Monday, Dec 06, 2010 at 21:15
hi Trevor ..... No not the Tritons...... i was looking at various 'duel cabs" and conversions a few years ago and asked around about doing chassis extensions on "duel cabs" and from what i found out was that the likes of Tritons, Hiluxs and others in that bracket of 4wd have not had a good history of chassis extensions or heavy towing, was shown some with "bubbles" in the chassis right behind the cab where it seems the chassis had flexed and was seemingly swollen, all had been towing heavy loads and on rough roads ....
It seemed to me that the likes of the bigger Patrols and cruisers could take it better ....
My assumption was the chassis is overall stronger in the larger cars and suitable for some extentions to be done, the smaller cars had a smaller chassis and the extention could be excellent and strong but where it attaches is still the same chassis and has extra load placed on it with the mods, it is like a longer lever to bend something, place the
wheels apart further and it will place exceptional strain on all parts of the cab and chassis ..... i have seen one with a ripple in the roof, it was a standard d/c with no mods ...
By all means dont let me discourage anyone doing it but do as much reserch as possible so you get it right first time ...
Go to "google images" and enter "bent chassis rails" and you will see some pics and links
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