Another Great progress update Video. It's good to see you sold the first tray ,it will help with the budget. Love watching the fabrication episodes. Explaining how and why you do it.
Yeah dude that was super handy, pretty much just covered materials and lights I didn’t ask for too much, I would have done if I’d completed it. Cheers for watching!
Yeah you’re not the only one man I fkn loved the triple lights if we could just not talk about it that would be mint 😂😂 But na it was a worthy compromise at the end of the day they’re just lights, the drawer will get dirty tools and gear out of my canopy! Very keen to see them go in too dude!! Can’t wait till they turn up
Definitely a good looking tray. Even though you've started again, it'll be worth it when it just works and looks how you want it to look. Since starting to use deutsch plugs about 4 years back I haven't looked back, easy to assemble and 13 amps on each pin and as you said waterproof. I've considered using an 8 pin for a trailer plug as I have to tape it on if I'm doing a lot of rough dirt road driving and losing the plug with 2 tons behind is not a nice feeling.
@ellietthillery8204 I'd have an adapter so someone could but I just wouldnt tell anyone unless needed, but both my trailers can take a pretty good load and beating so I'm not too concerned where they go.
Yeah dude they’re brilliant, I used an 8 pin one for my stereo speakers, I also used an 8 pin when I replaced my gearbox loom, 6 pin one when I chopped the car and stripped out all the old wagon wires and sent the new loom to the back of the car! They’re good for anything really, on the trailer is a great idea. Added bonus that no one can borrow it haha, those trailer sockets are useless
Not ruined. Just started the first step of polishing the new lights too early. Which starts with scuffing it with a sander. Just like renewing headlights. That wiring lesson is going into my library =)
Hahaha I like it, definitely a positive way to look at it, I was gutted 😅 Nice! There is another dedicated wiring video on my channel that has a lot of little goodies in it 👍👍
I made sure whenever the audio was at 0db that the talking was also at 0db haha. It’s also easier with my real camera back because it amplifies the audio a lot more than the phone does. I’ll keep on it!! One thing I never do is actually “master” the audio like I do the video so I’ll look into it to get it all normalised across the board better. Thanks for the criticism mate appreciate it 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@timmyhasheart No worries man, I've been watching for a while and you've definitely upped the quality. A few mates and I are starting on YT doing 4x4 stuff as well @thesootybrothers4wd so we see your stuff as the gold standard
Cheers mate!! Always trying to do a bit more each video, whether it’s audio, visuals, presenting better etc. constantly trying to improve so I appreciate that, feedback is always welcome 🙏🏻
Oh you mean to get the shape perfect? That’s a really good idea, particularly for an odd shape, you obviously want to make it 1-2mm smaller so that you’re welding from the backside out cause you’re sanding your weld away (ask me how I know) haha but that’s a mint tip thanks mate, these ones were a bit easier cause it’s just a piece of 75x50 with 2.5mm wall, minus a couple of mm for weld peno and you’re at say 68x43 🙏🏻🙏🏻 But that’s a wicked idea for odd shapes I hadn’t thought of it
Looking good Timmy In my opinon 2 lights are better than 3. To me 3 lights are for trucks and in Australia we all know that a ute is not a truck ;) Thanks for sharing
Hahaha fair call, I do think the 3 looked better but also I really would love a drawer so it’s a good compromise, they’re just lights at the end of the day thanks heaps mate 🔥🔥🔥
Nice work. Think about bedding the alloy sheet to the frame before you bolt it down with a paintable polyurethane instead of silicone. Works well to infill any anoying air gaps too!
To be honest dude I don’t actually use any kind of sealant I just lay down rows of closed cell foam and then bolt it down to rivnuts and take heaps of care to get the shape perfect 👍🏻👍🏻
Looking killa mate, sometimes we gotta do thing's twice or three times to get them right✌️. the old digital CAD is proper handy but nothing compares the old age Carboard Aided Design. Things always look different in perception, big thing I learnt doing fab was take it out side when tacked together and have good look around from distance/angles 👌
Yeah dude you’re absolutely on point I do the same thing, gotta do a few laps once it’s tacked up which is actually what I did when I realised I didn’t like the first one haha, I wish I could have jumped in the computer and done a few laps around the model 😅😅 would have saved me some time and materials!
Hey timmy, i left a comment previously asking if i could make a rear bar with just a stick welder and a tube bender about 3 or so weeks ago. Just thought id say i finally finshed it. 150x50x4mm RHS around the perimeter and 10mm steel plate for chassi mounts and treadplate as the prados have a weird sort of step stool beneath the boot. All i bouggt extra was a metal cutoff saw as my folks were anxious about me copping a angle grinder blade to the eye. Ended up only using the angle grinder tho😂 I just finished the spare tire swingout today, reallllllly happy with how it turned out. Just a 140amp stick welder was more then enough and my welds came out alriggt as ive been practicing on any piece of metal i could find. I too got sick of capping the RHS especially as im an unemployed 17 year old who cant afford materials so i used bloody 10mm plate to cap it off. Safe to say those caps are never coming off. Ill post some pics up soon once i get back from the wheeling trip. Just gotta weld some 32nb pipe to the side 'legs'of the bar to serve as quater panel protrctors. Considered fully quarter chopping her but on 120 series the quarter planel goes reallllly high up so ive still essnentially done a quarter chop. Its a beefy bar which i realised when i was trying to get it on the car at 11pm on a sunday noggt the fat before my chemistry final exam, litterally 3 hours before the paint was even supposed to be tack dry😂 i then dropped it on my foot hence my realisation of the weight. But yeah more than happy with it and you taught me almost everything i know. My old man is very knowledgeable in almost everything tools but welding and fabricating is new to him so i taught him along the way (dont worry i credited you ahaha). Also shoukd say i got a little win by not having to drill any holes into the chassis to mount it, i created a very overcomplicated mount on the top with another piece of 10mm as a washer and to stop the bolt pulling through the rather large hole toyota out in there from factory, and then on the bottom i picked up on the stock tie down points. Not recovery points as many would think, but still strong enough. Next up is custom rock sliders and then a custom front bar. Very keen on the front bar as no one really makes or has ever made a aggressive front bar for a prado (thinking millweld esk). Just gotta improve a bit before i can take on something like that. I just wanna make my own way of the prado as there are very few people who really take advantage of them. Everyone builds them to be near stock tourers. Also got 35s ringing on the door like crazy, and will have to go 4 inch lift soon. Maybe 5. Cheers timmy, you helped a lot, cant wait to see future eps just know ill watch em all.
