Readers' 4x4s: September 2021

A tidy selection of reader-submitted 4x4s this month. To get involved, head to our Facebook page and post a photo of your rig – you could win a Wurth under-bonnet LED valued at $249.

2007 TOYOTA N70 HILUX SR (Winner)

Here are some pics of my little Hilux on our most recent trip to Climies in Tasmania. Equipment includes 4:11 Prado diffs (keeping a rear LSD), SPC UCAs, 295 Nitto Trail Grapplers, custom sliders, Runva winch, Muzzbar, and the back seat has been deleted for a fridge. It’s fairly basic but I have a bit more in the works for it, including a 47 Fabrication rear bar and inversion bar for a new rear suspension set-up, an NPC clutch, and a tune. All of the above work (and heaps more) has been done by myself – it has only been in a workshop to check injector valves -Jasmine McLeod

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2021 LAND ROVER DEFENDER

I thought you might be interested in a photo of what I think is the first new Defender to cross the Simpson Desert (I wait to be proven wrong!). We crossed as part of a Great Divide Tour in the second half of May, 2021. The Defender was the only non-Toyota in a group of eight vehicles. It is as a stock D200. I added the Frontrunner roof rack, Land Rover snorkel and rear recovery points before departure. Tyres were also stock Goodyear All Terrain 70R18s. Pleased to report no issues and it never came close to getting stuck. From Mt Dare to Birdsville we used just under the equivalent of a full tank (85 litres) -Peter Vickery

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SUZUKI VITARA

My Vitara was built to do trips with my mates who all have Vitaras as well. This photo was in Tassie last year. I custom-made the front bar with a winch; the rear drawers have an ARB fridge; and it had a lift from Lowrange in the US, among a few other small tweaks. Painted in Raptor liner (spitfire green from an R8) -Rick Sammons

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1988 MITSUBISHI PAJERO SWB

It has a Frontrunner roof rack and Ironman springs and shocks, but otherwise it’s pretty much stock standard. This photo was taken on Googs Track over Easter. –Robert Casey

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TOYOTA 75 SERIES LANDCRUISER

My coily 75 bus with a bit of fruit. It’s engineered in Victoria and has a 12H-T four-litre mated to a H150 V8 cruiser gearbox; GU Patrol front end and steer box; 80 Series rear-end (4 linked); and a 24V system for a twin-motor high-mount winch. It’s twin-locked. -Lachlan Storey

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TOYOTA LANDCRUISER

NA HZ with twin-locked 35s (only extended shackles on stock leafs); dedicated 24V set-up to run the high mount; bar work front to back; a rear tyre that swings out instead of dropping down like a traditional tailgate; and of course, a fridge, freezer and travel buddy -Lach Quinn

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