///80 Series Monster Bus

[wraith]

Totally. It was the slowest race ever...missed the next set of lights and everything. Cruiser is a slug. On a good day, it will just stay ahead of my mates Corona up to 80km/h. Built for comfort, not speed

And to drive over stuff

 

[Sabbath']

Got the cruiser back from insurance. Shitty job done on it, but was to be expected.

Going back at the end of the month.

Have decided to stop being slack and put the 3 inch lifted rear springs in it soon, will also put some spacers in the front because the rake is pretty aggressive at the moment and would prefer it to all be as level as possible.

 

[Sabbath']

 

[rory]

Sab, how do you rate the Mickey AT's?
Friend of mine runs them and I was considering them for 33's in 305/65/17 or 285/70/17

 

[Sabbath']

Sab, how do you rate the Mickey AT's?
Friend of mine runs them and I was considering them for 33's in 305/65/17 or 285/70/17

They're great. Not noisy on the road at all, and handle offroad fine. They've taken me the same places as people with Simex's with the only limiting factor being the car, not the tyres.

 

[rory]

They're great. Not noisy on the road at all, and handle offroad fine. They've taken me the same places as people with Simex's with the only limiting factor being the car, not the tyres.

Cheers, what life are you getting out of them? Some say mickeys are soft but my mate recons he will get 70,000km plus out of his.

 

[Sabbath']

I'll probably get close to 50, 000km out of this set. Ive done 15k on them and theyre still at 80%

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[Sabbath']

Started doing a bit of work on the cruiser this weekend as i'll need it for the Honeymoon down to tassie next month.

Load Sensing Proportioning Valve has had a leak in it for a while. So i decided to pull it apart and put some new O-Rings in it. Seems to be OK so far. I also moved it down about a quarter of an inch to account for the lift.

Pads were quite low so i swapped them over for some 100 Series pads. They fit straight into the 80's calipers but have more braking surface. Also did a brake fluid flush while i was under there.

Did an oil change, and got a new bolt for the LH caliper which had gone missing...whoops.


On 35's.

Side by side on the pads and ontop of each other

And the 33 every day tyres next to the 35

Also gives a good indication of tread depth for Rory as to wear.

 

[Sabbath']

Put some more lift in - parked next to an X-Trail

and a Stock Cruiser

 

[Sabbath']

Update Time -

Took the car down to Tasmania for the Honeymoon. Did about 1300km in two weeks and it didnt miss a beat which was great. Put the rear tyre carrier back on "just in case" didnt need it though.

On the boat

Outside one of the places we stayed down in Pt. Arthur

Fuel prices were a pit high in places

Random flex at the inlaws

Back to work again....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand then this happened.

Rock went straight through the glass lens. Which is ****.


Decided to buy these:

Spotlight lensed HiBeam lamps

Into those, i will put these:

Which will be tantamount to having 4 spotlights now on the front of the car, with the added bonus that im still within my light limit.