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It’s real. I am personally convinced.


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Stu, General experience is that Ford will tell you you’ve voided your warranty if you drive while wearing leather trousers. Warranty voided for new rims falls into the ‘really?, really?’ category. I have changed to 285s and +30 and offset wise it’s a little wide at the rear, ok at the front. I think...

A colleague got T-boned while out with the family in their fully loaded (camping trip) 2018 Ranger at the weekend. They were doing about 80km/h and the car rolled 4 times before coming to a stop. The car is wrecked but all the family (2 kids 2 adults) came out with one minor cut among them. All the ...

My tyres and rim combo pushes the tyre wall out by 35mm, made up of 10mm of tyre (285) and 25mm of rim (+30mm offset) and this sits JUST inside the guards, with no flares.


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Mudlo Rocks claims another one!

The wall of shame at Rainbow Beach Hotel has a good collection of these.


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That’s a bit rich. Some 4x4 shops I do wonder what business the staff reckon they are in.

A fair bit of attitude which seems to suggest they aren’t in the business of selling.


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Wow. What’s the total weight when you are all loaded up Marcel?


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You might be surprised. My last set of KM3s ran for 50k and still had 8mm I’d tread left when I sold the car.


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sleek7 wrote: HIS maxtrax used to be orange....10 years of use has turned them white. As long as they still have teeth on them they are still good.

Ha ha - what he said!

1 pair mates rates from the Maxtrax factory (through the Suzi club) 10 years ago for $100. They used to be orange but they are pretty much white now....

It’s actually $500 a week. You pay $500 up front then $250 a week.

We decided to treat it like a hire car so when we’ve got a weeks holiday in Port Douglas we can pick up the mustang from a local dealer rather than use Hertz or Avis.


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Anyone used this yet?

I signed up when I bought the XLT. Just booked a week with a yellow 5.0l Mustang GT in November - should be fun!!

It'll look great. I love those Fuel rims. It will not be legal though, any offset less than +30 isn't legal and last I looked all of the Fuel rims have lower offsets.

I paid out my NS Pajero after 3 years and kept it another 6 years. Paid it out for $24k kept it 6 years and then sold it for $20k which I was pretty happy with. After 4 years we paid out my wife’s Mini Cooper S cabrio for $22k and sold it for $25k. The residuals are generally very low in my experien...

$49,348 for ex-demo XLT auto with tech pack and 90km on clock.


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I would guess that with off-sized rears, the traction control will sense the difference in rotation rates across the axle when the steering sensor is reading ‘straight ahead’ and assume one of the wheels is slipping so start to apply the traction control via the ABS system? In a GQ Patrol you could ...

Plus as they always say, every call is recorded in any case. You are entitled to ask for a copy of the recording if a conversation is disputed.


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My mate wrote off his $120k modified Mustang in March, he was insured with Shannons. All the mods were agreed and notified to Shannons. They argued for 4 months about the payout, they tried to get the on-board data from the car, his phone records etc etc to try and prove he was speeding or on his ph...

took a bit longer than they thought, had to change a few things with the back rack and do a one off install set up. Wasn't as easy as expected, a lot of trial and error. Truracks in Penrith have done all the mods so far Thanks Matt. I'm having the same struggle - think I'll need to take it to Roofr...

Nice! How easy was it levelling up the front/rear racks? I’m struggling to match the height.


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What’s the plan?


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That is beautiful work.

Cheers Craig. So far so good. Haven’t been off road yet, aiming for week after next. Looks like the lane keeping needs recalibration, and I’m not sure about the auto hi-beam. The active cruise and the parking, reversing etc is all ok with the Uneek bars. I’m feeling a bit of driveline backlash on ta...

Half way there. Ryan and Matt at East Coast did a great job. I’ll post some better pix over the weekend. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180803/9a24aa6dda3de2e74bc35a6ec4df153b.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180803/aa3f95721a7653756f77b9e4b7f928cc.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2018...

Nice shot on the beach Seeran. Looks like fun.


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It’s a fair old list... Front and rear bars Sliders 2” lift 33s UHF 2nd battery & DC-DC Rear drawers and false floor On board compressor Diff breathers Bashplates Spotties Bit of roof rack mods Awning Snorkel Front diff lock That thing that makes the mirrors fold in when you lock it Winch Long range...

Cheers Craig.

It’s at East Coast Customs all next week.

Looking forward to getting it back taller and heavier!


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Hi folks. I picked up my new XLT SuperCab a few weeks ago. It’s great being back in a 4B after a couple of years off. It’s pretty stock for now. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180724/ee88a008689dcaa631f7be36226bc1ad.jpg It will be off for mods the next couple of weeks. Will report back! Aiming f...

Fuses, globes, fuel and oil filter, set of belts, 5l of oil, 5l of coolant. Chip repair patches for windscreen. Multimeter, 100mph tape, tyre repair plugs. Lots of duct tape, fencing wire. Sat phone. Cold Beer (when you need to borrow tools or skills).


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