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Inherited this old girl from my dad's estate.
1992 5sp manual 2.8D with 180000km. From a farming life, to rural acreage. I've had the hilux for 4 years, and watched the cab surface rust slowly spread.
Time for a refresh.
Going - Bull bar, side steps, brush guards. Old steelies. Cow dents in doors. Worn vinyl flooring
Coming - stock front bumper, probably add a nudge bar; powder coat steel tray; ROH Blak Trak 16s; Yoko Geos; New colour scheme. Supafit seat covers (Denim Black); front half vinyl flooring.
Fix the A/C.
Mild stereo upgrade.
Kids will learn to drive in it.
Vehicle of choice for mountain bike trips.

There good trucks my 1993 model ln106r twin cab has done 425,000km motor untouched except for timing belts and water pumps still going strong

That's great.
I figure at the rate I use mine, I'll get another 20yrs or more out of her.

Looks nice mate and it has very low km's for its age so its a keeper.

If you find that you need some extra power, you could always add a turbo and 2.5" straight through exhaust on it depending on your budget. That will give it some extra HP and you won't have any issues climbing hills with a fully loaded ute.

need to have a chat to some clever ppl about power increases - performance injectors and tune versus whole hog turbo route.

Look at getting extractors and a 2.5" straight through exhaust for extra power

will do, thx.

No rust around glass, front or rear.


Vinyl flooring a bit sad.


Smiles all around.

finally some colour is on.
Exhaust being done today, hopefully colour except doors finished tomorrow. Doors still need to be prepped, a few dings to be knocked out.

well she's all done!
Nice and clean. Bullbar gone to a good home.
Moved on to do the stereo install over a couple of days.

Went from this...........



and these

To this...... (needed bluetooth)



and these (needed much noise)

Supafit really are!

very happy with how she's come out, have added some new door rubbers (ouch!).
Not as happy with the vinyl 1/2 floor from nobullaccessories though.



Had to use the trailing edge of the 'old' vinyl to cover the gap between the new front 1/2 and the existing rear piece.
Probably should have bought the full floor in hind sight.

Had extractors and new exhaust fitted. Spent one hour on a dyno tune for bit for fuel and timing. Good for about 20% in power , and slight increase in black exhaust
I will post up the dyno graph (impressive!) tonight.

best way to keep everything organized.

Nice looking restoration job, mate. Thumbs up.