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Citron's Wizard

Postby Citron » Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:53 pm

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1996 Isuzu Wizard brought it stock standard

Modifications and Accessories:

Suspension: Ball Joint flip, Monroe front shocks in front, (need rear ones) and bigger coils in the rear - +70mm, Calmini HD Torsion Bars
Body Lift: 2inch body lift some sort of nylon stuff i think
Tyres/Wheels: 15" black spokes with 33" 12.5 Maxxis Bighorns
Traction Aids: Factory LSD,
Bullbar: custom built with 9500lb winch, probably doing some tube work on the top of it in the near future
Spot lights and Lighting: budget spotlights on top x4 wired to switches on the dash
Communications/GPS: CB radio (usually ch37 if you see me about)
Dual Batteries: nope but i want!
Engine: 3.1turbo standard
Exhaust:
Sound system: replaced factory front speakers with decent ones and put a small sub/amp box under passenger seat (havent drowned it yet)
External: Snorkel, extended flares that are almost ripped off
Others: umm... put on some FAT chain to hold up the mudflaps and look tough.


Pictures:

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When i first brought her ^_^ shiny

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Up the old woman range

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Dobson valley

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Also a boat! HA

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Mace Town track

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Always a muddy shot

The to do list - new rear shocks, new rear bar, rocksliders, would love a LED lightbar on the roof (like snakeracing one) but theyre insanely expensive still. Maybe a front diff drop..

Feel free to ask and questions about the truk or places i been etc ^_^
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby geeves » Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:30 pm

The torsions are on splines each end. If you have run out of travel then move the spline round a notch or to at one end. With a ball joint flip you can lift 50mm fairly safely and some people get away with 75mm but realy you should be looking at a diff drop for 75 to save the cv joints. How heavy is your winch and bar? Standard torsions will handle a fair bit so unless its dropping the front end too much under braking I wouldnt change it. After market torsions are very stiff and will reduce articulation.
Light bars are nice in open conditions but in trees they would get destroyed.
Nice photos
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby Captcol » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:08 pm

Cool photos, would be keen to see your barwork for my wizard, my truck has most of the same mods as yours as well as the same tires although i have ripped off one of the extended flares (stupid tree) and both front mudguards (tyres did that for me)
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby Citron » Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:00 pm

winch bar is on, check in special mods thread, will definitly need to lift the front somehow, might look into the diff drop more.
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby oompalompa » Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:26 pm

wicked photos dude love to see some more
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby Citron » Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:06 pm

completed bar, might look into some tube work in the future. Snowing in Dunedin again, hope we get the day off work tomorrow ^_^

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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby geeves » Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:53 pm

Inch on the ground in Newlands Wellington as well. Half an hour ago it was 5C and raining now its less than one an inch on the ground and snowing heavily.
Flat tyre on the isuzu Tonys can have a third go at fixing it for free. My chains dont fit the work car so if its too rough The Carib might be going to work tomorrow.
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby MUVIT » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:22 am

awesome
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby Hamzzz » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:06 pm

Hey man, how are you finding the 2" body lift on the CV, i got 40mm suspension lift, but no body, would like to get some 33's on...

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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby pig75 » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:16 pm

A body lift has no effect on CV's
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby Hamzzz » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:48 pm

Thanks, thats all i needed to know
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby Citron » Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:34 pm

Got the Calmini Torsions installed, Big thanks to Fly3r for the sale there

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Doing the tube work on the top of the front bar this week, its built from a hacked up Landcruser bar my mate got his hands on. Turns out my welding skills arent as good as they once were either :? Pictures to come as always.
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby Citron » Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:52 pm

Well finally finished the tube work on the top of me bar. Looks ok i think, kinda finished it off a bit. Whatcha reckon?

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My welds are far from tidy but ya cant see them from a distance lol. Just to top it off the missus brought me a club sticker for the rear window for my Bday. How cool is that! She knew i had my eye on those :D

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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby Captcol » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:33 pm

That is one huge bar, on another note, did you put the snorkel on or was it already on the truck?
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby Citron » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:46 pm

yea i put it on, there is a slight gap underneath the bottom part of it though but its not really noticable, i think it was made for a mu with the bigger petrusion ubove the wheel arch. Brought it off trade me a few years back and it did say it was for a mu/wizard but meh looks fine to me.
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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby Citron » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:32 pm

So how did i manage to snap that before the CV gave way... wow. Anyone else managed to do this? :oops:

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Re: Citron's Wizard

Postby geeves » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:57 pm

Ive seen it once before on a 3.1 bighorn owned by one of our aussi members but it was a cleaner break than yours. Notice by your thumb it looks rusty in the break. I think it was already cracked.
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