my bus

[wreckingball]

I finally worked this photo thing out here's my 80 , it has a 1hz ,40 mm lift, bar, lights, batteries, and now a snorkel.

[corhijas]

looking good mate

[Bruceh]

Nice and clean mate. Any other mods ya want to do to it?

[wreckingball]

Nice and clean mate. Any other mods ya want to do to it?

Yeah a rear bar/wheel carrier, a winch, and maybe some FC2's. nothing to crazy its a daily driver so i want to keep it more cruiser than hardcore.

[wreckingball]

geeez i just looked its been nearly 3 years since i updated my thread
in that time there have been a couple of additions to the bus
i found a 2nd hand kaymar bar/carrier in the trading post so that went on. then i picked up a set of 2nd hand mtr's with about 35000ks on them. then an ironman 9500lb winch was fitted and some rated recovery points on the front. a cargo barrier and home made shelf to go beside the 60l waeco on a black widdow slide in the back. a gme 3220 uhf. i've done most of the work myself but when i finally talked the minister for war and finance into alowing an air locker to be fitted i left that to the experts. next was a onboard air system with a typhoon compressor into a 16 l tank. the regulator died a while back and killed a battery (apparently they don't accept 22 volts to well) so a redarc isolator, optima red top and pirhana volt guage went in. then a pirhana superloom and some heavier globes to brighten things up a bit.and a power shower for camping in the camper trailer we bought i also bought a 2nd set of wheels and tyres cause the mtrs are getting well down now so a set of silverstone mt117 sports on black sunnies are now my play tyres. i think thats about it so far hopefully i'll keep up to date better in future

mark

[wreckingball]

a few photos mightn't go astray
out in wombat on the new tyres
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/wreckingball77/P1010676.jpg
the glut near mt cole
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/wreckingball77/DSC00380.jpg
bogged in wombat
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/wreckingball77/IMG00116-20090201-1615.jpg
in the snow at toolangi
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/wreckingball77/10082008004.jpg
a bit of foam on the way from the arthur river to granville harbour tas
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/wreckingball77/bubbles.jpg
out in the otways
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/wreckingball77/adelaidetripandotways049.jpg
on top of shakespear in tas
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/wreckingball77/518.jpg
in convoy at the obc 09
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/wreckingball77/P1000489.jpg

[worthy]

looks nice and tidy.
well done for doing most the work yourself.

[andyjim243]

Love the pics man,Good to it driven the way it should be,great truck
Cheers Andy

[_JB_]

wow you really get around, well done and nice looking cruiser :thumb:

[wreckingball]

looks nice and tidy.
well done for doing most the work yourself.

looks can be decieving i took to the cargo area with a vacuum cleaner the other day :
i couldn't believe the difference it made !!!
and this whole DIY thing can really be stressfull when you stuff something up i checked and re checked and triple checked the position when i drilled the hole for the snorkel .
i got it right but it was bloody scary.

mark

[ATARI]

hey wreckingball, how do the MT-117 sports compare to the MT/R's when driven on the road?

i'm on my 2nd set of MT/R's & i know i won't be going for the new style & the MT-117's are on the short list for replacements.

[wreckingball]

hey wreckingball, how do the MT-117 sports compare to the MT/R's when driven on the road?

i'm on my 2nd set of MT/R's & i know i won't be going for the new style & the MT-117's are on the short list for replacements.

hi atari i've only done 170 ks on them so far and it was dry they handled ok and were quieter than i expected although there was another bloke on the same trip who had them and he said they'll get noisier as they wear other than that i can't give you much info except to say i bought mine on rims as play tyres with the intention of running the mtr's out and replacing with some all terrains for road work . i decided to go that way as i was concerned that the 117's would wear out fast on road that and the fact they were the same price on rims as baja claws were on their own

[wreckingball]

well i got a couple of pressies for my birthday no. 1 was a roof rack that my mrs got for me needed a bit of shortening but that was easy no.2 was fitted today i now have 2 of those black switches with locker on them . found a 2nd hand arb unit for sale on another forum and she gave me the ok to get it gotta love that woman. any ways now i need to find the time to get to places where i need to use it.

[chrisso83]

well i got a couple of pressies for my birthday no. 1 was a roof rack that my mrs got for me needed a bit of shortening but that was easy no.2 was fitted today i now have 2 of those black switches with locker on them . found a 2nd hand arb unit for sale on another forum and she gave me the ok to get it gotta love that woman. any ways now i need to find the time to get to places where i need to use it.

u could always come out to wombat again :) theres a certain hole that i have seen you snatched out of, another locker will help :) nice rig mate, always gettin better

[wreckingball]

u could always come out to wombat again :) theres a certain hole that i have seen you snatched out of, another locker will help :) nice rig mate, always gettin better

lol yeah your right about the boghole .
yours seems to keep improving with age to its lookin hot with the lift and the rhino's

[chrisso83]

lol yeah your right about the boghole .
yours seems to keep improving with age to its lookin hot with the lift and the rhino's

lol cheers mate. im trying :) we went to wombat on sunday, a hilux with 35 simex drove that hole but it was a machine. also a 75 cruiser with
f&r lockers made it after a few attempts. :) go get your revenge before they grade it all :mad: