The Dmax Touring (re)Build Series E03 || ThunderFab Canopy - Fitting, Weighing and Smoking it out!?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- This episode we're back in the ThunderFab workshop.
Everything has come back from the powder coaters and its looking so good. We remove the old canopy, bolt on the new canopy with the flares, toolboxes and light panels.
It all gets wired up, spare wheel mounted and mudflaps are fitted.
Both canopies are smoked out to replicate water/dust ingress and their both weighed - results were awesome!
The boys have built a canopy that's stronger (engineered to handle my 110kg tinny on top), dust/water proof and yet still comes in LIGHTER than my old import.
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I wish my mechanic & all the other companies that have worked on my 4x4 would have done so with the same amount of precision, eye for detail and overall care & attention that these boyz seemingly did with yours. That’s what’s lacking in this country I reckon.
Looks mint 👌
I totally agree, so difficult to find a good fabby/mechanic/auto sparky that actually takes pride in their work and what they hand over. I'm still trying to find a mechanic with the same passion!
Thanks for the update Cam and good decisions- I still went with the best of the Chinese canopies as I discovered they’re not all from the same factory - I paid under 3k for a 2.5m checker plate with full internal and external bracing, two doors, piano hinge and stand off legs from VIC - the welds are good and no stress cracks have appeared and yes there was some dust ingress but I’ve replaced the seals and adjusted the locks - this saving has allowed me to spend up on Redarc, Engel, Renogy and $1k lithium battery - local folk do extra metal work for me - John in SA
Cheers John, if it gets you out there and keeps everything inside dry and safe then its a good thing mate!
Great video mate, these canopy looks alit neater that Norweld and Mitsalloy. You can see the pride in workmanship…. I might have to travel to WA when I am ready to go ahead with a canopy
Cheers mate, I'm biased but I reckon its the best canopy I've seen on the market yet (in terms of weight, design and finished build quality). They'd sort you out with freighting one over - but you'd be mad not to come over and make a holiday of it up the West Coast if you could! ;)
As a boilermaker welder / fabricator ... I have to say, that's a damn nice bit of work.
Thats awesome to hear, they take a lot of pride in their work!
What a great job these lads do
Absolutely! They're bloody good at their craft!
Thanks Cam, canopy is looking great, love these boys work, enjoying the build episodes🍻🍻👍
Cheers Brian, appreciate the support mate!
Hell yeah. Couldn't find anything to watch with my coffee and you saved me! Thanks bud
Enjoy!
@@MrFastFarmer rinse and repeat, it's all life is.
Very jealous. Wish you'd done this before I started mine. The unfazed way those guys went about their work indicated to me they give the same professionalism to all clients.
They've done a ripper job, nothing is too hard and they're genuinely passionate about what they do!
That’s such an awesome looking canopy. Great work to all the boys involved.
Cheers mate! I'm back in love with the car again!
Wow, great idea with the smoke out. A really great engineered, and craftsmanship piece of work. You won't want to get it dirty.. 😜😜
I'm loving this build series. Onya Cam...
Cheers Mark
Cheers Mark!
Awesome mate. It's looking great. The only thing I don't like about your videos is having to wait for the next one 😁. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Cheers for the support guys!
Well done boys that is a sweet Rig
Looks quality! Cant wait to get me dual cab end of the year. Might have to make a trip to see the boys!
Cheers mate, theyll sort you out!
That looks absolutely awesome. Great video montage as well. We definitely keep these guys in mind when we're ready to get a canopy build for our gladiator.
Cheers mate! Yeah they’ll look after you!
Canopy looks awesome cam can’t wait to see the finished product 🤙🏼
The canopy looks good and looking forward to the next canopy build episode 👍👍👍
Cheers mate, next one will be the fitout!
That is a work of art.
I agree!!
Excellent result
Great video as usual Cam,
These guys let their work do the talking for them.
Great looking build and finish with no sales pitch needed by them.
All the best
regards Peter.
Cheers Peter, yeah I’m so impressed with their work!
That thing is unreal 🤩
Seriously mate that is one very nice looking canopy!! ThunderFab I'm very impressed
They've absolutely knocked it out of the park hey!
@@WildTouring Absolutely 🤗
The guys did an awesome job!
They did, I'm so thrilled with it. Every time I walk away from the car I look back at it several times haha.
Lookin good Cam great smoke test
Cheers Terry!
Impressive canopy - crossed my fingers with the smoke test but didn"t need too , good vid :)
Me too! With the smoke test and the weigh in 😂
I love this channel , cam is a legend and he is a local wich makes it even better. Keep up the good work cam yewwww🤙👍
Cheers mate, appreciate the support!!!
Awesome canopy. Spotto beer fridge.
Haha, that was one of the essentials when they were setting up the workshop!
