My new toy is 17 years old, has 175000KM's but in remarkably good condition. I intend to do some greenlaning, some mild offroading and I must have the possibility to sleep in it. I'm a member of the organisation crew of the Morocco desert challenge, so I want to take her into the desert next year!

First job are the rims. I want to change these ugly narrow steel wheels by some nice alloy and make the stance a little wider. A good friend owns a Mitsubishi garage and donated some nice alloy's of a Pajero sport. I'ts nice to have good friends!!!



The surface is a little damaged, so a little makeover is necessary.

After a jet wash:


Primer on:


Black lacquer by paintbrush!


Satisfied by the result!!!

Next are some goodies to make life on board a little easier...
I don't smoke, so no need for the ashtray. This area is ideal for a USB socket to charge the phone and power the tablet (navigation).

Folding and cutting some aluminium...




Some (fake) leather...


Testfit:


Done!

Next challenge: convert this into a (micro) camper!

Some extra illumination:

liking the USB ashtray conversion
my ashtray was just full of coins for most of it's life

Fear of the dark??? Nooooo.....

Some wide angle fog lights...


Bracket for relays. Big relay for coupling the batteries when driving.


Switches...

Looking good, neatly done

Nice job

Some more tinkering... A battery tray for a 2nd battery. Just to power some goodies at camping. USB sockets, LED lights, fridge... and in the future a winch.

Did some work on the 'off road hotel' rear bed....

Some structure on all windows for support.


So my top floor has something to lean on.


I created some decent storage and the bed floor is still empty!


Electrical panel for exterior lights, interior lights and a USB/12v socket.


Exterior light on the door.

Fantastic job,keep the pic's coming.

cool man its coming on

Great Job. How are you going to combat condensation in the tub when you're camping?

There will be condensation. I'll probably end up opening the side windows a bit...

Sleeping in my previous L200 a few years ago...

What you might refer to as "minimalist". And that's all you need as a basic setup to be out and about.
And when did you nick my sandals?

Fitted a snorkel today.
Bring on the deep puddles...









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Some more storage...

15 liters of water supply.



For showering or do the dishes... switch to activate the pump.



Organiser...



Tested this weekend in the Belgian ardennes.



Plenty of room!

Started on the winchbumper today...
Bought it at Gitrax, a Belgian 4WD shop, but it's a Polisch fabrication.



Cleaning and anti rust protection....



Fits fairly well...



Would have liked smaller gaps....



After some pulling, lifting, jacking, the gaps are within tolerance...



Tomorrow wire the lights and winch...

nice

Looking good!

I'm not usually a fan of winch bumpers but that looks really nice

Tidy.