Bit about myself, I'm a mechanic by trade but haven't been on the tools for a fair while. As my mates say I' addicted to tinkering with everything and am a bit of a Macguyver, If I see it I can make it, or something that does the job
I picked up an 08 glxr 3.2 diesel about 6 moths ago,
The ute was set up for mine work so it came with a internal roll cage and arb bullbar.
First this was fitting my lightbar which somehow magically mounted flush between the uprights on the bullbar.
The next day I fitted 2" lift extra weight front springs with raw shocks up front and new raw shocks in the rear. These are very soft onroad but offroad work amazingly. With the lift in on went some 275/65s and a bit of paint on the rims.
Next up I painted the sportsbar on the tray and fitted a gme tx3220 uhf that I had from another car.
Somewhere in there I picked up a snorkel from 4wdsupacentre and fitted it, never EVER EVER playing that game again. If you haven't yet fitted a snorkel my suggestion is to get someone else to do it.
Next mod was the dual battery set up. I do a fair bit of camping so I wanted to be able to make the second battery portable.. After a few late nights and a few too many beers I cam up with this:
Couldnt afford a Ark Powerpak so I went down and picked up a marine battery box ($15), and had an old jumpstarter pack in the garage that had dies that I pulled the voltmeter and heavy duty switch from. I hardwired a pair of 12v sockets ontop to plug in the led lighting and put an anderson plug on the side.
I run a switch on a VSR from the first battery with cabling back to switched andseron plug in the tray where the battery box lives. When I camp I just unplug the battery and carry it in to camp, The anderson plug also plugs into my generator to charge the battery and my inverter so I have 240v power when needed.
Once I had power sorted I wanted a fridge. Couldn't justify the price on a new waeco so I have the folowing:
50w bar fridge running off an inverter, draws about 3ah so you need to run the generator through the day and it won't take too much bouncing around the ute but once you crack an ice cod beer on the side of Fraser after camping for a week it all becomes worth it.
Next up I plan on fitting some side rails and sliders, then a RFM rear bar. Oh and an inch lift under the rear would e nice too.
I also have a crazy idea of fitting a 1.4X2m awning into the back of my hard top tonneau so you can extend it when its open. I'll post up if I get it to work.
Lastly a few photos from my birthday party at double Island point:
