Just watched the Fab Rats take inspiration from your project👌

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah how cool was that ay. I liked the way they did the front fenders.

Mad Matt, another great video. I hope you continue the content on the race truck!!!

I'm here from Matts off road recovery. Watched some vids with you in it and figured I'd see what you had to offer. I'm building my hunting rig out of a 1962 Ford Ranchero body on a 1984 Ford Ranger 4X4. This video is something I want to do to mine. Thanks for showing YOUR method of doing it. 🇺🇸😎

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome and thanks for coming to visit. That sounds like a cool build.

@dannyakatrikerred7381

3 жыл бұрын

MadMatt 4WD I'm naming it "The Rabbit Hole". It's been quite a journey. Lots of fabrication and modification. 6 month project is looking like a 2 year project. 🇺🇸😎

There seems to be no end to your talent and abilities. Great job!

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate.

MATT, I’m really digging this idea... My panels have been totally thrashed by the previous owner. I have NEVER thought about welding this directly to the body. Brilliant!

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha, There ya go. Glad I could help.

@CaseysOffRoadRecovery

3 жыл бұрын

We do a lot of those

Love your vids MadMatt i find them very helpful and educstional as well. I find myself sharing your vids on my Facebook group.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt I’m glad I could help your group out are you following me on my Facebook page

@Responder1046

3 жыл бұрын

No I didn't know about it.

Was actually kicking the idea of making some rock sliders and changing the look of my 80 a little. Not to go over rocks but just a bit of added protection and to get ride of a few rust issues and having a little step. Seeing you do this gave me some new ideas of doing it and another reason to buy a welder 😂😂👍thanks great video.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic.

Awesome as usual Matt. When can we get a run down on the race truck. Keep up the good work 👍

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

When it's finished. :)

good luck at the race mate looks like a blast

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

Definitely makes a diff being for off-road use only. I think apart from a rollover, smashing in your sills is the main fear for a 4wder - is for me anyhow. Nice watching you work Matt. Cheers.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate. I used them in anger for a week at a race and they came through with flying colors.

Love your channel! Just found it a month or so ago, much respect from North Carolina.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Why thank you sir greatly appreciated

@Responder1046

3 жыл бұрын

Im from NC as well man. Nice to see another person from NC.

@nathanlowery1141

3 жыл бұрын

@@Responder1046 hope to see you on the trail! Still building my liberty.

@Responder1046

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanlowery1141 i had yo get a new truck myself mainly because a tree fell on my old.one haha. So Im slowly building up my 2020 tacoma trd off road

you could use a small self taping screw and a chalk line too to make your line to cut

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

I could but wheres the fun in that? :)

Nice work Matt! Yep! Only dress and curtain makers measure in centimeters :-)

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

I had a set like this on an XJ Cherokee and they worked great. This is honestly how most people should be building sliders. All the steel for the cantilevers supports to go to the frame weighs so much and you lose so much ground clearance too. Overlander guys with these huge 300 lb sliders that are so low they smack them on even easy obstacles always make my eyes roll. Sure if you are rock crawling or something extreme I get it. But this design would work and be better for 95% of people traveling off road.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. The only factor as i say is legality.

Great video keep up the good work😎

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

Matt, nicely done. It is a pleasure to watch a video where some preparation is done. I hate it where the video shows the finding of stock and tools, on-the-fly designing, pondering a decision, and generally ill-preparedness.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

You should raptor line the 80 and do a video on it as I’m curious on how to do it I want to do it to my Gq

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

I should not do such a horrible thing to my 80. No one cares with GQs but 80s must look awesome at all times.

Gotta build some for mine , cant get decent store bought ones for reg cab tacomas...

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Do it. 😁

I like how you talked to the truck real nice*. Haha Nice content!

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

LOL I do some strange things.

Just spent $946 for bolt on RCI sliders lol. Very easy to install, but still a pain in the ass in the middle of the summer!

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Nice work. And these are certainly not RCi quality.

Here is how I made ROCK SLIDERS for under $200 Aussie dollars. Have you made any DIY sliders? If you have tell me about your experience, I am always up for learning what others do and how they do it!. If not give it a go and let me know about it!

Wish I could weld! I also like to keep my 80 as light as possible.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Its not that hard but it takes practice. Buy a cheap mig and start learning. Watch some youtube videos as well

@Malc664

3 жыл бұрын

@@MadMatt4WD Is a mig gas fed or both stick or wire feed.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

@@Malc664 Mig, Metal Inert Gas. So it's a wire feed that has an inert gas around the weld pool to keep the oxygen away from the weld. The gas does the same thing the Flux does on the stick welder.

Where can I buy an eyeometer?

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha. You already have them installed from factory they just need to be calibrated. 😁😁

Hey Matt, how is this holding up 3 years later?

@MadMatt4WD

Ай бұрын

They did really well. The cab got binned this year after I rolled it so they’ve gone now.

