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Joined: 26 Nov 2002 Location: Nannup, Western Australia

Owing to our recent huge percentage increase in Isuzu people :wink: , I thought it would be a good time to start an introduction section. Hope I'm not steppin on your toes by doing this dazz. Smile

So who are you, where you from, what GMH/Isuzu have you got? Include a pic or two if you can...

Dazz, are you able to turn this into a sticky?

Joined: 26 Nov 2002 Location: Nannup, Western Australia

G'day!

Noel from Nannup, Western Australia.

I've got a 1992 Holden Jackaroo V6 (3.2L sohc) Short wheel base. (Pretty rare)

Mods:

ECB Adventure tube bullbar
115W FET Spotties
2" Toughtog S/Lift front, Rancho RS9000s rear
33x10.5x15" BFG Mudders
15x8" ROH Steelies
40mm Bodylift
Lokka Lockright front difflock
ARB compressor
Front swaybar disconnect (Articulator)
Rhino sports rack
Uniden AM CB
Uniden UHF handheld
Uniden UHF 012
Genie extractors
2.5" Exhaust system
Finerfilter

Wishlist: mostly lotto dependent :wink:

Rear ARB locker (Front ARB locker if Lockright dies)
Rancho RS9000s front + incab controller
Teralow low range + diff gears
Relocated alternator Mad

Longrange tank
Snorkel
Winchbar + winch

This is what it looked like when I bought it in '99.

Now after the body lift and new tyres:

The famous Jackaroo IFS salute: Laughing

Cheers,

Noel

Joined: 07 Dec 2002

Hi!!

im a young one, this is my first 4wd. it was my dads but he off loaded it too me as long as i fixed it up. Ive had it for about 3 yrs now.

Mods: spotties, CB, Bullbar, 31" BF muddies, ROH's, welded front diff, rebuilt motor/box, extractors, RPM racing harness when i go hill climbin and a big 4WD FREAK sticker on the back Laughing

Want: twin turbo 350 chev up front, Air lockers, 35 swampers and a CD player.

Good too see others who share the Isuzu secret's.

Greazy

Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Location: Traralgon Vic Aust.

Darren from Traralgon Vic. I am a heavy vehicle mechanic and autolec.
I now own a 2003 Jackaroo SE widetrack 3.0TD. 15x8 Rockcrawler D, 32x11.5x15 Pro Comp muds, Pioneer CD
T15 steel winch bar, Lightforce 240 XGTs, TX3400 UHF, Custom EFS\Carrols rear springs, EFS Shockers F&R, Optima Marine deep cycle\crank battery crank and aux. 170 Lightforce roof lights. Safari snorkle, Minor exhaust mods Black widow draws, Free wheel hubs, 9500kg winch

Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Location: New Zealand

Hi,
Dave from NZ here, have a 92 SWB Bighorn 3.1dt, 33 BFG's Rancho RS9000's, electric rear sway disco (factory), kiwi made front disco (to be fitted) and a poor Japanese attempt at a 4" lift.
Great to see a few more IFS owners out there!

Joined: 07 Dec 2002

A kiwi, no problems, u guys have the best ski fields!!! whats the 4WD like??? i guess plenty of mud???? what about snow???

Yes, Yes we all do have the IFS, i reakon this just means we have to give it a bit more of a boot at the bottom of the hill, he ha ha

Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Location: Traralgon Vic Aust.

Thanx for making this thing a sticky, HAve been fully busy at work and havn't had time to do much but make stuff ups. So who ever caused this THANX!!!!! Smile

Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Location: New Zealand

Not much mud round these parts at the moment, good 4wding, but getting harder for access.
Just means these hot summer days make my job as a Jet Ski tour guide that much harder! Very Happy

Truck is no good off road (or on road either!!), torsion bars wound up too much so very little front end travel.
Dont want to pay to have it put right just yet, in a legal battle with the car dealer over it.
Just out of interest, those with lift kits, what brand are they, and do you find noticable improvement off road?

Joined: 26 Nov 2002 Location: Nannup, Western Australia

DAZZ wrote:

Thanx for making this thing a sticky, HAve been fully busy at work and havn't had time to do much but make stuff ups. So who ever caused this THANX!!!!! Smile

No worries Dazz, I jusk asked Ruff and he did the honours...

Good to see you made it here Dave. Very Happy

Cheers,

Noel

Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Brisbane

I guess I should check in too, most of you already know me though...

