Time to Accessorise the Aussie Dream Tourer 

You're absolutely mad Andrew ! I find myself getting all excited for you. I love your enthusiasm and the credible information you share on your channel. Thanks for sharing

Dude, Kevin Rudd has a sweet South African accent.

The enthusiasm is very telling and it's rubbing of on us .Happy Trails

Looks great Andrew your enthusiasm is infectious. 👍

This is how they should come standard. You've just finished off what toyota started👍👌

I agree on the road signs reflecting the strong light of the vehicle. Been there, done that.

I love that you are very honest about parts ect. Makes this channel quite unique (along with other reasons too). Even though I am a Land Rover guy I still find these builds interesting and follow with interest.

Andrew is the Godfather of Overlanding! Love your work mate.

100% agree with having a home shop. It’s amazing how much work you can get done in 15-20 minute stents of garage work.

No greater love than between a man and his truck (and dog).

I have watched many of Andrew SPW's videos these last few weeks. All these 4x4 youtubes build and info are the same no matter whom does it. What is exceptional about Andrew is the way he puts it all across; it just beats everyone else by furlongs. Keep up the good shows Andrew, you do it with all your energy and passion.

It took me a while to notice that between leaving the dealer in Perth (@1:30) and talking about the bull bar (@19:30) you’d replaced the oval Toyota emblem with the simpler ‘TOYOTA’ badge on the grille. Very smart!

Andrew that is very true, you carry recovery equipment an always help other people out. I'm on 3rd tow rope / belt, all ao them was used and some damaged helping other people out. And it think when it comes to the winch, a person would rather use the winch instead of other methods, is because of ease-of-use. Thanks for the good video.

I enjoy following your build but can't relate as I don't have your budget. It's like watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians for lifestyle tips. Your Africa build is right up my alley

Hi Andrew . Fitted a reservoir to my compressor 30 years ago made it extremely user friendly and I always had the correct pressure in my tyres for the conditions because it was so quick and easy.

I just love the way you express your true feeling when you describe the parts and thought prosess.

Loved your Landcruiser history video. I do hope one day you decide to do a 200, and set it up exactly how you wish (extend/tray etc). My history is: as a 17y.o. in 1997 my father bought a “fishing 4WD” which essentially ended up as mine. It was a straight six FJ40. I used my entire wage each week on petrol...90l to get to work, and another 90l 4WDing with friends in Tassie on the weekend. Don’t regret it one bit. Since then: BJ73, RAV4, Prado120 underpowered diesel, FJ Cruiser (amazing fun, but a struggle for a family of 5) and now I’m very grateful to own a 200VX V8 Diesel...and it’s incredible. Despite many years of 4WDing, this year I get my first chance at a Simpson crossing. Love getting in for a drive, for no reason. Very much understood that. Thanks for your work!

Yes. I love your truck as-well. Thanks for letting me be a part of this build. Regards, Warren.

Awesome video! We have troopcarriers in our fleet at work. These things are about as indestructible as a motor vehicle can be. I wouldn't hesitate for a minute to drive one through the most inhospitable places in the world. When I say "most inhospitable", I don't mean Jo'burg either!

Some bloody nice stuff you’ve got there Andrew. Steve 🇦🇺

Bloody awesome Andrew ! Can’t wait to watch it all come together 👍🏼

Some good things here ! I'm very jealous of the Hella haul. Noted you noted the bracket robustness! I've lost many lights to bracket fatigue and had already selected some mean Hella integrated LED integrated headlights for my present build. For multinational use I'm also now sold on having two independent sets of headlights avoiding compromise with sticky plastic lens shields.

I found your channel a couple days ago. I don’t own an off-road vehicle but now I feel I should. I will keep exploring your channel-new subscriber!

Oh man your excited!!!! looking forward to seeing the rest of the build Andrew:) Great work so far fella.

Hi Andrew, wow what a great bunch of products. The tyre inflator with the digital gauge is smick but get a cable tie or a big lacky to hold the lever down to inflate the tyres. Otherwise you are kneeling to inflate your tyres. With the flash tanks and double pump that'll be quicker than my single one, but the lacky will be worth it. Can't wait for the engine bay improvements. Cheers Graeme

Fabulous, Exciting!!! I'm off to buy a Lottery ticket - again!! Great stuff.

