animal-z build

[animal-z]

Karrman 4x4 diff drop and uca fitted

[animal-z]

Kevtec twin vented carbon bonnet fitted

[animal-z]

And finally how it currently sits

[animal-z]

Slight name change though .
It's no longer an animal . It's known locally as the predator . So that's it's new name

[animal-z]

And a little bit more grunt from the Agri-tune box

[Duck]

Crickey thats some serious ute !!!

[triton_guru]

I stand by what i said earlier the english make the best looking cars haha nice work mate

[snakesoup]

how many different bonnets you had on that thing mate? I do like the smoothed snorkel !! how did you go about doing that?

[animal-z]

It was a bit time consuming as the prep work had to be right .
First off it had to be rubbed down using 320grit discs, then a good degrease with panel wipe .
Then I applied 3 coats of high build plastic primer and after it cured rubbed down again with 320grit discs .
We repeated this about 4 times until all the small pin holes and texture were filled and smoothed .
Then it was just a case of painting as normal .
The prep work can make or break a job .

[animal-z]

Oh and it's had 3 different bonnets in the last year lol .
But I still have them all in my garden lol .

[Jacobie]

Looks Insane mate. Love it.

[snakesoup]

It was a bit time consuming as the prep work had to be right .
First off it had to be rubbed down using 320grit discs, then a good degrease with panel wipe .
Then I applied 3 coats of high build plastic primer and after it cured rubbed down again with 320grit discs .
We repeated this about 4 times until all the small pin holes and texture were filled and smoothed .
Then it was just a case of painting as normal .
The prep work can make or break a job .

ok sweet mate, when you say a 320g disc do you mean like an orbital sander ?

[animal-z]

Yes sorry .
We use 6" velcro sanding discs , like orbital sander ones . I forget to explain sometimes as its just second nature to me .
We are currently painting a complete side of a customers car on their drive lol .

[Tony]

Is this the one who wedged the car by both sides?

Can imagine some of the stories behind the damages.

[animal-z]

Haha . Not this one mate . This was someone that went a bit too close to a brick wall and scraped and dented both doors . Looks good as new now though .

[animal-z]

Forgot to mention in the posts .
I also have 150db train horns fitted behind the front grill , gunning off my 50l compressor in the tub .
Here's a link https://youtu.be/QA4FL8cv_mE

[srb]

I bet you've had fun with that.

[animal-z]

Oh yes lol .
Just had my m.o.t test done .
It passed with flying colours for another year with not even 1 advisory .
When he pressed the horn he literally soiled his pants lol .
Everyone in the office jumped .....

[Jacobie]

Hey mate how hard was it to fit the Karmman diff drop?

[animal-z]

It wasn't too tough .
I did it on my drive after pressing the bushes in ready at my local garage .
I'd recommend having someone help though as there's a few fiddly parts .

[animal-z]

A few more bits done over the last few weeks .
Aero catches fitted at last

Fitted an oil catch can

And fitted a nice pair of blue and black leather bucket seat

[Cowboy Dave]

Have you done something to the engine cover or is the light doing something strange in the catchcan photo?

Seats look flash. Are they aftermarket or do they come out of some other vehicle?

[animal-z]

They are aftermarket seats picked up locally for £100 .
The engine cover is sprayed in rust effect paint . It needs redoing though it's shrunk a bit over the last 6months lol

[RHKTriton]

He's matching the engine cover with the cancer in the front suspension.

I've never seen such rusty coils on a rolling rig.

[Cowboy Dave]

I thought it had a brownish/coppery look to it but have to say rust effect paint is a new one on me.

Certainly a unique looking triton. Top effort.

Tony mentioned after his visit that he thought those stainless mesh grilles are pretty affordable over there. Do you have any ideas on how much?