so i'm here at Bush Tech and it's been a while but it hasn't been too long
uh we were busy working on development of the gull wings and the draw system on
the Jimny and prior to that it's actually i was
here as a customer for my amarok i'd ordered a hammerite frame with
silver doors for my single cab amarok it was an
epic canopy and that was my introduction to overlanding and everything that
comes with overlanding it gave me a space in the back of my
vehicle to kit out with fridges and batteries
and all of those things so it's quite epic to come full circle again now with
the new high lux and we're going to be going full monty
on it doing a full bushtech setup we're going to do a big installation we've got
draw systems going in we got the canopy going in
we're going to be putting in cupboards everything
if you thought the gull wing and the slide on the Jimny were cool
you haven't seen anything yet we're going the whole hog on this bush tech
setup so i'm super keen for that it's going to
be a really difficult weight for the next
three weeks while the car is in panel beating but
it's going to be so worth it welcome to another episode of roam over landing
my name is adrian abrahams and last week the hilux completed its transformation
and we took a good look at the new colour now
we head over to bushtech aluminium canopies and turn it
into an overlapper
so i'm back at bush tech and today they're going to start assembling the
canopy and we're going to be getting ready to install
everything on the new hilux i cannot wait to see how all of this comes
together you know the canopy has been through
it's been painted at body line to color match it to the vehicle so we
get a nice seamless look across the vehicle
today we're going to start putting on the doors we're going to start putting
on the roof rails getting the gas shocks on and start
accessorizing and getting ready for installation on the hilux as soon as
possible
i always love getting to see how things are made
to see the real amount of effort that goes into making these products
and often we get so caught up on just the price and how the product is
marketed we forget about the hands that actually
crafted them the canopies move through so many
different stages get worked on by so many different people
but which tech's team have been doing this for years and they've turned it
into a fine art it was so awesome to see this naked
aluminium frame start to take shape and get all of the little touches
to make a bushtech canopy the legend that it is these canopies are
renowned for the excellent dust and water seal
so even the continuous hinge door rubbers and special base rubbers are all
designed to handle rough off-road conditions
now i have chosen quite a few extras for my canopy like a rear cab slider
6mm reinforced rear glass and instead of bushtech's normal led lights i've gone
for the national lunar touch lights
i also went with additional insulation to help regulate the temperature in the
vehicle by almost 20 degrees celsius and now just the finishing touches and
all we need to do is put it on the vehicle and start
putting on the big accessories making it the perfect
upgrade to the hilux considering where this
vehicle is going in the future
so what we're going to do now just to kind of kick off the installation of all
of the bush deck stuff so we're going to install the dust seal
kit for the tailgate and we're also going to block up because
in a tub of a bucky you've got actually have gaps
underneath the sole here huge massive gaps that when you're
driving on corrugated roads and any dirt roads it's just going to pull dust
into the back of your tub so it's important to if you're going to be
sealing up everywhere else and putting on a dust proof canopy like a bush deck
you need to be able to seal up all of these little gaps
underneath here as well so we'll do all of this stuff today
let everything dry and then we'll continue our installation once that's
all done the dust seal kit will form the
foundation of what's to come having a clean sealed environment for
the drawer system to sit in keeping the fridge and all the other
valuables clean on those long off-road trips
now currently they do need to drill into the tub to safely mount the drawer
system however the attention to detail they've
paid to the process was impressive primer and painting the
drill holes to prevent any future rust is an important step with rubberizing
because it has a tendency to rust underneath the rubberizing
and you don't even know it's happening
adding the stainless steel section to the tailgate will give me an additional
working area when i'm out in the bush now the draw
system will form the base of the rear setup
accommodating a 55 litre water tank behind it as well
as my national lunar green box and legacy fridge when necessary
but also not to mention giving me plenty of packing space
and this really transforms the big cavity of a tub
into a really versatile packing area the drawers are securely mounted to the
base of the tub with multiple bolts and brackets ensuring its strength and
stability for use off-road i've gone for an asymmetrical drawer
system with one large and one small drawer the large
drawer even has ventilation holes to ensure
your fridge runs efficiently once it's tied down to
the built-in lashing points it is then covered with a carpeted top
deck allowing me to lash down more equipment
on top of the platform giving me more options for packing
once it's all covered up and it just gives it a really
nice professional finish
it's time to put on the canopy it's a moment of truth to see everything kind
of come together see the colors how does it look then they're going to start
putting all the accessories inside the canopy
i'm very excited let's get going now the moment of truth to see the new
canopy go on and bushtech have actually developed a
way to mount the canopy to the tub without any drilling yet still giving it
fantastic weight carrying capacity which will be essential for the next
week's episode as well as giving me confidence in my
vehicle on and off road it was awesome to see the
canopy finally on i think the color combination
looks really really great now all we got to do pop in all the accessories
and we are ready to start packing this vehicle for a weekend of camping
so tomorrow we're going to be heading over to easy on
putting on all the tents and awnings and all of that stuff and this vehicle's
really going to turn into an awesome overlander
