Mitchgq Gq wagon build up

[mitchgq]

Bought the old girl a couple years ago for 2k with a blown head gasket and a horrible bullbar.http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx295/mitchgq/25052009001.jpg
So with the head gone the first thing was to get her running, she had 149.000km on the clock i belive this is accurate as she felt amazing to drive nothing worn or clunking and the obvious things like gear knob and steering wear indicated that i had picked a winner, but the head was a worry so off it came.

The good news is no major problems! got the head shaved and all valves got a grind and springs were checked and no cracks in the head, precomp were ok, all for 700 neat.

new headgasket and we had it running. Next was the rust in the body, abit in the barn doors around the winscreen and fire wall join.

So that horrible bullbar was next to get the chop! i was on a tight budget and was living far from home and the workshop so i hit up ebay and got a cheap ass mig some free 25nb pipe and belted out a tube bar, ugly but it filled the hole for a road worthy.
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next was some rubber! 33x12.5x15 bighorns
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passed roady and shortly after that its first trip out.

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really happy with its performance being my first 4by. Went everywhere i pointed it with no lift and 33's.
With no money to spend for awhile i started to strip the 20yr pinstrip decal...omg what a pain in the a##!!!

painted the sunnies and just drove it!

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it started to feel abit to slow so some inprovements were made, being on a tight budget i made everything i could myself, manifold, dump, 3inch exhaust, cooler pipe work were all made in my crappy car port with a **** house mig.

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Fitted the turbo along with pyro and a zd30 airbox and i was happy with the improvement.

more soon.

[mitchgq]

Ok well with the turbo on its was time for some LIFT.
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in this pick you can see ive modded the front bar for a warn xd9000 and its now black.

this is how the truck stayed for awhile till the funds built up again.

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I got the ****s with looking at my 1st attempt at a tube bar, now back home in our workshop i fab'd up a new bar

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closet shot i have of it finished.
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[mitchgq]

time for some bling:D
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did not stay bling for long...neva buy polished rims...
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pretty much how it sits today. i have strenghnd the lower control arms, half way making some sliders and rear bar...fitted a 32 inch light bar from jet-6(awesome) arb compressor. uhf, rope for the winch. the usuall mods.

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[mitchgq]

i found a factory locker rear diff some may have spyed it in the background in another pic above rebuilt it made a cage for the actuator and threw it under, added bonus was disc brake rear, she actually stops now!, i have just got another wagon td42 for a dual cab chop but thats another story.

[mitchgq]

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[GUtsy ute]

Thanks for the pics Mitch.
Looks like one tough capable rig.
Looking forward to any futher mods and when you do your dual cab chop.

[mitchgq]

thanks she does everything i need it to! the dual cab is going to be more extreme so to speak and this will be the tourer. probably only going to tidy her up abit , arb front locker and few things to make touring life easier.

[AB]

Love it mate, great photos and write up!

[mitchgq]

no worries:)

[growler2058]

Fantastic job mate well done a nice lookin troll indeed

[Finly Owner]

I like bling! Nice capability! How much did exhaust end up costing (excluding your labour of love)?



Tim

[mitchgq]

3 inch from turbo to dump near diff was about $120 in materials and my time, should have gone 3.5inch

[Tweakedoffroad]

Hey Mitch great lot of photos and write up you have done a great job

[mitchgq]

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[ozzymalone]

Great lookin truck n' great shots to boot. Keep em' coming mate

[aussiemale]

Nice!!!! Loved the pics as well

[Ben-e-boy]

hey mate. are you in south east Qld.??? keep your eye in the forum meetups section. we hold day trips every now and again you'd be welcom to join in

[mitchgq]

hey mate. are you in south east Qld.??? keep your eye in the forum meetups section. we hold day trips every now and again you'd be welcom to join in

hey mate im from Mackay 1000ks north brissy, i am really over the tracks we have up here so a meetup would be great!! bit of a drive but im up for a mission!

[mitchgq]

here some more random ones nothing interesting been done.
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[dion_83]

Tough lookin truck mate. Definetely liking the front bar, Big improvment.

[Ben-e-boy]

hey mate im from Mackay 1000ks north brissy, i am really over the tracks we have up here so a meetup would be great!! bit of a drive but im up for a mission!

it is a mission I live in the southeast but work in moranbah

[aussiemale]

Ok..so the trol you've got on the trailer has MORE aggro than the one towing it which is why it's on a trailer?? Or is it the daily driver getting towed by the aggro one so you've got something to tow it home when you've destroyed the landscape? lol

[mitchgq]

Ok..so the trol you've got on the trailer has MORE aggro than the one towing it which is why it's on a trailer?? Or is it the daily driver getting towed by the aggro one so you've got something to tow it home when you've destroyed the landscape? lol

lol i try not to destroy landscape...just got 35's today so i might do a little lanscaping..haha the patrol on the trailer is the less agro one haha, its the new project its already been chopped for a dual cab, it a td42 n/a i plan to go all out on the dual cab and keep the wagon as is pretty much just a few inprovements.....then a couple more ...you know how it is..never ends lol

[mitchgq]

Tough lookin truck mate. Definetely liking the front bar, Big improvment.


it is an improvement! i hated the old bar but it did its job and it was free. :)

[aussiemale]

A 2nd project 4x4? LOL
Where's the photos??
Actually, better not you post them, you'll give me even more ideas to deplete my already depleted funds LOL

[mitchgq]

here some quick pics since you asked ;)
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some of the light bar
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and the 35x12.5x15 federal couragias.
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[mitchgq]

ok first time the 35s have been on this rig and i have noticed the braking is a little worse and acceleration is slightly lazier. wont be going back love them!

[Punderhead]

Ummm, sorry to have to point this out mate, but somebody stole the rear end of your second rig!

When you say your going all out on the dual cab, what do you mean? the wagon is already insane!!

cheers!

[mitchgq]

Ummm, sorry to have to point this out mate, but somebody stole the rear end of your second rig!

When you say your going all out on the dual cab, what do you mean? the wagon is already insane!!

cheers!

haha when i say going all out im thinking.......
37s
sawfield pump UFI turbo
comp style tray
bright color
16 inch beadlocked rims
f&r lockers
removeable exo cage
warn high mount air freespool and braced drum
rear lowmount winch
triple optima batteries
maybe 24v system for winch
one day upgrade to gu diffs.
armada remote res shocks or kings is budgetr allows
im sure that list will double lol

[aussiemale]

What the hell are you guys all doing to me, my wife is almost threatening to disown me as I'm telling her all these ideas I want to try out!! However...threw it back at her and said..well you wanted me to share things with you LOL

[mitchgq]

i must be lucky ...the wife loves 4x4ing and is all for the mods i want...one condition we can take 2 kids haha.

[aussiemale]

You lucky bugger, wife likes 4x4s as long as it stays on the road, and is parked up at the nearing shopping centre!!

[JamoGQ]

Nice rig(s)

Keen on seeing them both progress.

I'm lucky too, my wife loves 4wding also.

[mitchgq]

ok its been a while but i have just knocked up a rear bar its abit of a prototype will change it to suit. let me know what you think.

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[89gqpatrol4x4]

great bar mate top effort, the only thing i would do if your not going to already is either paint or cover that silver bit in the middle.

[mitchgq]

yeah man totally agree its the old alloy step cut in half just mucking about with it, was going to press some checkaplate to fill that gap....my 35 on the door comes very close to hitting it guess il have to add a rear wheel carrier too ! haha