autofinesse
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Hi all,
After losing my job recently.. our beloved fjc 35s ,4" and all the fruit........my girl an I spent building over the last 12 months for our around Australia trip had to find to a new home ,not wanting to be beaten we decided to purchase something we could still get away for a couple days to a week at a time .
after searching the classifieds i came to a dead end.. until my partner found a 1994 jlx vitara 1.6 efi at a local auction site , we won it for $85 + auction fees so around $150 aud it was in a sorry state with hail damage to 90% of its body but had a rebuilt engine with all receipts ..... Win for us .
here it is in all its dents and glory........ day one !
since we purchased it i've gone into a business partnership with a small crash repairs and custom shop, spraying tray liners a, doing some custom work and Detailing this has given me a chance to make it some what better in my opinion as well as making more me you will see what mean soon.
day two !
after this we decided how we were going to use it , being my daily driver also i didn't want to go crazy , firstly we had camping gear ,recovery equipment our mountain bikes , climbing gear ,our dog as well as food and water to carry so we planned around this .
the first mod we made was a rhino xtray $175 ...fitting this was a dilemma in it self as Australian vitara's do not have roof rails like our European counterparts so the search began for roof rails to suit ...
after a couple hours i found a set of honda civic allroad 4x4 that suited and some pajero whisper pro-rack cross bars for $150 .
racks fitted
next i had to cut the whisper racks to fit as there 150mm to wide
fitted with rhino rack clamps
rack fitted
After losing my job recently.. our beloved fjc 35s ,4" and all the fruit........my girl an I spent building over the last 12 months for our around Australia trip had to find to a new home ,not wanting to be beaten we decided to purchase something we could still get away for a couple days to a week at a time .
after searching the classifieds i came to a dead end.. until my partner found a 1994 jlx vitara 1.6 efi at a local auction site , we won it for $85 + auction fees so around $150 aud it was in a sorry state with hail damage to 90% of its body but had a rebuilt engine with all receipts ..... Win for us .
here it is in all its dents and glory........ day one !
since we purchased it i've gone into a business partnership with a small crash repairs and custom shop, spraying tray liners a, doing some custom work and Detailing this has given me a chance to make it some what better in my opinion as well as making more me you will see what mean soon.
day two !
after this we decided how we were going to use it , being my daily driver also i didn't want to go crazy , firstly we had camping gear ,recovery equipment our mountain bikes , climbing gear ,our dog as well as food and water to carry so we planned around this .
the first mod we made was a rhino xtray $175 ...fitting this was a dilemma in it self as Australian vitara's do not have roof rails like our European counterparts so the search began for roof rails to suit ...
after a couple hours i found a set of honda civic allroad 4x4 that suited and some pajero whisper pro-rack cross bars for $150 .
racks fitted
next i had to cut the whisper racks to fit as there 150mm to wide
fitted with rhino rack clamps
rack fitted