Loving this tray build Timmy I love riv nuts to mate Can you please go into full explain how you are going to put your trundle draw in. You’re definitely right about the 3 lights look better than 2. But they still look good tho 👍🏽
Yeah the 3 definitely looks unreal I’m just hoping I can love the 2 as much or I’ll be making a 3rd 😂😂 Yeah dude I’ll go into detail about the drawer for sure 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Absolutely gross hahaha, sometimes you gotta try a few things till it clicks 🔥 fortunately most people get to do that in private without tens of thousands of people seeing it. 😂
Tim, once again an amazing Vlog. Funny thing is today I followed home a Cruiser with a custom tray and they were running 3 lights either side. I couldn’t stop admiring them. Is the space available for the 2 to turn into a 3, even if tight ? No weight of splash back on them so clearance distances can be minimum. I love how you think it’s all sweet in CAD but the eye doesn’t approve. Your builds are not only amazing the eye for detail and looking right is right up there. Simple things like an angled rear pull out tray. Just wow. Thanks again for sharing. P.s. Rivnuts are awesome.
Thanks so much mate always appreciate your insight and feedback, and na i don’t think I’d have fit them even if I crammed them together, the space is about 400mm and each light is 125mm so that’s 375mm but due to that bend the last 50mm or so is useless one end and due to the angle at the outer end the last 50mm is also useless there unfortunately, I did try haha cause I loved the 3 but that’s just the compromise we have to make sometimes 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Oh man I’ve been there before thinking why didn’t I just spend 5 minutes and take the lights out and then everytime I look at the mistake I’m filthy with myself but there’s every chance you’ll back into something at some stage anyway 😂
Hey Timmy Thinking about that expensive light you scuffed with the sander, I was wondering if it is not too deep, you might be able to wet sand it back & maybe get that plastic polish to bring it back or close to what it should be. Or as an experiment, thinking you might not get it back to its original polished state, see what kind of a frosted like effect you might get with fine wet sanding & polishing it? Just an idea Probably better things to do with ones time I guess. Tray is looking awesome!
Yeah I’ll chuck it in the drawer as a spare and if I get a moment at some point I’ll see how I go, you might even be able to replace the lens cause they’re just plastic glued but yeah appreciate it mate 👍🏻
The ones I have bought are I guess middle market & looking @ them I am thinking it might be hit or miss trying to remove the lens, might do more damage. If you can see a seal or gasket behind the transparency of the lens or anchor tabs then they might have replacement lenses for them. Mine it looks are seal with like super glue & I don't know that even putting gentle heat along the join would help & the join has no gap to get a blade or plastic spade in to pry it. @ $300 a unit, it would kind of be nice if you could replace them. I feel you pain I have been there too.
@leonkane8240 yeah the singles are only $50 but all 6 were $300 obviously haha, then I replaced the 2 reverse ones so $400. But I also dropped and broke the lens on a reverse one so i know it doesn’t take much to get the cap off, I was thinking i could take the lens off a reverse one and glue it to the scuffed one but yeah anyway, they’ll all break when I’m flogging it in the bush hahaha
On your other rig you said you needed to raise your fuel tank to protect it and you would also consider doing the same for this rig. What did you decide. Even though we didn't see the overhang that made you change the design and start again, I'm a fan of the skinnier the better when it comes to trays, so I think it looks grouse. Good work young fella.
Cheers mate!! So that other tank is a long range one so it hangs ridiculously low but because the GU has 2 tanks I won’t bother cause it already carries like 1000km range 👍🏻 As for the tray width I don’t mind so much about the width of trays as long as the tube sticks out a bit to protect the RHS and as long as you have a wee bit of tyre poke! Thanks for the kind words mate appreciate it 👍🏻👍🏻
@@adventures_with_simodo it dude it’s heaps of fun, well the first one was a heap of fun, it’s been crap catching back up on the second one but were there now haha
I don’t actually know hey, the thing is I won’t compromise on not having tube, those ally guards are flimsy things, I love tube guards and tube tailboards and I just haven’t come up with a good way to have steel tube guards attached to an ally tray but maybe one day. But yeah I also won’t have a big steel bed in it I’ll have an ally bed 👍🏻👍🏻
Dude no word of a lie I was working on a way to get power into that drawer, I hadn’t considered that idea though I was more so thinking one of those fridge slide wire tracks
@@timmyhasheart as long as nothing can get tangled in it! With those van contacts atleast it’s all just mounted on the inside of the drawer, could even be clever and run some steel pipe to run the cable through so it’ll never get damaged.
