SteveB's build

[steveb]

Well I've had this thing a bit over 12 months now so I thought I would get around to doing a bit of a write up.

The Truck - 2008 Hilux D4D D/C SR5 Manual with hard lid.

The mods to date:-

ARB Sahara Bar
Tigerz11 12000 lb winch
Full Rekon front Suspension with diff drop (Currently sitting at 2.5")
All Pro steeroing knuckle gussets
Buds Bashplates & Sliders
15" x 8" Infinity Wheels with 32" x 11.5" Bridgestone M/T Duellers
Front & Rear Air Lockers
Runstop Rear Disc conversion
DBA 4000 front rotors
Safari Snorkel
140 litre Longranger Tank
A-Sure Stereo/GPS
VMN Chip
3" Exhaust
Rear Bar with Wheel/Jerry Carrier
60 litre under tub S/S water tank (with pump to be fitted)
Bushman fridge
Battery Pack with 1100w inverter
Rear tub storage area

Still to be fitted

Additional spare wheel carrier on top of hard lid
Roof Racks


(before the front was lowered again)

Most of the stuff that I have done are fairly standard upgrades but heres a couple of things that I have done recently that are a bit different.

1. Removed the rear seat and made frames for the fridge and power pack. Also made a frame to store snatch strap etc against therear of the cab.




2. I got some plastic tubs from Ikea the other day. They worked out really well size wise. I attached a slotted piece of angle across the tub to hold them down at the front and utilised the rear tie down points to tie the back down. I think it is a good compromise to a drawer system because it will all remove in about 10 minuted and only cost about $90 to fabricate.





3. Custom made rear bar and wheel carrier



4. All Pro steering knuckle gussets


This is it so far.

[dute]

I like the back seat set up . . . and great to see someone else has a bushman. . .

[helmut79]

NIce rear bar and wheel carrier mate. Rig is looking trick

[KTM525EXC]

Well done bud, the lux is looking great good choice with the tyre and wheel combo

[Mason85]

hey mate looks awesome, how hard was the runstop conversion??

[white_hilux]

good choice with the tyre and wheel combo

x2

im loving that tyre combo atm. as wide as a 285 but not quite as high truck is looking really great mate.

[Hilux Max]

great work Steve....well thought out package.

[steveb]

hey mate looks awesome, how hard was the runstop conversion??

I had the Runstop conversion done down at Outback accesories in Seaford. The biggest problem with doing it is that you have to remove the wheel bearings from the axles (apparently mine were a bitch) to fit the backing plates. You need access to to the right equipment. It was probably the best $300 I've ever spent getting them to fit them. There is a huge improvement in braking performance as a result (I can actually make the ABS kick in now)

Cheers
Steve

[jakelux]

Love the back seat set up.. I'd be doin that if i didn't need the seats

[Swinny]

dude orsome rig like the rear seat set up.. wht sort of rear bar is that??

[Cobbo83]

Hey mate, how did the tigerz 11 fit in your sahara bar? I just bought one for my new rig but have been told it wont fit. Did you have to do any mods