Hey how good does the 3f petrol engine run on an 80 Series?

@redemptiontai7113

3 жыл бұрын

For 4wd and camping

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

I personally wouldn’t have one when the 1fz-fe is available so cheap. They’re toyota strong and reliable but under powered and thirsty.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

I personally wouldn’t have one when the 1fz-fe is available so cheap. They’re toyota strong and reliable but under powered and thirsty.

@redemptiontai7113

3 жыл бұрын

Seeing as it like my First 80 series, and im only 16 would it be worth, building up as a 4wd primarily or not. Also Would installing a turbo, Increase power at all?

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Personally I would run it as it is for a time and then upgrade once you understand what you want to do.

A grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

As we say you’re not a welder you’re a grinder

Since you don’t have someone to help with straight edge try using a hot glue gun to hold the straight edge

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Nice but you've got to grind / sand the paint off the existing metal before you weld. It just takes a minute with your angle grinder. Dirty welds aren't as strong as clean welds.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Yes thats correct. I prepped where i could. the amount of weld in these will be more than enough to cope with what i'm doing

@fridaynightgamefilm

3 жыл бұрын

@@MadMatt4WD You're not alone. Other than one or two professional welding channels, most fabricators on KZread seem to skip the metal prep step. It drives me crazy. Sure there are welds that no one will see, and/or don't matter structurally, but when you're welding something that matters, prep matters. A quick pass with a wire brush or a flap disc sander on your angle grinder is usually all that is needed. Love your videos... keep up the good work.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

@@fridaynightgamefilm Cheers mate.I run 2 grinders so one has a flappy for metal prep and cleanup.

few things in life are worse than a triggered boilermaker.....lol..trigger on nice job btw

@MadMatt4WD

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Yeah this is certainly lots of trigger moments. But it’s worked very well since making this video.

Wait just a minute 2 mil x 50 mil...but 1 inch tube...what's going on? Trolley Jack?

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Shut up you. Coming on here causing trouble. LOL What do you call a trolly Jack?

@CaseysOffRoadRecovery

3 жыл бұрын

@@MadMatt4WD Floor Jack...but 1 inch pipe....lol

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

@@Matthew_Australia Love ya work.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

@@CaseysOffRoadRecovery You're still here???? LOL Miss you guys.

@CaseysOffRoadRecovery

3 жыл бұрын

@@MadMatt4WD just barely.

MATT DID TRUN PAIR AIR TANK CARRY IN 4X4 TRUCK DID MY ROCKSIDE BOTH SIDE AS AIR TANK FOR TIES ON 4X4 ON OLD LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 1

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Hey mate. I considered doing that to these as well. But being a flat section i thought it probably not wise.

20:40 deflate the tyres a bit.

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

15 not low enough? I was just posing for the pic mate.

*GMAW*

Im confused is it a rock crawler or a race car

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a race car that races across all sorts of country. So we will winch rock crawl and then go flat out across a paddock.

🤪👍

You just cut out the rocker panel that the rock slider is supposed to protect

@MadMatt4WD

Жыл бұрын

Well yeah I converted the sill into a slider. Some years on now and it’s working very very well.

There's no way in hell would I ever cut my Rocker panels out just to put rock sliders on . I can make them the right way and still keep my nice rocker panels. And now I see where Matt from Matt's off Road recovery got it from. I a 30 year paint and body man so I will do it the proper way. You don't need to do it that way to get it to work right and mine will still look really nice

@MadMatt4WD

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah we’ll disagree. These are perfectly functional for an Offroad racecar. I wouldn’t do it to my daily.

@garyjohnson801

2 жыл бұрын

@@MadMatt4WD yeah I guess we will. But the one I'm working on is a off road 1991 Dodge Ramcharger and the rockers a perfect so that's why I won't do it to mine. Even if they weren't in perfect shape I just don't see the need in doing it when you can just build them under the rocker that way if you got rid of it and that person wanted to restore it or if later you wanted to restore it you would have to put more work in to it

So on a road legal 4wd can we get away with this?

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know

@chrishiggins1811

3 жыл бұрын

@@MadMatt4WD too easy just thought I'd ask 👍

Side steps would do the same thing and look way better 😉

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

You dont get the world for $200 😎

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

LOL Matt. And to think we could have been friends.

Looks mickey mouse Matt👍

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers

😂🤣😂🤣

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

☺️

The worst video U have posted by quite a distance ;-( Sorry, thruth hurts.....

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

Or you're wrong cause 309 people have liked it and only 7 have unliked it. I'm going with this is probably the best video I put up that week. :) LOL

@peters2860

3 жыл бұрын

@@MadMatt4WD Good taste cannot be shared by all😏

@MadMatt4WD

3 жыл бұрын

No you're right but 309 and of us have good tastes. LOL Maybe you should check out the barwork on the Bundera to see what I do when I build for tastes. It's in lots of the videos.