Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Has anyone made up their own independent suspension set up, looks like their not overly technical or hard but seems to cost a lot especially in comparison to a normal leaf spring set up. Are they worth it, does it really make much difference. I imagine clearance would be a better but its not exactly ...

Giving it a bit more thought it looked like the suspension had been changed at some stage (non galvanised welds on a hot dipped trailer) and my guess is that they got the set up wrong, the springs still had a pretty good arch on them and I think if the shackles were hanging down instead of back they ...

Hi, I went too look at an older off road camper recently and the shackles were all the way back to the point where they were sitting up against the chassis, the current owner had said that the past owner had mentioned that the axle had moved slightly back along the leaf springs (wheels where a bit ...

I just pulled the converter apart and had a look at everything inside and it was alot cleaner than I had expected, the filter looks almost like new, apart from a slight build up of what looked like baked on oil there was hardly any gunk. Upon taking it for a test drive I remembered something else ...

stock 4runner wrote:Just had a look where I got my rebuild kit from $48 + freight out of Victoria if you want to have a go

so whats this place called and how hard was the rebuild? it doesnt look like there would be too much to it.

I had been having a few issues with my 90s Prado starting on LPG and then it progressed to occasionally stalling when swapping over to LPG to now it wont run at all on LPG so I took it to the local lpg place where upon hearing this and then seeing that the system is about 4 years old said that it ...

RUFF wrote:Your going to buy a lot of Disco for 20K but you may get a decent stock Prado for that money.

I would have thought so too but a quick search of the online classifieds for discos and prados in the 15-20k bracket with less than 200k km didnt reveal much difference in age and km for $$$

He does realise that the Prado is a soft roader as well right? It will be a big stepup from their xtrail, so your saying that the disco is alot more capable off road? And the Disco is defianatly more LPG friendly. The Prado V6 is not a real fan of LPG. I have not heard of or have had any major ...

I wouldnt have thought you could get a 120 prado for less then 20k. we just sold our 1kz 90 series and it was a great truck. 11.4l/100km with steel bar & roof rack, 33's etc, they are very reliable and cheap to fix, not that they break very often. Your probably right, I have seen a few just under ...

Ive got a friend who is looking to upgrade from a softroader to something with a bit of offroad ability currently he is sold on a Discovery but the wife is sold on a Prado, Must be under $20000, 7 seater and he is after a diesel. A few years ago I were in a similar sitiation and ended up with a 90s ...

RAY185 wrote:

V.W.Dave wrote:I would take it to a LPG guy and pay the diag....

x2. If you're in Brisbane I can recommend a good mobile guy.

Does he do the (northern end) gold coast?

Umm okay, I don't feel silly at all nor am i offended at your comment, Thats good, I worded it in the most non offensive way i could because im not one of those people who feel the need to flame others becuase there hiding behind a computer. was just showing you an option that I had used and seen ...

Cheapest and best dual battery system.... http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?cat=123&item=84405&intAbsolutePage=1 I think you will find out that wiring the batteries in paralell would be the cheapest option and there are many better DBS out there. In the future dont bother posting up ...

First of all i have read many many posts and other info on different dual battery set ups and i am convinced that if i had the money i would go for a Traxide SC80 but lack of funds has me looking at cheaper (and yes inferior) products. which leads me to my question has any one had any experience ...

Here is one that is on ebay at the moment

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/toyota-hilux-Pra ... dZViewItem

I have just moved to the Gold Coast and the prado is due for a major service and were wondering if anyone has used any of the Toyota dealers around and can offer any advice or if anyone knows of a good mechanic who does servicing
Thanks

Look on pradopoint.com

http://www.pradopoint.com/viewforum.php?f=22

I am thinking of converting my 90series Prado to LPG but have heard that the 3.4V6 doesn't like LPG and i were wondering if any body has had 1st or even 2nd hand experience with the 3.4 on LPG or if this is just another "my neighbors cousins workmates brothers friends father" fallacy. I have heard ...

Looking at buying a prado (VZJ95R) that is just about due for its 100,000km service and just wondering if it is a big one and will cost alot
Thanks

120000km and yes a litre a every 4 weeks

does any one know someone good who does pre purchase inspections in sydney

Currently looking at a 105 series auto petrol GXL through a friend and the owner (being up front) said that it uses about a litre of oil a month due to the weight of the vehicle does this sound right, do other peoples cruisers do this or is there something else wrong
Thanks

Would it be possible to get a run down of the costs, the suppliers and professional help utilised
thanks

check out this post (from over a year ago) not exactly what you have got but should be able to give you some idea
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/viewtopic ... highlight=

about october 2002

Just wondering if anyone has had any experiance with these.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... :IT&ih=009
They look rather light duty to me but are also rather cheap

Its in very good nick

carts wrote:I would suggest that its extremely good value for a 2001 model. If I had the cash, i'd buy it, providing its in good nick.

And then you could chop the 80 too

I have been offered (through a friend of a friend) a 2001 GXL 100 series, stock except for the factory alloy bull bar and tow bar with 115,000km on the clock for $20,000, Its never been offroad and the first thing i would do to it would be to put on gas so my petrol bill doesn't double (any info on ...

Just wondering what they are worth as i got a new set with my coily when i bought it but no longer have the car so no longer need the bushes. If memory serves me correct the guy I bought the car off said they cost $400 from the shop does this sound right or not

xfer case is a bit pricey
cheap compared to a wrecker
but more than they usually go on here for

Not wanting to hijack this thread but does any one know roughly how mutch it will cost to get mods like this engineered ie body lift and bigger wheels