Daihatsu Owners - Post your intro here

Post by **rocky raider** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:27 pm

hi heres is my intro my name is Jeff i live in Redmond Oregon
recently got a 1990 rocky for $300.00. it sat for 3 years. now has a new entire cooling system....radiator...water pump...several hoses....heater core.....themostat and housing
ran rough because the coolant line near the distributor cap leaked liquid into the cap and killed the spark

got all the stuff above fixed and it died like outta gas on the highway. it cranks and has spark but the injectors dont cycle and the fuel pump doesnt come one(it used to come on right away when the ing switch was in "on" position)

so at the moment it is just a display model in my driveway
hope some here can hook me up with advice or parts
Jeff

update it runs now i got a new fuel injection computer and voila it off and running

Post by **Trey** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:18 am

Whats up everyone?!

I go as Trey but get called all kinds of things which I won't post here. :lol:

Anyways I have a 1990 RockySX. Its pretty stock but has a fresh engine, CD player and a set of Silver Star headlights other than that its stock.
I'm looking foward to exchanging ideas and learning a thing or two.

Trey

Post by **Ferozaahhh** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:55 pm

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this part of the site, I previously lurked on the Toyota and Suzuki sections... my other half (SmurfX AKA Mark) drives our '93 Toyota Surf. I used to co-pilot but got sick of having to fight for a drive, so I went and got me a Feroza.
I used to have a 1990 Feroza a few years ago but I cooked the engine on that one so this is number two :oops:

Took the Ferozaahhh for a spin off road to a local fourby haunt called Wilbinga a couple of days ago and was very happy with how it went.
I've got some mods planned..... the plan is to get some 30" muddies, maybe extractors, extended shackles - all the good stuff

At the moment everything is stock standard.

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Cheers

Heidi

Post by **Dangerous Dave** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:27 pm

Howdy,

My name's Dave. My intro is long over due buy eh, I'm slack.

I drive a 1993 Daihatsu Feroza SXP II. I bought it stock bout 2 years ago and since then i've added: Extractors and side exit exhaust, Snorkel (custom), K&N Pod Filter, 2" Body lift, Wound the from Torsion Bars up an extra 2" and have TJM springs in the rear with extended shackles. Its also got TJM XGS shockies all round. 15X7 Sunrasia Rims and some 31" Simex Centerpede MT's. It has a customised front and rear bumper, both made out of 5mm steel. Finally it has a CD player and a CB UHF Radio.

I think thats about it.

Dave

Post by **gonzo4x4** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:55 am

Hello all,
I'm Gonzo from Belgium, my Englisch is not so good, I drive with several Daihatsu's, most F50 and one Rocky.
I'm building a new F50 with 35" Simex tyres, disc-brakes front and rear, 2 winches, snorkel, 100% difflockers front and rear, no bodylift and no suspension lift (otherwise he roll-over) but i do put bigger shocks, and top of the bill: 2.8td engine with big intercooler and a variable turbo :twisted:

Post by **Benszook** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:28 pm

Hi all,

Just finished modding my rocky as you can see in the avatar. I have just rebuilt the gearbox because I knocked a couple of teeth off one of the gears also fitted new clutch and machined flywheel. Did a few seals to fix all the leaks. Fitted a new radiator. I fitted hilux diffs with 33 inch simex jungle teckers, fitted high steer arm and had the tailshafts cut and shut. It is a lot better 4wd now with a heaps lower low range. I am thinking about selling it if any one is interested cause i want to get into something bigger. Feel free to email me at bplatten@adam.com.au

Cheers,
Ben

Post by **FEROZA 01** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:36 pm

Hi All,

Newbie to this site, I have been lurking around just reading FAQs, great friendly site, helpful info.
I drive a Black 92 Sportrak/Narrowtrak Feroza nicknamed 'midnightFez'.
No mods at this stage, previously fitted 235X15X75 on a set of CSA rims.
:cool:

cheers
Joel

Post by **Rambling Rocky** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:09 pm

hi guys

i'm a newby. been reading your FAQs for awile, lots of good info.
i drive a drive a 84 LWB Rocky current mods:

Sigma 2.6 engine conversion, fully enginered
2 inch body lift
32 Motorway Mongrel tyres
chrome f100 rims
swaybar GONE!
panard rod GONE!

