Hi Guys,
It actually did 600K on a 2.4 diesel! Unbelievable but true. :D The bakkie used to belong to my grandfather who had it from new. It came with a 3Y engine which he immediately exchanged for the 2L. Owning that Hilux was a dream of mine ever since I was little. I learned to drive in it, went on our annually hunting trips in it, through basically the whole of Southern Africa in it. More or less grew up in the bakkie. :D Now wonder it’s got such sentiment value to me.
I am in the lucky position that my uncle owns a Toyota approved Panel Beater shop as well as an outdoor business. They supply OME, ARB etc. This made it easy (and off course cheaper) to start my project. The colour I chose was the Land Cruiser Beige (4E9). Originally this was frowned upon. I must say I think it came out great!! I had a bit of rust that had to be sorted out so a complete colour change was not so bad idea.
A quick cost breakdown of the project:
Price of the vehicle including new motor and power steering: R 50,000
ARB, Complete OME (incl. greasable shackles) and Snorkel: R 15,000
BFG 31x10.5R15 MT: R 4,100
Alloy Mags: R 2,600
Gutter mouldings (black strip on the gutters): R 450
Blackouts (black stickers on the panels surrounding the windows): R850
IPF Spots: R 3,000
Mud flaps: R490
Respray (includes various bits and pieces like new grill etc.) R 10,000
Total: R86,490
I think in total I am up for 90K which is not bad if I take the vehicle is basically as good as new. Total time spent on the project if memory serves my right was about 3 months, long nights and lots of patients! A thing that got to me at a stage was as you strip stuff away you find underlying things that needs to be replaced. Klein jakkalsies…
Will I do it again? Already have :D
Me and my father in law is busy rebuilding his single cab SFA Hilux. I got hold of a double cab and load bin, fixed it up and sprayed it the same colour as mine. We stripped the single cab and are busy rebuilding it from ground up. Definitely worth it! These bakkies are as good as gold!
Included a few photos of my bakkie project.
, one card swipe of R494 ex VAT and I walked away with the protectors. 8) 