@After_Dark_Garage yeah definitely I’ll have a bit of a look and a suss once it’s in, cause the space is so big I’d definitely still like to have those surface mount work lamps either side of the number plate to fill the room so it doesn’t look silly. The number place light isn’t a huge concern cause worst cause that can be notched into the RHS above it
Yeah dude that’s an awesome question so yeah they can rust, there’s 3 kinds there is aluminium, which I wouldn’t use for anything too structural, then there’s zinc or stainless. Stainless might have a tendency to reject the steel it’s put into anyway and rust and so I use the zinc ones. They don’t really rust in normal places but like in my wheel arches they can rust after a while. But they’re also not very difficult to replace 👍🏻👍🏻
Timmy you got by any chance the measurements of the tray and is it 32nb tubing? Looking to build a tray same mate but I reckon I’ll go with the 3 tail lights instead of three 2
@@timmyhasheart all good thanks anyways man, I’ll just wing it out but it’s definitely going to be inspired by your tray and I will be rewatching this video many times during the process to get it close haha
Na dude not on this one they’re just 5’s, I’m actually working on getting the engineering for 3” and 35’s in tas so I probably wouldn’t go bigger for this car, the GQ is gonna be doing the 37 stuff haha
I actually work in IT/Computers/Phones etc. haha nothing to do with fabrication or mechanical, which is I guess why I have such a passion for it maybe? I dunno I like them being separate. 🫡
Oh it kinda depends where I am, I get genuine if I go to Napa cause that’s what they have and they look after me, these ones were through Baxters who have their own brand of them. If I’m in autobarn I’ll get the voltage ones, if I know I need them proactively I’ll do a big order on eBay like just depends on the scenario and who has stock.
Hey mate I can’t see how bad you sanded the light but you could try using fine sandpaper then wet sanding with 400 then 800 then 2000 and buffing it up give it a go you got nothing to lose
Have a pipe bender but looking at buying a tube bender like your using. What dies are you using for 32NB cause I see the dies here in NZ are based on Tube O.D but Id like to use pipe. Are you using a tube die thats close enough or do speedwerx in Aussie do pipe dies? Thank you.
Yeah on the speed werx site you get whatever die correlates with what you’re using whether it’s, Pipe, NB tube, CDS, DOM, so I just have the 32nb die for 32nb which is 42.4 OD and then for 40nb I use my 40nb die which is 48.3 OD. All available on the site and they list in MM too. You can’t just use what’s “close” that’s when it kinks, you need the sides to be supported which means a perfect interference fit.
@@timmyhasheart sweet thank you. Must have to special order em here in NZ for pipe ones bugger it. They have all the tube dies in stock but nothing to suit NB o.ds. Thanks for your time.
@PauleyBuilt so NB is technically tube, because while it’s “bore” it’s nominal bore which means by name only, but as the wall thickness changes it’s the bore that changes, the OD never changes so technically tube. and what it sounds like is you have a pipe bender, or pipe kinker, which is what I used to have and I had to special order NB dies. Google “dawn dies 32nb” that’s what I used to use and it was a perfect fit, never kinked.
Tim I just watched your fuel pump video again. I have a 2001 td42t factory no intercooler. bigger exhaust fitted that's it. It goes much better spools up better. what can I safely do with the pump to get it to go off mark and top end myself. It has a factory 11 mm pump.
@jamestanner9198 both my intercoolers were under $500 dude you can either go front or top mount and either go a kit or DIY, if you get a kit it’ll be up in the thousands cause they’ve done the work to make the pipes fit but could just get an eBay universal kit and make the brackets and that yourself
Doesn’t look too bad, mate, but I would go with something like what you’ve got there but it’s more flusher into the body that might make it look a lot better but you’ve done a good job on the on the rear end of it 👍🏻🇦🇺🍺
No worries mate. Just a little tip. If you’re running your snorkel and you’re running a light bar up on the roof run your wiring with conjure inside your snorkel and it’ll hide your wiring and show that you’ve done a neat job. That is what I have done to my GU Nissan patrol wagon, good luck with yours, mate. I’ll be good to see what more you have done to it. 👍🏻🇦🇺🍺🍺
Oh yeah that’s a nifty idea for sure, I run a bare roof on my cars so the only place I’ll have wiring up there is for the solar panel on the canopy but I’ll keep it in mind for sure!! Cheers dude 🙏🏻🙏🏻
No worries mate. If I can think of anything else, I’ll pass it your way. Good luck with the rig mate. It’ll be good to see more videos on what you are doing. 👍🏻🇦🇺
mate is the wiring tinned copper or just copper u use on ur builds. just had all the wiring replaced on the F250(not the Ford harness)with tinned for all the reasons tinned gives u.
But of a mix and match mate to be honest I’m pretty handy at knowing what’s going on with these old girls by now and so if and when I have gremlins it’s not long until they’re sorted haha
@@stephenlatimer1428na na for sure 👍🏻 but yeah I had a gremlins with the headlight wiring once where the wire chafed through and it was most likely to being old 90’s wire like it isn’t the greatest, and the wires in the door gutters for the door sensors always corroded etc but I’ve mostly just repaired it as I go 👍🏻👍🏻 you get good at finding the issues in these old girls haha
Thanks heaps mate, still learning every day with it, it blows my mind just how much there is to it even after you can do a pretty bead it’s crazy. Like dealing with distortion and warping etc. Off the top of my head like 6m/min and 19v or something very close to that, I did used to have it absolutely cooking but on this tray I wound it back a bit, lowered the wire feed and controlled the heat a bit with speed. And yeah 2/5 argon mix Cheers 🔥🔥
I’m not actually sure dude they’re just royalty free songs from “Epidemic Sounds” and “Artlist” specifically for use on TH-cam without getting copyright claims
I think it’s pretty close to a bang on 1900 square mate! First one was 1950. That’s RHS to RHS not including tube guards 👍👍 but GU are super super wide, as are the diffs/wheel track 👍🏻
At the end of the day the lenses are replaceable and the lights are $50 each I was kinda just being a sook haha, wouldn’t bother sanding one back tbh I hate sanding 😂
@@timmyhasheart nah circular saw like for timber but their only 5 or 6" for sheet metal it absolutely chews though 5mm sheet. Surly Kincrome have one 😂
@@experienceoutdoors6279 ohhhh right na haha I want something that can do stainless 3” pipe right through to like RHS mitres, something with coolant and that I can leave like a bandsaw haha
@@timmyhasheart yeah a brobo saws the best honestly get a big boy when you do the 355mm, I requested one at work but the purchasing officer bought the 315(cheaper) but 6 sharpens in you won't cut 75mm square in one go. Its annoying coz they blades ain't cheap
@@ash300186haha I wouldn’t have bought them but a mate literally had them sent to my house so I couldn’t not use them, then once I saw them I was like okay that’s pretty damn cool hahaha, I don’t usually care much for the fancy things. Cheers dude appreciate it 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Best thing about a Sunday morning.. I was wondering about a drawer too.
