When heading home from holidays in Queensland we had the right rear tyre peel its tread (delaminate) on a highway. Fortunately the tyre didnt go down as we had the 2tonne caravan hooked on the back. The tyre made a mess of the paint on the side of the car and trashed the wheelarch flare, side step and the plastic rear bumper.
As the Patrol is now 11 years old we decided that if insurance was paying to repaint one side then we would pay for the other (plus the bonnet).
Instead of putting a new plastic bumper on we paid extra and got a steel dual wheel carrier from Powerful4x4 and instead of a new alloy sidestep we went with a pair of steel chassis mounted steps from TJM (not quite a slider but much stronger than the factory ones plus they have a nice bling bling stainless steel top).
So after a month in the shop it has emerged looking pretty damn good. Bullbar looks ordinary though so might need to get that repainted nice and glossy to match!
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...l/DSCF0780.jpg
TJM Outback sidestep
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...l/DSCF0781.jpg
Rear bar
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...l/DSCF0784.jpg
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...l/DSCF0785.jpg
Shiny!
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...l/DSCF0787.jpg
Next few days I need to fit or refit:
two wheels carriers to rear bar
mud flaps on the rear
roofrack
headlight protectors
bonnet protector
change the 33s back to 35" MTZs
