Evo's GU

[Evo]

Hey guys,

Just thought I'd put up a bit about my troll and what's been done/on the to do list.

I had a 1979 XC Falcon 500 ute, pride and joy, and after having an offer made on it that I couldn't refuse, I started 4x4 shopping.

Love Patrols, had a GQ previously with 7" lift and 35" Cooper STT's.
Wanted something a bit more modest in lift and also something newer.

Found this series 1 GU just around the corner from where I lived, October 1998, one owner, dual fuel TB45E powered wagon.

Absolutely standard apart from a set of Pro Comp rims.

Since picking it up, it has had...
- 305 70 R16 Summit Mud Hogs
- 80ch UHF
- Rock sliders
- Aux fuel tank upgrade to 80 litre
- Full length roof cage
- Rear LED light bar
- Double din MP3/USB/Bluetooth head unit
- Reverse camera
- Pacemaker extractors and full 2.75" high flow Beaudesert exhaust
- ARB twin swing away wheel carrier

Next on the list (hopefully over the next 3-4 weeks)...
- 2 new rims for spares
- Snorkel
- 3" or 4" lift (can't decide but will have to in the next day or two as booking in this week)
- Dual battery setup
- Awning

The idea is to set it up so it will be a good touring rig, but will also be very offroad capable.

Any comments or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Photos to come.

Cheers,

Evo :devilred:

[MEGOMONSTER]

Hey guys,

Just thought I'd put up a bit about my troll and what's been done/on the to do list.

I had a 1979 XC Falcon 500 ute, pride and joy, and after having an offer made on it that I couldn't refuse, I started 4x4 shopping.

Love Patrols, had a GQ previously with 7" lift and 35" Cooper STT's.
Wanted something a bit more modest in lift and also something newer.

Found this series 1 GU just around the corner from where I lived, October 1998, one owner, dual fuel TB45E powered wagon.

Absolutely standard apart from a set of Pro Comp rims.

Since picking it up, it has had...
- 305 70 R16 Summit Mud Hogs
- 80ch UHF
- Rock sliders
- Aux fuel tank upgrade to 80 litre
- Full length roof cage
- Rear LED light bar
- Double din MP3/USB/Bluetooth head unit
- Reverse camera
- Pacemaker extractors and full 2.75" high flow Beaudesert exhaust
- ARB twin swing away wheel carrier

Next on the list (hopefully over the next 3-4 weeks)...
- 2 new rims for spares
- Snorkel
- 3" or 4" lift (can't decide but will have to in the next day or two as booking in this week)
- Dual battery setup
- Awning

The idea is to set it up so it will be a good touring rig, but will also be very offroad capable.

Any comments or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Photos to come.

Cheers,

Evo :devilred:

Sounds great just can't see your pics. Lol

[Lemo79]

Coming together nicely and quickly. Like Megomonster said, we'd love to see some pics.

Lemo

[Evo]

Haha, thanks.
I don't have any pics of when I got it, and unfortunately I won't have the beast back until possibly Friday as it is having issues with the long range sub tank...
Will have pics up over the weekend.

Cheers,

Evo

[Swazi]

Thanks for the update. Look forward to seeing the pics and wish you best of luck

[Evo]

Ok, here are some pictures as promised.
Note that the '2 new rims for spares' can now be moved from 'to do' to 'done' :p

[Evo]

Oops...
Shows how good I am with tech stuff
:1087:

[4WD DUDE]

Nice Ride, They are some serious Tires ;)

[Evo]

Nice Ride, They are some serious Tires ;)

Cheers bud.

Funny thing is the ones on the back, although they don't look it, are the same size as what's on it...
Optical illusion?
Snorkel, front recovery points and new air filter on the way. Should all be here and fitted by next weekend.
Lift should be booked in by next weekend (just waiting on my quote).
Plus picked it up yesterday with the sub tank issues all sorted, just need to test it now.

