Daihatsu Owners - Post your intro here

[davyshy]

hello people i am davy from glasgow in scotland i drive a 89 fourtrack 2.8 turbo diesel very standard

[pidoca]

hi all. I am only new to this web site but it has been a great source of inspiration and helpful hints.

car:

1988 F300
daihatsu feroza (one of the ist ones built)
narrow track

mods:

3 inch suspension upgrade
2.5 inch body lift
15 x 8 jeep offset sunrasias
9.5 all terrain tyres ( soon to be 31" or 32")
gas and petrol ( soon to be only gas with a piggy back tank on the existing gas tank)
custom soft top

future ideas:

i am planning to paint the olg girl with a metal hammered look ( I need to hide years of abuse) paint in a gun metal grey. also paint the inside metal work in a ice blue or jade green. any other ideas would be apprecciated.

ta

cya out there

pidoca

[Whistler]

Hi all,
I'm Darren from the Northern Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.

I bought a stock standard Black and Silver 1993 SX Feroza II 3 days ago after looking around for over two months. I conducted nightly internet searches over 3 months to find out as much as I could, but couldn't find anybody with anything really bad to say about Ferozas. I lurked on this site often trying to get a feel for the car, but now I can finally surface as a proud Feroza owner.

A pre-sale check of my Feroza only indicated a rusty tailpipe and a whistle in the exhaust (plus a minor hole in one hose and a blown interior light globe). This was a great excuse to tell my wife that it needs a whole new exhaust system, extractors and all!

Also in the short term, I'll be improving the intake, most likely with a K&N or unifilter to begin.

Looking forward to picking your brains on improving my Feroza.

Darren

[Mathew]

Gday all,my names Mathew i live in south east Queensland.Im only new here and its glad to find a site where there are so many people interested in the same things.I drive a 84 F75 Rocky resin top.
Mods done by owner:
turbo
hi lux diffs
air locker
snorkel
33x12.5x15 cooper tyres
uhf
spotties
stereo

[WaveCult]

Hi guys,

I'm Luis, currently in Melbourne and driving a Suzuki Grand Vitara soft-top... however I have a Daihatsu Terios CXS (1.3lt VVTi) that I bought when overseas (in Portugal to be exact).

Only mods I did to it was put in some 5mm spacers at each corner (it's not much visually but does make a difference), some stickers (that I made), a bash plate (that I also made), driving and fog lights (fog lights not pictured), and changed from the Bridgestone Dueler HT to ATs (much better tyre off road and just as good on-road!).

Oh yeah, almost forgot the Cobra alarm-system... very handy how it closes the windows on it's own

(also some blue neon lights under the dash and a Blaupunkt CD player/RDS radio... but that's not very relevant to 4x4!)

Here are some pics...





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[WaveCult]

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[FeroziousSXPII]

G'day Fellas

Congrats on a great board. I found the address at Ferwoaza's site. Very nice truck too Ferwoaza.

Anyway, mine is a green and grey 1993 SXPII, bought about 12 months ago in NEAR MINT condition from a middle-aged Hong Kong couple with only 60,000 on the clock - for only $11,300. I was wrapped, and still am.

I was driving a nissan X-trail when I started getting interested in 4wding. Needless to say, I soon relaised that a manual soft roader was NOT SUFFICIENT at all, so went searching for a good smallish offroader - good economy, low entry price, unstoppable in the rough stuff and just needs to carry me, the g/f and our camping gear.

Mike's page was probably what tipped me in feroza's favour, I'm devastsated that site isn't around anymore!!!

So far I've just put in clarion speakers and a pioneer head unit ( i do a lot of highway driving), 235/75/15 Olympic Overlanders, and a tow bar and bike carrier for the mountain bike.

Our best camping friends drive a diesel Surf, and the stock feroza keeps up no problems! Well, I wouldnt say no to another few inches though

I have a few mods planned which I'll look for some advice on in a different thread.

I've noticed the people that hang shit on my truck are the ones that KNOW NOTHING about 4wding. I love showing others up, when we are out on a track. What it may lack in outright grunt it makes up for in light weight and manouverability, and I use that to its advantage in embarassing many a Prado or Discovery driven by hacks. Hell, our friends Surf got hung up once in a bog hole the shortie feroza just bounced over!

Anyway, I'm from Melbourne but spend most of my time in the Latrobe Valley - Gippsland. Theres some mad tracks in the region, especially up Walhalla way.

