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Our Delica Gets a Long-Range Fuel Tank

November 30, 2020 / Andy Lilienthal / 3 Comments

Our 1994 Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear, aka the TBD Tractor, just got a new long-range fuel tank. This Long Range Automotive tank brought in by Long Range America ups our fuel capacity and extends our Delica’s range significantly. In fact, here’s a video all about it.

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Coastal Offroad Delica Space Gear Bumpers: Installed and In Action

November 23, 2020 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 1 Comment

We have the Coastal Offroad high-clearance front and rear bumpers (with skid plate and swing-away tire/jerry can carrier) finalized! We thought we’d do a walk-around video showing the Coastal Offroad Delica bumpers’ advantages for off-road driving, camping, and carrying extra gear.

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Coastal Offroad Delica Space Gear Bumpers: The Build Process

November 21, 2020 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 6 Comments
Mitsubishi L400 Delica 1_2000_web

*Updated 12/10/20 Canadian-based Coastal Offroad makes a variety of front and rear weld-together bumper kits for Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear vans. Coastal Offroad, or CO, produces kits for both series 1 and 2 Delica L400s. Our 1994 Space Gear, known as the TBD Tractor, is a series 1 model. The facelifted series 2 Delica Space…

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How To Find Parts For Your JDM Truck, Van, SUV, or Car

November 20, 2020 / Andy Lilienthal / 5 Comments

We get asked a lot of questions about our fleet of JDM (Japenese Domestic Market) vehicles. But the one that gets asked the most is how to find parts. Sometimes it can be a daunting task to find that hard-to-get piece for your JDM vehicle, but there are ways to find parts for your Delica,…

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Unboxing the ARB ZERO Fridge Freezer

April 1, 2020 / Andy Lilienthal / 2 Comments
ARB ZERO Fridge Freezer

ARB is one of the best known names in the portable refrigerator/freezer game. The company literally just debuted an all-new model called ZERO. This is a dual-zone fridge freezer meaning you can have two zones in one unit—one set for frozen food, one set for items that don’t need to be frozen. Conversely, you can…

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Installing a Long Range Fuel Tank on our Mitsubishi Pajero

November 14, 2019 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment
LRA Diesel Auxiliary Tank

Our JDM Mitsubishi Pajeros have some great features. We love their size, diesel engines, and off-road capability. One of the things we don’t love, however, is the small fuel tank which equates to a short range. So we decided to do something about it. The short-wheelbase 2.5-liter diesel Pajero has a 15.8 gallon tank. We…

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How to Find Parts for JDM Vehicles

September 15, 2019 / Andy Lilienthal / 2 Comments
Working on a Mitsubishi Delica

Owing a JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) vehicle has all kinds of quirks. Often, the first question people ask us about our vehicles is where we got them. The second question is almost always asking if parts are difficult to find. The answer varies. Here is how we find parts for our JDM Mitsubishis, but the…

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Project ZJ: My first Jeep

June 26, 2017 / tuanies / 3 Comments
Lifted Jeep ZJ at the beach

I grew up watching my dad fix cars and handing him tools as a wee lad. He’s been a mechanic since our family immigrated to the United States and tended to buy cars with mechanical issues to fix and drive.  He worked as a master technician for a Mazda dealership, but we were a Mopar…

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Why You Want to Regear Your 4×4

December 30, 2016 / Andy Lilienthal / 1 Comment
Regearing the PDXJ

You’ve got your 4WD vehicle, and you’re wanting to add larger tires on it. Cool! You’ll likely be able to go more places and do more things with that extra bit of meaty rubber and you know they look good. However, there is one downside that comes along with adding larger tires: Your rig is now…

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Behold: Cranky (Project Jeep Cherokee)

August 28, 2016 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment
Cranky - Project Jeep Cherokee

I’ve long held the belief that a vehicle’s nickname manifests itself. It shouldn’t be forced or given prematurely. Well, we decided that our project Jeep Cherokee now has a nickname: Cranky.

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