One thing's for sure - it's great to have a skill that's in demand, besides working for yourself, you can do a trade with a more common skill, or...
Losing the cage though, meant I ended up with 16 holes, where the cage was bolted to the rear deck - 8 at the end of the load deck, and the other...
So out came the cage, and I ended up with a clean bed: [img] [img] [img] [img]
I had the rear of my truck measured up to get the frame of my custom, hydraulically-operated rear lid / tonneau built. Of course, my truck had the...
My new LED rear lamps arrived 24 after ordering, as promised, they'll freshen up the rear of my truck real good: [img] [img] [img] [img]
My crystal side repeaters have since arrived, the LED rear lamp clusters had been out of stock, I received an email letting me know they were back...
By Monday the 05th May 2014, my Toyota Hilux 4x4 was declared road legal. Having been laid up for a while, it was inevitable things would have...
I got home from work sometime in April, to find a package had arrived for me, via DHL. I opened it up, to find my projector headlamps, and...
I had a bodyshop guy down to have a look at my Toyota Hilux. He was able to give me a quotation for the work. I can certainly paint the truck...
One thing which is not easy to choose, when doing a project car, is a colour, and it's no different with my Toyota Hilux 4x4. I originally looked...
I'd decided to go with LED rear lamp clusters, and as I intended to install HID headlamps, I purchased projector headlamps. Besides having twin...
Parking brake cable (rear): [img] Front CV joint gaiters, and installation cone: [img]
To get the truck through its MOT inspection, I had to purchase some temporary stock combined front indicators and side lamps, as one was broken,...
Some of the purchased items for my Toyota Hilux 4x4 Truck. I still need a set of fender flares, to give the truck a much more masculine,...
The majority of UK-spec Toyota Hilux 4x4 Trucks left the factory pretty much as utility workhorses. So this meant no chrome, alloy wheels - those...
After a period of inactivity, I was able to drive my Toyota Hilux home. I'd been pretty busy on my Toyota courses, so I'd been away from home....
I put my truck on a lift, so I could assess what exactly is needed. Right now, the propshaft is bad, it's off the truck, so she can only drive if...
Back tracking a bit here... 2 months before I had secured the truck, I picked up a 2001 Lexus LS430 for $1300. It was too good to pass up, and as...
A bit of history on this truck... It was purchased brand new and registered 09/09/03, by a construction firm, Lefarge Tarmac. It was a base...
This is the state she was in, before I threw on a couple of batteries, fired her up, and drove her onto a vehicle hoist for inspection: [img]...
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