Yeah dude the more I thought about it the more I realise I don’t really want tools and recovery gear in the canopy if possibly 👍👍
Another Great progress update Video. It's good to see you sold the first tray ,it will help with the budget. Love watching the fabrication episodes. Explaining how and why you do it.
Yeah dude that was super handy, pretty much just covered materials and lights I didn’t ask for too much, I would have done if I’d completed it.
Cheers for watching!
🤔 Mmmmmm. I really appreciate how particular you are about things, Tim. Nothing worthwhile ever comes easy. Great content.
Thanks so much Mike!! It’s been kicking my ass but we’re getting there slowly haha
Top stuff Timmy 💪 you’ve got the knack for simple explanation.
Thanks so much dude! Appreciate it 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Love the way you explain it to detail, keep up the great work, cheers
Thanks mate appreciate it 🔥🔥
Looks awesome dude, bit sad to see the triple rear lights go they looked dope, can’t wait to see the draw and canopy come into place👌🏽
Yeah you’re not the only one man I fkn loved the triple lights if we could just not talk about it that would be mint 😂😂
But na it was a worthy compromise at the end of the day they’re just lights, the drawer will get dirty tools and gear out of my canopy!
Very keen to see them go in too dude!! Can’t wait till they turn up
Definitely a good looking tray. Even though you've started again, it'll be worth it when it just works and looks how you want it to look. Since starting to use deutsch plugs about 4 years back I haven't looked back, easy to assemble and 13 amps on each pin and as you said waterproof. I've considered using an 8 pin for a trailer plug as I have to tape it on if I'm doing a lot of rough dirt road driving and losing the plug with 2 tons behind is not a nice feeling.
100% a good idea for trailer/campers/vans. Also people can't borrow them 🤣
@ellietthillery8204 I'd have an adapter so someone could but I just wouldnt tell anyone unless needed, but both my trailers can take a pretty good load and beating so I'm not too concerned where they go.
Yeah dude they’re brilliant, I used an 8 pin one for my stereo speakers, I also used an 8 pin when I replaced my gearbox loom, 6 pin one when I chopped the car and stripped out all the old wagon wires and sent the new loom to the back of the car! They’re good for anything really, on the trailer is a great idea.
Added bonus that no one can borrow it haha, those trailer sockets are useless
Tassie Timmy’s tray builds. Came up awesome, can’t wait to see the end result!
Cheers boss man, Trays R Us 🥵 I can’t wait either dude well over it hahah keen to see yours too!!! 🤝
Not ruined. Just started the first step of polishing the new lights too early. Which starts with scuffing it with a sander. Just like renewing headlights.
That wiring lesson is going into my library =)
Hahaha I like it, definitely a positive way to look at it, I was gutted 😅
Nice! There is another dedicated wiring video on my channel that has a lot of little goodies in it 👍👍
@@timmyhasheart yeah im pretty sure that one is in the library too mate.
Hey mate the balance is perfect now 😁Tray looks awesome too!
I made sure whenever the audio was at 0db that the talking was also at 0db haha. It’s also easier with my real camera back because it amplifies the audio a lot more than the phone does.
I’ll keep on it!! One thing I never do is actually “master” the audio like I do the video so I’ll look into it to get it all normalised across the board better. Thanks for the criticism mate appreciate it 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@timmyhasheart No worries man, I've been watching for a while and you've definitely upped the quality. A few mates and I are starting on YT doing 4x4 stuff as well @thesootybrothers4wd so we see your stuff as the gold standard
@awesomeatreyu987 haha that’s awesome mate I’ll have to give it a suss
Appreciated the wiring lesson thanks Timmy.
No problem at all mate I didn’t really show as much as I thought I did you can’t really see what’s going on haha, but hopefully it helps someone 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Love the rear lights, uncle pooly has the right idea. Love ya work great episode 👍🤟
Thanks heaps mate, he often does!! 🤝🤝
Tray 2 is awesome man. You would of learnt a heap on number one which bettered number 2 also.
Well done
Yeah dude always learning!!
Your videos are getting so epic! Keep up the great work mate. Loving it
Cheers mate!! Always trying to do a bit more each video, whether it’s audio, visuals, presenting better etc. constantly trying to improve so I appreciate that, feedback is always welcome 🙏🏻
Great fab work as always Timmy 💪, and auto elec skills are top notch pal keep up the great work!
Personally, the lights on your GQ tray are just 🔥 👌
Thanks heaps mate!!! Yeah they do look good they’re just eBay jobs haha 🔥🔥
Hey mate a little tip they may help with the cap temples for the end of rhs etc. cover the end in painter tape and cut it with a Stanley knife.
