Is there an idiot’s guide on how to customise a 4x4

Submitted: Tuesday, Jan 27, 2004 at 21:18
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I’ve got a stock 97 Range Rover and pushed it as far as the wife will let me off road but the bug has hit me. I’m getting myself a Patrol 3.0TD but, as they come from the factory, they are okay but, reading all the mags on 4x4s I want to play/tour with the thing in the dirt.

All the articles I’ve read make an assumption that the reader has had some experience in setting up a 4x4 for playing in the real dirt and living out of an Engel 40lt fridge for a week.

I’m not looking to setup a vehicle for a full on tour of the deep red but, one I would like to.

So, is there somewhere that I can go to, to work out what kit I should add in what order to give me an ever increasing capability?

Some stuff is fairly obvious, like when would I need a fridge rather than a larger cool book. I’m more interested in the “best practise” approach to moving up the capability ladder and not trying to run before I can walk (or rock crawl).

Has anyone see something where a person has written up a conversion story on a vehicle from scratch over a period of time? I not worried about what vehicle is used or the make of the equipment, more they approach they took and the order they did things in.

I know half the fun is in the trying but, its expensive kit and I do not want to waste time/money if I can learn from those before me?

Can anyone recommend a good club, with a heavy Patrol influence, to the East of Melbourne? I’m based at the end of the Eastern Freeway.
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