So if anyone comes down this way let me know.

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[furiaverde]

Gday all!!!

My names Claudio.
I live in Santiago de Chile, sudamerica.

I have been reading this forum for a 4-5 months, and a i think is great!!!!!
i´m a member of a LISTA4X4.CL, and our page is www.lista4x4.cl

I drive a 1995 FEROZA SX EFI for a 2 years. Great machine!!!

mods:
2.5 inch suspension lift, whit rancho 9000 shocks rear and federal gas shocks front
1.5 inch body lift
15x8 offset rims
31x10.5 r15 BFGoodrich MT
high flow air filter
free flow muffler

Saludos desde CHile, amigos!!!!

[SimplyPV]

hey people, my name is pv an i'm in oregon, usa. i have a 1990 rocky sx hard top that i bought a lil over a year ago. i got it stock and i have not been able to very many mods to it yet since i dont have the knowledge to do so. currently it is runnin with stock rear an front torso bars maxed out so i could fit my 235-75-15" mud kings. i also had a custom front bumper with brush guard, mounted off road lights, an built in fog lights made for my ride as well, with a flip down option (for access to grill, etc) i am fixing to dump about a grand into it for some serious body work, new paint job, custom roof cage, lighting bar, tune up, an new free flow exhaust (with stock headers). if anyone can give me any tips on how i can farther mod my rig. i would be grateful. i'm also fixin to get me some rancho 5000 for the front end an a body lift (as soon as i get more money). im also currently looking for some revolver shackles for the rearend an a way to lift it as well... pls email me at MrReallyStupid@aol.com or reply to this post if u have info. thanks!!

~edit~ i finally got some pics. note, this is with the new paintjob.

[bombrcar]

Hi there!
Just found this list and wanted to introduce myself. I have a 1992 USA Rocky. I bought it used about 3 years ago in Oregon. I am in San Diego, California right now and LOVE this car. It is a great beach buggy with the top and sun roof off.
The only mod I have made is going from the old 205 tires (or tyres for you in Australia) to 215s. Gives it a much better look. Parts here are getting VERY hard to find (NO ONE had a front cam shaft seal that I needed a few weeks ago!!) so any hints on parts here in the USA would be great.

I'd like to add some lights and a bull bar, but what I really want is a bigger engine. The 'big block' 1.6 liter is just a little on the wimp side. I'm thinking either a 2.5l 4cyl from a Jeep Wrangler, or a 4.3 liter V-6 from a Chevy S series Blazer. Anyone ever heard of a swap like this?

Anyway, if there are any other Southern Californians on the list, give me a shout!
Joe

[lowrider3]

My name is luke i have an 86 rocky 2.8 diesel
im from Tasmania where the water is bloody cold.
The ol girl is standard at the moment hence lowrider3

coming soon
snorkel
2.5 suspention lift + 1 extra leaf all round
driving lights
mud runners

wish list
turbo
some sort of diff locks mabe vacuum?
scissor shackles

[Dave Fogwill]

Hi my name is Dave I am from Sydney.

My Feroza has a 2 inch suspension lif, 30 inch mud terrain tyres, extractors, a 2 inch exhaust and a pod air filter. Recently did a 60mm body lift.

[Tasrocky]

My name is Neil and I drive an '84 diesel rocky.

I have been around here for quite a while and have got some really useful information.

The Rocky is Red but most of the time is a muddy brown colour (seems to take to mud like a fish to water). Was brought stock standard and even had the origanal push-button AM-FM radio.

Had all sorts of plans for it but completely stuffed it in a roll-over and the repair bills are mounting very fast.

Here's some pics of it.

[dubb]

Hi my name is Dubb. I live near the beach, Northern NSW.

Sorry this is late but i was waiting for pics of my "stock" Feroza all it has is

Uniden Am CB
Extractors
Uni filter
All terrain tyres
Narva driving lights
Air-cond

Future mods:
50mm rear suspension lift (either longer shackles or reset leaves)
Torsion bars wound up to match
Fully welded front diff
ERPS Rust proofer thingy
235x75x15 BG Goodrich muddies
15x8 Alloy wheels

[Croz]

A thing of the past.

