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Hi Toylux

I had the same problem with my number plate as well with my high mount & xrox. I ended up getting the shits and drilling through the middle of the plate & mounting above fairlead. Couldn't think of anywhere else to put it. Mine is an 05 with some battle scars so I'm not too fussed about it. The winch and spotties take your attention away from plate n my case.

Finally getting around to add some updated pics of my Axis Bar with the mods to fit the High Mount.

A few measurements before cutting



Finished design, with some extra bracing.




Reeling in the rope under tension.


And some pics from my Sandy Cape trip end of November 2012





First time having to use the winch, road tyres and mud don't mix

That's awesome mate, the high-mount sits in there beautifully, so it looks like it's recessed into the grill about half way also?
When are the Muddy's goin on?

Thanks Jake

It's only about a third of the winch sticking through, you have to lift the bonnet to access the free spool, but never do that as I have a 6hp motor, so it's plenty quick enough to reel rope out under power.

BFG KM2's, 285/70/17 are already fitted just haven't taken any photos yet

Great work mate. big thanks for the template.

did you change the front plate fo the bar? pic below looks like you've cut the front plate off and fitted a new one -

Nah Max I trimmed the inside so I had a flat surface to bolt the winch up to. Then I added a piece of 6mm to the front. So where the winch mounts is now 11mm thick.

Looks sick mate, came up an absolute treat!
I can see max is getting some ideas although he doesn't really need any help for people getting those

always good to learn off others. thanks for breaking new ground and showing us how you did it.

Well today when I got out of bed I decided it was time to do a Body Mount Chop.

After some research on here I decided to go with the amitch888 style, factory look. Thanks Mitch

Start buy removing the body mount bush.


Trimmed out the unwanted material

Welded it all together and then ground it to hide the welding.


Gave it a coat of paint and it now looks unmodified and factory


Also fitted my Quattro elite 35w, 4300k HID driving lights excellent lights shine 1.3klm

And fitted my Piranha dual battery monitor

And here are some pics of other upgrades that I have done but haven't gotten round to adding to my build thread

Scangauge


CTEK Dual 250s and 105 A/H Battery



And a couple of flex shots showing my BFG KM2's 285/70/17's




This last one showing how much more up travel I could have, maybe I should look into getting some sway bar disconnects.

Lookin the goods now with the Hammertone and muds..
When we going for a wheel?..

We should plan something, but it won't be until I'm back from my trip to Tuff Truck and Vic high country on the way back down.

When you relocating back to Australia

What do ya reckon of the piranha dual battery monitor i'm in the market for one myself?

Toylux4 wrote:We should plan something, but it won't be until I'm back from my trip to Tuff Truck and Vic high country on the way back down.

When you relocating back to Australia

Heading back to the bigger Island in July..

junga23 wrote:What do ya reckon of the piranha dual battery monitor i'm in the market for one myself?

I didn't end up using the piranha, I sold it and purchased a CTEK 250s, all the positive comments on here made me change to the CTEK. because the Hilux alternator doesn't put out high enough volts to keep up with the dual battery's,where the CTEK boosts the out put into the second battery to 14.5v, when the alternator only puts out 14v

Gotta stop looking at the 2012's otherwise my truck will end up fur sale!

It's good the axis looks just as good if not better on the new shape as the old.

ajh wrote:Gotta stop looking at the 2012's otherwise my truck will end up fur sale!

It's good the axis looks just as good if not better on the new shape as the old.

I started looking 09 models, cause I didn't want anything too old, I found 3 SR5's locally that had between 60 to 120k's and the price was mid to high 40's, so went the brand new SR with stability control for the same price.

If I had realized at the time you can't legally modify a vehicle with stability control at all, cant even change brand or type of tyre,I would purchased the base SR

I'm not sure what rock I've been under to miss this thread but that lux is sex on wheels. A few weeks after I bought mine second hand I found out you could buy like yours with the flares etc. love it.

Hi all long time no post.

Time for some updates, have sold my toy, stripped it back to standard before it went.

So all accessories are for sale
Axis Bullbar hammer tone, modified to fit High Mount Winch
Buds customs Sliders hammer tone
ARB rear perfection tow bar hammer tone
ARB dual battery cradle
128L Long range tank
Taipan XP 3" exhaust
Steinbauer chip with boost controller
Roof top tent mounts to fit SR tray x2 one fixed height one adjustable

Hit me up if your interested in any of these accessories

Cheers Scott

is the tank a long ranger will it fit an 15 sr5 ??

It won't fit the new shape 15 model, but if yours is the shape of my 2012 model it will fit

Cheers Scott



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