OK my Bitsamissin is a 93 lwb 3.0 V6 5sp 4.88 gears (HiLux white
), it was bog standard when I got it 3yrs ago.
Current mods:- 33" BFG muds, TJM steel bar, 9000lb Warn winch (still a virgin), 2.5" s/lift, Koni shocks, Pedders torsion bars, snorkel, ARB rear locker, dual batteries, cargo barrier, air tank, custom front bumpstops, removed rear swaybar, front swaybar disconnect, extended diff breathers, Aisin manual hubs (from a base model diesel) and lots of other little useful things.
Future mods:- front Detroit locker (very sooooon), Lightforce spotties, 2" b/lift, 35"s (still deciding which), custom armor/rear bumper, 2.85 t/case gears, maybe 5.29's, and more dents............
Lets hear about your Bishi.......................
Here in Victoria we don't have a lot of slow rock crawling it's mostly mud, ruts and more single obstacle orientated. There are some awesome hillclimbs however and if it's wet can be outright dangerous. The sad thing is that slowly a lot of popular tracks are being secretly closed off without consultation, this is a very serious issue and one of the main reasons I joined the Vic Paj Club.
I also have forged links with the US and some Japanese Mitsi guys who run the little swb softtops (J Toppers) they luv big body lifts and tyres (34-36" Swampers mainly). I wondered where they would drive these things but they form there own tracks/obstacles on mostly private land. Anyone thinks they are soft are dead wrong they wheel as hard as they can.
The US scene is different again as they have an abundance of slow rockcrawling, hence heavy body armor is the go. They have learnt the art of sliding their IFS rigs over big rocks as they have no/minimal front wheel travel.
I still can't believe the stuff they drive IFS vehicles over and just shows what can be done with the right mods. They also have an interesting track rating system and each trail is graded 1-10 or "minimum 32"s and rear locker for a swb" or "33"s and rear locker for a lwb".
The most modified Paj/Monty I know of is Lloyd Swartz from the US, we built him up a 2.85:1 t/case and I sourced him a set of 5.29 Mitsi gears (from the Oz diesels) for his Gen 1 swb V6 auto. It also has a 3" s/lift, 3" b/lift, twin lockers, 35"s and a heap of custom armor. He is in 7th heaven now with the gearing mods and he wreckons it's unstallable now. Remember they can wheel at altitudes up to 16,000ft above sea level so stalling is a very real problem on big tyred undergeared rigs. There have been a few that have gone the SAS route most notably a US Challenger (Monty Sport) with Dana 44"s, 5.29's, 35"s ra ra ra, they call it the Jeep killer.
Hopefully in a few years (if things pan out) I want to visit Swartzy in the US for a wheelin trip hopefully Tellico, Moab or the famous Rubicon trail, likewise he wants to visit Oz but I've got no idea where to take him ??????????
Here's some pics of Swartzy on the Rubicon Trail.
Something you should know about...
I did it about 6 months ago on my Daihatsu and it's increased my offroad ability 500%...I can crawl things now rather than flog it.