Hippo's Ride

[HippoNZ]

Hi guys,
Thought I'd make a build thread, a little history.....
Bought the truck in Feb 2011 for $6500
Nissan Safari Grandroad 1992 GQ
TD42 Non turbo diesel
Manual
330k on the clock

Came already with,
Steel bull bar
31x1050 on 15" white spoke rims
Steel snorkel
UHF radio
Spot lights

Work done so far,
clutch
Wheel bearings
Engine mounts
Starter motor
Alternator
Batteries
Head lights
Tyre Flares
Stereo
And the usual maintenance stuff, oils, filters, belts re grease etc and probabley a few other things.

Future mods (dreams)
4"inch suspension lift - next month fingers crossed
35" muddies
New bar work, front, sides and rear
Diff guards
Rock sliders
Under body bash plates
Winch
Diff lockers
3" exhaust
Spotties
From there I'd like to do some touch ups and future proofing then finally an engine rebuild so I can chuck a turbo on her. I'd like to think I'll have one tough truck then lol

Piccies to follow of her being how I bought it so you can see the gradual progress

Cheers and beers Brett

[growler2058]

Nice looooooooooong list mate thats sure to grow hahahahahha

[Bigrig]

Sounds awesome ... plenty of pics mate as the weapon starts to evolve!!

[AB]

Look forward to the pics mate, like the wish list too...lol

[Woof]

Hurry up Brett......
Sounds great what you have already done to it mate.

[Bagheera]

Sounds great, but we need to see how it looks!

[HippoNZ]

Hurry up Brett......
Sounds great what you have already done to it mate.

Too right you are mate! gotta get round to cleaning it first, currently mud colour x 6 coats haha

[gqt]

plans sound good man, be sure to get some pics up

and never mind the mud, we want dirty pics as well as clean

[Clunk]

yep, looking forward to the photos

[nowoolies]

piccies we luv piccies
hahahahahahaha