Outer Limits 4x4 Board

15's will fit as some models came out with 15" rims with the same brakes as the 4wd models. As Feass said finding the right offset is important as the RA's run an odd offset, when i was looking for a second spare i ended up paying extra for a standard rim as i couldnt find a sunraysia style rim...

The RA's have a different engine to the Jack's.

Am currently running 31's with a 50mm body lift and about the same spring lift, some trimming of the plastic inner guard near the mudflap was needed

Here in SA the maximum overhang measured from the center of the rear axle on a vehicle is 60% of the wheelbase or 3.7m whichever is the lesser. I would imagine this is fairly standard across the country. As best i can find your wheelbase is 2850mm so the longest your tray can be is 1710mm from the c...

All my battery tools are now hitachi, love my rattle gun found the odd nut and bolt that have needed cracking first. Have now also purchased an impact screwdriver, no more striped screw heads

Another advantage of airbags in a camper is for leveling on uneven ground when setting up camp

I used a gasless mig with steel flux core to mod my exhaust using some stainless tube, this incolved mild-stainless and stainless-stainless. No issues so far and that was 2 yrs ago, only thing is it doesn't look quite as nice as if it had been done properly

My RA has no O2 sensor in exhaust and as far as i know they are uncommon in diesel injection systems

If you are talking about MAF sensors then these would be on all electronicly controlled injector pumps i think

REDNUT wrote:ts astra's have a fairly good horn from memory

Second that. For a factory jobbie its impressive

Nothing beats a truck horn for putting people in their place tho

The exhaust brake on the 3.5t (4.2 turbo diesel) canter that i drive does a good job of holding speed down hills, never driven a truck with jake brake so can't compare but i do find on downhill runs in my ute i sometimes find myself going for the exhaust brake as a habit from the truck. I was led to...

[quote="duck"]mt bro has these for work and chucks them in the car when he goes wheeling its great for changing tires but you have to crack them first http://www.hitachi-powertools.com.au/images/Products/WR14DSL(HL).jpg I have one of these, but 18V and it has no issues with wheel nuts, sus...

I have an old L200 ute with a dead engine and was thinking about puting a V6 in there. I was wondering if anyone has done this before or knows of any source of info on such a conversion
Thanks in advance

I have similar setup to patrolden and it scares the daylights out of people, good for getting people out your way cos they think a big Kenworth is about to run them over! Mine runs great down to 70psi then starts to drop out.

We use them all the time at work and they are 100% on tec screws in thin sheet metal such as panels. I have used them for both of my DIY snorkel and roof console and 100's of k's worth of corrugations ave not shaken them loose where other screws have shakem out in other places

I have a '03 RA and find it quite good except for like others have said on the open road it runs a pit short but i'm sure the new 3.0 CRD has sorted some of that, and i'm hoping a new free flowing exhaust will help some of my problems with the previous diesel

tip i've heard of for setting a bead. haven't tried it but it seems safer than the lighter fluid trick. get a bicycle inner tube the right size for your rim (i.e.16in, dunno if you can get 15in tubes), inflate it and use it to seal the gap between the tyre and the rim. pull it out just as the tyre ...

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Crush tubes are to stop the bush compressing or so i am told.

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It's much easier and safer to just outlaw all plastics, even though the right grades are perfectly safe (umm, except in a fire I guess).

after the fire i don't think the lift blocks are going to be the biggest concern

One of the easiest things you can do to improve sound quality at high volume for any cd player is to have a heavy duty wire direct from the battery (with fuse of course) to CD player and an equal size earth wire

I went steel for my blocks because of price, just went to local steel mart and got them to cut off 6 bits of bar for me and i just drilled them myself.

Ended up about 1/4 price of rubber or P/U ones that 4WD shop was selling

FM transmitters have reasonable quality but if you want clear sound straight off your computer then you will need a head unit or amp with an aux line that will run direct from the laptop. The USB input in most head units will only read USB flash drives they won't allow you to connect the laptop dire...

It comes in 6m lengths if that helps, i'd be suprised if hardware stores keep it in stock, you may get lucky with a plumbing store selling it per/m maybe try larger civil plumbing contractors they may sell you shorter lengths that they have as off cuts

Took the muffler out of my ra diesel and the only difference i noticed was it sounded better, i have not seen any improvement in fuel economy or felt any performace increase. Hope to have better results from 2.5" replacement system i'm gettin tho

The other option would be to replace the damaged tie rod end as clamping, hammering etc may cause damage and neccesitate changing the part anyway

To me it looks like what they do on Hot rods to get them dropped closer to the ground but keep standard shock height for better handling of bumps etc. As you said if you lower the car this method will allow for a standard length shock to still fit but on the other hand if you fit a longer shock it ...

Like g60 said MOST alloy trays now are basically just clipped together with a few screws and bolts to finish the job. Having had alloy trays on work utes in the past any load that sits in the same place for any time will wear a hole in the tray (once lost a large oxy bottle down the road this way) i...

I have never had a problem with bull lights or other spottys mounted infront or the radiator causing problems with overheating. If mounting them on a rollbar or roof bar just run the wiring thru a door then under any internal linings. Only prob i had with bull lights on a roll bar was due to the fac...

Does anyone have any experience with obd data loggers and the 3.0td rodeo. I am thinking about purchasing a scan gauge unit but am interested in how the unit will work with my vehicle