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wats some cheap mods for a lux?

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wats some cheap mods for a lux?

Post by TYLER »

hey guys i just bought my first 4wd (93 lux) :D YAY for me, she already hase 2in body lift, 32" bfg's and rancho rs 9000 shocks, i was wondering wat are some simple and cheep mods that can improve the old girl ?
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Post by "CANADA" »

get out there and drive it....then you will have a great feel for the truck b4 you can start to mod it
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Post by TYLER »

i have hade it for 2 weeks and ive takin her out for a play every 2nd day (which is gettin expencive) wat can i do to improve my departure angle
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Post by spazbot »

get some pics og her and we can tell ya
best way for departure angle is to slice the rear off just after the shackles

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Post by TYLER »

heres a pic of the ol girl, im currently in the process of removing the bull bar and replaceing it wit a single bar for recovery, so if yall have any advice for it let me know
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Post by -Richo- »

For bar designs have a look here...

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... hp?t=38538

Take off the well body and replace it with a tray, its just going to get bashed up anyway better off selling it now while its still straight :D And shorten the tray to improve your departure angle. If you dont have one already on the front, get one of those recovery hooks.
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It will attach to the front crossmember on your chassis not the actual bar.

Just get out and play with it youll be amazed how capable a good ol' lux is :armsup:
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Post by Gribble »

No such thing as a "cheap mod". Coz shit you do coz your a tight ass generally comes back to bite you and costs more $$$ than doing it properly. ;)

Anyway, it depends on what you wanna do with it. Wanna go touring or full on rockf*cking? Go from there.
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Post by My Lil Lux »

Protect your cab with some rock sliders, Shortened tray, I took my well back of last year, have heaps better departure angle, and one less panel to worry about wrecking, extend your diff breathers, some extended shackles, if you can weld drop the front spring hangers if you do extended shackles, and if you get keen some longer softer springs in rear, A-frame your rear shocks, all depends on what you want to use it for, and if it's your daily driver, Mine comes out of the shed once a week.
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Post by TYLER »

gettin rid of the ute bak sounds like a plan, dose ne one know how much ill get for it? and i just baught a 4t recovery hook to put on a new front bar
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Post by Luxy »

I will give you $10 for the rear tub!!! :finger:

A good condition one will fetch over $1000 pretty easy....
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Post by My Lil Lux »

If your gonna sell it, advertise it on a mini truck site, they like to put the tubs of the 4b's as they have the flared guards etc, will get more than on a 4b site, most tubs I've looked at were around the 300 to 400 mark for newer ones of Toyota, if that gives you a guide.
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Post by beefa125 »

I changed the shocks, torsion bars and put in greasable shackles, I also put in diff breathers and modified the bumpstops

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Post by 83 lux »

Hyclone :D
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Post by bruiser »

No such thing as a cheap mod.
Every mod leads to another mod/problem.
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