav]

Has just been serviced and fitted with a new clutch and starter motor

$12K no RWC also includes new set of ROH rims and ARB roof rack

[INsomniac303]

PM sent.