Brake Upgrade
Finally another upgrade to our van. Converting it from a single piston caliper to dual pistons including slotted rotors and braided steel …
Fresh Paint
Even DinoEvo is still in overall very mint conditions, it had a few rusty spots on the mirror rods and front wiper …
HID Fog Lights
This was really a hard decision. Way too many good fog lights out there, but in the end the Lightforce Striker 170 …
Side Step
With the higher lift we use the side-step below the sliding door quite a bit while camping. After crawling under the van …
Modified Bull Bar
It was time to work on the front bull bar. In general I was quite happy with the standard set-up we had …
Speedometer Gear
With the 32″ tires (235/85R16) you notice quite a bit of a difference (roughly 10% slower speedometer) between your actual speed and …
Stainless Steel Side Exhaust
One problem with the performance of this little Diesel engine in a l300 is the stock exhaust. It is long and just …
Snorkel
This modification took quite a bit of time. Back in February I received a package from Taiwan with all the parts, but …
EGR Removed
This week I removed the EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) and fabricated two blocking plates. Apparently it should increase the fuel economy, reduces …
Front Skid Plate
We already had a skid plate on the lower front of DINO to protect the main radiator and fan. It worked well …
Manual Hubs
Another successful day at the garage. I replaced the auto free wheeling hubs with a set of manual locking hubs from Superwinch …
Roof Rack, Fender Wells, Alignment and more…
An update on what we have worked on this week. The Delica came with a pretty sweet and solid aluminum roof rack. …
Tune up at CVI
DINOEVO spent some time at the shop of Butch and Edwin at CVI. This guys know Delicas inside out and are very …
Package from Taiwan
A while ago – before we even got DINOEVO – I was researching for any kind of snorkel options. Unfortunately the ‘ultimate’ …
Right Wheels
Finding the perfect wheels is a difficult task. You will never find a tire without a draw back. Also the variety of …
Compliance Work
To get the van road-ready for British Columbia you have to change a few parts at first and then get it inspected …