Hey all,
So this year my business partner and I got some new cars. We decided to keep his 2012 SR5 Dual Cab as it had alot of dents and scrapes from being used and a bit abused over the last 5 years. The trade price just wasn't worth the effort of selling it.
I have kind of adopted it and with stuff I had lying around from building trailers and past 4wds I decided to start to do some work on it and turn it into a bit of a beach / bush car.
So far I have installed a dual battery system, using a $15 tray from supercheap and a nail plate from bunnnings.
Installed anderson plugs at the rear and in the tub to run a fridge etc.
I had just built an offroad trailer and had bought a set of 150 Prado rims for $500 with ok Coopers AT's. They had better rubber than the hilux rims so I swapped them onto the lux. I like now that the 5th spare is an alloy not a crap steel wheel.
Repainted all the chasis rails, springs, bash plates and stuff under neath to give it a bit of a tidy up
I've just ordered a bunch of bits and pieces off ebay Dual USB's and stuff like that to update it a bit inside, also repainted all the silver bits around the window switches etc.
New, cheap ebay, canvas seat covers etc.
I really like working on it as there just so easy and given what it is I can't go too far wrong, hopefully
Things I would like to get done, but as I am not committing to much coin to the project is a mild lift, maybe 2inch at the front and a bit at the back, a decent set of rubber. A bullbar and a canopy would be great, but it would be pure luck if either of those came up at the right (cheap) price.
Anyway looking forward to reading a heap of build ups and pinching ideas off you guys.
Thanks