Outer Limits 4x4 Board

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

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

first would have been when i put in the lift kit

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

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.....

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

all in 2 days !!!!

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

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

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

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 ..

Just put a bully bar on and winch!

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!
and on the way are some 34" LTB swampers! brand spanking new i might ad

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

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!

this

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

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

Turbo

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

1st mod was dropping in a V8

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 . . . . .

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

Put a few dents in it

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

bad religion stickers then 9" grinder and ute chop

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!!