Time to create a thread showing off my pride and joy along with the mods I have already done and plan on doing in the near future.
I brought this 2010 14.44.3 Expanda form @chartrock just prior to new years after my wife decided it was time to move away from our Camper Trailer into something with more accessories and hard walls. Needless to say those who know @chartrock will know well how he and his wife had looked after the van and how he had added many mods to it.
My first mod was to put a mesh basket in the area at the front of the A frame (got that idea from here
, you can just see it in the pics) where the spare tyre sits as the tyre had been moved to the rear bumper by the previous owner. This will be very handy for carrying my yabby and crab pots along with their ropes and floats when they are wet.
I have added an Australia Wide Annexes front porch which slips into the ant-flap bars to add a bit off length to the awning and I also brought some Coast to Coast shade cloth walls, the van came with a full Australia Wide Annex but we will probably never use it as we enjoy being outside not inside.
Then I had a gas fitter add a bayonet about 300mm back from the front of the van for our Weber Baby Q and brought a 3 meter hose off a member on here @Ligedy which allows us to cook under the front porch or if the weather is bad we can move it back into the awning area. In the bottom pic you can just see a white rectangle just behind the front stabiliser that is where the bayonet is with my $1.40 bayonet cover from Bunnings (a door stopper, got that idea from here as well).
My next mod will be to add a post to the A frame for my out board motor, this will bolt on where the jerry can holder was (now removed). One good thing about the C/T was I could carry my tinny on the boat racks it had but now I need to mount it on the roof of the Pajero. The current tinny is too big for that so I brought a 3.49 meter Stacer car topper which is purpose built for vehicle roofs, I will be mounting it on the roof with a Rhino Rack Side Boat Loader.
My 2010 Pajero has had a suspension upgrade, it has been lifted 40mm and has EFS Elite shocks all round with EFS standard coils and Firestone high pressure airbags on the rear. It tows the van no worries with this set up but I am going to add Electronic Stability Control after reading through many posts on this site for what it costs I believe it will be well worth it.
Down the track I plan on upgrading all the drains (as I have seen many do here on this site) to allow the sink to drain away quicker and I want to add full storm cover on the bed end. The bed end has a storm cover on it but some water got through whilst we were on the shakedown trip so I will put a vinyl cover on that slides into sail track.
Anyway that’s enough for now, thanks for reading and I will post pics as I do any further mods.
I brought this 2010 14.44.3 Expanda form @chartrock just prior to new years after my wife decided it was time to move away from our Camper Trailer into something with more accessories and hard walls. Needless to say those who know @chartrock will know well how he and his wife had looked after the van and how he had added many mods to it.
My first mod was to put a mesh basket in the area at the front of the A frame (got that idea from here
, you can just see it in the pics) where the spare tyre sits as the tyre had been moved to the rear bumper by the previous owner. This will be very handy for carrying my yabby and crab pots along with their ropes and floats when they are wet.I have added an Australia Wide Annexes front porch which slips into the ant-flap bars to add a bit off length to the awning and I also brought some Coast to Coast shade cloth walls, the van came with a full Australia Wide Annex but we will probably never use it as we enjoy being outside not inside.
Then I had a gas fitter add a bayonet about 300mm back from the front of the van for our Weber Baby Q and brought a 3 meter hose off a member on here @Ligedy which allows us to cook under the front porch or if the weather is bad we can move it back into the awning area. In the bottom pic you can just see a white rectangle just behind the front stabiliser that is where the bayonet is with my $1.40 bayonet cover from Bunnings (a door stopper, got that idea from here as well
).My next mod will be to add a post to the A frame for my out board motor, this will bolt on where the jerry can holder was (now removed). One good thing about the C/T was I could carry my tinny on the boat racks it had but now I need to mount it on the roof of the Pajero. The current tinny is too big for that so I brought a 3.49 meter Stacer car topper which is purpose built for vehicle roofs, I will be mounting it on the roof with a Rhino Rack Side Boat Loader.
My 2010 Pajero has had a suspension upgrade, it has been lifted 40mm and has EFS Elite shocks all round with EFS standard coils and Firestone high pressure airbags on the rear. It tows the van no worries with this set up but I am going to add Electronic Stability Control after reading through many posts on this site for what it costs I believe it will be well worth it.
Down the track I plan on upgrading all the drains (as I have seen many do here on this site
) to allow the sink to drain away quicker and I want to add full storm cover on the bed end. The bed end has a storm cover on it but some water got through whilst we were on the shakedown trip so I will put a vinyl cover on that slides into sail track.Anyway that’s enough for now, thanks for reading and I will post pics as I do any further mods.
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