joshman
Member
So i've been on these forums near on 10 months now, and I've yet to do a built thread. I've done a few mods myself, but when I bought my truck at the end of October 2010, she was already pretty well kitted out (pic#5) with:
2" OME lift, 265/75/R16 Maxxis Bighorns on Avanti +25 alloy Rims, Alloy bar, Safari Snorkel, Hayman-Reese towbar, Boggard Turbo timer, Uniden UHF, Pioneer headdeck and 4x Pioneer speakers in the doors, IPF 900XS spotlights. 3" taipan exhaust
The name Clarky comes from the fact the truck is Superman Blue in colour.
The first thing I added to the truck were some Rhino roof racks, just some silly clamp on ones, not really worth a photo.
In late November, i went on my first 4wd outing. we ended up in the glasshouse mountains being stupid as you do. me being all full of myself with my new truck was bashing my way through teh bush when BAM! the front passenger side dropped and the whole car started to shake and shudder. turn the car off get out and have a look. couldn't see anything. get back in, start it up again. the truck is shaking harder than Muhammed Ali on a bad day (too soon?). turn the truck off again and get out for a proper inspection. digging around under the front passenger wheel, i found that my wheel had dropped off over a small tree stump into a hollow on the other side. then then led to the truck resting on its front suspension member, and the stump ended up sitting up inbetween the two transfer/gearbox cross members. I couldn't go forwards. I couldn't go backwards; the truck was pretty well pinned. the blokes i was travelling with ended up helping me chock up the front wheels to get me off the stump and winching me backwards to get me out.
The moral of the story is now I have a set of TJM sump and transfer case bash plates.
After hitting up the mid-December Comdamine River rd with the forum blokes, i found the ...need... to extend my rear diff breather (stalling mid way through your first (ever!) creek crossing with make you wish you'd wore brown undies) pic#1 is just after the stall.
pic2+3 is the extended rear diff breather.
I laid off the mods for a while because of Christmas and some travel over seas during January, but in late February, disaster struck while out and about at Scenic Rim 4wd park with the forum. (pic#4)
i punched a hole in my rear diff by bouncing it on a rock.
2" OME lift, 265/75/R16 Maxxis Bighorns on Avanti +25 alloy Rims, Alloy bar, Safari Snorkel, Hayman-Reese towbar, Boggard Turbo timer, Uniden UHF, Pioneer headdeck and 4x Pioneer speakers in the doors, IPF 900XS spotlights. 3" taipan exhaust
The name Clarky comes from the fact the truck is Superman Blue in colour.
The first thing I added to the truck were some Rhino roof racks, just some silly clamp on ones, not really worth a photo.
In late November, i went on my first 4wd outing. we ended up in the glasshouse mountains being stupid as you do. me being all full of myself with my new truck was bashing my way through teh bush when BAM! the front passenger side dropped and the whole car started to shake and shudder. turn the car off get out and have a look. couldn't see anything. get back in, start it up again. the truck is shaking harder than Muhammed Ali on a bad day (too soon?). turn the truck off again and get out for a proper inspection. digging around under the front passenger wheel, i found that my wheel had dropped off over a small tree stump into a hollow on the other side. then then led to the truck resting on its front suspension member, and the stump ended up sitting up inbetween the two transfer/gearbox cross members. I couldn't go forwards. I couldn't go backwards; the truck was pretty well pinned. the blokes i was travelling with ended up helping me chock up the front wheels to get me off the stump and winching me backwards to get me out.
The moral of the story is now I have a set of TJM sump and transfer case bash plates.
After hitting up the mid-December Comdamine River rd with the forum blokes, i found the ...need... to extend my rear diff breather (stalling mid way through your first (ever!) creek crossing with make you wish you'd wore brown undies) pic#1 is just after the stall.
pic2+3 is the extended rear diff breather.
I laid off the mods for a while because of Christmas and some travel over seas during January, but in late February, disaster struck while out and about at Scenic Rim 4wd park with the forum. (pic#4)
i punched a hole in my rear diff by bouncing it on a rock.
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