Evo

[NissanGQ4.2]

What's the handling like when you drive on your roof *L*

Lookin good

[Lemo79]

What's the handling like when you drive on your roof *L*

LOL

Very nice, well done, hope you enjoy.

Lemo.

[Evo]

What's the handling like when you drive on your roof *L*

Lookin good

It does sit nice and level, no body roll at all :thumbup:

[amro74]

good looking car congrats

[_RYAN_]

Great looking bus mate. Good to see some more TB45's out there.

[Evo]

Bit of an update...

Last week fitted up a snorkel.
Yesterday I played around and made my own solar shades for the cargo area side windows.
Also, going in for lift tomorrow.

Just dual batteries and awning and my current list will be complete...

Need to start working on a new list... :devilred:


Evo

[Evo]

Dropped off at 8:30am and was all good.

Waited, waited, called them this arvo to see how things were going...

Won't be ready until tomorrow morning sometime...

Not very happy, but what can I do?

Evo

[ryandewar92]

Looking good mate! You know that bull bar can come up looking mint if you give it half an hours worth of elbow grease and some autosol from supercheap.
Did mine a few weeks back and didn't realise just how much oxidisation it had.

36117before
36118after

[threedogs]

Vey nice are you putting air bags in the rear to help carry the weight?
4" Flexi coils would be a good choice, You'll need to engineer it eh

[Evo]

Not a bad improvement there.
To be honest, I haven't really worried about the bullbar too much because everything else on the troll is black, so will be getting a steel winch bar one day... Might give it a polish until then.

Went with a 3" lift. Looks a lot different to what I was expecting.
No airbags in the rear, just went with constant load coils and foam cell shocks.

Will put up pics tomorrow.

Evo

[Evo]

Ok.
Photos as promised.

Evo

[Evo]

These photos are only up the right way because I know how to use my phone better than the Ipad.

Evo

[Evo]

Hey guys,

Been a while since I have updated, so quick recap...


Absolutely standard apart from a set of Pro Comp rims.

Since picking it up, it has had...
- 305 70 R16 Summit Mud Hogs
- 80ch UHF
- Rock sliders
- Aux fuel tank upgrade to 80 litre
- Full length roof cage
- Rear LED light bar
- Double din MP3/USB/Bluetooth head unit
- Reverse camera
- Pacemaker extractors and full 2.75" high flow Beaudesert exhaust
- ARB twin swing away wheel carrier

Next on the list (hopefully over the next 3-4 weeks)...
- 2 new rims for spares
- Snorkel
- 3" or 4" lift (can't decide but will have to in the next day or two as booking in this week)
- Dual battery setup
- Awning

Next on the list components are all done, except dual battery setup (although I have the solenoid and aux battery box ready to go).
Also on top of this, managed to add on to the beastie, home made custom rack in the rear (mounted between where the 6th and 7th seats bolt in) to hold aux battery box, toolbox for recovery gear, tools, etc, 9" HID spotties (replaced the old Rallye 2000), lights mounted on front of roof rack, worklights on rear bar swing arms, and scored a steel winch bar in an awesome chance encounter/deal.

Just need to get the battery for the rear, finish wiring up the battery box, and wire up the rest of the dual battery system.

She's waiting to get out and about...

Evo

[Stropp]

Looks like you have done some good work to her mate, hope you can get to the dwelly meet.

[Evo]

Fingers crossed...

[Evo]

Newly added.

- Remote central locking upgrade
- Tinting (35% front 2 windows, all the rest 20%)

Evo

[threedogs]

You can convert your alloy bulbar to a winch bar easy enough
there are after market winch cradles available, then just cut some uprights off your bar

[Evo]

You can convert your alloy bulbar to a winch bar easy enough
there are after market winch cradles available, then just cut some uprights off your bar

Already got a steel winch bar for $100 fitted, but thanks for the suggestion.

Evo

[Stropp]

Wow that's a good price