Hitting the UAE desert

[thiban200V8]

dear Desert Nomad

it has been long time , i sow the pictures and i wold like to know the shop where they fabricated the rear spare tire carrier ,if there any chanse to contact me for the details please and location

pleas if we can contact by watsapp pleas send me your number to my E mail if you dont mind (malkurdi.4@gmail.com)

regards

 

[Desert Nomad]

dear Desert Nomad

it has been long time , i sow the pictures and i wold like to know the shop where they fabricated the rear spare tire carrier ,if there any chanse to contact me for the details please and location

pleas if we can contact by watsapp pleas send me your number to my E mail if you dont mind (malkurdi.4@gmail.com)

regards

I'll pm you contact details and the fabricators number via pm

 

[Desert Nomad]

Picked up some morimoto led fogs
As the tjm fog housing was carcked to hell i ripped that off and picked up a steel sheet to fab out a blanking plate / mount. But the only steel i found was 2mm.

The plated mounted

Good thing i got extra pieces, burnt out a drill, screwed up a hole saw, then decided to go crazy with a drill and cut it out with a hack saw.

That ended up as a failure so i went down to a machine shop and got them to do it up properly.

Had some spacers welded on to keep the fogs flush with the plate.

I'll get the plates painted tomorrow and sort out the wiring as the now ex tjm distributor hacked up the oem wiring when he installed the bumper

 

[Desert Nomad]

I sort of like the temporary location of my fogs.

 

[Desert Nomad]

Initial test fit showed that the lights were angled too far out, the machine shop used the right fog light on the left plate, quite difficult to mess up when i told them which goes where and engraved (R) & (L) on each plate as well as worte it with a permanent marker. Fogs have RH & LH on them

Removed the tube spacers from the plates. Used 2 of them and stacked a few washers on the other side to get the lights proper and as straight as i can and painted the plate up

Tried to adjust the lights but will check again in an open area and get them leveled out

All done

 

[options2]

And of course a shower is needed

I dont know if anyone else has said this but I am jealous of the car wash there. Something like this would be amazing in the salt belt here to help keep cancer aka rust from starting so bad. New business model. LOL.

 

[Desert Nomad]

Candle-lit steak dinner in the desert for valentines day, had a nice fire going and sat under the stars.

 

[Desert Nomad]

Swapped out the roller fairlead for a hawse.

It sat too far in the bumper so made a spacer and got some longer bolts.

Rope clears the bumper in all directions

 

[arellanon]

Love your rig Desert Nomad, a true inspiration for me.

 

[Desert Nomad]

Love your rig Desert Nomad, a true inspiration for me.

Thanks it was a slow build-up to keep everything functional, other than finding a cargo drawer system and installing a shift kit it probably won't need any more mods for a long time.

 

[arellanon]

I like the fact that you had a candle-lit dinner under the stars for valentines day. I guess that is a MAJOR plus on the 200 series; it has brawn and beauty. Not that the other series lack it but I am just saying since indeed it is the most luxurious LC to date.
I too one day hope to use my LC for a dinner under the stars.

 

[Desert Nomad]

What does every good dog owner do when you take your pups out to the desert???

Get ice, a bowl of water, some toys for them to play with, treats are a must and of course... tell them to bugger off while you spend the next 2 hours adjusting your roof lights

 

[Desert Nomad]

Hahaha this what happens when you drive a j**p cherokee through the desert

*Also it's not very smart to keep yor lights on for ~2hrs in the desert, starter was very unhappy

 

[SWUtah]

Nice pictures, looks like you had a great time.

 

[maujkar]

What does every good dog owner do when you take your pups out to the desert???

Get ice, a bowl of water, some toys for them to play with, treats are a must and of course... tell them to bugger off while you spend the next 2 hours adjusting your roof lights

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Love your Toyota new front grille. Did you get that recently too?

 

[ryanCA]

Do you speak to your dog in English or Arabic?

"Khalaaas!"

 

[Desert Nomad]

Love your Toyota new front grille. Did you get that recently too?

Got those 9 motnhs ago but they are the newest thing on the cruiser aside from the roof rack and tires, all money put aside on mods has been going on the beemer

 

[Desert Nomad]

Do you speak to your dog in English or Arabic?

"Khalaaas!"

Haha a bit of both actually, they are a funny bunch

 

[maujkar]

Got those 9 motnhs ago but they are the newest thing on the cruiser aside from the roof rack and tires, all money put aside on mods has been going on the beemer

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Beautiful Beamer, MashaAllah ! All details on the grille bro ... Where? What? How? ... Thanks..

 

[Desert Nomad]

Beautiful Beamer, MashaAllah ! All details on the grille bro ... Where? What? How? ... Thanks..

It's a knock-off chinese mesh grill and stuck on an fj60 grill badge. I had it dremelled down where the badge would sit so it would sit flush with the grill