Featured 100 (105): Bartho van Wyk

[bartho van wyk]

Hi Guys

My 105 is my daily driver/plaything With 176 000 km's (110 000 miles) absulutely trouble free travelling done.

Mods on my truck are as follows:

ARB Bullbar
8 " Cibie Spots
TRD Supercharger
Powerflow Freeflow exhaust
K&N Airfilter
ARB Aircompressor
5" skyjacker suspension
TJM Extra longtravel shocks
6 x 305/70/16 Mickey Thompson Baja claw's, with six extras for play
Front Runner 170 litre extra fuel tank
Outback Drawer system
Icom two way radio
ARB towbar and extra sparewheel cover
TJM Snorkel
Mod to let difflocks work in high range

Future mods:
Wet fogger Nos system (Expected 100kw's ((133bhp)) performance gain)
Hid replacement headlight bulbs

Engine output:
230kw (306 bhp)
510 nmt


Pics

As you can see we still have an abudance of different four wheeling experiences to enjoy !!

 

[TXLX470]

Nice truck, nice pictures...and lot's of fun...

 

[ejike]

Bartho......Where in the world is this ?...An abundance of terrain...... Loving the monster 100 pics especially the one with you siting below the frame

 

[bartho van wyk]

Living in Windhoek, capital of Namibia. All the dune pics are about a three hour drive from my home (in the Namib desert) all the other pics taken just outside windhoek , ten minutes driving !!

 

[tsarte]

I wish we could get the 105 here in the US

 

[12fishy]

Nice truck, love the supercharger..Still got the front sway bar in?? lol... cool truck, make em all drool...

Cheers fishy

 

[bartho van wyk]

Yup

Front sway bar still in

 

[Nsingh85]

Hey Bartho

Finally got a write up on ur cruiser.

Cheers

 

[tmarx]

Good to see you finally found your way here, Bartho

 

[bartho van wyk]

Finally disconnected the sway/stabilizer bars ............

Not on a Forklift yet, but that will happen tomorrow.
But a big improvement in " field testing" !!

Look at pics on the same obstacle .... pic without stabilizers actually a higher line just to get wheel off the ground !!

Articulate so much now that the coils are actually loose enough to rattle by hand !! , Had to lengthen extended diff breathers etc.

Took it for handling tests on road also and could not honestly feel a difference in onroad handling while swerving at speed . So i guess it will stay off now !!!

Pic with stabilizer:

Pics without stabilizers:

 

[bartho van wyk]

Done remeasurements now with forklift"

With swaybars attached:

(From ground to bottom of tyre)

Front:700mm


Back:760mm

Without Swaybars:

Front: 880mm

Rear: 960mm

To clearly see the difference look at the position (height) of the forklift's blades in the before and after pics against the piston mounted on the forklift's vertical arm ........

 

[highonpottery]

That 105 is freaking sweet!!! Wish my 100 had a solid axle and a supercharger. Some major articulation you're getting out of it for being such a beast. I'm jealous.

Curious to know, is that a stock rear bumper w/tire swingout?

 

[bartho van wyk]

Yup stock rear bumper still, next mod will be Nos and then rear bumper.........

 

[Adolf]

The Swing out carrier is aftermarket bolt on! SA made!

 

[e9999]

Great rig! thanks for posting!

 

[bartho van wyk]

Getting upgraded

After bending my running boards and scratching the rear bumper agains this weekend i decided to fit an burnco rear bumper with sparewheel carrier and some decent rocksliders:

While in the shop my first dissapointment were that they are made only after payment is made and that will take 5 working days .... (Will get them today -- fit them Monday)

BUT then that red haize sat in.............

So ? I replaced my old bullbar with a TJM Bullbar , The 8" Cibie's made way for 6x9 KC's (see pics), bought the HID conversion kit for the dim and bright headlights, HID conversion kit for the 6x9's, Roofrack, and airbag springhelpers with incab controls, air tank for immediate supply of air for tyres .....
All this to be fitted after the weekend.........

These are aTJM Bumper and KC 6X9's (Still to be converted to HID next week)

All thanks to my loving wife ........llready fitted :

 

[OGBeno]

Great rig. You should also cross post this in the 80 section considering the powertrain and drive train are 80 series with only the 100-series body/interior.

 

[bartho van wyk]

??

How do i cross post ??

 

[bartho van wyk]

Hi Guys

My conversions are being done today:

Hid's on dim (35watts) and brights(35watts) and on the 6x9 KC's as well.

Will post pics of the whole fitment process still but just a teaser so long:

Look at the diff between my standard headlights and 130w normal spotlights and Jaco's conversion to hid's

Look at last two pics: Standard 55/60 watt headlights with 130 w spots on the two cars on the left............

Right one 35 watt hid's on dims , brights and spots.

 

[Liam]

fawking sweet.....i love the color of the 100 as well.