GU UTE BUILD AND SOME ODD PICS OF A DMAX

[Patroldmax]

G'day guys just realised I hadn't uploaded a build thread of my gu sowhile I have an hr to kill here it is, as I bought it, 2001 GU patrol factory td42T leaf rear as you can see it needed a bit of work but overall a good platformView attachment 39068 View attachment 39069 View attachment 39070

 

[Patroldmax]

So drove it around and enjoyed it but next up was a few servicing issues as well as 35x12.5.15, runva wnch and some led bars with lightforce spotlightsView attachment 39071yView attachment 39072

 

[Luis Merlo]

Tough ute !.....awesome mate.

 

[Luis Merlo]

Here some folks in your neck of the woods !

https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/nsw.4068/

 

[Patroldmax]

Next up was some camplights and aweningView attachment 39073 View attachment 39074 View attachment 39075

 

[Patroldmax]

Cheers mate I'm just doing a big pic dump atmof about 2yrs worth of work haha and will sus out the link cheers

Tough ute !.....awesome mate.

 

[Patroldmax]

Up next and probably the biggest decision I made was to go with 4.6 diff centres, leaf to coil rear suspension swap with a 4 link setup, 4" lift new tray, window tint and grunt flares

 

[Patroldmax]

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[Patroldmax]

Then the unthinkable happen and engine went knock knock , so the engine just got rebuilt including injectors (12mm pump still to come) with redarc boost/egt/temp gauge watching it so hopefully it wont happen again, thats all for now cheers

 

[mylilpwny]

Man your ute looks like an amazing blank canvas. Altho I love my truck, have always been jealous the utes and trays you guys have available to you.

How have your temps been with those spots. I have heard a few guys say they had to upgrade their cooling from the lower airflow

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[Patroldmax]

Hasn't been too much of an issue however I have upgraded bassically everything in the cooling department just in case

 

[Patroldmax]

Bit of a delayed Update as tbh I forgot about this thread, long story short rust got the better of the old chassis and cab so new cab, new chassis, Fox remote res shocks, new body mounts, superior Hyperflex Arms, Superflex swaybar etc etc and its almost ready for engineering and hopefully get new pics asap, immediate plans are get some new window tint back on ASAP, add some audio/GPS/ rear camera/dash cam etc with some dynamat and it should sound and look like a all new ute View attachment 121260View attachment 121261View attachment 121262View attachment 121263View attachment 121264View attachment 121265View attachment 121266View attachment 121267View attachment 121268