Twed's thread...
#1 by
TwedL200
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:42 am
Thought I'd start up one of these... got one on other forums, just not here... 
I bought beast mid june last year from a isuzu dealers on tick (bad idea and i'm paying for it but i love it!). it's a 2005/55 4 life with 52,000 miles, with canopy and complete with bumps and dings lol.
Border Control
2005 4life - Beast. 87,000 miles and still going...
Mods: Snorkel, roll bar and A bar with 6 spotlights, 3" lift, AT tyres
To do: replace sump, extended brake hoses, BJ spacers, decat, de-EGR
More planned but skint! 
- TwedL200
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Posts: 1.962 Date registered 10.31.2011
RE: Twed's thread...
#3 by
TwedL200
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:53 am
enjoyed driving it round for a while and took it up hartside in Cumbria (bikers will know where) with a mate on one of the green lanes with some pretty deep ruts and at the top I found a mound to test the flex...
2 wheels off the ground! lol
Border Control
2005 4life - Beast. 87,000 miles and still going...
Mods: Snorkel, roll bar and A bar with 6 spotlights, 3" lift, AT tyres
To do: replace sump, extended brake hoses, BJ spacers, decat, de-EGR
More planned but skint!
- TwedL200
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Posts: 1.962 Date registered 10.31.2011
RE: Twed's thread...
#4 by
TwedL200
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:58 am
then my first wee mod... in february fitted some spotlights to a roof bar, done it all myself. they were ebay specials and the reflectors were pish poor so were more like a flood light than spotlight.
originals,
they had blue halo's lol
changed them for some brittax ones and they're so much brighter! but the headlights are still brighter cos they're nightbreakers so need some better bulbs fitted in them. 
Border Control
2005 4life - Beast. 87,000 miles and still going...
Mods: Snorkel, roll bar and A bar with 6 spotlights, 3" lift, AT tyres
To do: replace sump, extended brake hoses, BJ spacers, decat, de-EGR
More planned but skint!
- TwedL200
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Posts: 1.962 Date registered 10.31.2011
RE: Twed's thread...
#5 by
TwedL200
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:04 am
next mod was rollbar and roller shutter. mutley put a post up saying he wanted to swap them for a canopy and i wanted a canopy so less than 24 hours after the post it was swapped and i was on my way home...
Border Control
2005 4life - Beast. 87,000 miles and still going...
Mods: Snorkel, roll bar and A bar with 6 spotlights, 3" lift, AT tyres
To do: replace sump, extended brake hoses, BJ spacers, decat, de-EGR
More planned but skint!
- TwedL200
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Posts: 1.962 Date registered 10.31.2011
RE: Twed's thread...
#6 by
TwedL200
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:49 am
got some shackles off of lez and wound the torsion bars up...
broke both standard shackles when taking them off... 
the finish...
I’ve got some extended hoses to go on it before I put the shackles up to 3". i put some 32mm wheel spacers on it at the same time to help my turning circle and stance (no pics).
Border Control
2005 4life - Beast. 87,000 miles and still going...
Mods: Snorkel, roll bar and A bar with 6 spotlights, 3" lift, AT tyres
To do: replace sump, extended brake hoses, BJ spacers, decat, de-EGR
More planned but skint!
- TwedL200
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Posts: 1.962 Date registered 10.31.2011
RE: Twed's thread...
#7 by
TwedL200
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:50 am
then it was ready for inverness! a couple of pics from there...
the seesaw of doom!
the pics don’t do these hills any justice!
Border Control
2005 4life - Beast. 87,000 miles and still going...
Mods: Snorkel, roll bar and A bar with 6 spotlights, 3" lift, AT tyres
To do: replace sump, extended brake hoses, BJ spacers, decat, de-EGR
More planned but skint!
- TwedL200
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Posts: 1.962 Date registered 10.31.2011
RE: Twed's thread...
#8 by
TwedL200
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:50 am
the big mod! the snorkel! it hurt me to do this to a car, let alone mine!!
in shock! and rab and colin telling me i've drilled the wrong side, lol.
finished
Border Control
2005 4life - Beast. 87,000 miles and still going...
Mods: Snorkel, roll bar and A bar with 6 spotlights, 3" lift, AT tyres
To do: replace sump, extended brake hoses, BJ spacers, decat, de-EGR
More planned but skint!
- TwedL200
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Posts: 1.962 Date registered 10.31.2011
RE: Twed's thread...
#9 by
TwedL200
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:53 am
group shot at queensferry bridges
Border Control
2005 4life - Beast. 87,000 miles and still going...
Mods: Snorkel, roll bar and A bar with 6 spotlights, 3" lift, AT tyres
To do: replace sump, extended brake hoses, BJ spacers, decat, de-EGR
More planned but skint!
- TwedL200
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Posts: 1.962 Date registered 10.31.2011
RE: Twed's thread...
#10 by
TwedL200
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:53 am
fitted some flashy lights for giggles and I do a fair bit of driving on tight single track roads in front of larger vehicles..
and the forum sticker on the windscreen and that how it stands today!
eventually I wanna lift it more and get bigger tyres but funds don’t permit. i want a winch tray and winch too and maybe a bit of a body lift. got just over a year and a half to go paying for it then i'll have all the money in the world to throw at it.
i want a hydrogen kit too!! 
Border Control
2005 4life - Beast. 87,000 miles and still going...
Mods: Snorkel, roll bar and A bar with 6 spotlights, 3" lift, AT tyres
To do: replace sump, extended brake hoses, BJ spacers, decat, de-EGR
More planned but skint!
- TwedL200
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Posts: 1.962 Date registered 10.31.2011
RE: Twed's thread...
#11 by
Basil
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:46 pm
you are, without doubt a worthy entrant into the proposed Hall of sad modders fame lol
2007, Y plate 4life,
2010, 55 plate L200 4work++
March 2013, 11 plate Barbarian. Wrapped, OME all round, remapped to 210, straight piped 2.5" SS.
- Basil
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Posts: 12.392 Date registered 03.07.2012
RE: Twed's thread...
#12 by
Yoda
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:43 pm
Wehay good work Twed!
"LS200" - 1UZ V8, auto tiptronic, super select, Upol Raptor paint. Bigger, faster, louder, brighter.
- Yoda
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Posts: 5.855 Date registered 10.16.2011
RE: Twed's thread...
#13 by
TwedL200
, Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:26 pm
Thanks yoda.
Spent all night under the car cleaning and painting under the tub with that bitumen based stuff. It's freezing here so it was thick and stodgy so used the blow torch to heat it and make it runny so it was easier to use
No pics but done most of the back chassis and the rear diff, as it was covered in rust around the back of the case...
New thread coming soon... Lol
Border Control
2005 4life - Beast. 87,000 miles and still going...
Mods: Snorkel, roll bar and A bar with 6 spotlights, 3" lift, AT tyres
To do: replace sump, extended brake hoses, BJ spacers, decat, de-EGR
More planned but skint!
- TwedL200
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Posts: 1.962 Date registered 10.31.2011
