What 4x4 on a tight budget... Top Gear style lol

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Was talking about this with Pete & finally got round to doing it

The following is NOT fact & just my unofficial guide

Please add to it or modify if your a MOD

I've decided to give myself a buying budget of £500 to buy the 4x4 & another £500 to do it up...
Think this is realistic for an average earner...

All items are off ebay & tyres are from www.camskil.com

These are the 4x4's i would like to own for off roading (this is hypothetical)
In no particular order...

1.Land Rover 90
2.Land Rover series 3
3.Disco
4.Suzuki Vitara
5.Suzuki Jimmy
6.Range Rover
7.NISSAN Terrano / Maverick
8.Daihatsu 4 track
9.NISSAN Patrol
10.Toyota Surf
11.Jeep Wrangler
12.Isuzu Trooper
13.Jeep Cherokee
14.Mitsubishi Pajero
15.Mitsubishi Shogun
16.Vauxhall Frontera

& the ebay search result...

1.Land Rover 90 - 0
2.Land Rover series 3 - 0
3.Disco - £495
4.Suzuki Vitara - £295
5.Suzuki Jimmy - £175
6.Range Rover - £430
7.NISSAN Terrano / Maverick - £300 (average buy it now price (T1) )
8.Daihatsu 4 track - £495
9.NISSAN Patrol - 0
10.Toyota Surf - 0
11.Jeep Wrangler - 0
12.Isuzu Trooper - £550
13.Jeep Cherokee - £175
14.Mitsubishi Pajero - 0
15.Mitsubishi Shogun - 0
16.Vauxhall Frontera -£325

So it looks like the Terrano is the most capable in standard form from the list...
Now which is the easiest to do up...

The tyres for all the below to be fair are 31x10.50R15
Maxxis Buckshots x4 £271.80

1.Disco -
2.Suzuki Vitara -
3.Suzuki Jimmy -
4.Range Rover -
5.NISSAN Terrano / Maverick -
6.Daihatsu 4 track -
7.Isuzu Trooper -
8.Jeep Cherokee -
9.Vauxhall Frontera -

[Terranosaurus]

+ a set of +2" springs - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...STRK:MESELX:IT

And some shocks to suit - I beleive if you PM that vendor he can list some for £39.95 a shock IIRC - with club discount all in £230 if you collect so just a smidge over your £500 budget but a rocking offroader is built.

Lada Niva

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Originally Posted by Terranosaurus

+ a set of +2" springs - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...STRK:MESELX:IT

And some shocks to suit - I beleive if you PM that vendor he can list some for £39.95 a shock IIRC - with club discount all in £230 if you collect so just a smidge over your £500 budget but a rocking offroader is built.

Cheeky But bloody good suspension

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Originally Posted by Darwin

Lada Niva

Try & find 1

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1.Disco -
2.Suzuki Vitara -
3.Suzuki Jimmy -
4.Range Rover -
5.NISSAN Terrano / Maverick - Rough Country Shocks with +2"s & +2" springs - Complete & just over budget
6.Daihatsu 4 track -
7.Isuzu Trooper -
8.Jeep Cherokee -
9.Vauxhall Frontera -

[Adz]

1.Disco -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OFFROAD-LIFT-K...item2a01b4dc11 £29.98 all in

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Land-Rover-Dis...item35a2984d23 £110 all in

Think it would need a bumper & winch to pull itself out when it gets stuck in a mole hole

Originally Posted by Adz

Try & find 1

one on ebay now