now one of my favorite things about bush decks canopies is the ability to
customize them and because of the modularity of it all
you can really cater it to your needs quite easily whether it's camping or for
work my number one accessory has to be their
table bracket and the stainless steel table it holds
is just so convenient but i also wanted to go with a double
covered setup one with the kitchen and other just
empty so i have some space to play around with
next up is the medium storage box and ammo box holder
this gives you storage under the false floor as well as
room to secure ammo boxes or other gear all of these extras just turn the space
into a more versatile setup where i can securely store camping
or camera gear
another nice little addition is the drop down table
which just easily secures on the canopy and using a high quality rubber foot
leans against the vehicle but when not needed
it just slides into a little canvas bag on the outside of the cupboard
and then the addition of the roof mounted cargo net
allows you to keep some of your soft camping gear like jackets and pillows
out of the way keeping your packing space clean and
efficient i must say i'm also loving the addition
of some white and red as well as white and amber
combination lights but i must say what an awesome
transformation
now with the setup that we're running inside the canopy here
you know bushcheck have kind of overhauled the whole back there we've
got a 55 litre water tank we've got the double draw system which
can hold up to 90 liter national lunar fridge we've got the dual
battery system in there now we just need to just connect that up to the main
battery we've got lights we've got storage space
for spares for dry food for everything we're going to need we've got
the little hose run out to the tailgate for
you know utilizing the water tank so there's a lot of stuff that we've got
going on now that's really pushing this vehicle
towards becoming an awesome overlander what a crazy transformation today
it's so awesome finally getting to see these puzzle pieces come together on the
hilux you know from from color coding the
canopy to picking the color of the doors to
picking all of the accessories inside
what a privilege to work with a company like bush tech
the quality of their products and you can you can see it you've seen it in the
video throughout the entire installation
through some of the assembly of the products
it's top-notch stuff and i am very grateful
to have this kit on the vehicle going forward to me
you can see the vision come together when you see it like this
when you see the canopy on here when you open it up
and you know you look inside and it's just it's phenomenal
i'm so so keen to start playing around with the setup
kitting it out getting it ready for my over landing trips
because it's been a while now that we have another germany and germany was
pretty dialed in at the point where i was and i could do some really nice
trips with it but having this set up right now this
vehicle isn't over landed now just having this i've got my own water
we've got the battery in here we can load a fridge in here
we've got cupboards for storage we've got our little kitchen unit over here
if we have a look over here
you know kitchen table extra storage space there
we've got lighting all around the vehicle at all all the doors
so on this side of the vehicle we've got obviously another door
we've got an empty box here and this i need to figure out what exactly i'm
going to put in here some people will put in recovery equipment
some people will put in power stuff let's see
i'm going to play around with it and see what i kind of feel maybe it'll be
camera equipment for me then over here we've got another storage
so this is a whole long box that goes across there so you
can remove the dividers if you want to store longer stuff
maybe chairs i've gone with white and amber lights here so amber is obviously
to get rid of bugs and things like that keep bugs out of your campsite
and then there's in here you're going to see this foam
the spongy foam this is actually insulation and this
actually can drop the temperature inside the canopy here
by 20 degrees so that's going to take a lot of strain off of your camping fridge
it's going to just make it a lot more pleasant in here in general
on the back just to help with the camping fridge again i've got a cab
slider here it's not to access into the cab
at all it's really just to crack that open on a 45 degree day
and get some of that hot air to escape the vehicle
so there's a lot of little thought and effort that's gone into you know
the bush deck accessories here i'm keen to start slowly using them
and getting the hang of it and figuring out where i want all of my stuff to
go i mean you could chuck a tent in here chuck in your camping chairs all that
stuff and head out on an adventure tomorrow
with a standard vehicle there's no suspension upgrade there's no
bumpers there's no nothing obviously this is rome over landing and
this is part you know one of the over landing transformation
this stage right now i'm blown away seeing it all come together seeing the
aesthetic that i've been planning all along all of
those pieces come together um i'm really over the moon i hope you
guys have enjoyed kind of seeing this whole process come together and
everything it's been quite strenuous to film it's a
lot of hours the team here at bush tech work so hard to put these products
together and it's been an honor to kind of follow
them through that process and see all of the hard work that goes
into putting these products together we're really going to start to
get into it and have a closer look at it when we get out
into the bush we start using it so if you guys have any questions about the
canopy please make sure to leave them down
below in the comments and then i'll be sure to try and answer as many
of those questions as possible once we get out there and we start using
the canopy setup and the drawer system and all of that
stuff but thank you so much for tuning in and
watching this episode of roam over landing and you know huge thank you to
bush tech for their support this is now where we start really
building out our over landing rig and getting ready to row join us
next week when we head over to easy on and we install the rooftop tent the
awning the roof rack and turn this vehicle into an awesome
camper so yeah thank you so much and i'll see
you on the next episode of roam over landing
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