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Hi there and welcome!

Well done for not following the boy racer brigade! You'll be able to impress your mates and the girls with where you can drive rather than how fast and how quickly you can lose your licence or die! Just don't try to keep up with their sports hatches in a Jimny or you will crash!

I wish I had got into off-roading when I was your age! I considered getting an SJ but then worried the 4wd would be too expensive to fix and too complicated for me to fix with no mechanical knowledge then.

I so wish I had got one and started off roading then as now I'd have so much kit and experience and wouldn't have wasted so much money on so much crap. Lowering a 1.2 Nova for example. It ain't fast and was never gonna be!

As others have said, small bits over time will make a great truck.

How about some standard ish size - maybe 195-80/15 mud tyres and a cb and front spot lights as a starting point. Join a club and start to greenlaning with them.

Give us piccies each stage though, we like piccies!

Kirkynut

I can see your Dad's point of view on the CB thing as you'll need all your concentration when you first start driving. A CB can be a distraction in the same way as a mobile phone if you allow it but it's still legal to use. If you crashed because you were muching about trying to pick up the handset you could get prosecuted for "failing to maintain proper control of a vehicle" - so they'd get you one way or another.

Maybe just get one but only have it swtiched on whilst on a green lane?

In respect of the lights - pop them up on a roof bar - they are cheap enough on ebay these days and then you'll not need to drill into the bodywork.

I can see you like your photography, I have an interest in it but you seem better than me - have you got some expensive lenses?

Kirkynut

Sorry - bad news.

The Boat radio is for boats and operates on 150Mhz+

CB radios operate on 27Mhz

Martin