design your dream lux

[Elmo]

ok purely as a hypothetical thing to do to fill in time,

lets say you had a hilux, somewhere out of the 1980's models. how would you build it up?? leaning more towards the rocky sorta stuff,

would you coil it, EXO it, what sorta tyres would you run, what suspensionset-up would you use?? how would you go about it, and to make it tricky you've only got $5000 to spend

[bubs]

if you have $5000 for mods, i would use that plus your vehicle purchase probably the same if not a little more and buy something already built

[Roctoy]

dual transfers 1200
lockers 1200
ifs rears all round and rancho 9012's $1000
wheels and tyres $35's $1000
driveshaft mods' $600


there's $5000 well spent on a hilux

Chris

[De-lux]

dual transfers 1200
lockers 1200
ifs rears all round and rancho 9012's $1000
wheels and tyres $35's $1000
driveshaft mods' $600


there's $5000 well spent on a hilux

Chris

if i give you 5 grand, can you do all that to mine?

[My Lil Lux]

If on a limited budget I'd do Ifs rears in back, standard lux rears in front, some extended shackles, Cut your wheel guards to fit bigger wheels, a rear locker, longer shocks, dual transfers , and if any left, some 2nd hand 36 swampers on flipped rims. this should give you a start.

[Roctoy]

dual transfers 1200
lockers 1200
ifs rears all round and rancho 9012's $1000
wheels and tyres $35's $1000
driveshaft mods' $600


there's $5000 well spent on a hilux

Chris

if i give you 5 grand, can you do all that to mine?

isn't your IFS?

[De-lux]

dont be silly... 1993 model (not a SR5)

[Elmo]

this is gettin good

what about some home engineered coil conversions or stuff,

you know bring out the creative side in us all

[Busiboy]

Coils alone would chew up most of your $ not leaving you much for anything else.

[spazbot]

doing a home coil conversion woulded cost that much , depends on where your donar parts are comming from though

[bubs]

this coil swap in the rear cost me $40 in bushes, and $50 in coils

[My Lil Lux]

I got the A-frame and two trailing arms, a panhard rod, and spring mounts of a rangie for $70. prob another couple of hundred for coils, and time etc. to fab brackets, all steel care of work

[beebee]

My rear coil conversion cost me around $500. Probably half of what I had already spent on previous leaf setups

[beebee]

Actually if you want my dream lux, then look at Ruff's old green hilux. I'm sure it has inspired many. Hell, my inspiration started with his previous dual cab and the POS. OLD SKOOL!

[Shorty40]

this coil swap in the rear cost me $40 in bushes, and $50 in coils

And the links just appeared and it built itself for free

[bubs]

this coil swap in the rear cost me $40 in bushes, and $50 in coils

And the links just appeared and it built itself for free

ok so it also cost me my time, steel was free

[Elmo]

thats awesome flex bubs..........well done

what set up have you got it looks to me like a 4 link set-up except theres only one set of mounts at the chassis, looks like the links join...is that right??

hey beebee, that $500, thats surely not as it is now is it??? i thought you had hydro's in there from what i saw at XRCC

[bubs]

no wrong

it is a 4 link

[Elmo]

aahhh thats better, makes all the difference

still good travel tho, if you dont mind me asking, what lenghts??? seperation?? positioning??? materials??? etc etc did you use

[professor]

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... hp?t=21913

Maybe for ideas. this was built for just under 10k by me that is!hate to pay some one to figure all that out and weld it all in.

Chad

[beebee]

hey beebee, that $500, thats surely not as it is now is it??? i thought you had hydro's in there from what i saw at XRCC

That doesn't include hydraulics. Just links, springs, bushes and other bracketry.