Planned Mods:

Spring over with hilux axles
2inch exstended shackles or
Drop shackles
long shocks
roll bar

i am trying to find some info on the spring over with hilux axles.
Have many guys done it, what about the distance between the spring perch's is it the same or similer. How much would hilux axle's approx cost Disc to disc. Most inportantly cauld i make it legal in QLD.

Thanks Guys any help would be great.

Post by **Chris F20 maniac** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:09 pm

Hi my name is chris,

im new to the site and own a white 77' F20

its a tuff little 4x4 with these mods done recently
-extended shackles
-34" superswamper LTB tyre's
- flares
-A pair of WRX seats

And yet to come
-5 spd box conversion
-3.5L rangie V8 or worked 2L motor
-front disk brake conversion
-longer shocks for better droup
-and of course a tricked up interior with radio's in
an overhead compartment.

now all i need is some time, some parts and ill be right! :lol:

Post by **rowdy24** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:59 pm

Hi guys

My name is Brett
I live in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne
I drive a 1989 Daihatsu Feroza EL-X Narrow-track (Black & Silver)
... which replaced a `82 Yellow Suzuki Sierra (1.0L !!!!!) 4 spd.

Mods:

Ironman rear leaf springs with a 50mm lift and torsion bars wound up
Extractors and and nice exhaust note (came with it when I bought it)
Cooper Discoverer AT Tires / 215 75 R15
Installed a Black Induction Box

Accessories:

Nudge Bar
Immobliser
Pioneer CD Player
Window Tinting

Wish list:

Fix that annoying tailshaft vibration

More power!

For more info check out my website:
http://feroza.rowdy.id.au/ (I don't update it much though)

Post by **shezzbeav** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:40 am

G'day,

My name is Sherrie.
My partner, Andrew and I share a 1993 Daihatsu Feroza SXP II. Andrew's the main driver, as I'm still on my bloody learners!!

The Roza's got:
30x9.5 Goodyear Wrangler MT/R Tyres.
5 Spotlights on the roof - all wired up!!
Bullbar
Two spotlights on the bullbar
Daikin Heavy Duty Clutch
And all the basic stuff you can find on a standard Feroza.

In the future, we plan to do the following mods:
2 inch body lift
Customised Bullbar - Andrew plans to make it.
Snorkel - just gotta get more info and of course, money!!

Here's the Feroza.

It's an old photo... we only recently put the spotlights on.

Post by **senergy** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:36 pm

hi all,
i've been lurking here for a bit and learning lots of valuable information.
i just recently purchased a 91 feroza el3.

the only good thing it came with was a rusted bullbar and winch thats not wired up and i have my doubts as to whether the winch works at all.

ive had it one week and so far i have:
ground out the rust and repainted the bullbar.
installed a blackwidow bw10000 alarm/mobilizer
installed a stereo which includes pioneer 4" splits in the front, jbl 6x9's in custom panels in the back, mtx 10"sub, running off kicker and alpine amps.
rampod for some better intake.

planned mod's which may or may not happen depending on how i feel..
black sunrayisers with 30's
2" suspension lift
rust proofing as she will be seeing mostly beach work.

just like to say thanks to everyone on here who are most helpful.
here is a pic of the car, nothing to special on the outside...

Post by **Pommie B*stard** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:40 pm

Hello All!

My name's Jon and I live in sunny old England.
Hope you like the user name I picked, though it might amuse
as most of you are Aussies.

I picked up my first 4x4 this weekend (woo-hoo!)
It's a 1996 Sportrak (or Feroza as you guys call it) ELXi
in Burgundy/Silver.
Been driving around for the hell of it - and I love it!

No mods or anything yet, hell it hasn't even got a radio!
First job is a damn good service, I'll probably roll up my
sleeves, dust off the toolkit and have a go myself (Mechanic's
rates are silly here in the UK - more so when they see a 4x4
coming)

Sorry about all the brackets (I like 'em) by the way.

Cheers people,

Jon.

