Pedro Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Damb, I was hoping I was the first haha. Have you got any info on the others? I am curious Woops, I should have elaborated more. Yours is the only bagged one, and the only long bed (I've ever seen in oz). Greiggy is one of the others, and this is the other one, no tub and totally different theme. Yours is definitely the coolest (and has convinced me to search for one with a tub). When I have a house with a garage, I'll definitely be starting a datsun 521 / 620 / 320 project, whatever comes up first. Best part about yours that I like is, you aren't doing a motor conversion, and you are keeping the rims standard / old school. Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 aww sweet. Yeah I figured that datsun made them near perfect anyways so I didn't plan on changing a whole lot of stuff. I heard that there was a bagged one a while back but I havn't heard anything for certain Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted August 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Today was a good day Now that you see the colour of the car, what colour do you blokes think the rims should be, Black or white? And wet sanded these suckers to make sure I didn't need any more high fill so that I can paint the inside of them Quote Link to comment
Greiggy Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 sex on wheels man!! i reckon black wheels with red thinwall band Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 :cool: I agree black to offset the whitewalls. Quote Link to comment
volksmike Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Black with stainless trim rings and stock caps:cool: Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted August 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 should be able to paint all next weekend Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Very nice progress there, keep it up. Looking forward to seeing this completed. Jason Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted September 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 I'm pretty ghetto so I use newspaper And I'm pretty ghetto and poor so I spray it on my dirt driveway I think the doors came out the best (pretty straight in my eyes considering what i started out with, drivers side .ie. right hand side had alot of dints) I think old guys own these trucks over here from back in the day and drove into and hit everything they could. The gaurds rubbed on the tyres when I aired up and down, partly because the have an offset that protrudes them to the outside of the car and because the 175 tyres bulge out on the 4.5 inch rims. Solution: cut up a 620 rim and a navara (hardbody) rim and join. The navara rims are 0.5 inches wider which I think will make the tyres look better by not bulging out so much and I offset the mutant rim to sit in as far as I could without being riskay and not having any lip from the centre overlapping the rim outer. I made them so that they have just as much overlap as what the navara rims did. Had a couple of chops at getting it straight by measureing and what not woth no success. Forth time I done it with just my eye and got it perfect. 4.5 inch 620 rim 5.0 inch 620/navara rim Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 Nicely done. :) Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted September 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Now I remember why I do this stuff Quote Link to comment
slodat Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Congrats! It looks great! Quote Link to comment
Pedro Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Man that looks awesome. I wasn't a fan of the colour before seeing it together with the panels on, now it looks great. Did you use acrylic or 2 pac? Keep updating the thread, this thing is sick. Quote Link to comment
lynchfourtwenty Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 that thing is sweet man.. more pics! Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted September 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 That's all you get until next weekend, I only took them late on sunday night which explains the poor lighting, but deffinately more on the weekend. Man that looks awesome. I wasn't a fan of the colour before seeing it together with the panels on, now it looks great. Did you use acrylic or 2 pac? Keep updating the thread, this thing is sick. To tell you the truth I did have regrets about the colour and not going with my initial idea of a dark, flat kaky green, but I think it is turning out ok. Oh and i used enamal Quote Link to comment
lynchfourtwenty Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 gotta love the no hook look Quote Link to comment
menotknow Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 It's turning out to be the best bitumen biting, hoe-getting automobile I've ever seen! Was worth all that work to change the offset on the rims, tucks real nice and looks dope. P.S. Can we ride to dizzee and shwayze already? Yewwww. Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted September 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 gotta love the no hook look If you are talking about the bed hooks, I'm sorry to dissapoint you but they are staying, I'm with ol yello on that debate, I use to not like them and was super close to cutting them off at one point but I like them now. It looks a bit bland and boring in the back if they are not there. It's turning out to be the best bitumen biting, hoe-getting automobile I've ever seen! Was worth all that work to change the offset on the rims, tucks real nice and looks dope. P.S. Can we ride to dizzee and shwayze already? Yewwww. ^^^ haha. nice picture. I'm going to try and find some 6 inch rims for the back so I can fit as bigger tyre as I can I think (gotta try and tuck the lug) and that is the way it was set up so why not right? just might look a bit funny aired up because of the tyre size difference from front to back, but oh well, planning on being low most of the time anyway. P.s. I wish, but I'm trying as hard as I can Quote Link to comment
menotknow Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 (gotta try and tuck the lug) YEEEAAAAHHHHH BOOOIIII! Quote Link to comment
Pedro Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 I forgot to ask, how did you make your front tubs? did you get a shop to bend them up with the curved edge? Or do you work with sheet metal? Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Good job on the rims..takes alot of confidence to do that :cool: So...not many 620's in your area that are customized? Reason i ask is your gonna deffinately turn some heads :D Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Paint the rims tan or a cream color. that would look hot with the red. also gotta have the trim rings. That is one sick ass 620 :cool: Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted September 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 I forgot to ask, how did you make your front tubs? did you get a shop to bend them up with the curved edge? Or do you work with sheet metal? I bought them from a place formally know as tuck shop custom but are now called custom works, not many places make them Good job on the rims..takes alot of confidence to do that :cool: So...not many 620's in your area that are customized? Reason i ask is your gonna deffinately turn some heads :D Not many 620's period, they are pretty rare here, I only ever spot one once in a blue moon and even then they are only rangdang utes that are all beat up, mine is the only one I have seen in person with a tub, so that kinda gives you a scope of the scarcity. being the only one around will only add to the perks.:thumbup: Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 I bought them from a place formally know as tuck shop custom but are now called custom works, not many places make them Try some trailer supply houses. Should be easier to find and may be a bit cheaper than a custom shop. http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?R=200322357&storeId=6970&productId=200322357&cm_ven=natural&cm_cat=netconcepts&cm_pla=Google&cm_ite=trailer%2Bfenders Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted September 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 2eDeYe;79657']Try some trailer supply houses. Should be easier to find and may be a bit cheaper than a custom shop. http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?R=200322357&storeId=6970&productId=200322357&cm_ven=natural&cm_cat=netconcepts&cm_pla=Google&cm_ite=trailer%2Bfenders Beleive me I tried trailer places, we don't have such a wide market of products over here to chose from like u guys in the US. Trailer places here only use plastic ones or shitty steel ones that are just stamped out and have angles instead of a curve. I didn't get mine for too bad a price anyway, they were ninety for the pair which considering the price we pay for everything here is way more expensive than what retail is in the US. meh what can u do Quote Link to comment
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