G'day guys
It's a 1997 ln106 dual cab 4wd hilux with a slow 2.8 litre (3L) 5 speed manual non-turbo diesel making a mind blowing 55kw at the crank when it rolled off the showroom floor 20 years ago. Solid axles with leaf springs all round so it's rough as guts to ride in but goes good off road.
Been lurking these threads for last 6+ months gathering info and ideas on just about everything so haven't really felt the need to post but I thought I better chuck up build thread to keep track of everything I've done.
I bought this lux 2 days before getting my p's (about 8 months ago) and drove it straight from the licensing centre to Lancelin (about an hour north of perth) and thrashed for a week in the dunes with my mates on my school leavers.
Anyway here's a few photos of it before I changed anything
So as it sits now, mods are:
31x10.5 BF Goodrich KO1 all-terrains (barely-legal tread)
on 15x7 black sunnies
Irwin alloy bullbar (Rattle-canned saturn black)
Some dodgy side steps
Oricom radio and ariel (Broken)
Aftermarket Kenwood stereo and speakers
Rhino roof racks (tradie style)
Kings 2mx3m awning
Heavy duty Terrain-Tamer clutch
Ebay wing mirrors
Electric radiator fan (previous owner mod)
Air-con delete (Previous owner)
Spotties removed (courtesy of corrugated roads)
Assumed factory height leaf springs
"West coast suspension" shocks
I also pissed off the TJM chrome roll bar
Photos of how it looks now
The main plan for this car is build a capable off road rig than i can still drive to work/school everyday but not spending too many $$$
Near future mods, in order of completion:
Ebay snorkel
Cheap 20inch light bar (4wd supa centre?)
Shorten rear bar to sit higher, hopefully via a mate who's a fabricator
New rubber (open to recommendations)
Front recovery points (Can't find any in stores)
Pacemaker extractors and new exhaust
Welded rear diff (maybe auto locker)
Front locker (Auto or E-Locker)
Other Possible mods:
2 inch lift and new shocks
Scrub bars and rock sliders
Find a factory headboard, I dont like big chrome roll bars
Turbo? 5L swap?