Great canopy Cam
Cheers Jack!
Loving these build videos Cam! The canopy is looking so damn good.👌
Cheers mate! So wrapped with it!
@@WildTouring dream set up 👌🔥
Beautiful looking canopy!! The smile says it all. Well done. Great design and excellent looking quality. U will be smiling about your canopy every time u use it. To me, it’s not the vehicle u have it’s the setup that makes things enjoyable. 😂
Cheers mate. To be honest I've had quite a beers on the driveway with the canopy lately just looking at it hahaha.
@@WildTouring haha. I know the feeling. U deserve it!! Definitely one of the best built canopies I’ve seen. One good thing Covid has done is really upped the game in canopy build design and quality in Aus. Price too 😩 but if do it right u do it once.
Sooooo good 👍
Car looks awesome. Seen you out and about yesterday on the kenwick link near royal street.
Cheers mate, yeah was heading to or from the car wash ramp to wash of some mud from a mid week trip!
Do the smoke test in the new campany once done some trips
Absolutely plan to!
2025 we're off on another trip, around Aus for the year.
When I get back I'll smoke it out and run around the whole thing with a camera. Can't think of a better way to demonstrate the difference between a quality canopy and a cheap canopy - because by then it will be 4 years old, and done similar kms and terrain as the checkerplate one did before it fell apart.
The poly blocks looked like HDPE 100. Great plastic. Will last 100 years in the sun.
Yeah bang on Jay!
So Kenny doesn't seem comfortable talking on the camera. I can't blame him but he knows how to work the canopy looks nice
I agree 100%, canopy looks very nice indeed. I hope he does a price on what everything cost in the end.
Yeah they're fantastic fabbies, but theyre pretty modest blokes. I've found most people find it pretty daunting having a camera in their face!
@@dagsbouch all prices are listed on their site mate! Www.thunderfab.com.au
@@WildTouring Thanks champ, I've just booked in to Pedders to get those brakes and a GVM upgrade, now does that put a hole in your pocket.
Should do tool box doors white
yeah could have done, I'm really happy with the colour scheme I chose though.
Great looking canopy wish this series was made about a year ago when i got my box made, you never hear of these smaller places due to poor advertising but they make some of the best stuff, its a shame tbh i would of gone with these guys had they been about. My point is these smaller fab companies are hard to find for the casual customer who doesnt know anyone in the industry. Question though, im no welder never will claim to be, but surely the welding could of looked better than the bolt heads all over the door skin?
I'm hoping I can help them to get their name out there, they do amazing work and deserve to make it!
The first pair of doors they made for my canopy were welded. It was fiddly and time consuming for them to weld them in such a way that didn't heat warp or mark the outside of the skin. Bolting them was quicker (which means cheaper) and resulted in what we agreed was a better finish. We reckon it looks tough - but I know that's subjective!
@@WildTouring thats fair enough. Canopy looks great.
Even the Pro's are camera shy to start out
Haha poor buggers weren't real keen on cameras in their face. It is pretty daunting! But I'm so glad they let me film the process, because I find it really interesting so I'm sure others will to.
@@WildTouring might have to get them to practice a few lines in front the mirror 😄
Those plastic hinges aren't the best when they sit in the sun all day 30° and you want to open and close, the rubber stretches and doesn't interlock good and causes issues.
They're new to me, and I was pretty unsure about them to begin with. Time will tell. But from what I'm reading and hearing they're widely used in freight and mining industry. They're rated for 100kgs (1m horizontal span), at temperatures between -40 to 50 degrees and 50,000 + cycles. Also UV stabilised.
@@WildTouring I have them on my custom made gull wings on my car they work great, just need to be cautious as it's the gas struts fighting when closing the door causes them to pull apart and not interlock correct (poor explanation I know) and it's only an issue when it's a summer sun day when the heat gets into it. Bit late now but they also do an aluminium version of that hinge it's a little bigger but the rubber flex joint is much thicker.
Do they do tray and lift off Canopy please thanks good vid
Shoot them a msg mate, I'm sure they've priced something like that up for someone else recently;
thunderfab.com.au/pages/contact-us
Looks nice what's the price difference between the old canopy and new one?
Cheers mate, there's a pretty big price difference between the two.
Just did a quick online quote for an import dual cab canopy on a tray with toolboxes, paint and central locking - starts at about $7k.
Thunderfab dual cab canopy with same inclusions starts at about 18k.
It’s an unfair comparison when your not evaluated on the same criteria. The engineering of the locally manufactured product will be confirmed when it outlasts the imported by many seasons. You are also supporting local businesses and their families when you purchase locally. It is in my opinion a better option to invest in our own people as the flow on effect compounds far greater than the price paid.
You probably mentioned it but what size is the canopy please