How much has MITS79 cost us since owning it? 

Admire your honesty with what you’ve spent. And you use it as your R and D vehicle so money well spent 👍. And I always enjoy watching your vehicle on the 4wd 24/7 episodes, no matter who’s driving

$282,000 is a lot of money! I'm glad that you have explained the costs involved to build and maintain this beast. I just hope that a lot of people watch this video before they start taking on the harder tracks and start driving them the way you do, it will save a lot of money and heartbreak when they have to shell out hard earned money!

Saw the rig on the way home from work today in lake mac, looks sick.

At least guys you are honest about it and others can learn from it. I guess once you start adding/modifying it is difficult to stop and hence the cost explosion. I am an engineer and always been using the KISS principle for many things including 4WD. Keeps maintenance costs down and also the capital outlay. For me, half the fun of going remote is simplicity and not taking the kitchen sink with me, but others want all the comforts and all these come at a cost. I guess each to their own. Great video. Cheers

Would love to see a video of you guys doing the repairs/service when it comes back from a trip. This was a great video and love watching this beast on the 4wd24/7 episodes. Absolute weapon

Nice ride, and good to see some real honesty around what it really takes, not just saying its a Toyota so it's more reliable than everything else, when in reality you have spent 5 times the original car's price.

These type trips are great for content and R&D of the products..but few average 4wders could afford this level of carnage and costs. The Mits product seems to cope well.

Definitely do it again mate. It hasn’t made me want one but god damn it’s hilarious mate. And the little crash on the GRAVEL 😂😂 Awesome video 🍻 mate

Tim needs to get back on the tracks with 4wd24/7 or even do a trip together with them

Your honesty is humbling boys. Have you ever put a tray and canopy package on a GWM Cannon? $$$

you two made the show better

Flush out the evaporator inside the dash it's probably clogged with dust, makes a massive difference to A/C temps in cabin 👌

Although massive it's a tax wright off as a business rnd vehicle. It's has obviously created huge product sales and returns in that respect. To think people spend this hard earned and will never see any return. Hey consumerism is what makes the economy turn. That's why we're not 3rd world living. So although I think it's mental and couldn't do it. Thank F everyone else does and that's for all recreational motorsport. In saying that I am looking for a S5 Y62 currently. I can see myself getting carried away there. Spent the last 16 years with no toys though. V8 302 windsor C4 9inch 200b Datsun wagon sold 4k, V8 84 4 runner 305 tpi chev turbo 400 2k stall 15 inch rims 33 inch tyres 2.5 inch body lift, sold it for 10k, VL Berlina 5l 2500 stall cam no rust straight as sold $2500 in 2009 😭😭😭.. hold onto your toys guys

Thanks fellas, I don't feel so bad about my bill now.

Well done boys, I like the soft sell approach more

Always wanted one of your canopy’s but just a fair bit out of my price range but when you see them in real life can 100% see why.

bloody hell that's a lot to put into that 79 Tim an AZ but you have got a bloody good 4x4 an when you getting back into the car Tim

Someone needs to take all these 12v power supply components, strip out the guts of them and mount them on a Common base with a neat and tidy, singular cover that contains everything in a sealed unit and singular display panel, complete with sealed cooling channels that run over the various heat sink fins and exits via external vents. Instead of all these add hoc, patchwork looking, diy setups with various bits and pieces here and there and exposed wiring/connections... That's my opinion on the growing trend of "look how many different things I have for my power supply set up"

I want Azza in the ranger, To go against the MIT's 79

good on you guys awesome stuff .. and your guys MITS ALLOY have awesome stuff ... big thumbs up

It'd be great to see different setups in the canopies you guys build seems almost everyone has a different idea of the ideal setup.

I love this 79 and I reckon you should do a give away

With that canopy, have you ever considered making one with the trundle draw mounted on the bottom of it so it can be mounted on a trailer or ute tub then lift off for when it is not in use? I really like the canopy but I own a wagon and looking to sleep inside the wagon and have the trailer as a base camp that will also carry a MTB.

how much of the 282k was bags?

Hi mate when your on the way to Cape York, we would like to invite you and the 4WD 24/7 crew to the Ravenshoe area? Let me know.

$282.000!? WOW! There is days I don't have that in my wallet! (Make it an even 300, get Rocket to put an auto in it. Lol) So, what you're saying is, lots of fun costs lots of money! I can see though, one couldn't burn the smiles of your faces! BTW one heck of a 79series setup! And the R and D is worth it as well as the marketing and you're having fun at the taxman's expense! 😅.

Love seeing this thing round newy haha

That’s a big number but you have a beast of a car. Great video & thanks for sharing 👍🏼

Love the honesty and love your videos on the 4wd247

Gosh, I wish I could just have the chance buy one in the US.

So much for the toyoter praise...

Hands down dream car, hope to get one asap

282 ouch, however you 2 cant stop smilling. the price you pay for fun.

Nice truck a beauty even with its battle scars

Hi guys my question is when are you going to put portal Axel's in the big rig ?.

