FORD EVEREST - Modifications
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- We take a look at the modifications that we have done to our Ford Everest to better set it up for towing. Topics covered include the tyres, bullbar, suspension, driving lights, CB radio, electrical mods and trans cooler upgrade.
Is the car a capable towing vehicle?
What are the pros and cons we have discovered along the way?
#Ford Everest #4x4 #Modifications
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0:00 Introduction
0:05 Ford Everest Rig Rundown
1:48 Why choose the Everest?
2:41 Tyres
4:14 Bull Bar
5:51 Driving Lights
6:30 Transmission Cooler
7:03 Suspension
8:23 Rated Recovery Point
9:14 Safari Snorkel
9:59 Electrical Mods
10:48 What's on the roof?
11:20 What's on the inside?
12:15 Engine Monitoring
13:52 This is the big one
15:48 That's a wrap
Very well presented guys, we hit that like button ✅💯
Thank you guys 🙌😁
Thanks for your video, found it really informative as a fellow everest owner. I was only just recently worrying myself over the payload limits at Christmas time...
Thanks mate! The payload can certainly be a tricky one to manage, cant it. Doesn't take much to put you over. Thanks for watching 🍻
Very good review. Thanks for posting
Thank you Tom! Thanks for watching 😁
Beautiful Mods💕🙏🏻
Cheers mate! Appreciate that 😁
Great vid presentation mate good work.
Cheers mate! Really appreciate that 👍
superb
the latest LED headlights are amazing!
So good aren't they!! Make a HUGE difference!
Awesome video
Thanks Benji!!
Great vid mate as an everest owner i can highly recommend the stedi headlight upgrades
Thank you for watching and your kind feed back mate! Also thank you for the recommendation, great to know if we need anymore lights.
Great vid. What app do you use for the OBD2 dongle. Cheers
Hi Robert thanks for watching mate! The app we use is called car scanner.
Nice review Ronny, err, Craig I mean.
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Another awesome video mate - very informative 😁 What vehicle would you have chosen if you did not have the Everest?
Thanks mate! I reckon now knowing what we know about weights, towing etc a 79's series Land Cruiser would do the trick 😄
Well what a fabulously informative video that was, thanks so much. It would have been awesome if you had have given an typical/approximate cost of the different upgrades. I've just ordered my first camper trailer and it will be towed by a 2021 AWD Kluger but am planning to upgrade to 4WD on my retirement in just a few more short years yessssssssss before I embark on the big lap, of sorts. And so yes this sort of no nonsense no wanky approach to the typical upgrades one may need to consider is a godsend. Thanks for sharing.
Hey MoikeHunt(😂)
Cheers for the feed back.
Congratulations on your first camper. They're a great way to explore this beautiful backyard of ours.
I can give a 'super rough' run down of the costs here.
Bullbar $3500
Lights $1000
Recovery point $400
Suspension including air bags $2700
Tow pro $1000 ( most other cars its around $650 but the Everest needs a special wiring harness for the adaptive cruise control)
uhf $650
Snorkle $1000
Trans cooler including full transmission service $1000
Tyres $2000
Certainly not accurate but gives an indication. Those prices all included fitting (except for the uhf)
@@RoaminintheRobbo Excellent, very helpful. So allowing for another $10k to $12K on a stock standard 4x4 is advisable. Thanks again for content and time.
@@moikehunt8928 yeah definitely allow the extra as it adds up once you start modifying. No worries mate thank you for your support, we really appreciate it!
Awesome rundown! I’ve got the summit bar on the ranger, looks good 👍🏽
My wife had the Everest and loves it, never had an issue Offroad!! How do you go with the spare wheel tyre pressure monitor?
Thanks guys!! They do looks good hey!
You must have a later model to us as well dont have tyre pressure monitors on ours, do you have issues with yours?
We love our Everest as well, very comfortable cars.
@@RoaminintheRobbo the TPMs only go off when we lower our pressures. I noticed it when I had the spare on my ranger as an alert would come up! Other than that, both have been a dream! We just need to upgrade the ranger as it’s too heavy for towing with the bar work! How do you go with weights with the GCM and GVM?
Hmmm strange?? What do you think you might upgrade too? It is a constant struggle for us!! Doesn't take much to tip us over.
@@RoaminintheRobbo we’ve been looking at the Y62 but waiting to see what the GVM and GCM of the Next Gen Ranger has when figures are released!!
Nice!!! The Y62'S are a great looking car!
There's another ODB2 port behind the fuse box so you don't have to leave the cover off.
