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They did the first part of the build. I am doing the second part of the build.

@ nah, you’re doing things called modifications, not building anything. A bit like doing some landscaping and telling everyone you built the house. Just another stupid word that’s turned up over the last few years

@@RedDog-e7v Build: verb (used with object), built To construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials:

@ yeah, built by toyota

TPMS? I normally use the ProMata stuff with internal sensors, which has always been excellent, but the screen is a bit small for my old eyes. But this time I am using the Oricom system with internal sensors. It has a colour display which makes it a bit easier to read BUT the designers didn't try it with polarised sunglasses, and if you're wearing them, then the screen is just black. You can either turn it sideways to see things, or you have to take your glasses off :( But as a TPMS, it is pretty good.

@spudboy1328 thanks mate. Love your work

I normally use the ProMata stuff, which has always been excellent, but the screen is a bit small for my old eyes. So this time I am using the Oricom system with internal sensors. It has a colour display which makes it a bit easier to read BUT the designers didn't try it with polarised sunglasses, and if you're wearing them then the screen is just black. You can either turn it sideways to see things, or you have to ake your glasses off :(

@espkh1549 Yes, they are exactly that! Hurricane II pattern, rated at 1600Kg.

@ nice! I’m putting mines on in about 3 weeks. I will run Baja boss AT

@4bnewb969 Yes, I've got negative 5mm on the front and negative 25mm on the rear. I did another video about the offsets, but basically I've done it on the cheap by widening the rear axle 50mm overall, so I am still legal, and not too much extra loading on the wheel bearings. Having said that, on my Troopy I had negative 51mm both sides, to get me back to the same track as the front, but I was not legal. Never had any issues with the bearings, but it was a pretty light build, well below factory GVM.

@ thx for reply….apologies, after I posted comment I went hunting through your previous videos and came across the one explaining what route you took to help correct the track. I wasn’t aware the MDT tru-tracker had gvm limits. Nb the rims you chose look great!

@philg2468 I didn't go electric for the mirrors as it seemed an extra complication - fitting the switch gear and running the power etc. It only takes a sec to adjust them, so I'm happy with manual. As to fuel consumption, yep, not so impressed, although it is a brand new engine so it should improve a bit over time. I am currently getting 13.1 out of it with 700Kg on the back (that's from ~ 800Kms of driving so far). That's not terrible, but I was hoping for mid 11's. I reckon my Troopy was in the mid-14's to 15L/100Km so not terribly different. It's a bit better than the V8, but not significantly.

No - they are ARB 800Kg 3 leaf parabolics. You have to use them with ARB airbags, but you can run the airbags at zero PSI. I had Terrain Tamer parabolics on my Troopy, and they were great apart from them squeaking like mad when they got sand/mud between the leaves.

@@spudboy1328 Yes yes that's what I meant, ARB / OME parabolics. How do you rate them compared to the Terrain Tamers? Personally I like they don't have the low hanging leaf, but unsure about the idea I have to install airbags.

@justinreeders2541 Sorry - I am an idiot! In my brain, I somehow read your Old Man Emu bit as Terrain Tamer. So far the ARBs have been quiet but it's only had light off road use so far. I loved how comfortable the TTs were, but the ARBs are equally comfortable. But I am super impressed at how comfortable they are given they are rated at 800Kgs. The Terrain Tamers were rated at 500Kg constant load so a bit lighter specification. I'm not too fussed about the airbags on the ARB. I will just use them if I have more than 800Kgs on the back which will not be all that often. But you can't get the ARB parabolics without the airbags.

@@spudboy1328 Yeh shame you have to install airbags with the OME. If I go parabolics I would most probably go the lightest ones possible as I won't often be carrying much weight. Not that these things flex much anyway, but do you think the airbags would limit what flex there is?

@justinreeders2541 You can run the ARB airbags at 0 PSI though, with no damage, unlike a lot of the other brands, so effectively they are not there until you need the extra load carrying capacity.

I got it for the canopy mainly. The Jacksons Carry-Me-Camper is 2100mm long, and you can 't really fit it on a double cab - too much weight past the rear axle. So it had to be a single cab.

