My 05 GU DX leafy Ute Mods and pics

Righto a lil bit of history.
Its an ex telstra ute that i picked up last august. since getting it i've done a fair bit of work

2" dobinson lift
3" exhaust with dump pipe from turbo
Pyro+EGT gauges fitted and tuned to run 13PSI
Bigmouth bonnet scoop
Hard hat diff cover
Fitted 70W HID kit to the factory IPF 900's (brighter than 10 bright things!)

I run some Good Year Wrangler silent armor AT's on it when im not off road and i've got some 33" Mickey T MTZ's for the weekend. its a PITA changing them all the time but it saves money in the long run lol.
I recently sold the trademate canopy for some good $$ and brought a custom steel tray off a mate for cheap and soon will be knocking up my own removable cage with canvas style canopy for when i go camping. on top of it will be a roof top tent that my old man is giving to me (score!!) and inside it will be the usual camping gear, fridge etc. The telstra trade mate canopy was a good thing and quite useful but i hated having a canopy on the back 24/7 and once i found out what price they were fetching second hand my mind was made up.
I'm getting a front ARB air locker fitted on friday and will be getting a really comfortable Recaro seat fitted in the next week or so. Also getting an alarm system fitted next week as i realised i've spent $h!t loads on my rig and i dead set would probably hunt down and kill anyone that steals it haha. Picked up a VMS 700hd the other day, now just gotta work out how to use it lol. Fitted a Uniden UHF with GME antenna a couple of weeks ago also.
Getting it fitted out with Millweld commercial bar + Sliders and scrub bars + 4" stainless snorkel and custom airbox down in VIC next month.

So that's pretty much it for the time being, when i feel like spending more money i may look at a turbo and intercooler upgrade. So enough boring writing already, here are some pics! ENJOY!

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This is the Ute when i first brought it... its come a long way

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Love this pic. if you haven't got a hard hat i definitely recommend it. best $140 i've spent. you really appreciate it when you hit a hole a little too hard and hear that expensive sounding BANG. i got it from Zordo's 4WD suspension.

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Absolutely love the new bonnet scoop, it makes a huge difference as the standard scoops are next to useless if you fit a bull bar. not to mention they look tough as nails lol. I got it from a bloke on the Patrol4x4 forum called Barney, seeing as that site is down and he doesnt have a web page (i think he makes them from home). if you're interested in one PM me and i can give you the details that are on my invoice. Fantastic workmanship and a nice bloke to deal with.

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Gauges fitted in a pillar pod that i got off Ebay

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I got sick of cables being all over the place so i tidied it up by running the iPod cable from the head unit through the fascia then down and out up to the iPod that is attached to the fascia with an iPod window suction thingy. i did the reverse with the GPS cable and it runs under the dash mat to the unit on the windscreen.

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The 3" exhaust system i got fitted at the Townsville Offroad Centre. If you're in Townsville and need some work on your forby then Roger is the bloke to see he really knows his stuff... even though he drives a landcruiser haha

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This is the new tray i put on a couple of weeks ago, and my new sticker which is a big FU to sports car drivers lol :tease: also as well as strapping the spare down to keep the boys in blue happy i've chained it to the tray so no one can walk away with $500 odd dollars worth of wheel and tyre.

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Pic taken before i removed the canopy. mmmmm Mud

A few pics from a day on the tracks at Ollera, just north of townsville
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Me and my mates love our Patrols
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Very bogged... brand new snatch strap broke first go and i didn't move an inch. Thank god for winches!
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DIY Foot Spa! step 1: drive into a big deep bog hole. Step 2: give yourself an uppercut! Step 3: spend the next 2 days ripping out your seats and pulling up your floor, clean up mud, dry out, paint with chassis black and let dry then put it all back in. it was worth it lol.

Well thats about it for now. I hope you like my rig. i'll post up some new pics of the Millweld gear and canopy after i get back from my road trip at the end of April/early May.

Have a good one!

Hey mate great looking rig comeing along nicely
you heading to vic?

Looking good, HallyGUTE! Very tidy and capable looking.

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Originally Posted by Tweakedoffroad

Hey mate great looking rig comeing along nicely
you heading to vic?

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Cheers mate, yeah im heading to geelog to visit the old man and hopefully get to the Carlton vs colliwobbles game at the G, then up to mansfield to get kitted out at Millweld then up to canberra for ANZAC day. should be a good trip

could be a good reason for a bash if you have time when you come down some good tracks on the way back out to canberra from mansfeild

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Originally Posted by Tweakedoffroad

could be a good reason for a bash if you have time when you come down some good tracks on the way back out to canberra from mansfeild

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I'm always keen for a bash mate lol. i haven't done any travelling through VIC before so it'd be good to check out some tracks a long the way :)

Nice truck. Gotta love the mods, too. I couldn't bear to sell my pod. It sleeps me sooooo comfortably.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry, seeing all that muddy water inside the truck. lol

Oh well it's a DX.....hose in, hose out. hahahaha

Enjoy and take care out there.

Rossco

Yeah mate your pod is well set up! i was originally gonna turn mine into a camper but i just really didn't like having a canopy on there full time and selling it meant i had the cash for an air locker and all the millweld gear im getting so it was a good compromise i thing lol. My DX was a bit of a mission to clean because of all the dirt that had built up under the vinyl over the years that turned into mud when i added water haha. once i cleaned it all out i let it dry overnight then painted everything with chassis black to protect it from rust and to make it a little bit easier to clean next time. The biggest PITA was pulling all the soggy heat absorbing underlay off the back of the vinyl. its glued on there good! i brought some more for $10/m and cut it to shape and just lay it there so the next time i take the ute for a swim i can just pull it out and replace it with ease. it was a big job all in all but it'll make everything so much easier for next time

Have a good one mate

You will have to let us no some time frames and we cantry and work something out

looks good mate! whered ya get the tray? custom built?

Tuff lookin ute mate well done

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Originally Posted by Tweakedoffroad

You will have to let us no some time frames and we cantry and work something out

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Looks like i wont be in Geelong for as long as i wanted to be so i dont think im gonna get the chance to hit the tracks unfortunately :(

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Originally Posted by gnardogg

looks good mate! whered ya get the tray? custom built?

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Yeah a mate of mine and his brother in law knocked it up for his GU Ute which he recently took off the road so he sold it to me cheap :)

Utes are the go good looking rig mate. Do something different and keep it leaf rear if you do the research a proper leaf set up will work just as good as a coily.

hey mate nice ute ive seen it around town. i got a 08 dx leafy ute . that pic of u bogged, is that the one at ollera?? cos the exact same thing happened to me ! it was a pain in the @SS to clean all that mud out as you probably know haha! have u been up to blue valley/ gorge weir? its a great track im heading up there tomorrow.
cheers corbin