I've got a 99 Frontera S V6 with a 3" lift, 31 BFG AT's, ARB bar, IPF lights, Calmini intake and a few other bits. It gets used whenever i have the time and has a very bad history record with Holden for breaking parts. Most of my offroad team mates have Patrols so I'm somewhat under vehicled for where I try to go Embarassed

Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: North Sydney 'ish

CJ from Country NSW originally, currently residing in Northern Sydney.
First 4WD, had it nearly 2 years, 2000 FtrUCK S Manual with 2" lift Perormed by me, 31" Hankook Mudders, TJM Rabbit bar and Narva Long Distance Spots.
Previously raced a Datsun 1600 Rally car, Drag Raced a Suzuki Katana and raced Clubman Heavy Gokarts. Did all my own spanner work and engines and did all right as well.
I still have 5 Motorbikes in the grudge and an empty bank account.
Chief activities for diverting my attention from the doom and gloom and general drudgery of the modern world are 4WD'n, Trail bik'n, Rock climbing and Abseiling, SCUBA diving, Archery and gett'n down tha farm with ma banjo and all ma cussin's.

Plans for the FtrUCK?
Front Lockrite.
Another inch at the front and 2" at the rear.
Rancho's and lower the front diff an inch.
Skid plate.
UHF Radio.
or buy a Nissan Patrol with all that stuff on it for $15k

Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Location: BALDIVIS WA

Hey guy's I'm new here to (to this forum anyway)
My name is Ralf,I am 33 and own/manage a Health club in WA.
I have a 2002 JACKAROO SE Widetrack V6 manual.
Accessories fitted are TJM steel BB,Hella rally 4000 spotties,GME TX4400 UHF radio,BLUE TONGUE III air compressor,K&N longrange tank(140LTR),RANCHO RS9000 shocks with LUVELL rear springs(21/2" lift)RANCH IN-CAB adjustment,275/70R 16 BFG A/T.And thats about it FOR NOW.On the wish list is new torsion bars(not sure what type though???) 2" bodylift,ARB AIRLOCKER in the front and a snorkle.MMMMMM did I mension a SUPERCHARGER???
WOLF :twisted:

Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: Rockingham Western Australia

G'day
I'm on my second Jackaroo, the first being a 92 V6 which I had for 5 1/2 years and about 85,000k's. I now have a 2001 TD auto widetrack. It had a TJM bar, HR towbar, long range tank and ARB dual batteries fitted when I bought it and I have fitted a snorkel, OME suspension, poly air bags, 265/75R16 BFG AT's, ARB air compressor, IPF spotties, Milford cargo barrier, GME TX 3200 UHF, full length roof rack. Still to come are side steps (it had extruded aly ones when I got it but I want something more substantial), front diff lock and a winch. I will attempt to include a picture.

Jamie

Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Location: gold coast

hi my name is garry ,live on the gold coast and until november last year
i have always off roaded modified subarus which was alot of fun,
but now i have move on to bigger and better thing

i now own a ex gov 95 3.1 td jackaroo which i have put on ome suspenion
tjm winch bar ,8000 bls warn winch,and alloy rims and enjoying it immensely .the diesel may be slow on the road but it great where it counts in the bush

garry

Joined: 22 Jun 2003

Oh Well stuff it..........Im logging in too then!!

Im Geoff and Im in Armadale WA. My vehicle is a 1996 Isuzu MU black with the 3.1 Turbo Diesel in it. Have had it for about a year and a half now and love it to death. Have fitted a 2.5 inch exhaust from the Turbo back and a new Unifilter (free flowing). It gave me just ove 10 percent boost on standard. Hope some WA MU owners show up on here so we can go bush sometime.

Cheers All

Geoff

Joined: 22 Jun 2003 Location: Brisbane

Hi I'm Yarno

I'm from Newcastle.
I have got a 1994 MU 2.8TD a nice little blue one..

So far I have fitted

Custom Alloy Bulbar
9000lb Warn Winch
Uni Filter
Intercooler (from Jackaroo)
3" Body Lift
ARB front locker Very Happy

Big Mud Tyres 33"
ARB rear locker
Lift tank 2.5"

So far on my list to do

Bonnet scoop (for intercooler)
Modifyed dump pipe from turbo
2 1/2" Exhaust (maybe 3")
Move rear shock mounts for Ranchos (longer)

Cheers Yarno

Joined: 22 Oct 2002

I don't own one but this is my first post in here Smile

Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Location: Perth

wolf form perth WA
just purchased my second Jack today,
a 94 Monterey that is just soooo sweeeet!
sold the first jack, a 84 LS man' petrol that
was a good ole girl which was coming to the
end of her life due to the dreaded cancer,
too many heads, a couple a clutches etc etc.
She took me far 'n' wide, north and south.
10yrs of great hard working service, but she had to go
so we could get the new bitch home! Very Happy

Looking forward to the next decade but this time in luxury,
and power too.

cheers
wolf
Laughing

Joined: 22 Jun 2003 Location: Brisbane

Here is the latest pic of my MU with 33's on and 3" body lift....

