Duck's Guts' kitted out 2.7TD D4

**Redback** · 13th January 2011, 10:54 AM

How was the VHC, did you especially like lunch at Wheelers Creek Hut

Baz.

Hamish71 · 13th January 2011, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by robbotd5

Awesome. I bet you love passing Toyota's (and D2's!!) in that baby. Hopefully you might pass me some day and we could meet.
Regards
Robbo.

Wont be passing MY TD5 D2!....but seriously, best looking D3/4 I have seen.

**Duck's Guts** · 6th February 2011, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Tombie

Very tidy looking vehicle...
Now post some pics of it dirty

Mt Gibbo Track, eastern VHC

Rescuing a drowned Suburu - Geehi Trail, Kosciuszko National Park

Murray River, Tom Groggin

at Cali Hut on California Trail, Wollemi National Park

**Dirty3** · 6th February 2011, 02:04 PM

Bloody good looking rig. Great photo's too.

**Mikes defender** · 8th February 2011, 04:48 PM

G'day Duck guts,

Looks great, What brand are the rims and how do they hold up off road? Look a bit better than steelies!

cheers

Mike

**Duck's Guts** · 8th February 2011, 05:29 PM

They are Performance Wheels BB6 17x8" alloys with +42et 5x120PCD and 1400kg capacity in Charcoal colour.
Their HQ is in Adelaide S.A., with distributors in each state.

With respect to how well they hold-up offroad, I guess you could compare them to the performance of the factory rims at 955kg capacity. I haven't heard any reports on this forum of people having problems with the factory alloys, same for the many who run the BB6's.

**Duck's Guts** · 8th February 2011, 06:39 PM

Another piccy:
Sheepyard Hut, Hunter Main Trail, Wollemi National Park

**steven64** · 12th February 2011, 02:00 PM

Hi Duck's Guts, sweet ride it looks awesome. just thinking why a D4 2.7 when you could save a packet $ and get a D3 i can under stand if it was the 3lt.

I would love to upgrade to a D4 3lt only two things stopping me the cost and 19in wheels its hard enough to get 18 off-road tyes

but a greet 4x4 all the same.
Cheers Steven

**CSBrisie** · 13th February 2011, 09:33 AM

dont let the tyres stop you - I went the 3.0l engine option (wow!) and got an extra set of 19 inch rims with MTR's; They have performed faultlessly offroad; expensive upfront investment (5 x $250 for rims and 5 x $495 for the tyres) but they are the "second set" so should last quite a while.

**Duck's Guts** · 14th February 2011, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by steven64

...just thinking why a D4 2.7 when you could save a packet $ and get a D3 i can under stand if it was the 3lt...

Steven,
1. Why new? Same reasons anyone buys a new car I guess. For me it includes new car warrenty, <50kms on the odo, no one has driven it or thrashed it, you know the history of the vehicle with 100% confidence, you get the options you want & it the colour you like, & so on... Plus there were many improvements made to the D4. Also, personally I like the D4 interior better than the D3, and in my circumstances it is a novated lease purchase (so I get corporate benefits such as purchase & servicing discounts).

2. Why 2.7 & not the 3.0? In no particular order, my reasons are: (a) light truck construction tyre availablity issue (b) the 2.7 does everything that I require of it (c) upfront purchase is much cheaper than the 3.0 (d) I was comparing to similarly priced new vehicles - Prado, LC200, Patrol, Jeep (e) at the time of my purchase the 2.7 was an established engine that had 'all' the bugs sorted and had a known reliability history whereas the 3.0 was still the new kid on the block who had yet to prove himself (in reality this later reason did not bear alot of weight in the decision making).

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