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Nice job. Wish I had the patience to fix my old Trol up like that.

That is a great colour and the finish is excellent.

Noice! Get into the habit of checking the lug nuts, periodically and more often for offroad driving. Patrols have a history of loosing their back left hand side alloy wheels.

One tip for replacing all suspension components is to have the vehicle sitting at normal height as you tighten the bushes. This will allow them more flex both ways.

Yes, the driveline does not work well with different size tyres.

As long as the outer diameter of the tire and rim offset (back space as you called it) are the same, you shouldn't have a problem.

I have found that Neoprene bushes actually chew into their metal components. I have also been advised that they fail quite quickly, where as the black rubber takes a lot longer to do so, giving you...

Keep plugging away and it will be almost a brand new vehicle. You should get many years of service out of it.

That has come up brilliantly. Now its clean, have a good look at the rear spring towers. See it they have stretched up toward the floor or cracked at the chassis. It is a common problem for Patrols,...

I've just re-read most of your thread. It is going really well. Sorry to be a bummer, but I read that you washed your Patrol in laundry detergent. That stuff has a very high salt content, and it also...