hilux

ETS Drift Ute – Cut, weld and repeat

Another week down, a heap more hours spent on the build. I just want to say i really love my garage and attribute this build to the space it sits in. I get home from work in the daylight, get stuck in...

ETS Drift Ute – Swaybar chat

Ive been putting some thought into swaybars lately and wanted to try an adjustable blade type setup, this whole ute build has been a massive learning curve and as soon as i come to a point where i nee...

ETS Drift Ute – Its cool back here

After trying to package everything into the front i decided to throw the radiator out back, i know its a fair bit of extra plumbing but it will make the engine bay a lot nicer to work on so I’m ...

ETS in the press

Pretty excited about getting a call up for a quick photoshoot last night for the Geelong Advertiser to run this story today, sorry for the poor photo but it will do! Whats the Geelong Advertiser? It i...

ETS Drift Ute – Removable doors

  I spent a few hours working on the hiluxs doors tonight, with so many other jobs to do i kind of just take a break and start on another aspect of the build. My plan for the doors were to make t...

ETS Drift Ute – The tunnel is getting lighter

After spending a couple of quiet days in NZ after the Hampton Downs final i started thinking, i thought about my Hilux and how i could build one that would fit within the regulations of the D1NZ rule ...

ETS Drift Ute – Are we there yet?

I have been smashing through the hours on the Hilux build lately, you wouldn’t believe how much time every single little detail takes, some days things just seem to fall into place and others ju...

ETS Drift Ute – Back in the game

Lets go way back to the start of this project, it started January 2011, I went flat chat on the project to get it to the rolling stage, then i moved into my new shed and since then you could say it ha...

ETS Hilux – Rear Firewall

The rear firwall in my hilux chassis is now all tacked in, im really happy with how it looks and now i just have to wait for a gearbox and a few other things to keep the build moving along. I dont lik...