hey all thought it was about time i chucked up a build thread now that my hilux is lookin like a real 4x4.im new to the 4x4 world so dont be scared to tell me im doing something wrong hahah. when i first got my hilux it was as stock as a rock except for a toyota winch bar and ARB canopy.
details:
2009 white SR 4x4 hilux
dual cab
manual turbo diesel
ABS
60,000km
but having a few mates that are into 4x4s (1x new ranger, 1x hilux, 2x navaras) i couldnt leave it how it was so i started researching and found this little gem of a web site. once i saw the monster rides gear i fell in love and got straight onto max and he sorted me out with a rekon kit. got that installed and set at about 3" with just extended shackles in the rear for the moment. next was tyres and after some research i decided ill go big and get 33's so ordered a set of dynamic 16x8 0 offset rims and Mickey Thompson MTZ 285/75-16 (i do mainly beach driving so AT's might have been a better choice but we a planing a cape york trip so need muddies for that). ithought they wight be loud on the highway but i think there quieter then the stock pizza cutters that were on it.
being a SR it didnt have flares so i ordered a set of extra wide utemart flares and with a bit of swearing and massaging i got them to fit (i think i had trouble because i used a big hammer to flatten out the pinch weald in the guards and that might of moved the mounting lugs around a bit). only problem im having now is the tyres scrubbing the back of the flare on compression when slightly turned and ive trimed the flare as much as i can without it looking dodgy so maybe MR UCA's so i can get more castor.
also did some work on the stereo i didnt want anything to crazy just a nice system that thumps when i want it to. started with a custom sub box to fit a KICKER 10" slim sub , JVC 65wrms splits and a JVC 75wrms x 4ch amp. in the future ill get a mono block amp for the sub and a set of rear speakers and pretty keen on a A-SURE head unit.
needed a good set of spotties up here because the next major town is 300km down the highway and there are a lot of roos and cows so i got a set of lightforce XGT 35w HID spotties and used a lightforce wiring warness to wire them it made it so much easier especially because the hiluxs are negatively swithched (never even heard negative switching before).
how it sits at the moment:
Monster rides rekon kit
Monster rides progressive bump stops (if ya havent got then do it there awesome)
lighforce XGT HIDs
Black Duck seat covers front and rear
Utemart extra wide flares
Mickey Thompson MTZ 285/75-16 on dynamic 16x8" 0 offset
Toyota winch bar
ARB canopy (with whirly bird for more killawasps)
these are the only pics i got so far but there is a big fishing trip in a couple of weeks so should get some good ones then.