Interesting car to drive. I've had a couple of hiluxs, an 80 'cruiser and a 100 series that was modded - chopped rear off, made an extra cab, big lift, tyres etc (bright yellow, melbournians might have seen me around a couple of years ago, or heard me - 35" claws make a heck of a racket on the road...), and the rocky is a little choppy, and doesn't like corners too much.
All the live front end 4wds, even though they handled relatively poorly, could still be pushed hard into corners, on or off road, and would eventually slide (usually w masses of understeer) whereas the rocky dives on its front outside wheel, and gets a bit unstable. I think the short w/b doesn't help either.
I've only done a couple of thousand k's so far, ended up pulling off the front swaybar which helped make it a lot more comfortable, albeit at the loss of more cornering control... oh well, can't have it all i s'pose.
I also cranked up the torsion bars (it's now got a unhealthy looking angle 'tween front diff and wheels) which seemed to help a bit with the front end.
Car came with a pedders rear spring/polyair kit installed, (pump up rear bags inside the coils), and shocks, and sits a bit higher than standard as well which is nice, and they seem to work ok ie; pump up, car goes up, carry more weight, let down, car goes down
A couple of questions for the mighty minds out there;-
I know this has been done to death, but i can't find any mention here at all. 235/85x16 tyres? I'm a big fan of this size, they are the same as 7.50x16, which is around the 32" mark. Really good off road, plenty of clearance, not too wide - in fact if they fit, they should be perfect.
If they fit.
So i'm looking for a set of 5x5.5" x 16" rims with probably a bit more negative offset than usual (25 -30 mm?) to clear the front end on full lock (and a body lift to help), but all i can find are suzi rims which look like they have a positive offset ie; really shallow dish.
Any ideas or help anyone??
Second, how do you fit racks to the rear section on these things?? The front has gutters, but the rear only has what look to be the top of bolts - no head, just round metal disks - along the roof line on both sides. I can take a couple of pics if you need visuals. I assume that these go through into the rear cab section, so maybe i can rip out the lining and unscrew them and fit something else through there..??? Seems to be a pain in the ass though?
Any comments much appreciated!!
I haven't taken any photos yet, but here are a couple from the dealer...
, i think i may have tested it to about 150kg with 2 people laying on it while driving 