Oh you mean to get the shape perfect? That’s a really good idea, particularly for an odd shape, you obviously want to make it 1-2mm smaller so that you’re welding from the backside out cause you’re sanding your weld away (ask me how I know) haha but that’s a mint tip thanks mate, these ones were a bit easier cause it’s just a piece of 75x50 with 2.5mm wall, minus a couple of mm for weld peno and you’re at say 68x43 🙏🏻🙏🏻
But that’s a wicked idea for odd shapes I hadn’t thought of it
first time viewer here and i love your knowledge and content. The light wire up is killer and super handy thanks mate@
That’s awesome mate glad to hear thank you 🙏🏻 tell a mate if you have a mate that also likes wheeling 🔥🔥
Looking good Timmy In my opinon 2 lights are better than 3. To me 3 lights are for trucks and in Australia we all know that a ute is not a truck ;) Thanks for sharing
Hahaha fair call, I do think the 3 looked better but also I really would love a drawer so it’s a good compromise, they’re just lights at the end of the day thanks heaps mate 🔥🔥🔥
Absolutely love your videos mate👌🏽 keep up the good work 🤙🏽
Thanks mate appreciate it 🙏🏻
awesome Timmy, your fab skills amaze me, top job
Cheers bud! Keen to finish it 👊🏻👊🏻
Love it brother keep them coming 💯
Thanks so much mate!! Will do 👍🏻👍🏻
Wooooo! been waiting to see what ya had in store for us timmy, can't wait, keep up the great work you rippa! 🫡
Haha didn’t get too much done mate, started all over again 😂😂
@@timmyhasheart Aint nothing wrong with that, it's better to do it right once than half ass it
Looks mint Timmy,well done mate 👌
Thanks heaps dude 🔥🔥🔥
great episode, lights look smick 👌love your work.
Cheers dude thanks for watching 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I agree that the three lights looked better but making the centre wider made the two lights look in proportion so all good!
Yeah dude I absolutely agree 3 looked better, but 2 is bearable with the room smaller 👍🏻👍🏻 and having a drawer will be good
Nice work.
Think about bedding the alloy sheet to the frame before you bolt it down with a paintable polyurethane instead of silicone. Works well to infill any anoying air gaps too!
To be honest dude I don’t actually use any kind of sealant I just lay down rows of closed cell foam and then bolt it down to rivnuts and take heaps of care to get the shape perfect 👍🏻👍🏻
I think in the middle tail bord part you should build a draw that slides out that can hold spare parts.
Haha yeah mate 👊🏻👊🏻
Sweet build mate. Awesome vid
Thanks heaps mate, cheers for watching 🤝🤝
Looking killa mate, sometimes we gotta do thing's twice or three times to get them right✌️. the old digital CAD is proper handy but nothing compares the old age Carboard Aided Design. Things always look different in perception, big thing I learnt doing fab was take it out side when tacked together and have good look around from distance/angles 👌
Yeah dude you’re absolutely on point I do the same thing, gotta do a few laps once it’s tacked up which is actually what I did when I realised I didn’t like the first one haha, I wish I could have jumped in the computer and done a few laps around the model 😅😅 would have saved me some time and materials!
@timmyhasheart all apart of the experience eh!
Hey timmy, i left a comment previously asking if i could make a rear bar with just a stick welder and a tube bender about 3 or so weeks ago. Just thought id say i finally finshed it. 150x50x4mm RHS around the perimeter and 10mm steel plate for chassi mounts and treadplate as the prados have a weird sort of step stool beneath the boot. All i bouggt extra was a metal cutoff saw as my folks were anxious about me copping a angle grinder blade to the eye. Ended up only using the angle grinder tho😂
I just finished the spare tire swingout today, reallllllly happy with how it turned out. Just a 140amp stick welder was more then enough and my welds came out alriggt as ive been practicing on any piece of metal i could find. I too got sick of capping the RHS especially as im an unemployed 17 year old who cant afford materials so i used bloody 10mm plate to cap it off. Safe to say those caps are never coming off. Ill post some pics up soon once i get back from the wheeling trip. Just gotta weld some 32nb pipe to the side 'legs'of the bar to serve as quater panel protrctors. Considered fully quarter chopping her but on 120 series the quarter planel goes reallllly high up so ive still essnentially done a quarter chop. Its a beefy bar which i realised when i was trying to get it on the car at 11pm on a sunday noggt the fat before my chemistry final exam, litterally 3 hours before the paint was even supposed to be tack dry😂 i then dropped it on my foot hence my realisation of the weight. But yeah more than happy with it and you taught me almost everything i know. My old man is very knowledgeable in almost everything tools but welding and fabricating is new to him so i taught him along the way (dont worry i credited you ahaha). Also shoukd say i got a little win by not having to drill any holes into the chassis to mount it, i created a very overcomplicated mount on the top with another piece of 10mm as a washer and to stop the bolt pulling through the rather large hole toyota out in there from factory, and then on the bottom i picked up on the stock tie down points. Not recovery points as many would think, but still strong enough. Next up is custom rock sliders and then a custom front bar. Very keen on the front bar as no one really makes or has ever made a aggressive front bar for a prado (thinking millweld esk). Just gotta improve a bit before i can take on something like that. I just wanna make my own way of the prado as there are very few people who really take advantage of them. Everyone builds them to be near stock tourers. Also got 35s ringing on the door like crazy, and will have to go 4 inch lift soon. Maybe 5. Cheers timmy, you helped a lot, cant wait to see future eps just know ill watch em all.
Bloody hell, i can yap, just very excited. Feel free to not read that😅
Absolutely awesome mate I’m glad you got the confidence to give it a go. And thanks for coming back to let me know it’s always awesome to hear. 🔥🔥🔥
I was trying to watch, but your intro music did me in.
Win some, lose some sorry mate 😅
yet again Timmy another awesome video
Cheers dude 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Loving this tray build Timmy
I love riv nuts to mate
Can you please go into full explain how you are going to put your trundle draw in.
