GQ X-Cab Ute - Daily and weekend rig.

[surrender]

Gday everyone, been lurking around for a while learning lots about patrols. Been getting into 4wding a fair bit lately, was driving a stock 4.8 GU for a while and had been looking around for something a bit more serious to get in to some of the harder stuff.

Was initially looking for a stockish td42 ute but it was proving to be very difficult to find one with what I wanted in NSW and in my price range. This one came up and I went out to look at it, a few days and an empty bank account later, it was in my carport. Would have liked a TD42 but I am still stoked on this one, also means I get that extra bit of room from the X-cab which is just bloody lovely I must say.

It's got a carby TB42 in it with lots of k's, 360,000 actually.. I am looking to drop a TD42 Turbo into it in the coming couple of years, unless I choose to go a different way and do a 6.5L conversion or even a 5.7 v8 conversion. Diesel would be nice though. But that's on the cards for the future, apart from the fuel economy the TB42 carby has been surprisingly ok (probably due to the 4.6's turning the 35's without hassles).

So far the car has:
Current mods
* GU Diffs- Front and Rear
* 4:6 Diff Ratios
* Front Diff Fully strengthened and gussetted
* Brand new ARB Front air locker
* Swivel Hub Kit recently been done
* 4 Link Rear suspension
* 7" suspension lift- 1" Coil packers in the front
* 2" Body Lift
* Snake Racing Drop Arms
* Braided brake lines
* Tuff Dog adjustable shocks
* Inverted Rear Shocks
* Chromoly Drag Link
* Adjustable front panhard rod
* Brand New safari Tuff Clutch
* 85% Reduction Gears in the transfer
* Snorkel
* Exo-Cage
* CD Player
* UHF Radio
* Air Conditioning
* 15 X 10" Sunraiser Rims
* 35" Baja Claws
* Recently been repainted
* Cut down guards

Immediate mods (next couple days) are gonna be:

*New tyres all round, the Bajas are dead and there is a mismatched kumho on the front right, am thinking 35" MTZ's or 35" KM2's.

*Brakes and rotors all round, thinking slotted DBA's and Bendix pads.

*Steering wheel, anything round and around the 380mm mark. (Current one is slippin all over the joint).

*Gonna start designing a canopy and frame for the back for touring purposes, will probably house a fridge slide, dog box, drawers etc. Maybe even have a roof top tent above it all

Future mods:

*Water tank under tray.

*High mount winch

*Rear locker

*Flip down light bar and lights

*New seats, undecided about this still. Commodore maybe?

*Engine swap (this is a while away mind you).

Anyway that's enough babbling, here is a couple of photos I have taken, one from when I went to look at it and one now it's home in the carport. Will get some more tomorrow and maybe even some poser flex shots in the yard.

Cheers.

[89gqpatrol4x4]

very nice rig mate! should be lots of fun.

[Winnie]

Awesome rig! Regarding new seats have a look at the build thread by the member BigRig, I'd give a link but I'm on tappacrap at the moment. He just put XR6 seats in his and IMO they are way better than commodore seats.


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[DX grunt]

That is one sick ute, bro.

Well done.

Rossco

[NP99]

Nice...some led bars to top it off!

[surrender]

Cheers fellas, it has been excellent so far, really keen to get some new tyres on it this week though. Winnie I will definitely look into the xr6 seats, as long as it isn't too tricky to get em in then I'm happy to mess around a little. Led bars would be excellent. thinking a couple of HID spotties on the front bar and then maybe a big 44" led bar on the roof. There is no doubt this will be the death of my wallet for a while to come, but I ain't complaining!

[NP99]

Cheers fellas, it has been excellent so far, really keen to get some new tyres on it this week though. Winnie I will definitely look into the xr6 seats, as long as it isn't too tricky to get em in then I'm happy to mess around a little. Led bars would be excellent. thinking a couple of HID spotties on the front bar and then maybe a big 44" led bar on the roof. There is no doubt this will be the death of my wallet for a while to come, but I ain't complaining!

A house would be cheaper than 44" led bar

[surrender]

You're right about that bud! But can't drive a house up a hill climb, I'll just have to sleep in the truck..

[BLKWDW]

Nice rig to start with mate alot of the hard work has been done for you. Just need your own touches now.

[surrender]

Thanks mate, definitely a good starting point. Still plenty to do (but when isn't there). I took some decent photos this arvo, green looks pretty wild in the sun.