Jamesledingham,
You have bought an almost identical truck to me! and with a similar use in mind.
I got mine a month or so ago, and although i do want to pimp it up a bit for offroading, I want to see if its worth spending the money/time and effort on the truck.
So far:
I paid John craddocks to do a cambelt change and pre-mot inspection. (~160)
Cos we have a dog, I have put hood sticks on it (£200), canvas
Gradually serviceing it, and sorting out grumbles for mot. (~50 to 100?)
I bought some felt and stuff to soundproof/insulate the interior(£50)
so spent about £500?
Hope to:
add canvas hood (£200) (Cab fit I want, not the body fit sticks that i got sent. grr.)
add a soundproofing kit (£200)
Spot lights (£100)
MOT(£40+??????)
Seats (£200???)
Ofroad paraphanelia (£££££££)
Offroad wise, I'd say the most important bit of kit would be decent tyres, these make the world of difference on the slippy stuff.
Depends how long you want to keep the truck for, but I would reccomend making sure that it was a sound truck first, before spending even more money modding it for fun. At least do the belts (I once got stranded 2 weeks after buying a car cos i didn't service it straight away)
ps whereabout in gloucestershire are you?
