Outer Limits 4x4 Board

If you're in here saying there is a sticker on the back that says Cruiser, you're wasting your time, use that time to get a girlfriend, a real job, or your balls back out of your wife's handbag.

Please remove them from this section.

No offence, but they are for school runs and blokes who can't afford a real Landcruiser.

Sweet ride.

i did this to mine and ended up putting a drop bracket on the front then put it back to the shakles up front until i can do it properly. A cut and turn wont be enough the pinion angle is too great. when i do it again i will cut the perches off the diff and correct the caster that way. Im thinking ...

Personally, I never really liked the look of them, my brother had some on his 40, and the stock ones looked better.

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The cheapest ones Repco had in stock. LOL

Yep, 1 more month and it will be here.

On sale for around $40k they reckon, and there may be a turbo diesel option.

The ute springs are massively long, longer than FJ55s by a fair margin.

Fawk big eye springs... waste of time, all the cool kids are going coil.

Sadly it si worth mroe in the vehicle, and with 100,000ks.... its a bit of a risk.

Having said that it is actually worth something if someone has a blown up one and wants to just install a new one, then you might fetch good money for it.

Without doubt, the BEST material is alloy. Cooling and weight.

Having said that, it is a pain to work with and get right (for most of us common folk)

Stainless is nice and pimp, but again a little hard.

Mild steel is the easiest and cheapest.

Poly is the worst.

Weding can be OK but.. doesnt matter if its for comp use or general recovery, the paramaters are the same. I test welds as part of my job. May I sugest that you 'always" put a bolt through as a secondary safety factor. I would also like to question the fillet size in the pic of Buds above. Withuot ...

5inchgq wrote:

NICK wrote:does customs send you a letter or fine if the stuff is prohibited?

I didn't get any notification when I had an import confiscated

But I have a few mates that have recieved letters from customs for similar items.

My brother tried to bring in a paint ball gun or similar and got a letter.

tozook wrote:

98lux wrote:My wifes 2003 has the 4.0lt

ok my one is a 2003 it has a 4.0lt

Turbo that!

Go for 4.88, or 4.5 if you do street.

4.88s are pretty readily available here. Just buy whole air locked centres and put them into the rover housings. Then get custom axles. 4.88s are readily available.

You are correct Ray, the 120 series never had the 3.4l 95series = 5VZE -3.4l 120series= 1GRFE -4.0l First appeared in 2002, this model included a re-designed front suspension to address reliability concerns of the previous generation, and an all new body designed at Toyota's ED2 design studio in ...

Love this thread. Will post some of my stuff up for a laugh soon. Mostly grind back and lots of paint style welding for me!

I think the best way to do it would be adapt the 1uz auto to the transfer basically using the adapter and maybe the output shaft from the auto if needed the reason being is the 1uz auto is electronically controlled by the ecu or ect (depending on which 1uz you are going to use) it will drive much ...

Sounds like you got a TD42.. $7300 is around the right price for a TD42. The TD42T should have a turbo hanging off the exhaust manifold.

Post some pictures.

Hi Bj, Actually that was the first thing that came to my mind. Maybe the front end was replaced by a hilux. Although I have checked a lot of hilux models and there is a subtle difference between my 4runner and the that of any hilux picture I have seen. Also all the curves fit perfectly. even the ...

has anyone done this and does anyone know if the 1uz motor will bolt straight to the factory prado auto I wondered about this. The auto, is the same style as the Surf Auto, so I suspect it would bolt up with a combination of the 1UZ bellhousing. Having said that, I dont know if it is ECU shifted or ...

You gotta remember it is dragging 3 tonne of vehicle too.

I see a lot of stainless or "plastic" snorkels but hardly any custom aluminum ones, is there a reason? I can get 1/8" thick wall 4" aluminum tube for way cheaper than stainless. I'm pretty sure it'd be plenty strong and easier to paint. Your thoughts? Thanks, David Seen plenty in alloy. Doesnt even ...

v840 wrote:

Harb wrote:Tis mate, its one of the 2 we took to the cape a few weeks back........ man that was a fun trip,,,would go again tomorrow

Any pics from the trip? I remeber you posted about it before you left and it sounded like it would be awesome!

There is a heap of pics on facebook!

US didnt get that front end, or the guards that go with it.

Is it possible it was in an accident and had a new front end?

That front end is a 2001-2005 Hilux, SR5 4WD front end.

RUFF wrote:

bj on roids wrote:When my springs were the wrong length I cut and shut the chassis to correct it.

I just cut 50mm out of the middle of one of the leaf springs and welded it back together.

Genius, that is why you are on the big money!

Z()LTAN wrote:why isnt my diff straight?

Too much wheel spacer, and too much air under the tyre, right before it landed on something.

hey guys. i have been a busy boy with gettin the engine and gear box all squared up and welded in. i have got it all sorted and am about half way just need to weld up the front engine mounts and i will be all good. just wondering if anyone has a good engineer in north brisbane/ sunshine coast qld ...

Good news!

Cheers for the info! 3.5" is the largest I've found on ebay. Those on the link look like the Donaldson unit with louvers but their angle is 90* unlike the Safari unit that have a more pronounced angle... which works better for my application. bj on roids, which 4" snorkel head do you have access to ...