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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2003 11:26 pm
by Westoztroopa
Owing to our recent huge percentage increase in Isuzu people :wink: , I thought it would be a good time to start an introduction section. Hope I'm not steppin on your toes by doing this dazz.
So who are you, where you from, what GMH/Isuzu have you got? Include a pic or two if you can...
Dazz, are you able to turn this into a sticky?
Howdy!
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2003 11:34 pm
by Westoztroopa
G'day!
Noel from Nannup, Western Australia.
I've got a 1992 Holden Jackaroo V6 (3.2L sohc) Short wheel base. (Pretty rare)
Mods:
ECB Adventure tube bullbar
115W FET Spotties
2" Toughtog S/Lift front, Rancho RS9000s rear
33x10.5x15" BFG Mudders
15x8" ROH Steelies
40mm Bodylift
Lokka Lockright front difflock
ARB compressor
Front swaybar disconnect (Articulator)
Rhino sports rack
Uniden AM CB
Uniden UHF handheld
Uniden UHF 012
Genie extractors
2.5" Exhaust system
Finerfilter
Wishlist: mostly lotto dependent :wink:
Rear ARB locker (Front ARB locker if Lockright dies)
Rancho RS9000s front + incab controller
Teralow low range + diff gears
Relocated alternator
Longrange tank
Snorkel
Winchbar + winch
This is what it looked like when I bought it in '99.
Now after the body lift and new tyres:
The famous Jackaroo IFS salute:
Cheers,
Noel
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2003 7:47 pm
by Greazy
Hi!!
im a young one, this is my first 4wd. it was my dads but he off loaded it too me as long as i fixed it up. Ive had it for about 3 yrs now.
Mods: spotties, CB, Bullbar, 31" BF muddies, ROH's, welded front diff, rebuilt motor/box, extractors, RPM racing harness when i go hill climbin and a big 4WD FREAK sticker on the back
Want: twin turbo 350 chev up front, Air lockers, 35 swampers and a CD player.
Good too see others who share the Isuzu secret's.
Greazy
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:29 pm
by DAZZ
Darren from Traralgon Vic. I am a heavy vehicle mechanic and autolec.
I now own a 2003 Jackaroo SE widetrack 3.0TD. 15x8 Rockcrawler D, 32x11.5x15 Pro Comp muds, Pioneer CD
T15 steel winch bar, Lightforce 240 XGTs, TX3400 UHF, Custom EFS\Carrols rear springs, EFS Shockers F&R, Optima Marine deep cycle\crank battery crank and aux. 170 Lightforce roof lights. Safari snorkle, Minor exhaust mods Black widow draws, Free wheel hubs, 9500kg winch
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 4:28 pm
by KIWI
Hi,
Dave from NZ here, have a 92 SWB Bighorn 3.1dt, 33 BFG's Rancho RS9000's, electric rear sway disco (factory), kiwi made front disco (to be fitted) and a poor Japanese attempt at a 4" lift.
Great to see a few more IFS owners out there!
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 5:09 pm
by Greazy
A kiwi, no problems, u guys have the best ski fields!!! whats the 4WD like??? i guess plenty of mud???? what about snow???
Yes, Yes we all do have the IFS, i reakon this just means we have to give it a bit more of a boot at the bottom of the hill, he ha ha
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 5:37 pm
by DAZZ
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 6:05 pm
by KIWI
Not much mud round these parts at the moment, good 4wding, but getting harder for access.
Just means these hot summer days make my job as a Jet Ski tour guide that much harder!
Truck is no good off road (or on road either!!), torsion bars wound up too much so very little front end travel.
Dont want to pay to have it put right just yet, in a legal battle with the car dealer over it.
Just out of interest, those with lift kits, what brand are they, and do you find noticable improvement off road?
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 6:38 pm
by Westoztroopa
No worries Dazz, I jusk asked Ruff and he did the honours...
Good to see you made it here Dave.
Cheers,
Noel
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 11:34 am
by scottMIB
I guess I should check in too, most of you already know me though...
I've got a 99 Frontera S V6 with a 3" lift, 31 BFG AT's, ARB bar, IPF lights, Calmini intake and a few other bits. It gets used whenever i have the time and has a very bad history record with Holden for breaking parts. Most of my offroad team mates have Patrols so I'm somewhat under vehicled for where I try to go
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2003 4:08 pm
by CJ Burns Esq
CJ from Country NSW originally, currently residing in Northern Sydney.