I manage to get the cover on, not quite flush though. I was unaware of the second port so I'll check that out, cheers
I just ordered the 2023 Sport (v6) and was on here looking for modifications. What a great video! One bit of general feedback before I get to my 1 million questions - it would have been good for you to give a description of your Everst (year, model, engine) and then general feedback of the product. Necessary or useful? How often have you used it? For those just wanting to get from one campsite to the next, or only for those doing serious off roading, etc.
I am just a weekend camper, though based up in Darwin. Coming over from a heavily modified Suzuki NGV ("zook"), now I have kids I need a bigger car. I was thinking about just a bullbar, awning and roof rack (great for collecting firewood).
1) Such great info about the bullbar changing the water intake. I did not know that. I hated doing deep water crossings in my zook even with the snorkel. With everest's 800mm wading depth I didn't think I would bother. Guess I might have to now as you can't get out of 300-400mm ones up here. Will have to think on this - do you have an opinion about safe depth with a bullbar and no snorkel?
2) You do not have underbody protection. Literally the reason I found this video was that it was the one modification that I was on the fence about. Ever since I drove over a burning tree at 100km with a boat on the back (well probably 50km given I jammed on the brakes) and it below out a couple of tyres I am convinced it saved my zook from being totalled. But that is once in a blue moon stuff and apparently the 4x4 everests have some protection. Is there a reason that you have not got it or considered it?
3) You said your tyres have no scrub - is that true if you don't get a lift? I think 225mm will be plenty. (200mm was a bit tough in the zook but after my lift to 240mm it was easily perfect. If I add those tyres I don't think I'll need a lift)
4) Your payload comments at the end were interesting... Everest is above nearly everything in its class/price range, e.g. a Prado. What are you comparing it to?
5) Despite my zook being heavily modified (reckon 50% of the price is mods) I have not even heard of additional cooling systems. I only ever towed a light boat. Repeating what I said in my opening paragraph, how necessary is this? Only if you're towing a caravan?
6) I asked my dealer if we could arrange a test drive at night as I wanted to see the lights. He said no. Since its not japanese I was hoping the overlights weren't crap. Thanks for telling us otherwise.
PS. Definite like&sub from me!
Congrats on your purchase! Hopefully you don't have to wait to long for it, the new Everest look great! Thank you also for your kind feedback and support of the channel we really appreciate it! Craig unfortunately has been working all weekend so hasn't had a chance to reply to your questions, but he will hopefully get a minute later today to reply. Sorry I'm (Miranda) not much help on the car stuff 🙂 thanks again!
Hi drdiscostu
Thanks for watching and the feed back. Your correct, I should have included more detail. It's a bit late but it's a 2017 ua Everest Trend with the 3.2L engine and 6 speed transmission.
Congats on the new car. Those new Everest's look like absolute weapons hey.
Ok I'll try take your question one by one. But fyi I'm no expert.
1. I'm not familiar with the location of the new Everest's air intake location but if the wading depth is 800, it must be at least that high. If you only ever travel through water half that depth it should be ok as long as you don't hit the water hard causing it to rush up into the intake. I had heard of Ranger owners doing this, that's why I opted for the snorkel. I hate water crossings and will always choose the safest line, but I'd rather have the snorkel and not need it, than flood the engine and wish I had one.
2.Cost was a factor and so was weight. The factory bash plates are pretty rubbish but seemed to do the job. I hit some pretty dicey tracks, the whole time thinking...wish I had some uvp, but came through relatively unscathed.
3. I can't speak to the new Everest, but with mine those tyres were fitted prior to the lift with no scrubbing at full lock and full articulation.
4. The reported payload sounds pretty decent but I took it to a public weighbridge and found she was a bit hefty and once you start adding accessories and doing the calculations you hit the limit very quickly.
Just a quick run down of the top of my head. Probably missed some stuff.
Tow bar 40kg
Full tank of fuel 60kg
bigger tyres 35kg
Passengers 200kg
tow ball weight 220kg
roof rack 30kg
maxtrax 15kg
awning 15kg
Shovel 5kg
bullbar 70kg
lights/recovery point 10kg
recovery gear 30kg
tools 15kg
total 745kg
I did the exercise of loading the car up as though we were heading away and going over the weighbridge, once I added the ball weight from the camper (as it's carried by the car it's part of the payload) we were 15kg over. That's only a small amount and the bridge was for trucks, so not super accurate but it was enough to make me feel uncomfortable.
