Outer Limits 4x4 Board

When doing dual battery installs in boats, we use liquid flux, regular resin based solder, and an oxy to heat things up enough to get a thorough solder connection...

once soldered, we heat shrink the lot, leaving a tag only...

never had any come back...

nice colour match!!!

Hi Folks,

wondering what views people have on the following canopies:

Alpha
ARB
Carryboy

I like the look of the Alpha/Carryboy, and the increased load capacity of 100kg for the Alpha could be useful in the event of a roof top tent...

Aside from that, I really know bugger all about them...

Any ...

Yesterday Toyota replaced my clutch at 48,000kms


Questions asked?

"A": Is the D4D engine to powerfull ?

"B": Is the clutch a bad design ?

"C": Or is it just poor operator technique ?

All i got was a shoulder shrug. :?

Crikey Dave,

I'd hope it was a warranty clutch... :? :roll:
Yes it is ...

Yesterday Toyota replaced my clutch at 48,000kms


Questions asked?

"A": Is the D4D engine to powerfull ?

"B": Is the clutch a bad design ?

"C": Or is it just poor operator technique ?

All i got was a shoulder shrug. :?

Crikey Dave,

I'd hope it was a warranty clutch... :? :roll:

evanstaniland wrote:will you be doiny any suspension mods???

Hi Evan...

Koni 2" suspension upgrade :-)

Hi Dave,

have thought about it, but unsure if the extra weight with a full tank is offset not carrying as many jerry cans when touring

Only the rear locker, as I've been told by quite a few places that the front diffs in the Hilux is ok, whereas the rear diffs are pretty average...


I think you may have your wires crossed ;)

Only going by what three ARB stores, one TJM, and Guests down here in Melbourne have told me! They ...

I'm actually planning on doing a few years of decent offroad trips - Cape York being one of them, hence all the extras...

Plus, I've decided on diesel, for fuel economy and potential bio fuel opportunity...

Only the rear locker, as I've been told by quite a few places that the front diffs in the ...

Hi Folks,

I'm currently putting together a list of "wants and needs" for my next lease car, to be an 07 D4D Hilux Dual Cab...

Currently thinking:

ARB Deluxe Winch Bar with fog inserts
Warn Winch - there is a new model out, so you don't need the control box on the top of the bar (apparently)
ARB ...

After getting the car home it was off to Toyota, after a full day at Toyota and finding a fault code, they claim they don't know what the error code is and of course can't fix it.

That's not really good enough... I'd be taking it to another dealership, or taking it to Toyota Australia if the ...

sounds like one of your rear sliding windows is leaking...

My old man's did similar, but we caught it early in the piece

i know this aint 4x4 tech but i need some help from a sparky please ! what i need to know is can you get a sensor flood light that plugs straight into a light bulb bayonet fitting or am i better off chasing one that just plugs into normal electrical socket? thanks in advance! ;)

I'm not a sparky ...

Looks fantastic Dave...

where'd you get the grille from? I'd have said the lights are from eBay, which I've never seen in a pic on a vehicle before.... some LED's like this eBay link would really set the indicators off... :-)

Any chance of a front-on pic of the grille?

did the Lightforces cop it ...

does anyone with a newer model winch use plasma rope, rather than the traditional wire rope?

Looks like it's a fair weight saving, plus a lot easier to work with in the process.

Cheers,

Andrew

Have a chat to Guest 4WD in Melbourne... If they can't advise which way to go, there's something wrong!

Mick.H. wrote:Thanks Alchemist,

I used your image hosting service for my pics.

Mick

What're they made from again, Mick? Also, what breed of canopy do you have, and does it seal ok without the tub liner?

KP4x4: The canopy is fairly well sealed it's just my tail gate that isn't sealed but I think I might have come up with an idea, will give it a shot over next weekend or so.

how did this go?? :-)

Recent additions to my Lux are headlight and taillight covers, bling bling!

definitely bling bling ...

That was a great episode... Jeremy Clarkson wanted to fit two humungus Honda outboards to the back of a Hilux tub...

would have been impressive if they'd spent some more money on it, and put a decent hull around the bottom of the vehicle....

mmmmmmm........nice

Thanks

On the subject of canopies, how does one seal the tailgate properly?
You can't. :cry: :cry:

Is that a problem with all the makes of canopy? I see a hell of a lot getting around Melbourne at the moment, but more and more with hard tonneaus... I like the idea of the ...

Need some help, I have the original wheels and tyres form my SR5 Hilux (15,000k's) can anybody tell me how much I could sell them for roughly!

also is anybody watching this thread keen on them!

Cheers, Dan

Hi Dan,

if you were in Melbourne, I'd be interested, as I want to start building up an ...

Water restrictions Suck! I left the Shire (Cronulla) about 12 months ago and now live in Newcastle. No water restrictions and 25 min to Stockton Beach! Yeehah!

I'd love living close to a great 4x4 spot like that :D

Wouldn't we all... Takes me at least an hour to get anywhere near some decent ...

doesn't the liberty b4 mmmmmmmmmmmm b4 run a twin scroll super charger

Twin Scroll Turbo, not supercharger...

Subaru, to the best of my knowledge, have never released a supercharged engine from factory into Australia...

The 660cc Subaru Pleo was never a model available for general sale in ...

I know of a few 3B's getting around running Subaru WRX TurboCharger units. I'm wonder if the SuperCharger is much different to the Turbo conversion.

Has any one put a Subaru Supercharger on a B or 3B motor?
Is it hard to do?
Would the cost out way the serviceablity of it all?
What's involved?

No ...

no Victorian will have those plates... too short, per the Vic Roads website...

I'm waiting for Victoria to move into 7 character plates...

Yeah, saw that one... what an insane looking machine that is!

If it's not a rude question, what's the BlueMax suspension upgrade worth?

Awesome Drew, that'd be great if you could dig something up for us... I will be looking at it sometime very soon before I start taking it properly off road.

Well all my gear I've been waiting for has come into stock, next tuesday & wednesday everything is being fitted out... then some more bits ...

Guys

I have one complaint about the SR5 so far, the ABS.

HELP....

Why does it not disengage in high four or low four, it's bloody dangerious!!

I feel a switching mod coming on :)

That's a reasonably common Subaru mod... The downside of switching the ABS circuit in a lot of vehicles, is that ...

Hi Andrew,
Its an Alpha canopy. Not that I would highly recommend them. They are Ok I spose. Here are a couple of more pics as requested mate:

and the list:

ARB Lift kit,
ARB Deluxe bar with winch,
Alpha Canopy
Dual Batteries
Reversing Camera.

You got pics?

Cheers,
Rich.

Hi Rich,

from what ...