WHEN HE GOT IT
So – many of you likely know – but Graham put his
last D-MA X on its side. It happened on the
bitumen in an instant – Graham was fine
thankfully but the old D-MA X was a write off. For
a change – Graham got the new one in Maroon- and we reckon it looks great! The beauty about
a D-MA X is you can make a few upgrades and
turn it into a cracking touring rig – let’s check out
what Graham did to his.
INSANE TRANSFORMATION
- Barwork all-round by AFN 4x4
- Suspension by Fulcrum Suspensions – Formula
shocks & SupePro bushes and sway bars - 31in Bridestone Dueler MT
- Uniden UHF
- Custom Dunn and Watson drawer setup with
70L water tank - Dometic CFX50 on a Clearview Easy Slide
- Adventure Kings Awning & Domin8rX Winch
- Night Armour LED Light bar and camp lighting
- CTEK 12V Setup
GRAHAM
'S^ D-MA
X
SHORTY
LIVES
“Over the years I’ve
transformed Shortyfrom (^) literally a stock
as a rock GQ
Patrol with (^90) , (^000) km
s on it into (^) a true off
- road touring and wh
eeling weapon
(with more kilometres (^) on (^) the old girl now
than is polite (^) to talk
about). In that
time I’ve seen just a
bout (^) any and all mod
ifications you (^) can m
ake to a GQ (^) so
it’s hard to single o
ut just one but (^) I think
it’s the small things
that can (^) make
the biggest improve
ments so to that end
I’ve gotta say my (^) rea
r storage
set-up is my favour
ite (^) mod. (^) My (^) draw (^) sys
tem makes (^) the abso
lute most of the
available (^) SWB spa
ce (^) with extra hidden
cupboard space behi
nd (^) the seats as
well as the fridge c
age to stop things fal
ling behind (^) when (^) the
fridge is pulled
out. The double (^) frid
ge slide (a conventio
nal slide mounted on
top of the draw
slide) means acces
s is super easy. Wate
r storage and dual b
attery system all
fit in (^) the back (^) as (^) we
ll. The little (^) rig is (^) lite
rally set-up for exten
thanks to some smart (^) thinking and ded touring
tricky use of space.”
GRAHAM
’S (^) FAVOUR
ITE (^) MOD
“We live out of thes
e (^4) WDs (^200) days a y
ear – so (^) for me I (^) jus
t
love how liveable th
e rear of the D-MAX
make camping so easy is. The Drawers
, the Dometic fridge
essential, and the Clearvi is an absolute
ew Easy (^) Slide (^) really
tops it off.”
GRAHAM’S
(^) FAVOUR
ITE MOD
WHEN GRAHAM GOT IT
Look at the old girl! Imagine going back and
telling Shorty what it’d get up to over the next
10-12 years! That right there is a fairly stock GQ
SWB. The beauty about these old trucks is you
don’t have to spend a motza to make them a beast
off-road. Let’s look at what Graham has done to it
over the years.
INSANE TRANSFORMATION
- Full body rebuild in 2015
- Millweld front bar
- 33in Bridgestone Dueler MT
- Front and Rear locker
- Moonlight Fabrications airbox and snorkel
- Custom Seats from Huracan Fabrication
- Roll-over repair by Rust Worx
- Tracklander Roof Rack