Used to have 3 hella 140's on my zook years ago. Nearly stalled it when on. Good lights in the day. Hella ralley series lights were also good.

Amazing, the brands and options WOW. They were really nice, i'm a bit jaleous. Great build! Now i'm waiting for new updates and reviews.

Very interested to see how the Hella lights go. I have kept my old IPF Halogens spotties for the exact reasons you stated. The good LEDs are... too good.

Andrew, you're absolutely right about the light color. I do lighting design for both indoors and roadways in the Arctic and one of my biggest frustrations is that no one is making lower Kelvin LED driving lights. The rods in our eyes that are responsible for most of our night vision are several times more sensitive to blue light than to red. So it takes much less blue light to see by at night, the flip side is that it doesn't take much blue light to kill our night vision. This is why aircraft cockpits and military flashlights use red lights, it has almost no effect on night vision. Here in the far north we have another issue, which is snow. With snow on the ground anything over about 4,000K color just washes out and you can't see ruts or drifts. So I'm waiting to put LED upgrades on my 4Runner until someone offers them in 4,000K or even better 3,000K color. I look forward to hearing how the 5500K lights work out, but I'm afraid they'll be no perceivable difference from the common 6,000K+ lights.

Hi Andrew, you probably already know this problem, but when you put your lights up on the bar work behind the cab, I found that the bottom part of the light beam comes into the back window of the cab and lights up inside, so I made 2 aluminum flat plates up with a right angle along one edge and sprayed them black and I attached the to the bar work directly under the lights and this worked a treat, no more light in the back window !! Just thought you might like to know mate. Seeya Rob

Quite proud that my Like moved the count from 109 to 110. Can't wait to see what you're going to do with this vehicle.

Recaros are always a good choice. Mine saved my life in a severe accident last year. The way they hold you in position and support your body is amazing.

Winches are important to me. We do a great deal of beach camping in Qld and almost always solo. With a large trailer (Austrack Savanah X), the cut into many of the sites from Bribie to Frazer can be tricky just at that point of the angle where the transfer (weight/power) to the back wheels just digs you in when dealing with the really fine soft sand. Really the only time I have ever had to use the winch on myself is with the trailer. Thankfully have never needed a self-recovery when not towing. Still nice to have when soloing. Enjoy the new rig.

Hi Andrew, looks like you are prepping yourself a nice truck, you should try Torsen diffs on this one, you won't believe how much it will improve your grip on overlanding and especially when it get hairy in sand or mud. With that long wheel base you don't want a be using difflocks which will increase even your gigantic turn radius. I tried them front and rear on my mid base KZJ73, and whished i had them on all my landcruisers, Lc80 and 100 instead of OEM locks and traction control.. Enjoy your build

The compressor air reservoir principle is correct. It does speed up the inflation process. The same principle is used filling many air cylinders (ie scuba tanks) with an inline air bank. If the filling is interrupted when changing tanks, the compressor tops up the air bank (reservoir) further which allows decanting/boosting when connecting the next tank. That little ally tank is quite neat - provided you have the space in your vehicle to mount it out of the way.

Hi Andrew, love the channel, I have a tip for you for your GME antenna. Keep the cap that is fitted to the spring base, yes the one that says to remove & discard, it's the right size to fit over the threads on the antenna, it will protect them when you need to store it. Cheers.

As an old radar engineer I got 6 different antennas x two for my two quad band hand held walkie talkies. Meaning, depending of the frequency used and wanted distance I can now choose the best antenna option.

Awesome video Andrew! Looking forward to the build. Welcome to the dual cab 79 world. You'll love it!

Realy excited about this build! I just picked up my sandy 79, great work as always.. A true story teller 👍

Andrew, I think Santa is going to need a GVM upgrade on his sled to carry all these cool parts after everyone watches this video and starts writing their Christmas list for this year!

Really looking forward to this build. We live vicariously through you Andrew.