Post by **flynn** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:37 pm

well heres my beaut ute well one day it will be
at the moment its a 1988 rocky
factory turbo
aftermarket intercooler that doesnt really do anything coz the headlight is stoppin any air from gettin to it
it has three different tyres i forget wat they're 30"
due to driving to hard on tracks it shouldnt be doing it now has an extra 1/4" lift at the rear

plans are to chop it and make it to a ute then 1 day custom tray.
31 mongrels or 33 tsls maybe boggers
2"body
2"sus
rancho rs 5000/tough dogs something along those lines really depends on my mood at the time!!!

then one day il wake up and relise it was all a dream

Post by **slhap** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:39 am

as a new member i thought i'd introduce myself.

My name i Daniel, live in sweden. I drive a 1988 Rocky 2.8 TD.

my truck i as good as stock. i disengaged the wastegate for more boost since my turbo is singing on its last song..

i have a really big turbo from a Scania V8 diesel lying around and waiting for me, also a intercooler from an Alfa Romeo 166.

i am running on 31x11.5 R15

when i do the turbo change i will also do a spoa conversion, and a 2" body lift, and change tyres to 33's

here's a pic of my truck doin what she likes most, getting muddy

more pics:
http://hem.bredband.net/b264253/rocky/

Post by **4x4xmore** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:39 pm

hi my name is jason
im located at eagleby (half way between gold coast and brisbane)

i drive a 89' model el-x narrow track feroza

CURRENT MODS...
* 235/75/15 mud tyres
* suspect maybe lift kit but not sure
* extractors
* 100w spotlights
* alpine mp3/cd tuner
* pioneer and sony 6" speakers
* uhf radio
* alarm/imobiliser
* tinted windows
* towbar

FUTURE MODS...

* body lift
* suspension lift
* bull bar
* winch
* diff locks

Post by **RobF300** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:12 am

Gday hows it goin,
Rob from canberra here, picked up my 89 f300 bout a week ago and couldnt be happier, been with daihatsu since i first got my licence 6 years ago (charades) and now out on the property and getting into the 4wd thing. Only seemed 1 choice for me and that is Feroza from the same era! I got the car cheap, but the repairs and gettin it on the road are all adding up to a decent price, about 5300 when every thing is done (rego insurance repairs). Will surely look at modding in the future, looks like a very fun little project there. Anyways hope to get to know you all, seem like a pretty mad bunch... heres some pics

http://members.optusnet.com.au/rickcampion2/

Post by **drewe** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:41 pm

Hey - names Drewe, just got the red/silver Feroza Friday lunch time - usually a sports car kind of guy, thought I would try something different so I can beach it and stuff on Straddie/Moreton.

As far as I can tell it is pure stock apart from the tyres and CD player - exhaust nearly rusting off and suspension looks a bit slack, panels have seen a few too many 4WD outings i fear, but it is a start! will beat it back to shape then a custom paint jobby I think, 2" exhaust and a little lift.....

Drewe

Post by **PSJ** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:26 pm

Hi everyone,
Another newbie here, my names Peter or PSJ as my friends call me, I live in the hills district in sydney. Just picked up my feroza last week, its a blue/silver 94 cxi with 174k on the clock and stock as a rock. I've been reading the forum for a couple of months, thanks for all the great info! My last two rides were very low datsun 1600s that couldn't even make it over shopping center speed humps without scraping so this is a welcome change for me. I've wanted a feroza for a couple of years now and I'm so happy I've finally got one, it has a Daihatsu bullbar, sidesteps, alpine cd player + 6x9s, unused toolkit and doesn't look like its ever been offroad, that's going to change shortly! I'm new to 4wds(this is my first) although I've always been interested. I love camping and going bush and get the feeling I will be doing a lot more of it in the future. The first mod will probably be new battery terminals and a bigger battery, then I'll start searching for a factory clinometer and volt meter, when I get over the fact of being so high i might start looking at suspension lifts. Again, thanks for all the great info!

Cheers everyone!!!

PSJ

Post by **keithprt** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:15 pm

hi all my name is keith from canberra and i have a 92 feroza
my mods include:
front leaf conversion

Post by **RobF300** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:19 pm

Gday Keith, Robbo from canberra here

Cheers for them bits i am still yet to do the brakes but they passed rego as is, so ill get it done later

... Havin woes with engine mounts and sump gasket but should be sorted soon enough...