I had a single cab 79 before and now in a Troopy - I actually find them both good. The seats have been upgraded over the years by Toyota and are a lot more comfortable than the past. Can't recline the single cab seats much, but don't find thats an issue.

@philg2468 yeah - I reckon the new 2024 models have much better seats than my 2021 Troopy. I was going to get some Recaros, but don't think I can justify that, given how much better the OEM seats are now.

@@spudboy1328 i have the genuine seats and drove from vic to Fraser island and back. Seats are fine if you are a healthy individual

No problems.

I did the Simpson Desert in a 76 a couple of years ago, and it was terrific. Am loving the ute setup though!

@@Silvos29 @Silvos29 We'll see... And it's you're not your. The apostrophe signifies an abbreviated letter.

@@Silvos29 @Silvos29 We'll see... And it's you're not your. The apostrophe signifies an abbreviated letter.

You are correct - they are -5 on the front. If you want a zero offset front rim, then ROH do that in the Vapour design.

@@spudboy1328 thanks mate. I’m not a big fan of the fake beadlock look plus the rear sets is at -47 which is a bit too much. How are yours running on the -5 ? Thanks !

@espkh1549 I just fitted them yesterday (the -5 and -25 offset Kings Wheels) and they improve the look no end. You can't really notice the -5 at the front, so they look stock. But the rear looks a lot better at negative 25 and you can see the difference there. I agree with you about the -47 being too much. And they're not legal (in South Aust anyway).

@@spudboy1328 thanks mate! I think I’m gonna go with this option. Can’t wait to see your next video!

OK - I didn't look at the steel options. ROH in Alloy have -12 and -59, and I thought the -59 was a bit too much of an ask for the bearing offset. The King Wheel rims I ended up buying are -25 on the rears, so I'll get 50mm of correction.

I agree with you. Neg 59 is way too much offset considering every other rim on the planet is positive offset or zero. With the 70series you can break the axle housing at the U-bolts with any type of increased offset. You'll be fine with the Neg 25 on the rear.

@@spudboy1328 Also I hadn't seen any mags in a neg 25 with a 1600kg rating, so thanks for pointing them out.

Hi - I think the alternator is 130A. The canopy is only on the vehicle when I go camping. And if I take the canopy I won't be taking the camper (that's for when the missus comes camping). So only one of those 2 circuits gets used (at the same time). I've just updated my master diagram with a 40A fuse for the 25A DC/DC - thanks. Fair point about the UHF. I'll think about re-routing that. I'm not having 240v in the canopy, but the camper has a 3000W inverter. It also has 1200W of solar, so it should be fine to re-charge without a huge load on the alternator. Thanks for all that feedback - much appreciated.

I didn't know about the MDS whole axle replacement. Only ever seen the replacement stubs. Thanks.

OK - I did a quote on the JMACX website, and it came out close to $18K I reckon, but that was with shocks perhaps. $7k is not too bad for the fitted diff. And I think you're right about the 35s!

OK - I didn't know they went up to 3950Kg When I looked into them it was the lower limit. Very reassured to hear you like the 800Kg parabolics. It was a bit of a wild card choice for me. I should get the car in 2 or 3 days, so I'll be able to see what I think pretty soon.

Interesting! The reason I got the CowFish is so I don't have to keep up the subscription to StarLink when we're not remote. I've already bought it, so I'll install it and see what I think. I've used Cel-Fi Go up in the mid-north of SA and it worked really well, and Cowfish is supposed to be better than Cel-Fi Go. So I'll report back once it's installed and I can test it. Cheers - David

@@spudboy1328 Now that Roam is only $80p/m for 50Gig. I have not suspended my Starlink since June. Not a huge data user when on road.

I guess we'll see. I've got a 2.8 Prado and uphill with a load the temps were getting high, so I fitted an oil cooler which has knocked 10 or 15 degrees off the temps. So I might have to do that again on the 79. Although I have read somewhere that Toyota put on a bigger oil sump and transmission pan (bigger than the Hilux?). So I'll keep an eye on it and see if I need to put on some additional cooling.

This statement is not 100% correct. Regardless of its size, the 2.8 is as good as the V8 if not better. The idea that each cylinder has to work harder is actually not quite true.

You have no idea.