First 4WD, had it nearly 2 years, 2000 FtrUCK S Manual with 2" lift Perormed by me, 31" Hankook Mudders, TJM Rabbit bar and Narva Long Distance Spots.
Previously raced a Datsun 1600 Rally car, Drag Raced a Suzuki Katana and raced Clubman Heavy Gokarts. Did all my own spanner work and engines and did all right as well.
I still have 5 Motorbikes in the grudge and an empty bank account.
Chief activities for diverting my attention from the doom and gloom and general drudgery of the modern world are 4WD'n, Trail bik'n, Rock climbing and Abseiling, SCUBA diving, Archery and gett'n down tha farm with ma banjo and all ma cussin's.
Plans for the FtrUCK?
Front Lockrite.
Another inch at the front and 2" at the rear.
Rancho's and lower the front diff an inch.
Skid plate.
UHF Radio.
or buy a Nissan Patrol with all that stuff on it for $15k
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 12:53 pm
by WOLF
Hey guy's I'm new here to (to this forum anyway)
My name is Ralf,I am 33 and own/manage a Health club in WA.
I have a 2002 JACKAROO SE Widetrack V6 manual.
Accessories fitted are TJM steel BB,Hella rally 4000 spotties,GME TX4400 UHF radio,BLUE TONGUE III air compressor,K&N longrange tank(140LTR),RANCHO RS9000 shocks with LUVELL rear springs(21/2" lift)RANCH IN-CAB adjustment,275/70R 16 BFG A/T.And thats about it FOR NOW.On the wish list is new torsion bars(not sure what type though???) 2" bodylift,ARB AIRLOCKER in the front and a snorkle.MMMMMM did I mension a SUPERCHARGER???
WOLF :twisted:
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 11:26 pm
by Jamie
G'day
I'm on my second Jackaroo, the first being a 92 V6 which I had for 5 1/2 years and about 85,000k's. I now have a 2001 TD auto widetrack. It had a TJM bar, HR towbar, long range tank and ARB dual batteries fitted when I bought it and I have fitted a snorkel, OME suspension, poly air bags, 265/75R16 BFG AT's, ARB air compressor, IPF spotties, Milford cargo barrier, GME TX 3200 UHF, full length roof rack. Still to come are side steps (it had extruded aly ones when I got it but I want something more substantial), front diff lock and a winch. I will attempt to include a picture.
Jamie
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 12:48 am
by gazza
hi my name is garry ,live on the gold coast and until november last year
i have always off roaded modified subarus which was alot of fun,
but now i have move on to bigger and better thing
i now own a ex gov 95 3.1 td jackaroo which i have put on ome suspenion
tjm winch bar ,8000 bls warn winch,and alloy rims and enjoying it immensely .the diesel may be slow on the road but it great where it counts in the bush
garry
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 4:39 pm
by MU
Oh Well stuff it..........Im logging in too then!!
Im Geoff and Im in Armadale WA. My vehicle is a 1996 Isuzu MU black with the 3.1 Turbo Diesel in it. Have had it for about a year and a half now and love it to death. Have fitted a 2.5 inch exhaust from the Turbo back and a new Unifilter (free flowing). It gave me just ove 10 percent boost on standard. Hope some WA MU owners show up on here so we can go bush sometime.
Cheers All
Geoff
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 7:07 pm
by Yarno
Hi I'm Yarno
I'm from Newcastle.
I have got a 1994 MU 2.8TD a nice little blue one..
So far I have fitted
Custom Alloy Bulbar
9000lb Warn Winch
Uni Filter
Intercooler (from Jackaroo)
3" Body Lift
ARB front locker
Big Mud Tyres 33"
ARB rear locker
Lift tank 2.5"
So far on my list to do
Bonnet scoop (for intercooler)
Modifyed dump pipe from turbo
2 1/2" Exhaust (maybe 3")
Move rear shock mounts for Ranchos (longer)
Cheers Yarno
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 11:48 pm
by POS
I don't own one but this is my first post in here
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 1:18 am
by dogart
wolf form perth WA
just purchased my second Jack today,
a 94 Monterey that is just soooo sweeeet!
sold the first jack, a 84 LS man' petrol that
was a good ole girl which was coming to the
end of her life due to the dreaded cancer,
too many heads, a couple a clutches etc etc.
