Modified 79 series Landcruiser, Episode 79 

typical Ronny .. even his rig walkrounds end in the dark ... nice rig Torbs

Ronny and Torben have one of the best friendships, I enjoyed your banter a lot. Kept spilling my beer because I kept chuckling at your jokes. Torbs is a humble, funny and just an all round nice bloke. This is the best modified episode IMHO, wish you guys all best. Stay safe. Regards from England.

4wheeling Australia is simply the best 4wheel drive segment so far.

I went and bought my travel buddy off the two old legends in Bendigo!! What a brilliant product, they were flat out but took the time to show me around. They are so proud of the product and rightly so its a game changer for us:D Ripper truck Torbs!!!

I want to see how the box comes off for work hauling, connections, electric attachments. Trying to design a flat bed for work, drop on touring pod. If he's done that, please show.

The boys slowly getting lit as the video unfolds 😂 great episode mate! I would love to see a more in depth video of the electrical system as I've just done a secondary battery set-up myself, but this is on another level so it'd be great to learn some more 👍🏻

This is one of the best modifieds. So funny.

I love how hard it is for two blokes with $100k Utes to say the Dominator winch is an alright bit of kit.

I'd love to see a list of all the times Ronny has said "that'll be a seperate video" would be a big list haha

The G-wagen 4x4 squared comes on 37's. It's around $400,000.

Yeh torbs rocking the surfer joes. Hands down the best off-road thong.👍

Love this modified! 1000% want to see a electronics video showing how it all works and how everything is hooked up! Please! Please! Please!

Definitely keen on a separate video for the electrical system and install!

Love this rig. Great set up for long distance travel, camping, fishing, exploring & getting away. Has a lot of awesome creature comforts, really no need to come home.

Been waiting for ages for this one. Awsome build Thorbs.

ahhh man... never get tired of these, absolutely in love with these 79s

Good to see two mates having a good time. Keep it up.

You guys have way better rigs and kit than we have available in the U.S... but then you guys probably have way more people that go off road than we do!

I love the canopy set up on this thing, absolutely mint. Stay safe. Cheers Steve

awesome build Torbs, totally love the electrical set up

Adjusted his led driving lights to not blind the person in front of him, what a legend 👍

Fantastic video, love how well you two work together and really enjoyed the snoop around that awesome truck 👍👍👍

You have to be one of the best 4wd RU-vidr and have taught me lots! Thank you 😊

Out of all the 4wd shows i have seen travel buddys you guys are the 1st i have heard talk about the people how make it just me i like hearing about the people behind the products

I like they come together and shake hands as if each didn't know the other was there.

Been waiting for this for a LOOOOONNNGGG time!

Possibly the best walk around yet. Look forward to revisiting the truck in the future

Leave it to the Aussies to produce the Travel Buddy. Something you don’t need, but I must have one!!! Wow such an awesome build. Every time I watch Ronny’s videos I get pissed off that California won’t allow the import of diesel Toyota’s because I would love to have one. Best of health to everyone in Australia! Cheers gentlemen on a great rig walk around.

Great tips there on some of the tried and tested components. The engine chip seems reliable so far too.

Love how the cover is on the beach and then you guys are in the desert hahahaha love it 😅🤣🤣👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Enjoyed the video, very much. Cheers, Mate from San Francisco, USA

You guys seem like best mates, funny as hell wish I could come on a trip with you guys wouldn't think that twice !!

Would love to bring what you guys are doing over there to Botswana 🇧🇼. The car modifications and awesome trips. That’s life filled with adventurous moments

This gives me quite a few ideas for a build in a couple of years

I have been waiting for this for months

Hahah best modified yet, good on ya legends!! 🍻

This was by far my most favorite episode of Modified, Well done man. form Hein Profijt in Namibia

At the end of the video i was laughing like crazy, they're getting drunk little by little 😂😂😂😂😂 . Dam it, that's hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Thing I love about your show Ronny is that you have a great bunch of blokes along with you. Some other channels bring along their kids or their wives and you just can't say in the comments "yeah mate, your kid is just a dropkick" or "your wife is just too dumb to be able to fart and stay clean"... you know constructive, postivie stuff. Your blokes are obviously mates but they are also professional you-toobers in the same vein as you are. Maybe they dont have their own channel (or even just a crap spin-off channel like Harry's) but they are serious about providing good content and doing a good job and they add value. ITs nice to see you blokes have a laugh but still take it seriously. Thank you for all the hard work you and yourt mates put in.

