Welcome legends! This channel is all about exploring on a budget whilst having the time of your life.
Commonly, people throw mods at the car without testing it first. My goal is to show you what can be achieved with minimal mods that are affordable to take your adventures even further!
Be sure to expect product reviews, camping trips and general 4x4 mods for the Pajero!
I'll share my experiences as well as tips and tricks to build a rig that will go everywhere on a budget of course.
Follow to journey with me while I try to educate and entertain you whichever you prefer 😄💯
Just installed this 2 camera setup a couple of weeks ago. Few suggestions: Plan the install before starting. Get a service manual for your car or buy a short-term subscription to a service like alldata-diy. You’ll need to know how the body panels come apart and the correct removal/installation procedure. (And to plan for broken clips). This is necessary to avoid running cables in front of airbags. Figure out if the rear cable is long enough for the best routing that avoids airbags. VIOFO offers 8m and 10m lengths in addition to the 6m provided. Orientation matters with the fuse taps. The side opposite the wire should be plugged into the hot side of the fuse box. Otherwise, you’ve wired the 2 loads in series instead of parallel, creating a possible overload. Get this right even if you’re using an open fuse slot to avoid creating a possibly ungrounded circuit. Hardwiring often creates problems with interference and radio reception, particularly with the rear camera. Avoid running the cable near the amplifier for the antenna and placing the rear camera near the antenna if possible. Ferrite cores installed on both ends of the cable and near the hardwired voltage regulator may help, as well as experimenting with the grounding location. Run cables behind airbags in the A pillar and avoid them altogether near the B and C pillars. Also, disconnect the battery and wait at least 5 minutes before doing anything near the airbags to avoid accidentally setting them off. It’s not a small project. No shame in hiring a pro to take apart your car and wire things correctly. Then again, I think most “pros” are trained on bad RU-vid videos. Good luck.
Hey 👋 These are side steps not rock sliders to be clear 😄 I call them sliders but just so someone wondered they are not for bush bashing it is purely to get to the roof racks and if I go offroad it will offer more protection than the plastic steps in case I hit them 🤙🏼 if you do bush bashing get proper rock sliders 💯
they arent going to slide over anything with those brackets. Youd be far better off just attaching a sheet of flat steel, or a length of tube along the bottom of the factory ones to help it slide a bit better over obstacles. Cheaper too.
I am ok paying 1000$ for a roof rack but would prefer some bars on the sides so you can attach bicycle carrier if you need and as well to have some holes for led off-road lights couse this is the main thing if you don't have lights on the roof that's not proper off- roader.
Yep the Rhino rack or Rola platforms have holes in them for accessory mounting which is good where with this rack you can use brackets or drill into it etc no biggy. We will be installing a led light bar but lights don’t determine if a car is a proper offroader or not 😄
I put the Bushskinz ones on. Cost about $890 including delivery I think but really happy with them. Much better than the original plastic ones. Gives you a lot more confidence in the vehicle when going off road.
Good budget protection but needs some more R&D I think. Looks too short (were these for the swb version?), needs grip tape on top, and also they aren't really sliders, you'll get hung up on the low hanging mounts and they'll bend up
@@fisherman6794 hey mate it may just be a little longer to the front but it is flush at the back. Not sliders they are heavy duty side steps rather 😃 and no they are for LWB only
They look neat and fairly priced for what they are. People need to understand you won't get comp quality rock sliders for half the price. It just defies logic. Jacking the car from the rock sliders is asking for trouble anyway and not recommended by any manufacturer.
@@dirtboy4x412 thanks mate Im glad you understand. Made the mistake of mentioning rock sliders yet it is only heavy duty or steel side steps really for me to get to the roof racks and worst case if I hit something offroad the sills will be ok. Not for bush bashing 🙂
This is super cool. What if I drive 110kmph and crash/roll/etc while in D and won't have a chance to change it to P, and the accident will not be registered as under 2 seconds stop? Is there a chance nobody will be able to get me and my family out of the crushed car because of this adapter?
Hey mate, I've always had this question to ask. Do you reckon it is possible to install an adaptive cruise control system from a wrecked Pajero Sport, which already has adaptive cruise control, into a Gen 4 Pajero?
@@malikabey there is only one big plug on the accelerator you cant miss it 🙂 disconnect that and plug it into the TC and the other plug back into the top of the pedal 🙌🏼
I have the same CTE backbone system, all 6 bolts which hold the backbone itself to the 6 mounts all were the correct size for mine. Not sure what happened with yours. Also recommend adding some silicone around the bolts for the mounts which enter through the roof just to be safe it doesn’t leak
@@camtopp3954 thanks mate. How long have you had it and whats your opinion? I haven’t driven the car yet but hope it doesn’t have too much wind noise 😄
@@cowbee8865 yeah but in saying that the 4 U bolts are nearly enough by itself so all the extra bolts make it go nowhere. 2 bolts per bracket is overkill. Rack going nowhere😃🙌🏼
I put the Rhino Rack Backbone on my NX. Real mongrel of a job. Had to drop the entire roof lining, remove air con ducts etc. Took about a whole weekend. Could never get the panels back on again as good as they were to begin with. Now the bolts are loose and can't tighten them up without going through the whole process again 😖😖😖😖!
Hi....quick question, roof racks are great for light weight storage.....but how does one get up on top of the rack without a ladder fitted to the Pajero? Looking for a bolt on rear ladder for the back door???? OR perhaps a removable ladder like ones used for roof top tents.....Hmmm, just putting ideas out there.....
How is it good quality if you have to purchase extra parts and the rack isn't held on by the recommended 4 bolts per holder? I would rather spend extra to have the correct fitting rack.
@@andyneilmcg the parts itself is good quality. Bolts and U bolts make it go nowhere. Bit of a shame it doesn’t line up properly but not the end of the world. You get what you pay for I guess 😄
Nice low profile look. By bolting it into the roof, Lt will be able to carry far more weight than if you attached it to the existing rails as they are only plastic and have a limit of about 75kg. Plus, it would dir a lot higher, have higher wind resistance and just not look as good.
The existing rails have a dynamic load rating of 100kg. We recently added the Rinho bars at 5kg and leaves 95kg dynamic load rating for a tent or other bits. The Cane Toad system looks to be 30Kg which leaves only 70kg for the roof top tent or other items. Would be curious how to interpret the Maximum Load Rating as stated in the manual. "With roof rail" may refer only to the manufacturer's fitted roof rail system. Any other system whether backbone or other may revert to the "Without roof rail" load rating of 70kg. This may effective leave a payload capacity on top of the 30kg Cane Toad platform of only 40kg. It would be good to know where you stand in terms of insurance etc. When we did look at the backbone system they quoted $400 installation which I thought was good value based on how long I thought it would take to install ourselves. The new Rinho leg kit RX100 allows a platform to mount directly to the legs and not require the aero bars to further reduce the height slightly, the aerobars are integrated into the platform. But yes, the backbone does look more slick.
@@jmrocks49 hey mate thanks for the feedback. Every car is different though. But mainly take off the door handles so the roof lining can come down a bit and then remove door seals and tuck the wires in neatly. We are doing another video and will be better 🙌🏼
Bro, just wanted to thank you, followed your step by step instructions and took out the clock spring a treat. Believe it or not my clock spring started to work intermittently when I put it all back, so it’s due for a new one. Thank you once again 🙏🏽
