how much have you spent ?

[Gem]

Just being nosey really, trying to work out budget for swb toy and curious to what others have spent on their off road toy ? Inc buying the car ?

[Dannyboy]

£550 for my FRONTY 2.0i SPORT (leafer) and set of 5 star alloys with recip trails 31/10.5/15s. and £300 for my old FRONTY 2.0i SPORT (coiler) with 265/75/16 muds. both lifted 2".
Kepp your eyes open on here and ebay, youll come up trumps at some point.
How much do you wana pay roughly??????

[Gem]

enough so we can have fun without it falling about, but not too much that i dont want it to get scratched or beaten up LOL

Ceb was is immaculate condition when we got him last year and although his now had his first dent ( at annual ) and scratched to death we still cringe at every lump and bump lol i didnt even dare take him round south east woods for fear of denting and what stretch would have done to me if i had !

[Dannyboy]

Did you see my leafer at the annual? the lilac/grey/pinky coloured thing flying about on the coarse most of satdy n only had my sh1tty ATs on, bought it as a non-runner off horses45 (Rob) n i got it goin and had it longer than my last 2, i just play in it, couldnt care less if it gets dented/scratched aslong as it starts n puts a smile on my face!!

[Wilberforce]

I was lucky with my toy, Lara.

Was spotted by a fellow member just down the road from me. Cost £250 or so for the car, plus £130 for a clutch kit and an afternoon spent fitting that and bolting the gearbox back on.
Aside from that, about £300 or so for the Special Track tyres, £70 I think for the AVM hubs, and then some beer tokens to Greg for welding up the differentials.

[Gazeddy]

my toy cost 400 for truck itself. 70 quid for its mud tyres 50 quid for its rims. 70 quid for new tank guard and bodylift kit
then regular maintenance bits.

dont forget to budget in trailer (£2-300) and possible trailer licence upgrade (£500)

[Dannyboy]

TRAILER LICENSE!? what am i missing????????

[Wilberforce]

The B+E on your driving license maybe?
If you're towing a Fronty on a trailer, the trailer will need to be braked, and you will need to have the necessary driving license categories for it. However, that's a discussion for another section - there's gobs of information on towing legalities in the Towing/Camping area.

If the toy is road legal and you're simply driving it to and from events, then of course that's not an issue.

[Dannyboy]

Mate, ive not even got a picture one yet!! or one with my address on it to be fair!!

[Wilberforce]

In which case I'd recommend sorting it.
If you've moved, changed your name or similar and haven't told DVLA within nanoseconds you'll be fine if it's done reasonably quickly after the event, but there can be up to a £1000 fine if the address on your license is not the one you actually live at.

Anyhow....

[manny]

I am up to about 2500 now and think theres about a 1000 to spend.
I would say
500-700 on a truck
100 on a 2inch body lift
Between 50 -350 on suspension lift
150 -400 on tyres
And you will have one good truck If you look around and are lucky you could half these prices

[Drift]

Too much, lets see, over 7 years
Ive had about four sets of new mud tyres and a set of ATs all equal about £1100.

Two sets of extended shocks for the rear £250 at least, two sets of shock for the front £150 at least,
one set of coils £80 (years ago)
Steel wheels £70
About £700+ in brakes discs/pads/ starter motors/alternators/wheel bearings/ball joins/track rods and a gearbox, all of these expect to replace when off roading.

This does not take into account the dozens of things I have swapped and bartered and all the oils,filters, greases, lubes and fluids she needs

Then there are blood sweat and tears,

Even my wife works out cheaper

[Dannyboy]

[Retro Pedro]

£400 for the car
Probably quadruple that on bits and bobs over the past 3 years
But don't let mine or other peeps spend but you off - putting the smile on your face playing with them is priceless, well nearly priceless.

For starting off my book would say a cheap suspension 2" lift (coiler: spacers or maybe a certain flavour of Land Rover springs for starters - leafer: rear shackles as said).
Manual locking hubs for front wheels - if they've got stock, Milner off road do new ones for reasonable money.
Tyres - 31" thereabouts - keep an eye on ebay 'offroad tyres' - talk to fudge - he's had plenty of experience in that field - new set of 4 tyres would probably smack you for £400 plus fitting.

[Gem]

[Drift]

Remember your AA/RAC/Green Flag subscription each year too

[Big Dav]

£1450 for the truck five years ago,
£100 for exhaust,
£100 for cam belt,
£140 for sill weldings,
£320 for tyres,
£300 for ecu repair.
£2410 over 5 years = £10 per week.

Don't smoke, don't drink, so please, let me keep my Fronty.

[rseaville]

2000 Fronty B £1350
Surf wheels and 31 10.5 15 £100, sold original wheels foe £120
Trooper HD springs £80, sold originals for £20
Body lift £50
Delcia 0 offset wheels £60
Shogun wheels with 31 10.5 15 £100 bought for the tyres, sold alloys for £40
Put best tyres on Delcia wheels and sold Surf wheels with crap tyres for £80.
Rough country shocks £108
Modded air intake £20
Shock adapters £26, Transit 190 shocks £7 for the pair.
CB £20
So all told i've spent £571 but sold the bits I didn't want for £260 total cost to me £311 not including car, bargain

[RatCav]

I have to discount the respray as that was a flight of fancy, and to be honest the stupidly sized wheels and tyres with the Gregster touch, and buying my truck in the first place as it was a gift from my mother who was convinced Banshee was worthless and due imminant death (stupid stupid old mare )

Being honest though I reckon the following costs are realistic.

Good clean truck with tax and ticket - £500
Suspension lift:
Coiler: 2" springs - £80
Leafer: 2" lift Shackles - £50 (I have a set in my garage, and material to make more)
2" Body Lift - £50
31x10.5" R15 Wheels and tyres - £100-£200 (depending on your luck and patience on Eblag)
Other than this the rest is just throwing spanners about at a spanner party (usually held at mine for the East Anglian Possey)
Random sundries like replacing tools, nuts and bolts, spares, pipework for raised air intake etc - £100

All in at worst your looking at around £1000 from empty driveway to well prepared truck that will still be comfy enough to use as a daily drive. Obviously you don't need to find all this up front and it can be done in stages. Some of it may not be necessary, for example the body lift is a nice touch to give your toy that big and meaty feeling, but not overly useful as you will only need the extra room under the arches when going quite extreme and need the most articulation you can get.

Hope this helps.

[fudge]

Mine hasnt cost that much
And as it is at the mo with 2 sets of tyres it has cost about 1300
Fronty was 460
Winch 200
Sus lift 10
Stainless bullbars 40
Light bar 30
Ele fan 30
Bucket seat inc harness 20
The kl71 (for 7) 400
Manual lockers 80
And a few other bits