Best modified yet!

This rig is the best-looking one somehow. Cannot put a finger on it, just the stance and the symmetry. Great additions. I think we need a Part 2 of this Modified with more videos showing the dashboard, electrical system, underbody, etc.

That joke about the ball room dancing was absolutely the funniest thing I’ve ever heard Hahahaha Ronny needs to learn the steps better!!!

Yeah those wheels are nice !

When Torbs had his rooftop tent it was imho the best version. Those swags just seem ridiculous. Are they an exclusively Aussie thing? Can’t imagine any other country going for them. Camping near salties in a swag. Madness!

Seeing u guys sitting by the fire without Wayne. 😔

Awesome rig

I’ve got the same ARB LINX system on my Ranger, and the preset auto tyre inflation app is a bit of a pain in the A$$, and requires a bit of a hack to make it feasibly usable. While inflating a tyre, the compressor constantly cuts out and only runs in “burst” so as to check the current psi, which gets worse as you approach your target psi so as not to over inflate, but wow it takes a hell of a long time. The hack I use is to set the target psi to 60 (if I’m going for 40), so that the inflation “bursts” are longer, and then just keep an eye on the psi when the solenoid stops the compressor for a psi check. I’ve gotten use to where I need to remove to hose to get within a few psi of my target psi, so while not ideal it cuts the time in half to get the job done. The LINX system is great, but there are a few bugs that have me still sitting on the fence for whether it was a wise investment, but hope it’s doing everything Torb’s hoped it would for him at least.

can't wait for the G-Wagon modified... love your truck Torbs, you've done a neat job building that rig. like how the brakes and suspension were top mods, neither should be skimped on. LOL best beer, umm Harry's.

Thumbs up on the great northerns for an every day beer!

Awesome rig 😎

Amazing truck

best set up ever? it could be.. i love it

Cheers!👍

I fan boy the cruisers so hard hopefully my next rig will be one

70 series are the best!!!

Cheers!

Nannas bonnet said Little red Riding Hood 😁

Bloody weapon Torbs! Love your rig mate. My next canopy will be similar to yours (i drive a dual cab). Have it shorter so i can have 2 spares on the back. My standard tray overhang is ridiculous LOL. Great modified fellas!

The Mercedes G-wagon with portals is called the 4x4 squared and comes standard with 37" tires (or tyres Ronny)

Great vid! Would love to see an in-depth vid on the electrical set up!

THANK YOU DETAIL VIDEO

Great episode lads, great to see behind the scenes of little bear. Super job Torbs 👍 Keen to see a video on Torbs electrical system please.

I'm thinking of moving to Australia just so I can have a Toyota Diesel 79.

Nice vid

The skyline at 34:26 is epic

I guess the shorter cell and tailor made alloy bed make it way more practical, but i loved this truck with the old long cell. Made it look like a ten ton doomsday truck, it was awesome !

Donkeys years isn’t referring to the age of a donkey but to the time when we used to use donkeys to transport things.

pissed myself when he pulled out the 4wheeling decal bar slide after the 'not a plug/beer coaster plug'!

the station you where on when you recorded this i was cruzing round in a 6 deck cattle truck the house down the road from where you are is a mate he runs it the station loved it up there

24:14 - It´s always beer o´clock somewhere, mate!

I have the MTZ p3s as well, great tyre but Torb is so right. My 80 isn’t a daily so the road noise doesn’t piss me off but if I heard it everyday I would probably hate it.

Would love to see another in-depth video on the electrical set yes even the coffee machine....can ya get some lighting next time.😉😀👍🍻

“Torbs is a tightarse.” Umm... this whole rig would suggest otherwise!