[Muddy999]

G'day Heath is my name and I live in the Riverina of South West NSW. Some of the list know me already from WARFS and some trips. My Rocky is still going (just! one too many trips to Menai) and it looks a little like this:

Australian Rocky. 1992 F-75RV Turbo intercooled diesel.
2 inch tough dog lift kit.
31 inch Yokohama Geolander tyres.
Airtec snorkel and rampod.
Extended breather hoses for diffs.
Alpine system + stacker.
Custom rear bar. (Still only half done.)
A sprinkling of lights (for the hoppys around here).
Nice big roo bar (again for the hoppys)
GME 3200 UHF.
Uniden 510 AM.
Turbo timer.
100 litre long ranger tank.
Assorted dings and scratches (it aint pretty).
New door, after the old one got ripped off.
60L esky with bundy and cokes on ice.

The plan in the future was to get it resprayed, I had a mate in RAAF lined up to give it a coat of hercules low profile eggshell texture grey but that fell through. Now I am looking at maybe kill rust white. I am also looking at getting a new custom door made up with rear tyre holder and jerry holder and getting a soft top made up. At this stage, it is still up in the air but with time on my hands and a handy welder...who knows.
I would also post a picture...but like I said, it is just too ugly.

Cheers all,
Muddy.
(Just a boy from the bush, back in the bush.)

[bart]

Hi,
I'm Bart from Holland I own a Dai F65.
Completly rebuilt and modified.

2,8 DL engine
5-speed
10 cm lift spring
5 cm bodylift
31x10,5 Cooper STT on 8x15 Oz Alloy rims
Ramsey 8000 winch
custombumper
dual battery (optima)
stretched cargo area (2mx1,5)
Cobra bucket seat
aux heating (Eberspacher)

This is my daily driver. We drove it to Eastern Europe and Scandinavia this summer (7000 km).

Hope you like it!

[Goatse.AJ]

Well, I thought it was about time I posted my intro, so here it is.

Name is Alan and I'm located in Melbourne.


Here's the list of mods on the Feroza so far...


Model - 1996 SX II Wide Track
Mods

- 31 x 10.5" Mickey Thompson Radial Claws
- 15 x 8" Sunraysias
- Torsion Bars wound up approx. 2 inches
- Front Sway Bar Removed
- Extra Rear Leaf
- Extended Rear Shackles
- Transfer Case bash plate
- Hurricane extractors & 2" Zorst
- Bullbar
- Hella Driving Lights - 1 Flood, 1 Spot
- Heavy Duty wiring for auxilliaries
- Dual Battery System
- Rola Roof Racks
- Hayman Reese Towbar
- Commercial Grade carpet in rear area
- Code Hopping Alarm
- Applause HDE engine


Future Mods

- Lincoln locker front diff - still to be installed
- Body Lift
- Longer-travel shocks

[newbyferoza]

Wow just found this website and think it is great as i love my fourby

Hey my name is Nick and I live in Brisbane

I have had my feroza for just over two years now and it is still dead stock as a rock. Have been to Fraser, Moreton and Straddie Islands and love the sand. It is a dead stocker 1996 sx series two, dark green.

I have finally got the modifying bug after my latest effort on fraser when my girl struggled time after time to get through indian heads. For mods I am thinking about getting a two inch lift kit and bigger tyres first, where are some places in brisbane i could go to get that done and how much including labour as i am not technically minded

thanks for reading any help would be appreciated

also will there ever be lockers for the feroza?

[yoda]

Feroza 1600 EFI 95

Hi Name is Corné for you OZ boys (Corn A like the South African Rugby dude Corne Krige) All my friends know me as Yoda ( the wise one ) I dont jump my Frozi (nothing in the manual about how to do jumps only the bad thing that can happen) and dont just head into ruts its all about how not to f..c it up. Must be somthing to do with my wife and it being her car. You all know the story about buying a toy for the kids so you can have a play go figure. I'm a refrigeration engineer so if those AC units start acting up give me a buzz I help. first line of help for those of you looking for a air comp one word AC unit, Change the oil to vacpump oil give it a nice clean source and restricted flow it becomes a beast up to 300PSI ad a tank and a pressure swich and open a pumping station for the crew. just dont use them without a tank valves wont last. must have some pressure against the discharge valve.
mods
1" lift
Rear diff locker Air driven (mmm wonder why)
nama mudies 31 10.5 over weekends ni week 205 70 cooper at
now rebuilt gearbox and no more turbo.
nudge bar ally
side steps ally
kenwood cd
Blaupunt 6.5" tway front 6.5" split rear
slinger deep cut 7" rear
Clarion 4x200w Comp amp

[b] wanted
2" front lift
2.5" rear lift
2" body lift
front lockers
new 30 9.5 or 31 10.5 cooper sst
winch Warn 9000
and decent arb bush bar

[manus]

finally some pics

[ferog]

Hi everyone,
Im Emma also known as 'ferog. I'm in Wollongong in N.S.W, I drive a 95 SXII FEROZA

So far I have added to the roza from standard....


