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I have a 2in body and 2in suspension lift on my gen 2 hilux and i found my 35's wouldnt scrub the body but they would rub on the leaf springs when trying to turn.

It actually reduced my turn radius by alot :?
Thats with -40 offset wheels too

Then i went with some IFS hub spacers, which fixed the ...

In the quotes you've posted, the first example does away with disassembling the hub/spindle and removes the entire housing, fully assembled.


Hahaha yeah i just noticed that too.

I might have my shit mixed up here as when ive pulled apart my diffs its usually to rebuild them so all the nuckles ...

I don't see how loosening the kingpin bearings would make it any easier to get the CV out. It's not like they make the opening any bigger...

Maybe the CV is a cheap after market one made a tiny bit smaller to cut costs?


You have to take the king pins out. The bearings are recessed into the top ...

yeah the kingpin bearings, the bearings above and below the actual CV.

Usually ive had to loosen the kingpin/ nuckle bearings off and then rotate the cv to the flat points to pull out the cv/axle.

But on this diff the whole cv/axle came out without loosening the bearings or rotating the cv to the ...

I should have also said that i didnt need to line up the flats to remove this cv either.

Any thoughts?

Hi guys,

First of all i have searched and i cant find any info on this.

I bought a 2004 79 series coil front diff the other weekend and as i was pulling it apart i noticed the long side CV slid straight out without lining up the flats first.

Has anyone seen this before? Does it pose a problem at ...

Ok cheers for the info mate.

The diff im looking at is mising a hub on one side anyway apparently so i need to source parts for that so it might aswell be 80's stuff.

And ive allready done a 4runner rear coil conversion in the back so im keen to leave that as is if i can.

I havent been able to ...

Yeah tried searching but it wont let me put in just "79"

if i put in "79 series" i get 60,80,100etc series results and theres alot of crap.

Anyway Is it just the stubs and rotors that i need to swap out or do i need to swap out the cv's and axels, diff with it?

Ive searched for the 4.88 diff ...

Hey guys im looking at picking up a 79 series diff this weekend to do a front coil swap in my 85 hilux.

Is there an easyish way to convert it to a 6 stud pattern? I have heard i may be able to swap in 80 series hubs?

Do the 79 series have the same wheel mounting surface length as an IFS lux?

And ...

I think my next attempt will be to try and get another mastercylinder and booster off a hilux with the same calipers.

my brakes work a bit atm, if i pump them about 5 times they seem to grip hard. I cant see any brake fluid leaking out anywhere though.
Its just funny that with the front calipers ...

Ok well i tried tapping the mastercylinder and that hasnt done anything i dont think. Also it was parked on an incline before so i have got it on flat ground now but nothing has changed.

The one man brake bleeder i have is pretty good i think, it has about half a meter of clear hose going into the ...

Replace the master cylinder and you will be fine. It sounds like the increased fluid capacitiy in the callipers is too much for the master cyl to give a full application. If not the secondary piston may be stuck in the master cyl. Give it a tap on the end with a hammer to free it up. What method ...

Yeah bleed nipples are at the top

I dont think the mastercylinder doesnt have enough power for the new brakes. The size difference is not much and i have seen mates upgrade calipers before on their cars without doing the master cylinder.
Im only putting slightly larger calipers on, not swapping out drums for disc brakes.

Also it ...

I havent measured all the pistons to determin the increase. But visually the SFA calipers have 2 large pistons and 2 medium and the IFS calipers have 4 large pistons. The 4 large ones of the IFS calipers are the same size as the 2 large ones in the SFA calipers.

But my understanding was that a ...

have you bled the proportioning valve under the tray as well?

No i havent, but i havent had to before when bleeding the brakes on my hilux.

Also when i have the front brakes clamped off at the flexy lines the rest of the system builds pressure fine.

So im assuming everything is fine up to the ...

Hi guys i was hoping someone here might be able to give me some ideas.

Recently i have bought a hub spacer kit for my 85 hilux along with new vented rotors and some second hand ifs calipers. So the calipers are a bit bigger than my old ones but i wouldnt think that would be the problem.

Anyway so ...

Yeah mate like dave said, check out the salvage auctions. Try pickles.com

I have seen a few 3rz hilux's go through pretty cheap. Cheaper than you will find at a wrecker anyway. And you will have a heap of spares, or you can sell it all off.

Yeah mate but i dont think i have the clutch fork or clutch release bearing. Maybe the standard g52 one works?

Hey mate i dont think that they bolt staight up.
I Bought a gearbox of a bloke that was planning to put a 202 or something on his hilux and that had a custom bellhousing on it. I still have it if your interested?

Otherwise i would think a 22r with a cam and webber would be a decent upgrade on a 3y ...

Have you tried coating the slip joint with Inox then go 4wheel driving?

Mainly for the comfort factor. I drive it everyday atm and i can notice every single bump in this thing.
I went in a mates 4runner and its allmost like being in a normal car.

Also i have a 4runner chassis with an 4 pinion LSD sitting in the backyard doing nothing.

Might chuck a trail gear 3 link ...

Cheers Brad

Yeah i think i found those pics where you swapped over all the coil and link mounts. Looks like a big job, i was hoping to save a bit of time by splicing the chassis.
But still then theres the fuel tank mounts, handbrake setup and tray mounts that have to be done still.

I had a look at ...

Hi guys i was wondering if anyone here has allready done this and if they have any advice or could give me an estimate of how long it took them.

I have an 85 extra cab hilux and i have a 93 model surf chassis sitting in the backyard. I wanted to put the coils from the surf/4runner into the hilux.
I ...

Awesome stuff, even more oportunities for the lux

What kind of price range would the kit cost and what would be included in the kit?

I just chucked some 35/12.5/15's on my 85 hilux on the weekend for the first time.

It only has 2inch body lift and i was expecting to have to cut back the guards a fair bit. But so far i havent had to do any cutting at all. Mind you i dont think i managed to get the suspension flexing to its full ...

Looks sweet.

Would the coil sas kit fit a solid front axel hilux too?

The 1ggte will bolt up to the g52 using the 1ggte bellhousing and if you dont do any clutch dumps and punnish it it should last for a while. A g52 with slotted gearbox mounts should fit in the 4runner (fits my hilux, they are very similar).
Custom engine mounts would be the go, the 3y ones work but ...

After you have redrilled the perches and the diff is moved forward does all the steering still work ok? Or will that have to be modified too?

Ok cheers, i thought diesels had high pressure fuel pumps? If not i guess will just go for the surge tank and bosh pump or something, or maybe a later model efi hilux fuel tank?