Strahan's 2005 120 GXL

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Our bus, fondly called Hillary because it goes up hills better than our old hilux.

The obligatory list:

ARB winch bullbar
Cibie Oscar lights
Opposite Lock dual wheel rear carrier
Recaro seats
ARB lockers front and rear
Extended diff breathers
AJ's sliders
Homemade drawers
Homemade reardoor table
Icom IC 7000 HF radio
Codan 9350 autotune antenna
Icom IC 208 (uhf and 2m, 70cm)
Kenwood bluetooth stereo
Engel 40 litre fridge on second seat row replacement floor
ARB rooftop tent
Rear work light mounted on an old tripod.
Dual Batteries with Pirahna DB 180 isolator
Safari Snorkel

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Recaros

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IC 7000 mounted in sunglasses holder. The main body was installed in the right rear storage area.



Cabling to the aerial was run out through a grommet in the floor and up between the door and body.

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Dual rear wheel carrier. Mostly worked fine. There are 2 bolts that run through the bar and chassis that have sheared off several times causing the bar to sag a little. They have since changed the mounting and hopefully its stronger. we have not tested it over rough roads as it was fitted after we returned.
The bar was replaced under warranty so happy with them for doing that.

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We run BFG All-Terrains. Originally the 70 series because there were no 65 then. This put the speedo out by about 6kmh. We have since gone back to 65 series to get the speedo right and the loss of clearance was not worth worrying about.

Very happy with them. They have chipped a bit but they have done a lot of work over the last couple of years, including the Cape, central OZ and the Plenty highway.

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Nice looking rig

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Nice looking rig

Thanks, she's done some hard yards now. Simpson, The Cape Gibb River, High Country etc

Never had a problem, love it.

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A friend fitted up the air lockers. I was unsure wether we would need them but they are one of the best mods we have done. It makes so easy on the vehicle and people to be able to crawl up over obstacles instead of using speed.
highly rated.

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The sliders are from AJ. Another great mod. They saved doors and guards several times up the Cape.

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This mod was to try to stop the car filling with water. Didn't work. The 120 series seem to be full of holes underneath. We taped all the door seals, filled the drain holes in the bottom of the doors and inverted and sealed the grommets in floor. Still leaked like a sieve. We had 2 GXLs on this trip that leaked and met a GX owner who said his didn't leak to badly.

The other Prado got stuck in Nolans and filled pretty quickly. We got it out before any real damage was done.