Hope you enjoy the forum anyways will be good to keep in touch

Post by **keithprt** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:10 pm

found some pics tell me what you think
ignor the 31" on the rear and the picks are average to get under size

Post by **runnin4life** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:31 pm

hi all
i better introduce my self
my names elliot
i have a diahatsu F20 hard top
im an apprentice sheet metal worker
dont have my P's yet
and i am trying to learn as much as i cant about this tops little 4wd

cheers
elliot

Post by **lkgrainger** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:07 am

Hello all, I have just purchased a 92mdl Feroza after looking at 25 car yards I decided to go private and it was the first one I looked at and it was that cleen I snapped it up straight away. Inside and out it is micky mouse. I'm new to the 4x4 sceen and this forum so please be gental...LoL

I dont know much about it at the moment, eg; whats stock and whats not, it has a bullbar with 4 spots which I wouldnt think was stock and a engine imobiliser/alarm and a Pioneer CD player, the rear looks a little high so I dont know what the go is with that. When I got it the exhaust has a crack at the exstractors and the muffler is gone, so its going in today to get that fixed, and has two sets of different tyres on it they get fixed tomorrow ( street tyres on the rear and off road on the front ).

I dont know much about it to make a wish list , but I would like the front to be as high as the rear, and maybe a roof rack with a few spots on it, oh and I better have a larger battery to cope with the power needs, and I'm tinkering with turning those tail lights (that dont do nothing but use one reverse light) into fully working tail lights.

Any sugestions by you all would be great , thanks in advance Leigh...
Here are a couple of pics.

http://images.fotopic.net/y9b108.jpg
http://images.fotopic.net/y9b10c.jpg
http://images.fotopic.net/y9b107.jpg
http://images.fotopic.net/y9b10s.jpg

Post by **RobF300** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:52 am

Just get a set of lights off an older model, mine has working lights, none on the bumper (89 model), Im still goin to put on some of that night shades paint to make em dark like the ones on your cars

Post by **Floody_1985** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:57 pm

G'day,
I own a 1993 model Daihatsu Rocky, Turbo Diesel. F78 off the top of my head. Great little fourby. Taken it a lot of places I never thought I'd get it. Even a few hairy water crossings,

.

Living in Port Macquarie at the moment. Have taken this machine all around Aus (from Port to Perth, up through the Kimberly's, Darwin, living in Kakadu for a while, down to Alice, back to Darwin, and shortly she'll be trecking it from Darwin back here to Port via QLD), and barely a problem with her during the whole time. The best vehicle I have ever owned.

Cheers

Floody

Post by **jasonmccullough** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:34 am

Hey guys my name is Jason, I live in Adelaide, SA

I recently brought a Feroza 91 Black Silva, hard top, drive like a beast, acts like a B**** well yeah the alternator died today haha

Acc:
Bull Bar
Spotties
Tinted Windows
AM Radio

Mods wanted
Alarm
Extractors
Lift Kit
but most of all

Side Steps - dont ask me why, im kinda short and after a long day at work its a big jump up there haha

Have fun

Jason

Post by **vestax** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:55 pm

Greetings from Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur , Im a owner of a Rocky 1984 petrol 3Y engine . Done some basic mods on the rocky . Engine has not been touched . Its really dying on me , i really need to rebuilt it

Cheers !

Post by **granSteph** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:06 am

Hi every happy Feroza's owner!

First, sorry for my bad english

I'm come from Belgium and I'm "interested"

at the 4x4 (and specially the Feroza naturally) untill july of this year!

This part of forum is the first one I see specialized for our lovely Ferrie

It's the reason I'm registered here!

- Feroza '91 with 1600 twin cam but carbu + gaz installation
- 4 tyres Blackstar Guyane (90% Mud) 235/75 15 with chamber
- bullbar + 2 headlamps more
- no more rear bumper (for better up-angle)
- suspension + 4 cm

Here some photo's

Post by **nebivedu** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:09 pm

Hello. I am a newbie on this forum. First i would like to apologize about my english - it is not my mother tongue, so it is not so good.

I came from small county Slovenia. Here are some pics from my realy small country. Maximum is 350km from one side to enother.
http://www.slovenia-tourism.si/?photoalbum=0

I own Feroza Y90 with 2 inch trailmaster's liftkit. and 215/75/15 BFGoodrich ALL TERRAIN. It has 277.000km and works fine.

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