Congratulations on your new built and to see you loving it!

Looking forward to this build Andrew, as I have said before to you I love my 105 and it's all set up and I won't be selling it. However when I come back home mid 2020 I have decided to get a tray top never had one myself either! In the 16-18 4WDs I have owned and its that space that is intriguing me so much so it's a 79 for me soon. Keep up the good work cheers 😎🇦🇺🛠

“Why do you have a bull bar… That’s why!!” Love it hahah

I have ARB dual air compressor and tank in my rig. I recommend to mount tank vertically with inlet on the bottom with a drain and the outlet on the top Very important in a high humidity environment. I also run paint gun air dryers on my locker air lines to prevent corrosion and freezing up here in Canada.

Good build young felah,l bought exactly the same winch and fitted it to my land rover county,the only problem is the rubber cover on the 12v socket for the hand control works lose all the time. The remote control unit looks like it's made in China but it works fine. I have used it a couple of times and have no issues,enjoy your build.

Fantastic ! I’m french and see for the first time your vidéo and Iunderstand your perfect English accent 😀 I subscribe ! and I’m going right now watch the others !! Thank you very michel for your show 😉

Very nice! Just getting my 2nd cruiser myself so it’ll be interesting your set up with the accessories. Enjoying your vlogs👍

I'm really enjoying this series Andrew.

Congrats, loving the new build.wish it was available in Ireland

Andrew - you know how to string us along! All the best with you're build.

Nice truck !! * First divide the space into 3 areas. * Access to these areas should be to the sides, back and above. * In one of the lateral area should be space for the kitchen, small kitchen tools, small refrigerator and cutting table. * In the back area, there should be room for recovery tools and spare tires. * At other side area should be space for vehicle repair tools, dirty clothes and shoes, the shower and space to take away the garbage. (eco-Friendly idea) * Above these areas, the roof tent should go, it shouldn't go so high, so it doesn't compromise the aerodynamics of the vehicle and the folding roof in one side. For the space above the cabin, a roof bar could go, to place solar panels and extra water and gasoline drums. (if require) hope this ideas help you through your proyect. Greetins from Venezuela, South America. Marco A. Silva R.

I used Hella fog lights, for a long time. I never had an issue with them with condensation build up.

It's going to be an obvious good build, this one. Happy building !

Wow i just love this LC . I so wanna get LC and build it up after watching this video.

Keep the videos of the VDJ79 coming, you have found a niche with how you have approached this build and in the way you are delivering the in depth information.

Awesome stuff as usual Andrew. I’m watching this build closely because I’m going to be doing something similar quite soon, although I don’t have the $$. Thank you for your videos, love your style and the wealth of knowledge you share.

Nice one Andrew. Love the enthusiasm.

the car looks good ,even with no bumpers

Nice to see one to got to town on.

Thanks for sharing your deep knowledge of vehicle building for overlanding Andrew.

I subscribed after you spent a moment talking about how you got the accessories and your obligation (or lack there of) to review them. Thank you!

OK, I had to go and look up some of those products. The T console looks great!

Hi Andrew, new truck looks great!! We run the Lightforce Genesis 215 LED driving lights on our fuel tanker trucks, at 5000k they are very easy on the eye.

Loving the classic “TOYOYA” center grill. Can you post a link to the supplier?

I have a Runva 13XP on my Hilux. Both times I have had to use it, it did the job. I had the same research experience to find it as well.

I'm very envious, would love to do some of the travelling you do. Travelled a fair bit in Africa but not in as nice vehicles as yours.

Completely agree RE the ARB tire repair kit. It's excellent. Looking forward to the lithium battery verdict.

Ahhh sitting in your shed just looking and thinking, meditation. :-)

Absolutely the right decision to install a Runva winch 👍 you won't be disappointed Andrew.

Looking forward to seeing your experiences with a bespoke LiPo electrical system. They seem like a good option but I keep seeing horror-stories about people who've bought/fitted all the right kit but simply aren't getting the expected performance out of them. And, on a related note, I hope the LiPo-based 'leccy system doesn't end up causing problems and souring your experience of an amazing new vehicle.

