Adelaide 4x4 show gadgets.

Did you say hi to Crazy ??????

My gadget purchase was a set of Phillips replacement light bulbs. H4 for the mains and H3 for the standard (IPF) Nissan spots. The nice man at the TJM stand sold them to me for $70 the lot. He had a very convincing display set up to show how his lights are 50% brighter! It is all a bit subjective. However the replacements are the same specs as Original Equipment so no wiring/relay changes are required (straight from the horses mouth).

When I came to fit them of course I found that it was not quite as easy as the Nissan owner's manual would have you believe. It was almost impossible to get my hand down between the air filter and the back of the fitting on the LHS. However after plenty of cussin' and swearin' I managed it (about one hour's fiddling).

I can't report on the improvement as yet because the moonlight last night was so bright that I couldn't tell the difference.

The 4WD show was pretty much the same as usual in its new location. The gear on Michelle's stand looked very good but very expensive. You can easily pick up similar bits and pieces from the canvas people for a fraction of the cost.

I had my hands treated by some people selling some sort of lotion. I declined their offer for me to purchase a jar at $45.00.

Kings

Well I didn't buy anything, but Bev bought a solar panel to enable "quiet" charging of the accessory battery. (While she sleeps in, no doubt)

Then we had a serious discussion with the man from "Black Widow" and will soon be able to leave the recovery gear, etc. in the Jack between trips.

Was a cheaper visit than last year at least:-)

Didn't meet up with anybody from EO, even though I was "flying the flag" with my EO Cap.

I wus a good vegemite & did not spend $'s I did not have.
(amazed even me..........)

But I did mentally spend $ 9,518 on :

Black Widow forward twin floor storage $ 1080
" " carrier frame for 3 x jerries, say $ 250
" " extension table $ 290
6 x Cooper STT tyres $ 1908
TJM front diff Locker fitted (not available 'till 2006) $ 1650
2 x canvas seat covers $ 180
ARB new rear bar & twin tyre carrier, say $ 2500
Opposite Lock sand flag in 2 sections $ 110
2nd 12 V waeco 50 L fridge $ 900
1 x additional deep drawer unit $ 650

Not much to want, really, is it????????
(I guess WANT is a smidgeon different from NEED)

Cheers

Hi Rus,

Would be interested in a report on the Kipor somewhere down the track after you've had a chance to use it a bit.

Regards,
John.

I have seen a Kipor and a Honda run side by side and the honda seemed to handle sudden draws of current better. The Kipor seemed to handle less load although to the layman like me the output ratings are the same.

With the number of gennies in 4x4 club,s someone is likely to do a comparative test.

What I want is a reliable 2000 watt output generator - much more flexible, but $$$.

Ev700