Drift's 150

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G'day all! Well, the time has finally come to start the ball rolling on a build. Heading up to the North West in a couple of weeks and thought it was about time the big girl got some bling. The plastic has burnt a hole in my wallet right now let me tell you but we're here for a good time not a long time right?

150 GXL Out of the dealers delivered with:

• Snorkle
• Tint
• Factory Tow Bar
• Rubber matts front back and cargo
• Custom painted alloys (similar to Altitude)
• 12V permanent power socket to the cargo area

Installed

• Rhino Pioneer Platform
• Supa-Peg Supa Wing Awning
• TraxRax MaxTrax mounts
• ARB Deluxe Winch bar
• Runva EWX-12000 winch
• Full Icon Stage 1 Suspension Kit with UCAs
• Nitto Terra Grappler 265/70/17
• Rated Recovery Points
• Lightforce LED215 GenIIs
• Fuel Manager Primary Fuel Filter/Water Separator
• UHF
• Anderson plug on tow bar
• Breather extensions for both diffs, transfer case and transmission
• Airbag Man heavy duty airbags
• LED interior light upgrade

Future:

• 33" AT or MTs
• Aux Batt (currently using portable setup)
• Rear Power Setup
• Mounted compressor with tank (currently using portable)
• Water Tank
• Rear Drawers
• Drop down fridge slide
• Cargo barrier
• Catch can
• Exhaust
• Steinbauer unit
• Light Bar
• Work Lights
• Shower
• Underbody Protection
• Rock sliders
• And other stuff I'm sure the war boss will be happy about.

I'll get some pics up when I get the chance.

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Ok, finally had some time to sit down and get some pics together. Have spent a bit of time this weekend doing a few bits and pieces. Removed the factory roof rails which was an easy task thanks to several threads on here and installed my Rhino Platform. Took the spare wheel cover and back plate off and removed the dodgey little plastic cover over the camera. Also Took the tow hitch out and put the new recovery hitch in. Looks the goods.

As delivered:


Removing roof rails:


New platform feet installed:


Platform on:

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After a wash and a once over with red mist:

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I'll be very interested in how good the Icons are Drift. I went for a run in FlyNdrive's FJ over in Nevada. Wow what a ride! Having said that it was a Full Stage 6 getup... Definitely my choice if the funds came my way...

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From all I've heard and read, they should be absolutely fantastic but the proof will be in the driving.

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Toys have been arriving all week and she's booked in for lift, bar & winch on Monday. Can't wait! Will have to either get a couple of new brackets made up for the awning or use one bolt each whilst supplementing the other for a hose clamp. It appears they didn't have pioneer platforms in mind as a mounting option when making the brackets as they're not quite long enough to straddle two bars. Not to worry not difficult to resolve. Also arrived this week is a dual colour dimable LED flexible camping light and 120watt Projecta folding solar panel. Went with that option primarily due to weight and size. The additional $$$ are worth it for that alone for my needs. Should get the awning mounted up this weekend weather permitting and I'll get some pics up when done.

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Received a set of craigm's TraxRax today. Haven't mounted them up yet but I must say I'm impressed by the quality of the product.

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Toys have been arriving all week and she's booked in for lift, bar & winch on Monday. Can't wait! Will have to either get a couple of new brackets made up for the awning or use one bolt each whilst supplementing the other for a hose clamp. It appears they didn't have pioneer platforms in mind as a mounting option when making the brackets as they're not quite long enough to straddle two bars.

Would these help?

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A bit short I think. I could likely get away without 4 mounting points however being a full wing awning, I'm mindful of the weight and would much prefer to be safe than sorry. The current brackets (at home so can't provide pics) are quite a bit longer than those in the image but fall short of picking up the second bar on the platform by approx 100mm. Just need a bit of flat bar bent up and drill a couple of 8mm holes.

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Deleting double post

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Installed TraxRax mounts and Supa Wing awning yesterday. Starting to look like a real 4be now.

Goes in tomorrow for bar, winch & lift.

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So yesterday morning I dropped the rig off to have the ARB Deluxe Winch bar, Runva EWX-12000 winch and Icon Stage 1 suspension kit installed. Picked it up today with that lot and also had a set of Nitto Terra Grapler 265/70/17s put on to change the out the factory shoes and had recovery points fitted. Decided against going with 33s in the end as after plenty of reading, I decided the additional fuel use and impact on acceleration would give the the irrits as its a daily driver. I'll likely pic up a set of steelies and some 33" muddies for play time. Just in the middle of packing for a trip so no time to get any decent pics up but I'll be sure to put some more up when I get back.

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Link doesn't work Drift ( so looking forward to seeing the Icons too...)

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Drift's 150

Edit .Oops thought i posted in what i did to 150 thread

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Been a little while since my last update. Work and play getting in the way of the internets.... So all the gear it went in for ^^^^^^^^^ has performed extremely well so far and I'm stoked with the results in particular the performance of the Icons. Incredible control over all terrain and not a hint of fade even after 50 odd km of mixed surface fully loaded at a reasonable speed.

Over the past couple of weeks, I've installed the spotties and primary fuel filter. So far so good. Really quite short on time of late but I'll get some pics up soon. We all like pics.