Yarno

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2003 12:11 pm

Hey!! my first post on these boards..... thanks to westoztrooper for pointing me here Very Happy

My name is Tony, i live in Scone NSW... i drive a 1993 Rodeo 2.8 TD. Relatively new to the 4wd scene in a small car (ute) done a fair bit in fire trucks..... but they are totally different kettle of fish off-road Cool

I'm still building my wish list for the vehicle.... 3" of lift is first on the list, then muddies, maybe a decent winch........ the rest of the list is longer than my arm, much to my wifes disgust Twisted Evil

Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Location: Newcastle, nsw

hey i just picked up a 97 model space cab rodeo with 140000 ks on the clock for $14000 stock as a rock a/c power steer etc etc. carpet ute liner crome bumpers and stuff they told me it was top of the line i didnt know either way im new to holdens. looked clean well looked after drives very well alot different to the sierras power anyways.. how much am i looking at for a arb bullbar Question

its the only thing it hasnt got..
oh an will 31's fit without any lift seems to be alittle bit of room there

Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: Brisbane, QLD

Hey, i'm Will, i have a 99 frontera sports. i'm really new to the whole 4x4 thing and i've done stuff all to my truck other than a cd player but the list of mods is growinf by the day. I'm a diesel and heavy machinery fitter working on tower cranes. i don't have any photos yet but i hope to soon.

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:16 am

zukin wrote:

hey i just picked up a 97 model space cab rodeo with 140000 ks on the clock for $14000 stock as a rock a/c power steer etc etc. carpet ute liner crome bumpers and stuff they told me it was top of the line i didnt know either way im new to holdens. looked clean well looked after drives very well alot different to the sierras power anyways.. how much am i looking at for a arb bullbar Question

its the only thing it hasnt got..
oh an will 31's fit without any lift seems to be alittle bit of room there

I'm getting 31's for my dual cab ... should arrive today... reckon they will fit fine. I'll post a pic when i fit them

Joined: 02 Feb 2004

31's will fit wothout a prob.

Leroy

Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:23 am

I put 31's on mine and it gives you a heap more clearance compared to the standard tyres.... you will probably have to wind your from torsion bars all the way up too.

Joined: 10 Apr 2004

Benjo here,

Perth WA

Got an MU 93 model. But nothing liek you've seen before, after a few months hard effort its nearly finished and have a lil bit more work to do. Standard engine (2.8tdsl) is oyutta there along with the old man transmission.

got rancho 9000x's on there, bout to do a max torsion bar crank and a leaf addin and reset on the rear. maybe some 33's if i can fit them in. anyone else put 33's on theirs yet?

this thing is going to be pumpin once its finished...

Joined: 09 Jun 2004

Hi all,

Dave

Silver 3.1 MU
2.5" turbo back exhaust
GME uhf
ECB alloy winch bar
Lightforce 240 Blits
Airflow snorkel
31X10.5 R15 Goodyear MTR's

The MU is in a field at Pimama Very Happy

Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Location: Brisbane

Hi all. I'm from Brisbane.

I've got a 1997 2.6l petrol dual cab Rodeo.

It has-
ARB winch bar
Ox 10 000lb hydraulic winch
ARB canopy
OME h/d shocks
OME greasable shackles
Spotlights
UHF
225/75 16in BF Goodrich a/t for road/bush
31x10.5 tyres for the beach or whatever I like
Wound front torsion bars

I'm in the process of-
Ball joint flip with reduced bump stop and spacer
Rear suspension lift (not sure how yet)

I want-
Front locker and maybe rear too
Snorkel

mmmm not enough wheel travel or clearance.

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:29 am

Hey utemad Very Happy

If you want a locker, get one for the front. Then get your LSD wound up and save just a little on your tyres. I spoke to a diff reco guy, and he said that the LSD in a Deo can be wound up considerably higher than standard and will work almost like a locker with just a little give., for far less than a locker.

Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Location: Brisbane

Thanks RoeDao.

I had intended to get a front. The rear LSD still works fine but the mod you mentioned is definately worth looking in to.

Utemad