MOOON'S BUILD

[Mooons]

MOOON’S BUILD part 1
Better late than never
We picked up our Triton up in august 2010 Gunmetal grey GLXR all the normal dribble plus
Alloy bullbar
HELLA COMET 450 driving lights
Mitsubishi sports canopy
Reversing camera
Spray on rhino tub liner
After a quick hand over in the rain the nudge bar & sports bar were thrown in the back & off we went
We thought to ourselves it’s got everything we could need





Not having any 4WDing how wrong could we have been
I logged on to the NTN site for the first time on Sat Aug 14, 2010 1:53 pm
My first post was Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:49 pm
That’s when the spending began I blame SNOOOZY
After a quick intro Snooozy put me on to the Grampians trip that was in its infancy page 15 of 38
So the first mods began
a set of indestructible bash plates from baysie
a set of 255/65R17 MAXISS BIGHORNS on the factory alloys
& a GME CB radio



What else would you need at the gramps
What the hell we thought may as well go and get a camper trailer



I've never really had much control when it comes to spending
Our first trip with NTN proved what everyone says great people fun times & lots of friendly advice
Wasn't happy with the barge arse the MN’s have so I decided to chop the factory tow bar







This lifted it almost 4” and was more than happy with the result
The next weekend trip away saw going to Thompson’s dam
River crossings I thought better get a snorkel now I really liked the safari’s but had concerns with all that plastic on the outside of the guard plus all the extra holes





Wombat state Forrest got crossed up result one dented tub and stuck for a while



so it didn't take much to convince Mrs. Mooons that a rear bar would of saved the tub & a winch would have pulled us out of the crap hole so it was off to ARB for a rear bar & warn winch



now as the factory bullbar was not winch compatible the smart thing to do was get a deluxe bar to mount the winch on



I'm not sure how the longranger tank got in the order but hey who am I to complain

to be continued

[4wd26]

I had to laugh- great write up.

there is always more

[tukadafoonday]

Love it moons... Good job.

[ratstriton]

It will never stop mate!


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[Steane]

Bout time you got off your lazy arse and did a build thread Mooons!

Been some big changes over the last year, it's a seriously kitted out Triton now. There is still a long list of mods to add to the above

That camper trailer looks like the bloody Taj Mahal...it's huge

You were meant to roll it on the HC trip so the rest of us could strip her down and leave you with a canteen of water and a mobile phone that only gets a signal when the cloud cover lifts.

Don't leave anything out in part 2...we want a full inventory for the next trip / salvage opportunity.

Nice work

[tukadafoonday]

Not wrong about e camper trailer being huge! Lookalike it's strait out of MASH.

[timbo]

Can't wait for part 2 mooons let's see how long this takes it's funny how you only order the rear protection bar after the damage was done

[Mooons]

You were meant to roll it on the HC trip so the rest of us could strip her down and leave you with a canteen of water and a mobile phone that only gets a signal when the cloud cover lifts.

Mooons jr & I were self sufficient on that trip we had a box of wild turkey & a sat phone

[Hymie]

Great write up Moons It has me eager to hear the next instalment (pardon the obvious pun )

Worse thing is I still have to do one and I've been here longer than you

[Mooons]

Thanks for the comments guys
It was steane's comments in the HC report that a few of us need to do one

[trumpy955]

G'day Mooons, good to see more builds getting on here. (even if they are REALLY late ) Its definitely a nice looking ute there, but i'd love to see more shots of the camper trailer. Looking forward to seeing this build grow !!

[Snooozy]

MOOON’S BUILD part 1

... I logged on to the NTN site for the first time on Sat Aug 14, 2010 1:53 pm
My first post was Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:49 pm
That’s when the spending began I blame SNOOOZY
After a quick intro Snooozy put me on to the Grampians trip that was in its infancy page 15 of 38 ...

to be continued

As usual, a laugh a minute

I don't think you needed much encouragement I only arranged the bash plates, just as well too, or you would have had a stuffed actuator to go with the bashed in rear end that you protected after the event

Great to see you finally got around to showing off your - sorry....Mrs Mooons vehicle.

Looking forward to the rest of the story

[Mooons]

It's all good Snooozy
every mod on the tri has had Mrs Mooons tick of approval along the way

[tukadafoonday]

I can't help but think that Mrs Mooons may be reminded of the damaged rear end should a modification not quite make the approval list... suddenly it may become a necessity for that next mod!

[snowman]

Thanks for the comments guys
It was steane's comments in the HC report that a few of us need to do one

good one Mooons.

I have found the womenz can be talked around when you show them the benefits of each mod. and it sounds like you get good support from Mrs Mooons.

don't embarrass me into doing a build thread.

[Mattstruck]

Good work Mooons, also glad to hear surging stopped too.

You inspired me to get the rear step tow bar BEFORE i smashed it

Your damaged tub photos helped the up sell to the MRS

[Mrs Mooons]

Not wrong about e camper trailer being huge! Lookalike it's strait out of MASH.

That's it......I'm now going to call the camper "THE SWAMP". now to find a piece of wood to make the sign.

One of those mods was my Christmas present last year, the snorkel and yes I did ask for it.

[Mattstruck]

Not wrong about e camper trailer being huge! Lookalike it's strait out of MASH.

That's it......I'm now going to call the camper "SWAMP". now to find a piece of wood to make the sign.

One of those mods was my Christmas present last year, the snorkel and yes I did ask for it.

You got a good one there Mooons

[Mooons]

see the hi lift is usefull

[salt36]

Well done Mooons, top write up mate

[har05l]

Good start on the build up mooons , a lot of parts can be purchased with in a year

Did you install the snorkel as this is my preference as well and am curious as to how hard the fitting was

[Mooons]

Good start on the build up mooons , a lot of parts can be purchased with in a year

Did you install the snorkel as this is my preference as well and am curious as to how hard the fitting was

Hey ken
I got TJM in GEELONG to do it as im way to rough to tackel somthing like that
they quoted 5hrs but had it for a whole day & 1/2
I told them to take as long as was needed cos i wanted it done RITE
on compleation they said it was a bitch to do but they did do a top job

[Steane]

see the hi lift is usefull

Do you take the wheels off so Mrs Mooons can't drive off and leave you?

[Mooons]

not quite steane
i was hireing out my hub

[SEJ GLX-R]

see the hi lift is usefull

Do you take the wheels off so Mrs Mooons can't drive off and leave you?

No, some silly bugger needed the hub and bearings