For the bull bar get the side scrub bars they stop stones from hitting your cab and taking paint

"The versatility of a tray back is massive", it's what we call Aussie ingenuity. No we didn't invent it but we sure as hell spotted the beauty of it and ran with it. The model number is 79 because that is the number of useful options you can get for the back isn't it?

The quality of the products from Hella is top notch, for us that live in the northern parts of Europe in harsh climate Hella is the "go to brand" when it comes to longevity and the accessibility of replacement parts.

@4XOverland I agree with your point on light temperature and eye fatigue. My G Wagon has Nolden main lights which I think are 6000K or more. Have a blue ish tinge. I recommend you also try out Baja Designs LP6 or Smaller Squadron Pros. I have a pair on my motorcycle and it's amazing. 5000K light with a daylight like tinge. Waaay easier on the eyes. Helps me a lot when I ride overnight

Very interested to see the light bar/spot outcome. I feel the same coming up to signs. I almost hit a cow on the nullabor at night when I passed two white signs on the road with my spots on, I couldn't see beyond the signs and when my eyes adjusted I had to slam on the brakes and was lucky to have stopped in time.

Congratulations, hope you have safe trips, enjoy buildings your dream off road truck, nice kit that works

Great to hear the Hella name again. I’ll be taking a look at their catalogue.

Your years of top class content have earned you all of those sponsored accessories and parts. We trust you to keep telling us your genuine opinion of worth it or not, as though it was your own money.

I just could hear you all day long! Thanks again!

Excited to follow this build👍 cheers from Tanzania.

When you get predelivery work done, how much money do toymota give you back when they keep all their substandard parts that must be upgraded.....that has to add up to thousands of dollars worth ?

awesome truck, looking forward to seeing how it turns out. very envyous, wish we could get them hear.

Looking forward to every video of this beautiful truck build.

Try going even warmer with your lights. I even modify all my flashlights to 2700K - 4000K range. 2700K around a campfire is amazing. Your eyes don't need to adapt and it's much more comfortable. It makes a HUGE difference.

Hey if this is your Saturday night don´t forget to reward you! A good friend for inspiration (ok Paul is to far away) or some spirit pushing intake like a fresh and cool withe vine or simply a beer! To see all the nice things you have been given provokes some jealousy, no no you have been working very hard for that reputation and you well earned it. By the way it was very interesting to see in your UEA videos how uncompromising you work when it comes up to content and quality. Video probably more than 4wheel-drive. Many thanks Andrew!

Love that Twin Compressor, Blows up Tractor tyres easily

Nice video Andrew. As always watch everything you put out.

I'd give my right nut to have one of those Landcruisers here in Kentucky!

Agree, Tray's are so versatile. You can do everything from a trip to Cape York to helping your Grandpa move house... skys the limit

Nice to see your using fantastic Australia Made equipment, such as REDARC, GME, ARB, Consoles, MAXTRAX they make world class equipment 🦘👍support Australian Manufacturing

Mount your air tank so you can turn on your compressor before pulling up to allow the tank to fill whilst driving. Makes airing up heaps quicker and the compressor does not run as hot either.

Solid choices Andrew. I too stare at and gush over my motorbike. I call it "the beauty of mechanical engineering".

"I was like a little boy shopping I tell you that!" Love it!

I Hope when you use this truck for next trip, you can make overland wordshop video with paul 😁🤞

Well that sounds about right. When you said you were fitting them yourself, I figured that you would only be able to install the jack - then I realised that what you meant by 'yourself' was NOT a Toyota fitment.

Ohhh!! This is going to be a fun build!

Congrats on trying out the lifepo4 Batteries. Although I did have a little argument with redarc about there charging voltages for lifepo4 (they were too high). Anyway they may of taken my info onboard hopefully.

Andrew you are absolutely right regarding light colour, I wish the government here in the UK would insist on a warmer kelvin for modern vehicles as all the JLR vehicles are blinding and as you say it’s very difficult to see after they have passed you. I also don’t think the light is very good for your sight and would be interested in what research they have done!