Custom Colorado tops Readers' Rigs in July 2021

To get your four-wheel drive in the magazine, post a photo of it to the 4X4 Australia Facebook page - or send us a DM - with a brief description. One readers' rig is selected each month to win a Wurth under-bonnet LED valued at $249. Here are the July 2021 selections.

2017 HOLDEN COLORADO (prize winner)

It has had a bit done to it, but the list never ends. Kit includes a TJM bullbar; GME UHF; Ironhide Customs snorkel; Rhino Backbone; two-inch EFS XTR lift; Aeroflow transmission cooler with fan; pre-fuel filter; ProVent catch can; BRC six-port diff breather; Plazmaman intercooler hoses; Fabwitz Turbo pipe; STEDI light bar; Kings spotties; King Hurricane wheels; Nitto Ridge Grapplers; Bendix Ultimate 4WD brake upgrade kit; Lightforce fascia switch panel; canvas seat covers; 3D floor mats; REDARC gauges; PSICO airbox; Grunt 4x4 easy-down tailgate struts; and Grunt 4x4 tub seal kit - ANDREW CROWE

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2017 MAZDA BT-50

Everything has been installed by myself, aside from the exhaust and tune. It was tuned by the legends down at Locked In Garage in Naval Base, Western Australia, and it now makes a reliable 180hp with 490Nm to 33s.

Updates include a TJM PX Ranger Chaser Bar (bumper cut to suit BT-50) with a 32-inch STEDI ST4k light bar; GMF4x4 rear bar with integrated dual eight-tonne recovery points; Axis Fabrication snorkel; Plazmaman intercooler and stainless-steel intercooler pipes; HPD catch can; Manta three-inch turbo-back exhaust with Hi Flow cat and resonator; 3.5-inch adjustable Bilstein coil-overs up front and three-inch rear EFS leafs with Bilstein shocks; 17-inch CSA Renegade alloys with 285 Falken Wildpeak AT3W tyres; custom rear tub rack made from scaff tube and powder-coated black; EGR flares in matte black; and a GME XRS-370 UHF - JD TADS

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1979 RANGE ROVER

It’s the two-door with a 5.2-litre fuel-injected V8; front and rear air lockers with HD axles; long-travel shocks with two-inch suspension and two-inch body lift; custom-made rear and front bar with Warn high-mount winch; roll cage; SAAS front seats; and Simex Centipedes 35s on Easton Wheel Works rims with beadlocks. There are more mods to mention, but they are the basic - TRIAN ANDERSON

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JEEP WRANGLER JL RUBICON

My mighty Wrangler Rubicon has had a 2.5-inch AEV lift, and it’s sitting on 33-inch KM3s. It has a Runva winch bolted firmly in the stock steel front bar, which is flanked by a pair of STEDI 7-inch spots and a 21-inch curved light bar - DAVID DOBINSON

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NISSAN GU PATROL

I have done a fair bit of stuff to this, as it was completely stock when I bought it. I have put a full Superior Engineering suspension lift under it, with all lower and upper control arms, Panhards and more. It also has a four-inch front and three-inch rear; 33-inch tyres; a custom rear bar and XROX front bar; stainless-steel snorkel and airbox; and rear drawers with an Engel fridge, dual-battery system, ARB air compressor and more - NICK CAHILL

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TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 80 SERIES

It’s the jack-of-all-trades for me and my family. It’s a 1FZ and runs a little EFS lift; 285/75R16 Kumho MT51s; and a full dual-battery system with solar. It really is a super-simple, well-proven set-up that gets us absolutely everywhere we want. Just proves you don’t need to dump half a mortgage on a 4WD to get out and enjoy yourself - NATHAN GODLEMAN

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