Hi everyone,
My name is Erez, I live in Israel. I have a workshop for offroad vehicles specializing in custom works. This is my website http://www.overland.co.il - the site is in hebrew but there are a lot of pics, although it is still under construction.
I'm a newbie in Toyotas. After 15 year with LandRover Defenders (90, 110 and recently 130) I bought a 1998, 75 series troopy, ex-military.
The truck is in excellent mechanical condition (it originally came with a broken transfer case but we've already fixed it) in spite of it having done 450,000 kms. However, the body looks like somebody gave it a good beating. It feels like the suspensions are welded to the truck (I have a wheel travel of 0
).
I started working on the truck, the first stage being cutting and exchanging the rotten floor panels, sealing the floor and then isolating it from heat and sound.
Since the truck came only with front seats and they too were torn, I replaced the front seats with Honda Accord seats, but I am going to replace them again (I don't know to what yet) because they are too small for me (I am a big guy).
In the back, I want to put a rear set from a Renault Kangoo (I used to install these in Defenders and they were very comfortable).
In the very near future I want to start working on the suspensions. I bought a rolling chassis from a LC 80 1991 model and I plan on using the suspensions and the axles on my troopy. I have a lot of questions about this - expect them soon :-D (I searched the forum and found a lot of answers but still have some questions).
Tyres - I changed them to 235/85/16. In the future I may change them to 285/75/16 or 255/85/16 (the bigger tyre size is important for me more for highway cruising than for hardcore offroad).
In the near future I plan on working on:
front bumper - I am undecided whether to buy one after-market or to build it myself
rear bumper
rock panels
snorkel
Aluminum roof rack
3rd or 4th door conversion
Here are a few pics:
and the floor:
More pics and updates to come soon.
Erez
My name is Erez, I live in Israel. I have a workshop for offroad vehicles specializing in custom works. This is my website http://www.overland.co.il - the site is in hebrew but there are a lot of pics, although it is still under construction.
I'm a newbie in Toyotas. After 15 year with LandRover Defenders (90, 110 and recently 130) I bought a 1998, 75 series troopy, ex-military.
The truck is in excellent mechanical condition (it originally came with a broken transfer case but we've already fixed it) in spite of it having done 450,000 kms. However, the body looks like somebody gave it a good beating. It feels like the suspensions are welded to the truck (I have a wheel travel of 0
). I started working on the truck, the first stage being cutting and exchanging the rotten floor panels, sealing the floor and then isolating it from heat and sound.
Since the truck came only with front seats and they too were torn, I replaced the front seats with Honda Accord seats, but I am going to replace them again (I don't know to what yet) because they are too small for me (I am a big guy).
In the back, I want to put a rear set from a Renault Kangoo (I used to install these in Defenders and they were very comfortable).
In the very near future I want to start working on the suspensions. I bought a rolling chassis from a LC 80 1991 model and I plan on using the suspensions and the axles on my troopy. I have a lot of questions about this - expect them soon :-D (I searched the forum and found a lot of answers but still have some questions).
Tyres - I changed them to 235/85/16. In the future I may change them to 285/75/16 or 255/85/16 (the bigger tyre size is important for me more for highway cruising than for hardcore offroad).
In the near future I plan on working on:
front bumper - I am undecided whether to buy one after-market or to build it myself
rear bumper
rock panels
snorkel
Aluminum roof rack
3rd or 4th door conversion
Here are a few pics:
and the floor:
More pics and updates to come soon
.Erez
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