@@craigdavid6668 pretty disappointing true? My V8 just doubled in value 🥶

@@Silvos29 Mate, I’ve got a 200, 79 V8 and bought Hilux’s for my supervisors, they flog them, we go away together, towing etc, they are as bulletproof as the V8, you have no idea what you’re talking about and probably don’t actually own one based on your comments😂

Yeah - I had to decide on the 'system' before anthing was fitted, as it all had to be done pre-rego. So there's a degree of guesswork. I did a spreadsheet (of course!) of all the items I take exploring and how much they weigh, and which axle they sit over. On paper I'm pretty close to the front axle load limit, but I've still got good headroom on the rear axle. So we'll see how it looks when I put it over a weighbridge in a few months. On paper my GVM is going to be 3650Kg, so the ARB 3950Kg kit with parabolics seemed a safe bet.

Nope - I made them myself.

@@spudboy1328 you wouldn't have by chance made plans that somebody could follow and make a set for themselves?

@@sjf67gtoI've got CAD plans for the steps if you want them. Find my website by searching for David Deere and MAN and there is a contact email there, You'll have to do the maths for the rails for your particular situation, but it's not rocket surgery. My platform was 1200mm high and I wanted 4 steps, so then it's just triggernometry. Cheers - David

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@@ARCHIES_79_LC Thanks - not too worried about negative comments! Anyone who ends up here is probably doing their own 70 series build.

@@Sisu2280 Yep. It's scheduled to get done.

Yours is going to be worth a mint in 10 years. It'll be one of the last V8s to ever come into Australia.

@@GlobalTriathlonNetwork I wish. Add another $20k. It's stupid what they cost.

Thanks. I'd sorta love to be doing an 'ultimate build' with rear coils and axle correction etc, but that gets to scary money pretty quickly.

@@spudboy1328 yeah, they look good but the money involved is huge for sure. I've done many trips into the outback though and have always gotten where I set out to go. The only thing I've done differently (other than the obvious) is I have got "33 mud terrains to make sure I've got that extra 10/15% more traction, been stuck with the all terrains a couple too many times. Muddies just get rid of stuff stuck between the treads much better. Noise? Oh well. Look after those rear wheel bearing! Grease, grease, grease, I carry a grease gun. Lol. BTW I'm in Adelaide as well.

Yeah - I've got to work on that! My eyes are all over the place...

@4x4smile We got out of it during COVID. The pricing was pretty favourable, so we moved it on and bought a Landcruiser 70 series with an AluCab rooftop. The MAN was fabulous for open country touring, like beaches and deserts, but it was way too big for smaller tracks, and anything with overhead branches was out of bounds. We did a fair bit of reversing back along tracks that turned out to be too small for us.

We had it for 8 or 9 years though, and saw a lot of Australia, especially the Centre and northern WA. Supremely comfortable, both for travelling and accommodation, but he was a big thing! You never could forget how big it was :)

@@spudboy1328 awesome thanks for the info. They look to give a comfortable ride, good amount of torque over the isuzu nps. Out of curiosity what l per 100 did you get. I'm pretty sold this is the solution to carry my jetski and tow my 3500kg van. Did you have anything big mechanically go wrong eg cv's? Watched pretty much every tgm vid on UA-cam and all I see is good things.

@4x4smile We got 24L/100 overall. On flat highways we could do 19L/100, but then in soft sand or hilly country I've seen 70L/100!

It was pretty reliable overall. We went through a few oxygen sensors, which clogged up on a regular basis. The biggest fault we had was on the Gibb River Road, where we got a gearbox fault. Thought we were going to have to be towed to Darwin (from Winjana Gorge). After a lot of SatPhone calls to our Adelaide dealer, and calls to Germany, we got a partial resolution that allowed us to keep driving. When we got back to Adelaide, MAN repaced the mechatronics unit on the gearbox (under warranty - was $11,000 otherwise!)

No - we sold it in the middle of COVID. Have moved across to a LandCruiser 79 now...

​@@spudboy1328why the downsize?

Well, you can get them but at the moment there is an 18 to 24 month delivery wait.

@@spudboy1328 as long as I can get a MAN truck crew cab, I think its worth to wait. Thanks for the reply. Enjoy the rest of your trip mate.