Great video Ronny, awesome to see Torb’s ute up close with all the latest mods .... those clear top bags are a great idea, got a couple of the awesome Drifta clear top bags and they’re bloody awesome !!! Where does the ‘Little Bear’ bit come from ? We’ll have to do a sticker / stubby cooler swap eh Ronny ? 😆👍 Just 2 things though guys - it’s a bonnet, not hood here in Australia ( hood is an American term ) and they’re not ‘fruit box drinks’ or juice boxes, they’re poppers.....Come on fellas 😆👍

As a kiwi, the little NZ on the globe is hilarious.

Peppered biltong nice!

Cheers for sharing this, I have been watching torb's rig in the back ground seeing changes and hearing "we are going to do another modified soon". It's great to see all the new gear, also the experience you gain of all the changes people make is invaluable. How many sets of lights have been used from no1 until 79? Keep up the good work and stay safe fellas.

Good

Now , this is how a man builds a truck. Yeea.

Bought today a good af looking y60

What happened to Wayne? Need another one on his new cruiser

48:45 an episode with a Niva would be so cool.... if you can find one "down there" ;)

LITTLE BEAR is one sexy beast of a 79!

We're with you Torbs, its called a bonnet. ;)

G500 4x4^2. They’re limited though. Awesome vehicle

The G wagon you mentioned is the 4X4 square

Great video. Love the truck and enjoyed how you got increasingly relaxed! Whitney Houston switch?

I’d love to see a video of the more technical side of the vehicle 👍🏻

Ronny don’t let people tell you that you spell tyres wrongly . We spell it differently to people from some other places. Not wrong , different.

haha the best one yet

If you've ever had the misfortune of spending an extended period of time in a Gwagen ute, you'd be firmly in the "I would rather drive a Pink Suzuki X90 than this turd" camp. Things like: You can slide the seat back. Or you can recline the seat. It is vertoben to do both of these things at once. And there's zero room in the cabin at all to actually change this arrangement. The steering feels like the power steering pump fell off. I have NEVER driven a vehicle with as heavy steering as a Gwagen, and that includes LN106 Hilux with no power steering belt and a 15 tonne MAN truck with the tyres aired down in deep sand and the front locker in. Its literally two hands to turn into a side street. Its a $125,000 vehicle, and the interior makes the inside of a 70 series workmate look like a Bentley. They literally do not give you enough vinyl to cover all of the floor. You do not get a center console. There is a console there, but it has a battery in it. For reasons. Because the two for cranking are not enough apparently. You would struggle to find enough room to fit a guinea pig in the engine bay with the bonnet closed. When Mercedes fitted the V6 diesel, they didn't change ANYTHING in the engine bay to make more room. They put a dent in the bonnet pressing to make room for the turbo snail its that cramped. Don't even begin to think about adding things in there, there isn't the room and it will probably break shit for no real reason. Mercedes Aus don't actually know all the details about this vehicle. There's a button on the dash. It does something, because something clicks. It is not marked in any real meaningful way. It is not mentioned at all in the manual. The dealer has no idea what it does. But it makes something go click. The original design brief of the Gwagen was "Get a car load of troops from point A to Point B while under fire, and it shouldn't break down so that anyone who hasn't been shot already can get to where they need to go". They haven't updated the thing AT ALL to reflect how normal people function. If you gave me the $125K to buy a Gwagen, I'd buy two 70's with it. [/End rant] On a totally different note- Ronny should look into making some stubby holders with the magnets on them! that way you can stick em to your car/fridge slide/bull bar when your half cut going to bed and not loose them in the morning!

your backs stuffed from replacing the parabolic springs HAHA

Skål!

Electrical Setup video would be much appreciated. I am looking to setup somewhat similar with a jack-off canopy and still have power controls on both canopy and interior. If you could cover what the RedVision and the Lynx can and cant do (their limitations), that would be awesome.

Awesome video Amazing vehicle....300k of hard core use...only a Toyota can do that

Tell Sam about bed n breakfast! 😆

Personally think this cruiser looks better than the main one. Looks pretty sick with that canopy and tray. All just looks to proportion. An obscure question here, what gauge wiring was run from the front battery to the rear canopy? And what are the dimensions of the canopy?

A donkey's year is actually donkeys ears rhyming slang for years.

Torbs is cool.

Lets see the rear electrical setup, please!