Outer Limits 4x4 Board

This mob in Brisbane have what your after, and lots of other great stuff too.....and they do mail order....


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the 98 to 03 xtra cabs all ahve IFS and manual hubs.

2in body lift and 2 inch sus lift will clear 33s in most situations
Chassis at the rear is slightly different (according to kaymar) to single and dual cabs, and so wont fit Kaymar rear bars. I have never actually tried myslef.
ARB rear bars have ...

TEAM KNECK wrote:Here is one we are building for a customer.
http://www.overkill4x4.com/jkjeep.html

Is that the standard factory sized tyres or have you gone larger again? And looks like a suspension lift also? What other mods apart from new front and rear bars?

Cheers

Like Sic Lux said, all of the above options are illegal in QLD.

If that aint a problem for ya, then go ahead.

Not many options for an IFS in QLD im afraid. Have asked around myself about SAS on Luxes in QLD, but havent gotten any true answers.

CRD have heaps of go. They are very capable...still smaller than a Patrol though. Spewin they havent released the Rubicon model with a CRD. .

Jeep's consumer research division didnt do their homework!!!! Im dirty as well, test drove a 4door V6 and was disappointed, drove the CRD and it was a good ...

one more thing, you said you wanted to repalce the diff centre???

If youve busted the crown wheel and pinion, you only got to replace the ring gear itself and the pinion gear, not the whole diff centre.

how you'd break your REAR diff is beyond me as they are pretty damn tough, one of the toughest diffs on the market in the Toyo stable!

Front diff is different. Everybodies brokena fron diff in the IFS hilux at some point in time.

I replaced my bad LSD in my 03 V6 hilux very early on BEFORE it ...

The oil appears to be leaking around the joint between the fitting and the diff, and also from the middle joint ( where the diff-fitting steps down to the smaller size).

Is that any help Ruff?

I havent taken the truck for a drive since cleaning all the crap off, so I'll have a look tomorrow after drive to work or back home.

Thanks

This is the fitting thats leaking, with the rigid spring moved outta the way.

Which type of locker is it, can you tell?

http://www.spin.net.au/~runningman/hilu ... ff-ARB.JPG

Sorry bout the pic, gfriend took it, bit shaky!!!

Ta

RAY185 wrote:yeah but did your old runner have torsion bars in the front wound up with bigger than standard tyres and get used much offroad? Its that combination that causes excessive loading of the idler arm.

oh yeah, nope it didnt, hadnt gotten the mods bug yet then!

Surely not the "unbreakable" hilux has broken stuff???!!! :-)

I just replaced my idler arm with a new one, as my 03 model arm isnt available in a new bush only, well, thats what the mechanic said!

Also replaced both lower balljoints as they were stuffed!! All up $500 parts and labour ....non ...

Thnaks for that Ruff, but to be honest, I didnt install the locker myself, and the guy that did, thru the paperwork out, so I cant really say which style it is.

I will have a look on the weekend and see if I can figure out which one it is by looking at the barb, if not, I'll suss it from there ...

Locker would have been put in 2004 or early 2005, so Id say its the newer style?

Ta.

I average 16.3 lts over 30,000kms last year, mostly city driving. Can fault the engine, always runs sweetly. Bit thirsty on the sand, and when towing and also thirsty with air con on.

Apart from that, no dramas with the vehicle. Mines a 03 extra cab with 31s for daily driver, with ARB front and ...

Anybody know if its a big job to replace or fix (high temp selaer/silicon/plumbers tape) the brass fitting screwed into my diff, as its weaping oil out. Gets to the point there is a hanging drip from the diff, and the diff is all covered in oil.

I check the oil level regulary and no problems with ...

no complaints from me with the tough dog shocks and leaf springs. Mine are the adjustable 35mm shocks, although Ive heard that the bigger 45mm ones for the 6' lift kits on the patrols and crusiers do suffer from the over-weighting of the vehicles, but generally speaking they will replace free of ...

sootygu wrote:[ It was also designed to house the next canopy which will have 2 section. Front bit permanent to keep fridge ect and rear section to be removable.

Hey SootyGU, your now stealing MY idea!!!

Would be good to see the build up of this documented, so we can follow in your footsteps!!!

Thats a good setup SootyGU, kind of along the lines of what I want to do, so apologies in advance if I steal some of ya ideas!

GUBeaut, that info about the exhaust and upping the turbo is the kind of stuff this thread was meant for. Thanks for that info.

I'll certainly be changing my wish list to ...

Mechanic got it for me, Im assuming Toyo, but at that price, I doubt it. Packaging was un-labelled. Repco advised that no aftermarket bearings of that nature were available from them. I didnt try Terrain Tamer for instance.

Thanks Ossie, confirmed a few things for me.

SootyGU, great looking rig, am closer to convincing myself to go the gold colour, rather than white. My gold hilux shows up all the scratches and dings, same with urs?

You got any details on that canopy? inside pics, layout? Is it permanent mount or can ...

Finally took the truck to a mechanic to replace the centre bearing, and for all up $170, it was replaced and most of the vibration problems I had, are now gone!

Mb still have some vibration from the unis, as im assuming they wouldnt have coped well with the wobbly centre bearing. I may even put a 1 ...

Well, I finally got around to replace the centre tailshaft bearing, and for one hours labour and $90 for bearing, the majority of vibrations are gone!!

So thanks for all the help guys.

Same thing happened to me. I went airlocker while I was at it.

SootyGU,
Have you got any pics of your rig with ur setup?

If you dont mind me asking, how much did ya pay for the Dobinson coils and Koni shocks, and where'd you get em from?

Ta

Hey Guys,

As Im going to trade up from my Hilux to a 2003-2004 GU 4.2TD Cab chassis, Id like some advice from all you guys who have been there and done that with this truck, as I want to mod it in the rigth direction first time!

Usage: Touring, beach trips, forest tracks and probably fire trails ...

Ive just read in 4WD Monthly forum, that one of the new V8s has blown up outside of Roma in QLD, some Toyota D'ship has it in for warranty repairs and they cant find the reason for the blowup.

Also been told that the single turbo is at the height of the chassis rails in the left of the engine and ...

Personally Id use 12 blocks 75mm high!!

Seriosuly, ur going into danger land (roadworthy and insurance problems) with the 75mm lift, go the 50mm, its more than enough, unless its going to be a comp truck, but not with that model Lux!

Hey guys,
Have found that my centere bearing in the rear driveshaft is wobblier than usual, and just want to find out how hard it is to replace.

Chan an average backyard mechanic change it, or do u need lots of experience and special tools?

Ive replace IFS front wheel bearings before, wasnt so ...

Why not try the exhaust shop in Brookvale, theres about 3-4 to choose from. I went to one in Chard Road, next door to Silverwood Trailers. Theres one there up the back of a mechanics office. They do all sorts of mods, were even keen to help me out bending steel tube to make up brush bars!