Hi folks. I recently moved over from the apple isle to Vic to work for Ford designing Rangers (yep, you read that right). I brought over my filthy lowered Subaru Forester but getting outdoors and away from people is so much harder in Vic… so I needed a big change of scene to get me away from the crowds and into the high country.
Enter my latest activity enabler, redneck release outlet and overbout navigator – an 07 SR5 D4D manual dual cab. I freakin love it
Managed to get it for a smidge over $25k with only 130,000kms on the clock. The bloke had installed a heap of stuff to it but I couldn’t see any evidence of it ever hitting the dirt. Most electrical wiring was heinous – all lights hard wired in to cheap buttons, the UHF ‘worked’ (I asked the bloke to demo it, he pointed to the tow brake controller… ) but otherwise she was in primo condition.
Bought it with the following kit attached.
2" lift
32" muddies
ARB Bullbar
Winch
Snorkel
Roof rack
Snorkel
Tow bar
UHF
Scrub bars & sliders
Twin Spotties, 24” lightbar, 40” lightbar
Highlift jack & shovel mounts
Tray lights
With the honeymoon still in full swing, there’s a lot of plans for the future. Just gotta stop being trigger happy with the credit card!
Diff and gearbox breathers
UHF unit that's not a brake controller
Recovery kit
Cruise control install
Secondary fuel filter system
Dual battery setup
New head unit & reverse cam
FM bulbar antenna
Air compressor
Muffler delete
Awning
Inverter
Rear bar (Xrox or similar)
More tray lights
Big props to this forum, helped heaps when sourcing the car and already for some of the stuff I’ve done!
Cheers