She took me far 'n' wide, north and south.
10yrs of great hard working service, but she had to go
so we could get the new bitch home!
Looking forward to the next decade but this time in luxury,
and power too.
cheers
wolf
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 8:18 pm
by Yarno
Here is the latest pic of my MU with 33's on and 3" body lift....
Yarno
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2003 12:11 pm
by Vulcanised
Hey!! my first post on these boards..... thanks to westoztrooper for pointing me here
My name is Tony, i live in Scone NSW... i drive a 1993 Rodeo 2.8 TD. Relatively new to the 4wd scene in a small car (ute) done a fair bit in fire trucks..... but they are totally different kettle of fish off-road
I'm still building my wish list for the vehicle.... 3" of lift is first on the list, then muddies, maybe a decent winch........ the rest of the list is longer than my arm, much to my wifes disgust
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 7:09 pm
by zukin
hey i just picked up a 97 model space cab rodeo with 140000 ks on the clock for $14000 stock as a rock a/c power steer etc etc. carpet ute liner crome bumpers and stuff they told me it was top of the line i didnt know either way im new to holdens. looked clean well looked after drives very well alot different to the sierras power anyways.. how much am i looking at for a arb bullbar
its the only thing it hasnt got..
oh an will 31's fit without any lift seems to be alittle bit of room there
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:04 pm
by fiik
Hey, i'm Will, i have a 99 frontera sports. i'm really new to the whole 4x4 thing and i've done stuff all to my truck other than a cd player but the list of mods is growinf by the day. I'm a diesel and heavy machinery fitter working on tower cranes. i don't have any photos yet but i hope to soon.
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:16 am
by Vulcanised
zukin wrote:hey i just picked up a 97 model space cab rodeo with 140000 ks on the clock for $14000 stock as a rock a/c power steer etc etc. carpet ute liner crome bumpers and stuff they told me it was top of the line i didnt know either way im new to holdens. looked clean well looked after drives very well alot different to the sierras power anyways.. how much am i looking at for a arb bullbar
its the only thing it hasnt got..
oh an will 31's fit without any lift seems to be alittle bit of room there
I'm getting 31's for my dual cab ... should arrive today... reckon they will fit fine. I'll post a pic when i fit them
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:59 pm
by leroy
31's will fit wothout a prob.
Leroy
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:23 am
by Vulcanised
I put 31's on mine and it gives you a heap more clearance compared to the standard tyres.... you will probably have to wind your from torsion bars all the way up too.
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 11:39 pm
by El_Hombre
Benjo here,
Perth WA
Got an MU 93 model. But nothing liek you've seen before, after a few months hard effort its nearly finished and have a lil bit more work to do. Standard engine (2.8tdsl) is oyutta there along with the old man transmission.
got rancho 9000x's on there, bout to do a max torsion bar crank and a leaf addin and reset on the rear. maybe some 33's if i can fit them in. anyone else put 33's on theirs yet?
this thing is going to be pumpin once its finished...
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 7:57 pm
by Witchdoctor
Hi all,
Dave
Silver 3.1 MU
2.5" turbo back exhaust
GME uhf
ECB alloy winch bar
Lightforce 240 Blits
Airflow snorkel
31X10.5 R15 Goodyear MTR's
The MU is in a field at Pimama
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:17 pm
by Utemad
Hi all. I'm from Brisbane.
I've got a 1997 2.6l petrol dual cab Rodeo.
It has-
ARB winch bar
Ox 10 000lb hydraulic winch
ARB canopy
OME h/d shocks
OME greasable shackles
Spotlights
UHF
225/75 16in BF Goodrich a/t for road/bush
31x10.5 tyres for the beach or whatever I like
Wound front torsion bars
I'm in the process of-
Ball joint flip with reduced bump stop and spacer
Rear suspension lift (not sure how yet)
I want-
Front locker and maybe rear too
Snorkel
mmmm not enough wheel travel or clearance.
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:29 am
by Vulcanised
Hey utemad
If you want a locker, get one for the front. Then get your LSD wound up and save just a little on your tyres. I spoke to a diff reco guy, and he said that the LSD in a Deo can be wound up considerably higher than standard and will work almost like a locker with just a little give., for far less than a locker.
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:24 am
by Utemad
Thanks RoeDao.
I had intended to get a front. The rear LSD still works fine but the mod you mentioned is definately worth looking in to.
Utemad