How do I get one of those stickers thats on the bushmans fridge? I've just had a canopy installed a couple of months ago.

Thanks for sharing 👍 Now to you think you all would have been a bit more gentle with it if it was your own vehicle? Taking away the R&D or need to put the equipment through quality checks. Great looking Beast of a rig.👍💪🤜 🐪🦘🐊🌴🏝🏜🏕😊

I hope this rig stays on the channel. It has became an icon how many Kms on the new motor and chassis to date?

Wasn't the guy on the right the guy with a coiled ranger. What's his part with MIT's. Cool vid and good info

Weapon 🔥🔥🔥

Does that include fuel?😢

Very upfront and informative, before the rear diff swap were you running neg offset wheels for correction? If so were you experiencing issues from this?

Still can't out-thrash the '92 Discovery I bought for $1500 and has only cost a few hundred bucks to keep on the road in the subsequent four years and 100+k

That's crazy!

The Mits' 79 is up there with the dirty 30 in the best single cab utes on 4wd247 just love seeing it out wheeling

Where does it stop ? 😀

Great Vehicle can you give me more info on the maxi trax mounting brackets

Good work! You've developed some great skills

What is the upgraded turbo you run and do you rate it? Cheers 🙂

What tyres are you guys got on

hey guys love the cruiser, what leafs are you running looks like they have a lot more clearance then standard ones, cheers

there goes that dream

Why haven’t you guys coiled it?

Crazy how it ads up eh.

That’s like 2x 300 series. I don’t get it but hey.. well done I guess? 👏👏👏

#CoiltheMITS79🔥

She's definitely had some battle scar's and scrapes, but it always comes back looking just awesome. Love watching it on 4wd/27... It's a beast 👍👍

I bought my first house in 1990....62,000 usd😲

I guess im keeping my nissan navara

Yep strip a car after every trip... To avoid it fail due to the extreme reverse engineering!! That cost twice the value of the car... They genius!

You forgot to mention it's all a tax deduction as a business write off ... Normal people would have to save serious coin to get a vehicle like that ..

wtf. Just buy a unimog lol

this is the most practical 79 in aus probably

Did I hear that correct, you paid $110k for this second hand and then had to put a new engine in it and up $282k overall. I know you guys and other love these cars, but just don't get them. I do keep hearing they are the reliable car on the market, bullet proof, so why so many costly repairs. Surely there are better vehicles that can do serious off roading without changing just about everything on the car, but don't have a 30 year old design.

At the beginning of the vid you said you paid 38k for the cruiser alone and at the end you said you paid 110k!?

so 282 plus the 24/7 invoice .

Who gives a rats ass how much it costs as it's a moving/roving bill board for an Aussie business that keeps on going forward, it's smiles per miles and how much fun have you had from an ole truck

You Guys are leaders love the effort and work ther is many stars in 4wd24/7 episodes and you guys are one of the stars ... Or should I say MITS79 is the gold star

You're making me feel better about how much I've spent 😅

If you just spring over the rear you won’t drag the leaves on everything.

Hey Tim, Could you do a video on the mounting system and more specifically the rubber aspect to it. How it works in relation to the car and canopy, how did you come up with it etc. Cheers man

Those Bahco kits are gold!

Nice to see Tim again!

Looks good but why not run the canopy right to back of the tray for more room

Is a lot of money but is a business at end of day Hi guys I like see some of customers rigs u guys build for everyday customers not 24/7 guys just average Joe blog that wants a build for towing and touring

I have done most of the same trips and my bills are nothing like yours. 2012 Nissan Patrol and more mechanical sympathy for the car apparently.

there’s a soft frequency buzz throughout the video and you’ve got a premiere warp stabiliser error at 11:12 Great video and you guys make good content but best to always look thru the sequence before exporting 🤙🏻

Wow. 282. And I guess that's with them doing a lot of their own repairs and/or getting mates rates. Whew. Still, it's a tax deduction so that would take a bit of the pain away I suppose.

rip editor at 11:12

Interest to know if the tent ladder is just held on by one rhino rack stow it?

Great video guys. Great tyres too! :)

Love the dobbo remote res shocks. They just laugh at corries.

Cracking tax write off 😂

awesome episode guys , love the 79

Great mate thanks Tim for letting me sit in the 79 at the show

She’s a beauty

The value you're looking for: $282k

Just keep with the older crusier fuck all the new ones just a waist of money these day 😅

I still think that it needs terrain tamer parabolic‘s with the superior high clearance plates

Worth every cent fellas! Great video! Cheers for sharing

I miss Azzadventure RU-vid VIDS,,,

Best used 79! You know it means business when there isn't a microwave 😂

Needs some new wheels bruvva the trailer wheels are ass

Great video! More like this

Bit more costly as AZZA done a boo boo

I’d love to see some content on the new TF BT50 Mits build (I’ve just got one that’s why) but just plans with it, what’s currently been done and what the goal is with it

audio sucks

thats a very surprising amount of money spent... i was expecting 100-150k :O

waste of money.