A lot of water has passed under the bridge in the build up of the triton. Following the lead of a few others, I'll try to keep most of the stuff about my car in one thread from now on.
Firstly, just a recap of what has already been done. It started with the crap that dealers like to call "Delivery". I was after a VR with ARB smooth canopy, trade rack, ARB bullbar, factory towbar, tub liner and Autron cruise control. ARB in Adelaide are known as the worst estimators of delivery dates and didn't let me down. I got a VR with towbar, tub liner and cruise control and about 6 weeks fighting with useless pricks. The dealer also couldn't give a shit either as I had taken delivery. Leading up to winter with no cover on the tub. I wasn't firetrucking happy.
Eventually, they got the job done though and was pleased with the result.
My first mod was to retrieve my fog lights from ARB (thieving pricks) and take out the blanks in the bullbar. The lights fitted with very little modification despite what ARB said. I managed to butcher the surrounds though in trying to get them to fit.
The bullbar still looked a little bland so on went a set of kickarse spotties (220mm roo-lites).
Then fitted a miccon turbo timer.
Next was the car PC. Details of that build can be found in
this thread. Also included here were the DVD headrests for the childerbeasts.
The stock suspension then had to go. I was getting seasick from all the bouncing and SWMBO felt like she'd fall out on most corners due to excessive body roll. Dobinsons got the nod. All in
here.
Buzzy then came to the party by getting rid of his prototype front bashplate (3mm stainless steel with GLX-R stamped in it). I coupled this with one of Mitsi's upgraded rear plates.
I plan to use this car mainly as a tourer so next on the list was a dual battery system. Redarc are the isolator to go for IMO. Cheap and dead easy to use.
Given the lack of space under the bonnet, the tub was chosen for location and details can be found
here. Given my new found knowledge of battery systems, I have now also added a second Redarc isolator in the rear battery box to allow charging of the camper battery as well.
With all this 12 volt power, the next decision was what to add next.
I liked the look of the rear lights some members had in the cutouts of the factory step bar so decided I had to have some. Dead easy install and I now have them also seperately switched so they can be used at any time. It certainly makes a difference reversing up my 50 metre windy driveway.
And that's pretty much it in terms of what has been done and described. Note: No upgraded tyres yet!