This truck..
My goals. Super clean man, so clean is it hard to want to get it dirty?!
A lot of the young farmers round here have gone from a 80 to a hilux. One came down today to pick some stuff up. He came in his new hilux. He still runs his 80. I asked him what he thought.. " its good yeah, but its no 80..."Well bit of an update with the 80, it's been a while...
It had a little cosmetic surgery on a sill, it got knocked last year and corrosion set in, so cut it out.
Had to take the slider and step off to get in. Bolts broke into the step so all drilled out and replaced with stainless.
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Had to rebuild the inner skin, the lower wheel arch and outer sill skin.
All new metal welded in, skim of filler then paint.
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After it's over heating episode it's also had the head gasket replaced, new genuine viscous fan, full service and some new hoses.
Heater issue now rectified by a bit of re wiring of how the system functions and bypassing some of the over complicated system. Will no longer work auto and the heater panel now directly controls the blend motor.
After an attempted theft it's had security improved too. (Won't be posting those details up)
Got some new covert amber emergency lighting to fit inside the stock lights, more for my safety when out with 4x4 response as too many reports of near misses.
Today it got treated to a wash, polish and a coat of ceramic wax.
She's got some shine back again, the paint was getting dull.
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Annoyingly I found the passenger footwell wet after washing it so either screen or sunroof to sort.
It has been nearly swapped for a brand new hilux tbh but I'll hold onto it a bit longer
A lot of the young farmers round here have gone from a 80 to a hilux. One came down today to pick some stuff up. He came in his new hilux. He still runs his 80. I asked him what he thought.. " its good yeah, but its no 80..."
Virtually all of them say this.
maybe when you have had the hilux a couple of three years and the young newer model has started to moan a bit, you'll remember all the good times you had with the 80.
Maybe in about five or six years you will get chatting with a fella at the petrol station filling up his 80.."aye, i used to own one of these. I should never of sold it ..."
Or maybe im just talking crap...
Yeah mine is the same will not drive the 80 but will the disco. So I put the measure ments in front of her and she said the 80 is just shit and doesn't want to drive it
D I V O R C E !Yeah mine is the same will not drive the 80 but will the disco. So I put the measure ments in front of her and she said the 80 is just shit and doesn't want to drive it
Theres plenty more fish in the sea stumog...Yeah mine is the same will not drive the 80 but will the disco. So I put the measure ments in front of her and she said the 80 is just shit and doesn't want to drive it