We were originally looking at an "active" model in feb'ish 2011 and just as we were getting ready to make the deal i was looking on carsales and seen her . 1.5 grand more and it was a glx-r . Test drove and signed up the next afternoon . Needless to say the missus and i were stoked !
. Finally we have a 4wd ! Say hello to all the fun weekend adventures to come 
.When we arrived at the dealership to test drive it happened to be the "Display" model on the showroom floor . After half an hour they finally got it out and this is what it looked like
.Around to the inlaws to show them ,
From memory got it on the wednesday and on the saturday we were straight to glasshouse with the inlaws in their paj . got it all nice and muddy only 3 days old
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tub liner and soft tonneau were the first to be installed . Chose the soft tonneau as to not be restricted in height as with the hard cover . If i had my time again would probably just go straight with a canopy .
then was the bash plates thanks to mitch . "triton" inscribed
Next was the snokel / K&N filter install. Only a few months old my wife couldn't bare to watch as i laid waste to the front guard of the triton
Before
Middle
After
.After the install next to come was some comms . Uhf went in "uniden 7700nb". Decided to mount on the aerial on the passengers side left front as i wasn't sure what i wanted to do with the nudge bar yet .
After that we decided on a play set of tyres instead of running muddies full time . Couragias on nm pajero rims it was . Hoping to change the rims at some point
Next was the slider/steel sidesteps . After seeing what snappy had goin on in the tech section i decided i was going to have a chop at making my own . Had some good welding skills back in the day although it had been 10 years since i played with one . After a day of getting my confidence up with welding it was time to start the manufacturing . Here is the final product
A bit after that we hit up glasshouse again and more keen to "push" abit harder . I finally found out why people call the oem towbar the boat anchor
. Damn thing scraped everywhere and even managed to get me hung up in a mud hole . Took us half an hour to get out of that hole and in that time we sank about 100mm "alot of digging" and a quick snatch later we were out .Decided at that point it was time to get the towbar off and get a rear bar for better departure angles etc .
Tjm's bar was a winner for me . At 595$ i simply couldn't pass it up .
.to accompany the rear bar for departure angles aswell as general Non scraping while 4x4 and a better ride in goes the ironman lift.
the list of things to come is endless
something like this it will go
dual battery
better aerial
mounted air compressor
bullbar/winch
canopy
front locker
rear locker
cheers
