Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Ive done a lot of Pricing and as we know 2.8 and even 3.0 are getting cheaper all the time.

The questions are! Do they really stuff up around 120,000ks plus like the rumour go's? Or are they going 300,000 easy like the old GQ 4.2?

And if so or if not, could then throw a 4.2td or even a Chev V8 ...

2.8 has car gearbox and not the same at the 3.0TD and 4.2's


you wont get 300,000km from a 3.0

on patrol list, someone got 255,000 and when stripped down it is knackered, bores are too worn and requires a new block type worn. oil changes at 5000kms

You will have to change the engine mounts and also the complete Gear box. There will also be lots of little stuff to sort out as well. Alternativly you can buy a 2002 3.0 with 10900km's on it of me. I have it listed on Ebay for $2000 and it does come with the pump.

LudaCris

zd30 and TD42 run the ...

i finally organised my sliders from ATS4x4 in Geelong last week,

MIght go down on thursday night to get them

And it seems like only one person who said dont buy Ranchos has actually had them on thier own car.
The others are always "a mate had them" or "I've heard bad stories" :roll:

Ive personaly had them, replaced 3 tmies, 4th time threw them in the bin

Ossie has had them, same story.

Ranchos are ...

the new model has coil over shock struts, pretty sure the previous model was torsion bar?

my brother has ordered a new rav4 cruiser to settle a bet with a mate

there is a track in the vic high country that his mate said he couldnt get a new rav4 up

so RAV4 is ordered , currently on a boat

mini swampers are about to be ordered


BRING IT ON!

in 6 months he'll order something else ...

nope it's Western Australia

Looks like Preston Beach maybe. Sth of Perth about 100km

toymad80 wrote:I just fitted dobinsons struts and coils to my 06 dual cab sits up and rides heaps better than standard,I have a V6 with steel arb winch bar,came up 90mm in front end.

what cv angle do you have now?

anyone know how much 10mm will fit a 9.5XP

i'll be getting delivery to melb

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.

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

http://www.tuff4wd.com/imghost/images/kt267502 ...

the sigma must be manual.

i did a swap into my swb offroad racer, a few things like pollution gear are different but we ripped it all out as it was a race car

I have heard from several people that due to the new Diesel hilux motor being electronic and computer controlled, that fitting a snorkel actually decreases fuel economy due to the ram factor. As the air is forced into the intake (due to the snorkel intake facing forwards) it changes the pressure in ...

with the prado 120 (similar setup) a few manufacturers had issues like it appears blue max is having.

it's probabaly a one of manufacturing defect on that one shock, but I wouldn't be comfortable replacing them with the same again.

i'd throw a ome or a bilstein under it.

i'll sell you my ome ...

Well guys I was going to wait until I got some better pics but cant wait any longer, so here it goes, I got 3.5" suspension lift (The ultimate suspension) also 285/75/16 tyres and 16x8 rims. All the work was done through My4x4.com.au at Minto in Sydney.



that looks much better

what was the cost ...

ZD30 has a cat

Mine was put in the bin , when the 3" was fitted

i did it once


you can hand prime it using the filter pump and lots of cranking

HLX40L wrote:Sorry if we have covered this here, but what insurance companies is everybody using for there new Hilux's?

Cheers Dan

DGA Insurance brokers (AUST 4WD INSURANCE)

$75 a month with all my accessories noted on the policy and $2500 camping gear + full offroad

[An observation, and a question - is your front bar colour coded all the way to the body work of the car?


ARB colour code the lot if you point out to them it is that way in their brochure

they early pics of mine are when they "forgot"

they paid to remove the bar and fit replacement colour ...

I ran 31's on mine for 7000kms before the lift and barwork went on

My plans thus far, and as I'm in the process of getting quoted:

Front bar, with winch
Rear ARB step
ARB side steps
Carryboy or Alpha canopy
Lightforce 240's
UHF (of some description - anything will beat the 500 mW handhelds I currently use)
Dual Battery setup
Airtec snorkel (hate to say it, but ...

Mine

i cant remember exactly, way back when we bought ours they were in short supply and a 3 month wait was the norm

i got freebies and the national fleet discount

Also would be good to know about any fuel consuption changes as well.... s'pose u would have to put a few tanks through it first just to make sure :)

Dtronic has been in a few weeks

BEFORE , the computer said 9.4km per L average

AFTER , 11.1 KM per litre average


very very similar figures on a ...

says the guy who sells them

resellers advice should always be taken with a grain of salt


Hey Roly, I'm not a 4wd shop or anything like that I'm a electrician who loves his 4wdriving. Just got back from Gosford picking up my new diffs for my conversion on my 79 series. I researched it for 12-18 ...

Article (well, the car guru answering a question - not rely an "article" as such) in today's Sunday Mail.

He said that the problem was sourced to inadequate oil delivery, and the problem was magnified on long drives as the oil didn't have sufficient time to cool. So in short, he believed that the ...

It was a 3 litre . Im fairly sure it was a 1999 , but cant be sure. If i still worked there i could check his client file, but i cant.

3.0TD was released April 2000.

and i bought one on pre order and picked it up the day they came out.


it lasted 2 years and 364 days, 87000 kms before blowing ...

A bit off topic ( if its to far off say so and I'll start a new thread), but is there any special prep thats needed with these engines for long distance touring. We're planning to do the gunbarrel later this year or next year and then a trip up to the kimberly the following year.


carry a ...

One of our customers had one hole a piston, 1999 model 10 months out of warranty. Nissan fixed it for nothing ( they said a motor alone is $12,500), but he had to kick and scream about it.

The thing is, all the ones that i have heard about blew up after a big long trip down along the highway ( his ...

G'day all,

I work for Toyota Company Fleet in Altona, Melbourne and I can tell you that we use the same oil for all the cars, no matter whether they are diesel or petrol. It's a Castrol brand, not quite sure of the viscocity but I can try and find out. We get Technical Services coming in and out ...