You’re definitely right about the 3 lights look better than 2. But they still look good tho 👍🏽
Yeah the 3 definitely looks unreal I’m just hoping I can love the 2 as much or I’ll be making a 3rd 😂😂
Yeah dude I’ll go into detail about the drawer for sure 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@timmyhasheart thanks mate 👍🏽
8:55 😂 definitely looked odd hahaha
Absolutely gross hahaha, sometimes you gotta try a few things till it clicks 🔥 fortunately most people get to do that in private without tens of thousands of people seeing it. 😂
Tim, once again an amazing Vlog. Funny thing is today I followed home a Cruiser with a custom tray and they were running 3 lights either side. I couldn’t stop admiring them. Is the space available for the 2 to turn into a 3, even if tight ? No weight of splash back on them so clearance distances can be minimum. I love how you think it’s all sweet in CAD but the eye doesn’t approve. Your builds are not only amazing the eye for detail and looking right is right up there. Simple things like an angled rear pull out tray. Just wow. Thanks again for sharing. P.s. Rivnuts are awesome.
Thanks so much mate always appreciate your insight and feedback, and na i don’t think I’d have fit them even if I crammed them together, the space is about 400mm and each light is 125mm so that’s 375mm but due to that bend the last 50mm or so is useless one end and due to the angle at the outer end the last 50mm is also useless there unfortunately, I did try haha cause I loved the 3 but that’s just the compromise we have to make sometimes 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Oh man I’ve been there before thinking why didn’t I just spend 5 minutes and take the lights out and then everytime I look at the mistake I’m filthy with myself but there’s every chance you’ll back into something at some stage anyway 😂
A hundred percent exactly how it felt dude I was so salty at myself haha.. but yeah I did replace it, but you’re right I’ll damage em anyway haha
Ohhh shit yeh timmy keep grinding boio!!
Always my guy hope you’re well 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Love ya work
Cheers 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hey Timmy
Thinking about that expensive light you scuffed with the sander, I was wondering if it is not too deep, you might be able to wet sand it back & maybe get that plastic polish to bring it back or close to what it should be.
Or as an experiment, thinking you might not get it back to its original polished state, see what kind of a frosted like effect you might get with fine wet sanding & polishing it? Just an idea Probably better things to do with ones time I guess.
Tray is looking awesome!
Yeah I’ll chuck it in the drawer as a spare and if I get a moment at some point I’ll see how I go, you might even be able to replace the lens cause they’re just plastic glued but yeah appreciate it mate 👍🏻
The ones I have bought are I guess middle market & looking @ them I am thinking it might be hit or miss trying to remove the lens, might do more damage.
If you can see a seal or gasket behind the transparency of the lens or anchor tabs then they might have replacement lenses for them.
Mine it looks are seal with like super glue & I don't know that even putting gentle heat along the join would help & the join has no gap to get a blade or plastic spade in to pry it.
@ $300 a unit, it would kind of be nice if you could replace them.
I feel you pain I have been there too.
@leonkane8240 yeah the singles are only $50 but all 6 were $300 obviously haha, then I replaced the 2 reverse ones so $400. But I also dropped and broke the lens on a reverse one so i know it doesn’t take much to get the cap off, I was thinking i could take the lens off a reverse one and glue it to the scuffed one but yeah anyway, they’ll all break when I’m flogging it in the bush hahaha
On your other rig you said you needed to raise your fuel tank to protect it and you would also consider doing the same for this rig. What did you decide. Even though we didn't see the overhang that made you change the design and start again, I'm a fan of the skinnier the better when it comes to trays, so I think it looks grouse. Good work young fella.
Cheers mate!! So that other tank is a long range one so it hangs ridiculously low but because the GU has 2 tanks I won’t bother cause it already carries like 1000km range 👍🏻
As for the tray width I don’t mind so much about the width of trays as long as the tube sticks out a bit to protect the RHS and as long as you have a wee bit of tyre poke!
Thanks for the kind words mate appreciate it 👍🏻👍🏻
Your welcome RE the eating 😂
Tray is coming along great.
Haha wondered if anyone would notice considering it’s the very end screen, thank you for watching right through haha 🔥🔥
@@timmyhasheart all good mate. I enjoyed the build. I’m tempted to tackle building one myself after watching the vid.
You did such a good job.
@@adventures_with_simodo it dude it’s heaps of fun, well the first one was a heap of fun, it’s been crap catching back up on the second one but were there now haha
@@timmyhasheart On the bright side, you have a nice little side business tray building LOL
How’s the weight compare to if you had have built the tray out of alloy? Or is all the weight in the sheets for the tray?
I don’t actually know hey, the thing is I won’t compromise on not having tube, those ally guards are flimsy things, I love tube guards and tube tailboards and I just haven’t come up with a good way to have steel tube guards attached to an ally tray but maybe one day. But yeah I also won’t have a big steel bed in it I’ll have an ally bed 👍🏻👍🏻
g'day timmy you are e pro in steel construction / Dan from switzerland
I dunno about pro mate but I’m slowly getting my experience up!! A lot of great lessons from people smarter than me haha
Be tricky and use a van sliding door power contacts for number plate lights and reverse lights on the drawer 🤌
Dude no word of a lie I was working on a way to get power into that drawer, I hadn’t considered that idea though I was more so thinking one of those fridge slide wire tracks
@@timmyhasheart as long as nothing can get tangled in it! With those van contacts atleast it’s all just mounted on the inside of the drawer, could even be clever and run some steel pipe to run the cable through so it’ll never get damaged.
@After_Dark_Garage yeah definitely I’ll have a bit of a look and a suss once it’s in, cause the space is so big I’d definitely still like to have those surface mount work lamps either side of the number plate to fill the room so it doesn’t look silly. The number place light isn’t a huge concern cause worst cause that can be notched into the RHS above it
Do the rivet nuts rust at all or are they coated...I've only used them on a battery relocate.
