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alchemist wrote:
I have a question if anyone is able to answer it, long range tank fitted to the SR5; will it screw up the digital l/100kms averages, distance to empty, etc?

I cant answer the question but have thought the same thing, will be watching

I will be asking ARB about it tomorrow...

Also, can anyone tell me where you've mounted your UHF? i have a remote head gme 3600 but have no idea where to mount the head and guts... the head could be mounted under the rear demister button but what did you use without making holes? I really don't want to screw more screws into nice plastic anymore

Photo's would be nice!

Cheers
Dave

i got myself one of these..

http://www.consoles.com/Toyota_Hilux05_low.htm

Very happy with the way it fits, no holes to drill or anything.

mischief wrote:i got myself one of these..

http://www.consoles.com/Toyota_Hilux05_low.htm

Very happy with the way it fits, no holes to drill or anything.

That's a NICE looking console, judging from the website...

got some pics of it installed??? :-)

alchemist wrote:Yeah that's what I thought Cranker, I will go have a look around this arvo.

I have a question if anyone is able to answer it, long range tank fitted to the SR5; will it screw up the digital l/100kms averages, distance to empty, etc?

XRDave should be able to answer this, given he has a long range tank!!

Drewski wrote: That's a NICE looking console, judging from the website...

got some pics of it installed??? :-)

here ya go.. mine's an xtra cab f.y.i.

Mischief... Looks the goods!!!

What radio do you have, and what is the speaker?

Cheers,

Andrew

Drewski wrote:Mischief... Looks the goods!!!

What radio do you have, and what is the speaker?

Cheers,

Andrew

its a uniden uh-090, thats just a speaker grill covering the hole as the uniden unit has its speaker built into the bottom of the unit (if u know what i mean).

Yep, I know exactly waht you mean... Thanks!!

Looks slick!!

Drewski wrote:Yep, I know exactly waht you mean... Thanks!!

Looks slick!!

Yep does look cool

Long Range Fuel Tanks for the new hilux are made at a place called "Out of Town 4WD" at Barnsley in Newcastle. When I was in there having my snorkel fitted, a guy called up about them and I heard them telling him that they did muck up the computer for distance to empty etc, and that it was something you have to live with if you get one.
Best to give them a call direct. Talk to Christen or Len. I think that is where ARB get them from.

There are 2 spare fuses in the engine bay, I have not been able to find any spares at ant servo, I had to go to toyota to get spares.

I have a mate with a new lux and he mounted the main UHF Radio under the drivers seat abd the remote head unit at the front of the centre console, just in front of the gear stick. It looks good.

I will take some up-to-date pics of my truck and post them tomorrow.

Rich.

Thanks Rich

I will see what XRDave says, I'm not going to be too happy if I loose the average l/100kms but arr well.

Anyhow, as for the stereo, Toyota sells these side panel clips to most car audio places I heard, so I went and bought some, were about $35 and a $20 tray insert.

They basically all screw together on the original bracket that comes with the factory stereo.

Here's some pics

Well guys I was going to wait until I got some better pics but cant wait any longer, so here it goes, I got 3.5" suspension lift (The ultimate suspension) also 285/75/16 tyres and 16x8 rims. All the work was done through My4x4.com.au at Minto in Sydney.

Fitting the suspension:






The new wheels and tyres:








A few shoots of it finished:




And the finished result:


And finally a comparison pic of the finished result: before on the right after on the left:

looks great, do u experience much body roll on the street?
hows the ride quality?

mischief wrote:looks great, do u experience much body roll on the street?
hows the ride quality?

I'm really surprised how good it rides on the road, the body roll is not much more than standard, as the front sway bar hasn't had to move, under brakes its much much better, as the nose doesn't dip at all and fells more controlled, and the new tyres are so much better than the standard crap tyres.

Also I now have the factory wheels, tyres and suspension for sale if any body was interested!

mate that looks the goods.They look to dicky with little wheels.I rate the way that came out.Well done

Some flex shots would be good too!

dubs wrote:mate that looks the goods.They look to dicky with little wheels.I rate the way that came out.Well done

Some flex shots would be good too!