~ Bullbar from Coastal bullbars
~ 2.5" suspension lift
~ Rancho 5000 shocks
~ 15x7 offset steel rims
~ 30" wrangler MT/Rs
~ 2.5" free flow exhaust high performance cat and Hurricane extractors grrrrrr!! V. nice system!
~ Lightforce spotties
~ GME uhf radio and higain arial spring based...bling bling my arial rocks .
~ custom stainless snorkle
~ mrt rampod before i put the snorkle on.

it's my daily driver and 4x4 Ive had it for 4 years. I just can't seem to part with it..

as for the future

I was thinking of a 2"body lift to fit 31's on...and weld the rear diff ...some sliders...a rear bar to replace the bumper, and maybe add some extra light power on the roof

[ferog]

Heres a pic

[Kell]

Its taken me a while to post this but here goes.

Name is Kelli-Anne, I'm 25 from Gympie. Have just bought a 95 CXi Feroza narrow track and its green over silver.

I bought it stock with the following:

Tape player
Bullbar
Towbar
Like I said stock

I plan to do the following sooner rather than later

CD Player (next weekend)
Lighforce Spotties
Handheld UHF
Bigger tyres


Edit 23 October 2004:

- set of Cooper ST's (235/75/15's)
- Alpine CD Player
- Spotties
- New rear springs
- Finer filter

[Green Machine]

Hey list its been awhile but i forgot my login and had to get a new one.

MY names LUke i live on Sydneys Northern beaches, i drive a 1992 feroza EL3.

Current mods
bullbar
towbar
4 x driving lights
GME uhf radio
Uniden am radio
Nokia car kit with long distance antenna
pioneer cd player and 6x9's and 6" in the front doors
custom made rear panels
roof racks
amp meter
air horns
HUGE battery
removed sway bar

Coming soon, davis craig thermo fan and bfgoodrich all terrains

[lay80n]

Hey, my name is layton from belmont just south of newcastle. This is the info on my little truck, will put pics when i can steal the digital camera from my g/f

85 turbo diesel rocky (f75) in lovely white complete with custom rock scratches

2.8l t/d
2.5 inch exhaust
dual battery with controller
warn winch bar and winch
2 sets driving lights and small reverse lights
2.5 inch lift ( custom leaf packs)
moved shackle and spring pack mounts ( add bit to lift)
removed swaybar and panhard rod
31's bfg muddies on 15/7 alloys
long ranger automotive tank
sony cd player with crap speakers
boost gauge and a couple of other gauges
hayman reese towbar (2.5 tonne or so i think)
re-wire most of car to fix bodgy previous owners 'work' :-) )
arb turbo timer
recovery crap
uniden handheld uhf

WAY TOO MUCH MONEY SPENT!

on the wish list:
lower transfer gears
lockers
bodylift
spring over and bit softer leaf packs

[BabyGodzillaGTi-R]

Hello,
Victor here and i'm from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
My ancient junk isnt' really worth a shout but atleast it brings me to college and from point a to point b. Was built up by my dad for the odd off road excursions and for competion a decade ago or more like 13years ago.
I'll try to get pics of it soon.
Anyway this is my spec:

Engine:
3Y 2.0litre engine
fully blueprinted and balanced
reprofiled cams
extractors
Weber DCNF40

Suspension and Chassis:
Ultimate Suspension Springs.
3inch shackle lift.
DeCarbon Shock Absorbers
6 point roll cage.
Recaro seats
Custom bull bar
Warn M8000 winch
Pintle Hook
Pair of Piaa 80series spots lamps
Pair of Hella Rallye 2000 spot, driving combination.

Transmission and tyres:
Rear detroit locker
Front standard diff
31inch Simex Centipede M/T
15x7J Enkei Rims

Other than that cant exactly remember what else.
Future stuffs i want:
Lara Croft limited edition Jeep and Defender 90
Range Rover 2003
Hummer H1, H2, and H3.

Oh shucks i've carried away. Cheers.

Oh some pics: