Tritonosaurus

[Bazzer87]

Hi all

Had the new Triton for a couple weeks now, madly getting the mods done as I'm off to the Simpson in a weeks time.
I put the Ultimate lift kit in last night and some 285/75R16s
Dual battery in the tub, UHF, draw system and a few other goodies as well. Coming together nicely

[Duck]

Looks great mate The Simpson is an adventure, very look forward to the photos

[brodical]

Looking great mate...do ya get much wind drag with the roof top tent??

[XSQ376]

Looking good,I've just received my roo systems rtt,yet to install,still trying to work out best position,
I've been looking into having some brackets the same as the ones that hold your tradies rack on made up and mounting rtt straight on to the roof and reducing some of the drag, if you where to do the same you could cut down the tradies rack and fit it on to the cab( not an option for me as don't have tradies rack)
Enjoy the Simmo, I'm sure ill get there one day

[Bazzer87]

Yea I'm actually going to cut the side of the roof racks off tomorrow so I can drop the RTT down lower. Pointless having it that high as it's just waisted space underneath and I can't reach it!!!

[viking shippy]

Yea I'm actually going to cut the side of the roof racks off tomorrow so I can drop the RTT down lower. Pointless having it that high as it's just waisted space underneath and I can't reach it!!!

Arb make a wider version...you could also just fitt arb roof racks and sell your trade racks and save cutting them I got the rhino aero rack kit.

[XSQ376]

Bazzer I ment cut it shorter in length, not hight incase I confused you, I had a few refreshments when I posted last night

[brodical]

How do you guys find the wind drag with the rtt s??? How much affect on economy whilst traveling???

[Bazzer87]

Hi Brodie, I haven't done enough travelling to give a real informed opinion yet.
Obviously it will affect fuel economy but compared to towing a camper trailer it's going to be better.

[Bazzer87]

I installed the draws from my old Paj today, also made up a shelf for behind them, I can fit 9 jerry cans under the shelf - 3 of Diesel and 6 of water for the Simmo and can still stack things on top so worked out pretty well.
Fridge straps to top of draws and dual battery is mounted on the passenger side of draws.

[viking shippy]

How do you guys find the wind drag with the rtt s??? How much affect on economy whilst traveling???

Not noticeable on a trip to the great ocean road

[tritonvx80]

looks really good your car. a big battery can easely be installed under the tray, if you would need the space in the draws. i put a 200AH under the tray.

[Bazzer87]

Since the last post I have installed a 1" body lift and today I got around to installing the LEDs for camping.



I mounted in this switch board so I can switch separately the different sides outside as well as LEDs in the canopy and on the windows


Then as I waited for it to get dark to test them out I attempted to straighten my bash plates back out that I damaged a few weeks ago


The photos don't do it justice.
I was so rapped with them, about 8 + meters of LEDs lol







The interior light in the canopy isn't working but I don't think I'll bother trying to fix it now


There were no lights on outside and quite literally you can see 10 metres no problems either side of the car

[Bazzer87]

Few more under the bonnet today

[VALERIO]

Really nice work done with the lights

[Bazzer87]

It's been a busy last few weeks on the Triton

I installed a 4wd supacentre snorkel



Put in a 63L water container with a 12v pump to make life a little easier



Made a very backyard looking switch panel up out of the road for all my LEDs and also a push button for the water pump.
The hose is for the water



I put on a tigerz11 side awning



A few more LEDs - as you can never have enough



I installed the Sony Head Unit. The second screen is for the front and rear cameras (came with the car). I decided to leave it there as it's easier having a dedicated screen which takes no loading time or fidling around to get the camera on - just one button. I also use the front camera while 4wding in the sand when going over crests to see which way the tracks go (or if there is any tracks!) and I can leave the camera rolling without stopping my music etc.
I also mounted the UHF above, probably not the neatest but does the job and better than being jammed between the console and passenger seat where it was before



Bribie Island a couple weeks ago with the new kayaks

[4wd26]

nice set up
how are the duratracs going

[Bazzer87]

This is the second set I have had and never once had a puncture - so I can't complain.
The first set only got about 20,000kms before they looked stuffed so they gave me a new set for free. This set has done maybe 30,000 and I'd say they still have at least half the tread.
As for sand driving I absolutely love them and would highly recommend

[Bazzer87]

So I thought I might give the Dupli Color Bed Armor a go - the back of the ute doesn't ger a huge amount of traffic, the draws, water tank and dual battery are permanently bolted down so it's only the camping stove, chairs, shovel etc that get thrown in and bounce around scratching things up.

First step was to take everything out





As you can see its a little dirty and scratched up



Then I gave it a clean up and sanded it all by hand



First coat is on



And that's all I have got done - looks a little patchy but hoping to get at least another coat, hopefully another two coats done throughout the week after work then put it all back together next weekend!

[Bazzer87]

Second coat down. Looking a lot better now and still 1/3 tin left so will get a third coat done probably Wednesday

[Gordann]

Nice looking rig mate.
How'd you go with the body lift. Any trouble?
Also did you lift the Bullbar at all? Or leave it. Cheers

[Bazzer87]

Thanks Gordann
No issues with the body lift, the tub is a little tedious to line the bolts back up on once the lift is in but apart from that it's pretty straight forward.
I left my bullbar and rear bar, the rear bar looks a little tacky but going to try paint the backing black soon to see if that makes it look neater.

[Bazzer87]

Started putting the back end back together again last night

Gave me a chance to get a clear photo of the water tank up the front


I also gave the front of the draws a quick lick of paint this morning to brighten things up a little (it matches my newly painted bash plates )

[Bazzer87]

Regarding the DupliColor Bed Armor -
It has set really well now - the prep work and the drying time is critical. I gave it all a really good sand and clean then I gave it a coat, waited 24 hours and gave it a second coat.
After 48 hours I put something in the back and it gauged a couple big chunks out so I gave it a third coat and then let it sit for 1 1/2 weeks.
It appears to be set quite hard now - when installing the draws etc back in, it never felt like it was going to scratch.

So far it appears to be doing a good job (especially for $140) but time will tell.
It definitely looks a lot neater than the scratched up white paint in the back

[scumbag]

how does it drive with the big tyres is it a slug to drive around? how bad is the fuel econemy ?