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HiRider V2 – 2 kits destined for Italy

If your an avid reader of ETS then you may remember a little KTM that I threw together a few years ago. It started as a form of payment to my friend Dean, he went shooting for a company and ended up b...

Geelong Revival – Home Town in the Hilux

Every year the days get longer, the weather gets warmer and I get a hell of a lot busier. Spring time is event season in Australia, my chance to lift the roller door on the garage, hook up the trailer...

ETS Moto Build – Re Energized

It’s been a while since I have updated this build, to tell you the truth I almost gave up on it all together. Before I left for America I hit a roadblock, the lower frame rails I had made up jus...

ETS Drift Ute – Staying up late

You have seen the air jacks in action in my previous post, so what do I do if something fails like an airline? Well I have got that covered, I went to my local Metalland and picked up some heavy wall ...

ETS Drift Ute – Assembly time

Its friday night, I have just had a shower and can spend a few minutes reflecting on the week thats been and the one to follow. Whats been happening? I picked up my rear quarters, front quarters, bonn...

Quick Snap – Powdercoat time

Tonight I dropped the chassis off to Colour Tech Powdercoating, its almost a bigger milestone than it was to get it running, why? Whenever exposed steel is open to the elements its prone to rust, what...

PS13 – That escalated quickly

Tonight i focused on mounting the steering rack, heres what i came up with. After toying with the idea of a chromoly blade adjustable swaybar i said to myself “enough is enough” so im reta...

ETS Trailer Build – Frame Axles and Drawbar

Ive been putting a few hours into the trailer recently, at first i thought yea no worries ill build a new trailer and just do it in-between jobs, but in usual me fashion I’m racing through it, i...

ETS Drift Ute – Removable doors

  I spent a few hours working on the hiluxs doors tonight, with so many other jobs to do i kind of just take a break and start on another aspect of the build. My plan for the doors were to make t...