Readers' Rigs: January 2023

Once you’re finished ogling the latest batch of Readers’ Rigs, head on over to our Facebook page and send us a photo of your 4x4. It could even end up on the cover one day.

U1700 Unimog

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Ex-ADF Mog with 46-inch tyres, 25K winch front and rear, eight-speed, and twin-lockers on portals. It has an air-pressurised driveline for water crossings and it’s fully coil sprung. It’s a total beast, provided you can fit down the tracks - Darren Gandy

2014 Nissan Navara

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It has a Nissan bullbar, Kings nine-inch LED spotlights, Flashlube Catch Can, three-inch exhaust, K&N air filter, Safari snorkel with square mushroom head, an off-road suspension kit, and Cooper Discoverer S/T MAXX Extreme all-terrain tyres. Apart from that, it’s all stock standard - Andreas Seyffer

1995 75 Series LandCruiser

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It’s a coil-converted 75 Series using 80 Series housings done by Ironhide Customs. It features a triangulated 4-link rear; fully braced chassis; six-inch lift sitting on 37-inch tyres; rebuilt diffs with 4.88s to suit 37s; and custom rock sliders and rails running down the full side of the Troopy and up to the roof for access to the MoTop rooftop tent.

A complete rear fit-out features a 120-litre upright Bushman fridge, Weber Baby Q and Adventure Kings drawers. The 1HZ with 12mm pump and 20g Mamba turbo puts out 30psi and makes ridiculous amounts of power. There’s 560,000km on the motor. It’s most likely the biggest Troopy anyone has ever seen. I live on the Sunny Coast - Wade Morris

2003 Nissan Patrol

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My TB48 has 40,000km on the motor which has never been touched. It has a 2.5-inch Manta exhaust, custom-made rear carrier I built myself, five-speed manual gearbox, and a three-inch lift consisting of three-inch Dobinsons with adjustable Panhard rods.

It also has a UHF380 Oricom, 130amp AGM battery in the rear with Intervolt DCC charger, 110W solar on the roof with Darche roof-top, 315x75 16 Falken M/T tyres, and Supernova lights on the roof. The rear set-up features custom drawers, cargo barrier, Travel Buddy oven, and a 40-litre Ironman fridge.

Other kit includes Vic Off-Road mirrors, rear custom-made carrier with gas bottle and chainsaw holder, Ironman awning, and a Kenwood DMX5020S stereo - DG Brooke

2021 Toyota Fortuner Crusade

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Mods include a Tough Dog suspension foam cell two-inch lift; Tough Dog upper control arms; Tough Dog rear adjustable Panhard rod; Kinselas Kustoms angled rock sliders; Ironman 4x4 proguard bullbar (powder-coated, black loops and facelifted version); Mongrel Offroad 12,000lb winch; and a Meredith Metalworks four-inch extension snorkel.

Other kir includes a High Performance diesel catch can; Windsor Exhausts 3.5-inch DPF-back exhaust; 18-inch Method 312 wheels with +18 offset, Maxxis Razr mud-terrains (275/65R18); Throttle Grenade throttle controller; a factory rear locker with Harrop ELocker in front; and Superior Engineering diff breathers - Owen Line

2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser

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Called Thirsty Girl, it’s running two-inch lift (airbags), 90-litre extra fuel tank and plenty of other extras. It has been to Tip three times, with a few desert runs thrown in as well - Andrew Sauffs