Hi, I'm Chris and live in a small town called Pontypool in the South Wales valleys. Have owned my Frontera for just over 5 years and paid the huge sum of £250-. As you can probably guess for that kinda money it needed some work and was a little scruffy but it was my 1st 4x4 and I bought it to transport materials for an extension I was building on my house. Had no intention of using it for off roading it was purely a dump truck until my wifes brother took me up the mountains in it and I was hooked. Since then it has evolved as time and money has allowed.
Modifications and Accessories:
It is currently running the following spec
Body Lift: 3.25"
Rear Suspension: 4" lift in total using longer coil springs, +4" shocks, extended ARB links
Front Suspension: 3" lift in total with Calmini top arms, 12mm ball joint spacers, longer front shocks, front ARB removed and 35mm diff drop
Front Axle: 4.56 Isuzu Trooper axle fitted with automatic difflock and Aisin manual locking hubs
Rear Axle: 4.56 Isuzu Trooper axle fitted with automatic difflock
Engine: EGR system removed completely, minor tweak to the diesel pump, straight through exhaust, GM dual mass flywheel replaced with Trooper 3.1 solid flywheel
Wheels & Tyres: 8"x16" steel wheels with 1.25" offset, Cooper Discoverer STT tyres, 285/75x16 (just over 33") or Insa Turbo Special Track (Simex copies) 285/75x16 depending on where I'm going to play
Other Mods
Safari snorkel off a Toyota Hilus
Rear tubular bumper with swivel recovery points
Front heavy duty recovery points
Front arches and bumper cut back to clear the Special Tracks
Turbo boost gauge, Exhaust Gas Temp gauge and inclinometer fitted into a pod from a Mitsubishi Pajero/Shogun
Toyota MR2 front seats
Fuel tank lifted up into chassis rails by approx 3.25"
CB
Dash mounted Android 10" tablet with GPS for navigation
Pictures
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