My new Patrol, new to me anyway.

[fracster]

Had it a few moths now. Currently standard.I don`t do a lot of serious off roading, but it does go out in the country,I do a lot of wildlife photography and work on a couple of local country estates, so nothing too serious. I had a Hilux 4Runner, great car, but it was getting old and tired. One thing I disliked was the seating position, so started looking at Land Cruisers. Second hand prices over here are bloody extortionate, so this was found nearby. 1999 2.8 Y61. Ticked all the boxes, so I bought it.

Jobs done so far to get it to what I want:

All fluids and filters changed.
General Grabber AT2`s all round.
New brake pads all round.
Wheel arches taken off, silt removed, rust ground away and areas rustproofed.
Underside soaked with waxoyl.

Jobs to do:

Lose the gash spare wheel cover.
Fit the full size roof rack.
Make up some drawers for the rear luggage area.
Not sure about the chrome rear corner protectors, i`m not keen on "bling" so these may go with the wheel cover.

[BigRAWesty]

Nice. Nothing like a blank canvas to go nuts on..


Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories

[makeitfit]

Whoo hoo, welcome UK bro
Get the bling off off off, defo , enjoy :-)

[fracster]

New wheel cover ordered, old one will be gone ASAP.

Forgot to add, sorted the sunroof drains out as well, they had come adrift and water was leaking in.

[threedogs]

Can always lift the seat up, I did, much better seating position and view.

[gaddy]

welcome looks nice

[growler2058]

Mate I love the joint in the background
And ya troll goes without saying


Sent via my tapping thumbs

[fracster]

Mate I love the joint in the background

That is the back of the hall, this is the front. Bloke who owns it gives me access to his English and Scottish estate for my photography stuff, about 25,000 acres altogether.

[threedogs]

Yeah not a bad shed at all, Were not allowed that mirror tint over here.
Those roof rails are they an OE part for the European models
or an after market accessory in the UK.
Gee feel like I'm looking at Antiques Roadshow, OH yeah start doing some mods hey, LOL
As for the "bling" you can always sell them to help buy something else

[fracster]

Pretty sure the roof bars are standard over here, damned things are useless though,only fastened to the roof with rivnuts.

Got my roofrack on, spare wheel cover is gone, done my swivel hubs and kingpins. Just losing a drop of oil from the rear crank seal, but that can wait until it needs a clutch.

Bloke near us has a garage and is big into patrols, he is sorting a two inch lift out for me.He is trying to talk me into a 3 inch exhaust, not sure about that though.

The film is ok over here as long as it is not on the front side windows or obscures vision, that film is on so people cannot see in too easy, camera gear is damned expensive and I like keeping it out of sight.

Making up a false floor in the back over Christmas so that I can store stuff under there and it will double as a quick bed for the night when i`m out and about.

I look at the stuff you guys can get over there and drool, would love a 4.2 but they are like rocking horse crap over here.