What was the first mod you did to your 4x4?

Post by **Thonger** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:12 am

ARB rear locker and snorkel. I needed both that weekend. :oops:

Post by **bubs** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 10:20 am

1st hilux - front spring bushes
4 runner - extended shackles
2nd hilux, bobed the chassis

Post by **antt** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 10:49 am

first would have been when i put in the lift kit

Post by **DAZ** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 11:34 am

My cruiser i took home put 383 chev lockers , trany gears ,cv eliminater,36"swampers with bead locks ,6 point roll cage , seats , whinch , etc etc etc then i took it out wheeling for the first time 12 mths after purchase , Its first outing was to the boho bounce three years ago which i am proud to say my cruiser is going to be featured in issue 64 of four wheel drive monthly

Post by **Wooders** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 11:44 am

I think some of you guys miss out... my first mods were the removal of some of the pretty plastic crap....then I simply wheeled the bjessuz outta it for a while......meant: A. I felt I knew better what needed to be modded, B. I appreciated the mods even more once they were done.....

Post by **moose** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 10:49 pm

1st ... removed Grimace pink graphics !!!!!
2nd ... 235/75x15 kumho muds
3rd ... x-tended shackles , front & rear !!!!

all in 2 days !!!! :armsup:

Post by **beebee** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 11:16 pm

Traded in my 33" for some 31" AT and mags! :roll:

Post by **Surfin Alec** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 4:50 pm

First mod was to ditch the gay chrome nudge bar and factory bumper and stick on the ARB bull bar.

Post by **slowhilux** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 5:58 pm

5" lift and 35" BFG MT's at same time

Post by **Guy** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 11:08 am

Fitted the biggest rubber I could get under a stock Zuk 235/75 MT's extended rear shackles, tossed sway bar and fitted a little set of hella driving lights and extractors 2inch exhaust all in first week I had it ..

But think the very first was the rubber ..

Post by **Yarno** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:04 pm

Just put a bully bar on and winch!

Post by **Chris F20 maniac** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:40 pm

Area54 wrote:
AnthonyP wrote:
Area54 wrote:Best mod I did was leave it stock and learnt how to drive it.

Seats.

I didnt class that as a mod took it to LCMP twice that was enough stock for me..........actually it was too stock

Nah i know what your gettin at, SAFETY first right..............FARK THAT

Not safety, it was for comfort. this was 14 years ago, an 81 daihatsu F20.

i understand it was totaly for comfort trust me
ive got an F20 and its got a s#!t hard ride when is stock.
but just like area 54 i left it stock and learnt how drive the the little sucker first!

only just now i have put in 2" extended shackles and am currently installing some WRX bucket seats which are gona be great! :twisted:

and on the way are some 34" LTB swampers! :cool:

brand spanking new i might ad :twisted:

Post by **Tiny** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:50 pm

first mod on the first 4b was a set of mud tyres and lots of practice

Post by **familybus** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:55 pm

first thing i did was piss the front seats off out of my GQ and replaced them with XF falcon seats! that was the first of many things that i have done myself up till now!

Post by **sierrajim** » Wed May 04, 2005 3:29 pm

Post by **-Scott-** » Wed May 04, 2005 3:33 pm

UHF
Moved trailer plug to rear bumper (to avoid losing it...)
31x10.5 Cooper S/Ts.

Post by **JemmyBubbles** » Wed May 04, 2005 3:39 pm

Tyres then lift then strengthened arms + rear locker..

If I had my time over which I think I will : )

I would do everything in this order.

50mmBdy lift, Full Armour/Winch/Strenthen Everything, Turbo, Lockers then go crazy with suspension and Tyres.... bla bla..

Importance being stressed with the armour I have too many sill dents and front gaurd dents that could have been avoided with apropriate protection. Also I use my car for alot of Hway driving between Port and Newy so I really really wish I stuck the turbo on before the tyres and lift. You have to work out really what you HAVE to use the car for. If it does HAVE to do a bit of road time then mod accordingly, I have urged my to the 80%offroad 20%hwy were in reality it is a little different...

Wooders is right... But I would put barwork/winch and body lift and then wheel the freckle out of it and go from there

Post by **-Richo-** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:00 pm

Turbo

Post by **plowy** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:29 pm

removed the alloy bar that i had bent like a banana n fit a steel arb bar

Post by **MKPatrolGuy** » Wed May 04, 2005 6:27 pm

1st mod was dropping in a V8

Post by **De-lux** » Wed May 04, 2005 6:46 pm

bling bling stereo - sub, amp, mp3 headunit, good speakers.

(you gotta have good jams when your on road trips etc)

Post by **dibbz** » Wed May 04, 2005 8:50 pm

Deep cycle battery and engel fridge for the dark n stormys and the odd bit of food. :)

then fire extinguisher, mp3 head, snorkel, locker, radio, suspension, tyres.. extractors next.

Post by **TuffRR** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:14 pm

Sold the Sierra and got a decent 4wd!!!

Post by **SiKiD_01** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:17 pm

cant really remember, but it goes something like this:

1st mod: respray (i'm asian, and black is colour of death, and mum said either respray it or get rid of it)

2nd mod: changed tyres from HT 205/70R15, to MT/Rs 235/75R15

3rd mod: cut front guards and bashed firewall to fit 31"s. (31"s were huge back then, and esp on a vitara)

there were a lot of little 'mods' initially, but the big ones came as the cash went.

Post by **Busiboy** » Thu May 05, 2005 2:03 pm

thunder wrote:1st mod was m/t tyres...
after that all the following got done in the same week
6 in lift,front locker,5 link,rancho in cab,bullbar,steps,rear bar and carrier,lightforce,35s,duel batterys,........redundancy sux

Similar story as this, took her out stock, no good, 2 inch lift did SFA.

Next week, new bar, SOA, 35's . . . . .

Post by **hienuf** » Thu May 05, 2005 2:27 pm

Mud tyres.......imo the best mod to start off with!

Post by **damo lux** » Thu May 05, 2005 3:30 pm

Put a few dents in it :lol:

Post by **tufflux** » Thu May 05, 2005 4:10 pm

cut off the funky tool box that used to hang under the tray.

Post by **bru21** » Thu May 05, 2005 4:29 pm

bad religion stickers :armsup:

then 9" grinder and ute chop

Post by **Utemad** » Thu May 05, 2005 5:11 pm

First and still current is a 1997 Rodeo bought in 2000.

First was:
ARB winch bar (without the winch but have one now)
Dual batteries
UHF radio
CD stacker and head unit (already had it)

Next was:
BFG KO A/T 225/75 16
Spotlights
Hayman Reese towbar
10 000lb Ox winch
ARB canopy
Diff and gearbox breathers

Next:
2in suspension lift
31in MT/Rs

Coming:
40mm bodylift
SIERRA play toy!!

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