Note that we are only 200kg as a family of 4. Many other family's are heavier. Our kids are still small and Miranda and I are pretty short. There was no luggage, no second battery, no fridge, no uvp, no drawer system etc.
Lovells have recently released a gvm upgrade for the Everest but it's from 2018 onwards so we don't qualify. And I'm sure there are options for the new gen Everest.
5. The Everest's from 2018 onwards had a revised cooling system. Ours got very hot when towing, especially going up hill, into a head wind or if the ambient temp was over 30. It would sit around 102-104 (coolant temp) and would climb steadily under previous mentioned scenarios unless I slowed down. If I didn't back off the temp would rise to 111 then the car itself would slow down to prevent it cooking itself. The Trans temps would sit between 115-120 when towing. Out of factory it was cooled by a heat exchanger (plumbed into the engine cooling system). So I decided to install the trans air cooler for the long term reliability of the gear box.
6. I'm not too sure but the New Everest's probably have pretty decent lights. But as you saw in the vid ours were terrible.
Due to reasons addressed in questions 4 and 5 and a couple of warranty claims we decided to upgrade our tow vehicle. Stay tuned, we'll have a vid out in a couple of weeks on our new choice.
Hope this has helped and thanks for watching.
Craig
@@RoaminintheRobbo thank you so much for.your detailed response. On (4) I did not realise fuel counted, nor did I realise what to add for the towing. It makes you wonder whether any car in the range (pajero, Prado etc.) Are suitable for modifying and towing around Australia.... In fact I just googled a landcruiser sahara and it's 670kg so is anything suitable?? Can't wait to see what you chose
(5) yes after I saw this I googled it and got familiar with the issues of the 3.2. it make me more sure I did the right thing... I love Prados and has been putting off this purchase for a while but push comes to shove, the Prado is incredibly dated and I was hoping for an upgrade but even getting one - who knows what happens to untested engines.
Thanks again and I look forward to seeing your rig and getting mine :)
@@drdiscostu Hey.
Dual cab utes have the best payload from stock. As for wagons, If you see one heavily modified and towing a decent sized trailer, chances are they're over GVM unless they've had a GVM upgrade. This was our issue with the 2017 Everest, no upgrade possible. The MUX, Pajero, Prado, 2018+ Everest have gvm upgrade options. So do the big boys like LC200 and Y62 patrols. If your thinking payload may be a concern, find your local public weighbridge, get the whole family in the car with a full tank of fuel and see where your at. From there just add up everything you plan to add/carry.
A new platform is always a gamble. On paper though they look mint. And on the road they look the ducks nuts.
All the best, let us know how you go.
@@RoaminintheRobbo thanks so much for your help!
how do you find the obd2 had any problems with it?
We find it ok, it was cheap but does the job 😁 It is nice to be able to monitor levels. One tip use an old phone as after a while the screen gets burned with the writing from the scanner from having it on for so long.
@@RoaminintheRobbo I was going to use my ARB linx system as the screen
Hi mate,thanks for great video, I just recived the OBD2 for my 2021 Everest Trand ,but I can not set it up with my iphone6s, I've downloded recomended car scanner app.and what I'm getting is " obd2 Australia is not support",dose not connecting wirelessly either.did you have the same problem?
Thanks Richard
Hey Richard.
Thanks for watching. I didn't have any issues getting mine connected. I'm using an android phone so not sure if that might be the issue.
The app that I use is 'Car Scanner ELM OBD2' All I did was download and install the app, plug in the dongle, open the app and go through the set up (select vehicle make etc). I'm sorry that's not much to go on, best of luck.
@@RoaminintheRobbo
Thanks for replying,its probably the iPhone I’ll see what OBD AUSTRALIA is going to say.
Cheers
Good luck, hope you get it sorted!
Why would you need a VSR if you have an ignition trigger for the DCDC? The ignition trigger makes sure the DCDC doesn't draw current when the car is off. Did ARB Wangara fit that? Waste of money.
The anderson plug, brake controller and ignition wire to pin 12 were all fitted by an auto sparky, not ARB. Prior to delivery, the camper manufacturer supplied us with a list of electrical requirements to be made to our vehicle and the VSR was on of them. If it's redundant/unnecessary then I suppose its a good thing I went for the cheap one cause it's too late now.
@@RoaminintheRobbo yeah not needed at all.
Why doesn’t my snorkel sound like that 😭
😂 It is the turbo that makes that sound.
bfg pooh
falken all the way
😂 so far we have been happy with the bfg 😁 thanks for the feedback always good to get people opinions on other products, will keep them in mind when it comes time to replace the tyres.