Yeah dude that’s an awesome question so yeah they can rust, there’s 3 kinds there is aluminium, which I wouldn’t use for anything too structural, then there’s zinc or stainless. Stainless might have a tendency to reject the steel it’s put into anyway and rust and so I use the zinc ones. They don’t really rust in normal places but like in my wheel arches they can rust after a while. But they’re also not very difficult to replace 👍🏻👍🏻
Timmy you got by any chance the measurements of the tray and is it 32nb tubing? Looking to build a tray same mate but I reckon I’ll go with the 3 tail lights instead of three 2
I reckon just have a play until it looks good dude, not gonna give out my exact measurements haha.
@@timmyhasheart all good thanks anyways man, I’ll just wing it out but it’s definitely going to be inspired by your tray and I will be rewatching this video many times during the process to get it close haha
Good looking bed whats the size of square tube thks
Thanks mate, outside beams are 75x50 and cross sections are 50x50 👍🏻👍🏻
@timmyhasheart ill convert to inches America lol
Awesome work as always mate, Giving me some ideas for my gu dual cab. Are they 37s on it?
Na dude not on this one they’re just 5’s, I’m actually working on getting the engineering for 3” and 35’s in tas so I probably wouldn’t go bigger for this car, the GQ is gonna be doing the 37 stuff haha
@@timmyhasheart yeh nice mate, Looks really in proportion. I’m going to be steeling some of your tray design I think. Love it👍🏻👍🏻
Love watching the fab parts, really interesting. Just curious, what is your daily job?
I actually work in IT/Computers/Phones etc. haha nothing to do with fabrication or mechanical, which is I guess why I have such a passion for it maybe? I dunno I like them being separate. 🫡
Appreciate the vid as always, where do you get your deutsch connectors? I remember they were expensive for genuine ones
Oh it kinda depends where I am, I get genuine if I go to Napa cause that’s what they have and they look after me, these ones were through Baxters who have their own brand of them. If I’m in autobarn I’ll get the voltage ones, if I know I need them proactively I’ll do a big order on eBay like just depends on the scenario and who has stock.
Hey mate I can’t see how bad you sanded the light but you could try using fine sandpaper then wet sanding with 400 then 800 then 2000 and buffing it up give it a go you got nothing to lose
Yeah it did cross my mind haha, but tbh they’re only about $50, it’s just when you buy 6 that they’re $300 haha
Have a pipe bender but looking at buying a tube bender like your using. What dies are you using for 32NB cause I see the dies here in NZ are based on Tube O.D but Id like to use pipe. Are you using a tube die thats close enough or do speedwerx in Aussie do pipe dies? Thank you.
Yeah on the speed werx site you get whatever die correlates with what you’re using whether it’s, Pipe, NB tube, CDS, DOM, so I just have the 32nb die for 32nb which is 42.4 OD and then for 40nb I use my 40nb die which is 48.3 OD. All available on the site and they list in MM too. You can’t just use what’s “close” that’s when it kinks, you need the sides to be supported which means a perfect interference fit.
@@timmyhasheart sweet thank you. Must have to special order em here in NZ for pipe ones bugger it. They have all the tube dies in stock but nothing to suit NB o.ds.
Thanks for your time.
@PauleyBuilt so NB is technically tube, because while it’s “bore” it’s nominal bore which means by name only, but as the wall thickness changes it’s the bore that changes, the OD never changes so technically tube. and what it sounds like is you have a pipe bender, or pipe kinker, which is what I used to have and I had to special order NB dies. Google “dawn dies 32nb” that’s what I used to use and it was a perfect fit, never kinked.
Tim I just watched your fuel pump video again. I have a 2001 td42t factory no intercooler. bigger exhaust fitted that's it. It goes much better spools up better. what can I safely do with the pump to get it to go off mark and top end myself. It has a factory 11 mm pump.
First thing you need to do is intercool it, they’ll never get up and move with hot air, I’d never ever touch a pump until it has an intercooler 👍🏻👍🏻
@@timmyhasheart thanks mate. where would you suggest to get one from that won't cost arm and a leg. And my first born
@jamestanner9198 both my intercoolers were under $500 dude you can either go front or top mount and either go a kit or DIY, if you get a kit it’ll be up in the thousands cause they’ve done the work to make the pipes fit but could just get an eBay universal kit and make the brackets and that yourself
@jamestanner9198 but either way to see any kind of gain out of a TD more than factory it needs an intercooler
@@timmyhasheart Sounds the way to go. my WIA Mig does tig as well. not done any but time to learn im thinking.
How thick is the zinc sheet just wondering because I am building my own tray
2mm mate 👍🏻
@@timmyhasheart cheers
Doesn’t look too bad, mate, but I would go with something like what you’ve got there but it’s more flusher into the body that might make it look a lot better but you’ve done a good job on the on the rear end of it 👍🏻🇦🇺🍺
Cheers dude appreciate it 🙏🏻🙏🏻
No worries mate. Just a little tip. If you’re running your snorkel and you’re running a light bar up on the roof run your wiring with conjure inside your snorkel and it’ll hide your wiring and show that you’ve done a neat job. That is what I have done to my GU Nissan patrol wagon, good luck with yours, mate. I’ll be good to see what more you have done to it. 👍🏻🇦🇺🍺🍺
And also when you are putting the wiring through your snorkel when you drill holes in it put rubber grommets so it’s seals the wiring properly 👍🏻🇦🇺
Oh yeah that’s a nifty idea for sure, I run a bare roof on my cars so the only place I’ll have wiring up there is for the solar panel on the canopy but I’ll keep it in mind for sure!! Cheers dude 🙏🏻🙏🏻
No worries mate. If I can think of anything else, I’ll pass it your way. Good luck with the rig mate. It’ll be good to see more videos on what you are doing. 👍🏻🇦🇺
mate is the wiring tinned copper or just copper u use on ur builds. just had all the wiring replaced on the F250(not the Ford harness)with tinned for all the reasons tinned gives u.
But of a mix and match mate to be honest I’m pretty handy at knowing what’s going on with these old girls by now and so if and when I have gremlins it’s not long until they’re sorted haha
@@timmyhasheart only asking n wondering mate.
@@stephenlatimer1428na na for sure 👍🏻 but yeah I had a gremlins with the headlight wiring once where the wire chafed through and it was most likely to being old 90’s wire like it isn’t the greatest, and the wires in the door gutters for the door sensors always corroded etc but I’ve mostly just repaired it as I go 👍🏻👍🏻 you get good at finding the issues in these old girls haha
what thickness zinc sheet are you using
2mm dude!! 👍🏻
Do you have a link for the lights
BR122ARR is the code for them mate search them up.
@@timmyhasheart thanks mate
Great workmanship, what settings were ya using on the mig? Argon mix?
Thanks heaps mate, still learning every day with it, it blows my mind just how much there is to it even after you can do a pretty bead it’s crazy. Like dealing with distortion and warping etc.
Off the top of my head like 6m/min and 19v or something very close to that, I did used to have it absolutely cooking but on this tray I wound it back a bit, lowered the wire feed and controlled the heat a bit with speed. And yeah 2/5 argon mix Cheers 🔥🔥
@timmyhasheart thanks for that mate. Yeah, I'm an experienced tradie, but when I weld I feel like a first year apprentice lol.
@cruisering I don’t think I’m an amazing welder, I can lay pretty beads but the more I make stuff the more I learn that’s just the beginning 😅
What is the template material you use mate? I've used all sorts of shit over the years and hard to find the right thing
Template material? Like the cardboard? I just get good cardboard sheets from office works.
@@timmyhasheart office works! Beauty mate cheers
What do you do for work?
I work in the sorta computer/phone/IT space haha, nothing to do with this at all!! Just a hobby 👍🏻👍🏻
Awesome video mate, whats the song playing during the opening credits?
I’m not actually sure dude they’re just royalty free songs from “Epidemic Sounds” and “Artlist” specifically for use on TH-cam without getting copyright claims
@@timmyhasheart haha all good thanks for letting me know though!
Get the Oz Tent RS-1 stretcher. It's by far the best stretcher for a single swag. It is heavy but it's built like a brick shithouse.
I think this may have been meant for Aussie Arvos video hahah
@@timmyhasheart Yep. Fuckin youtube. Tray looks sick👍
@@Chromie84hahahaha cheers mate, I’ll pass it on to jonesy about the stretcher ;)
How long is the tray?
Like 1900ish
trial and error bro thats the development process you’re guna end up with a ripa though 🍺👍
That’s it mate haha, hopefully this ones the last 😅😅
Also bedrock floor mats
I actually was talking about these today, might have to sort a set
Is that street legal in AUS: when the do not point STRAIGHT backwards?
It sure is dude!! 🔥🔥 my GQ is fully engineered and passed several roadies with the same back. Lights must be visible at 40° 👍🏻
Tim what is your tray size in L×W just queries
I think it’s pretty close to a bang on 1900 square mate! First one was 1950. That’s RHS to RHS not including tube guards 👍👍 but GU are super super wide, as are the diffs/wheel track 👍🏻
You have not got much overhang on your tray I was more looking for the length of the tray?
@@markleon7076oh yeah na like 1900-1950 I like them as short as possible 👍🏻
Ok thanks tim
Brother just sand the light back to a polish. It'll be fine.
At the end of the day the lenses are replaceable and the lights are $50 each I was kinda just being a sook haha, wouldn’t bother sanding one back tbh I hate sanding 😂
I much prefer the 2 rear lights over 3. The centre was to narrow and it had to much of an agricultural landcruiser look.
Oh true? That’s good, I think I like the 3 more but a drawer is something I’m willing to compromise for, cheers 👍🏻👍🏻
@@timmyhasheart the 2 rear at the end, not the start 😆
@@Brennomac83yeah haha the two at the start was gross, brutha ewwwww
Tidy wiring!
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Man get a metal cutting circular saw thank me later it's a proper game changer wayyy quicker and no dust, loud tho
Like a cold saw? Yeah it’s on the list dude, unfortunately funds aren’t unlimited but it’ll happen I’ll sort a bandsaw or a cold saw
@@timmyhasheart nah circular saw like for timber but their only 5 or 6" for sheet metal it absolutely chews though 5mm sheet. Surly Kincrome have one 😂
@@experienceoutdoors6279 ohhhh right na haha I want something that can do stainless 3” pipe right through to like RHS mitres, something with coolant and that I can leave like a bandsaw haha
@@timmyhasheart yeah a brobo saws the best honestly get a big boy when you do the 355mm, I requested one at work but the purchasing officer bought the 315(cheaper) but 6 sharpens in you won't cut 75mm square in one go. Its annoying coz they blades ain't cheap
Why does the back of your patrol look like the front end of a 2015 pajero sport 😂
Hahaha I was kinda thinking it had skyline vibes tbh 😎😎
Sequential indicators are a silly gimmick imo
I couldn’t agree more, and I fkn love em 😂😂
@timmyhasheart haha yeah to each their own I guess😅 well done with the vids too mate, I really enjoy your content
@@ash300186haha I wouldn’t have bought them but a mate literally had them sent to my house so I couldn’t not use them, then once I saw them I was like okay that’s pretty damn cool hahaha, I don’t usually care much for the fancy things. Cheers dude appreciate it 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wanna sell the original one you made?
It’s already sold sorry dude 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@timmyhasheart all good, loving the videos, looking forward for two weeks time
So CAD=Cardboard Aided Drafting?
Something like that yeah haha 🤣
Thanks for EATING? 😂
Yeah boi, appreciate it 🌯🌯
Sorry i commented mid way through the video