Thanks mate, I'm real happy with it, some flex shoots are on the cards, just cant find a good spot to go!

HLX40L wrote:

dubs wrote:mate that looks the goods.They look to dicky with little wheels.I rate the way that came out.Well done

Some flex shots would be good too!

Thanks mate, I'm real happy with it, some flex shoots are on the cards, just cant find a good spot to go!

Damn! That looks mean!

Saw another Hilux tonight with similar heights as yours. Sure does give off a Monster truck look i reckon. (Well you know what i mean) Looks tough!

Heath.

HLX40L wrote:Well guys I was going to wait until I got some better pics but cant wait any longer, so here it goes, I got 3.5" suspension lift (The ultimate suspension) also 285/75/16 tyres and 16x8 rims. All the work was done through My4x4.com.au at Minto in Sydney.

that looks much better

what was the cost for the front ?

The kit, front and rear is $5500 + fitting.

The guys at My4x4.com.au can send you the kit, it dosent look to hard to fit if your that way inclined

How do you attach pics in here?
There is no option to insert pics when I post a reply any more.....?
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Rich wrote:
How do you attach pics in here?
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Rich, feel free to use my image hosting service I provide, www.tuff4wd.com/imghost and scroll down to forum link once the image has been uploaded then cut and paste the img link into a forum post.

Cheers

alchemist wrote:Thanks Rich

I will see what XRDave says, I'm not going to be too happy if I loose the average l/100kms but arr well.

I think the computer readout gets a little lost at 1000kms. Fuel gauge sits on full for about first 600kms. Long rage tank is great, i can drive from Brisbane to Townsville on a tank. Cost me $1060 fitted, 145lts.

Dave.

xrdave wrote:I think the computer readout gets a little lost at 1000kms. Fuel gauge sits on full for about first 600kms. Long rage tank is great, i can drive from Brisbane to Townsville on a tank. Cost me $1060 fitted, 145lts.

Dave, thanks for that feedback. Does it still work out the average L/100kms properly? and the current/active L/100kms?

The K's til empty doesn't bother me too much but the average and active figures would be nice.

Thanks
Dave

Thanks mate, I have used your service.

Here is a picture of my Hilux for anyone that wants to see it:




Rich.

HLX40 man,

That Black Beast looks so good congrats on a nice rig.

Did you worry about the legal side of things when you got the larger wheels and tyres ?

I stuck with the poxy small Alloy ones and 14mm of extra rubber with Cooper AT's.

Cheers Tony

T.C wrote:HLX40 man,

That Black Beast looks so good congrats on a nice rig.

Did you worry about the legal side of things when you got the larger wheels and tyres ?

I stuck with the poxy small Alloy ones and 14mm of extra rubber with Cooper AT's.

Cheers Tony

Thanks T.C

About the legal thing, the SR has 16" rims so I'm safe there and the new rims are still the standard offset, the tyres have gone from 255/70/15 to 285/75/16?

I'v also had an engineers report done and it passed easily

I'v been told that this is corecct, Here's a quote from the NATIONAL CODE OF PRACTICE FOR LIGHT VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION (Page 17)

The rolling diameter of any tyre fitted to an off-road passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle must not be more than 50mm larger or 26mm smaller than that of any tyre designated by the vehicle manufacturer for that model.

Speedometer accuracy must be maintained for the selected tyre and rim combination to within the degree of accuracy specified in ADR 18 where applicable.

That's a nice looking rig there Rich, looks a bit like how mine will be in two weeks time it's taking arb 4 weeks for the canopy to be done :(

Cutting firewood near Summerset Dam this morning.

:(

That's a nice looking rig there Rich, looks a bit like how mine will be in two weeks time it's taking arb 4 weeks for the canopy to be done

Thanks mate. I am happy with it. Its pretty much set up the way I wanted it now.

Don't forget to post some more pics after you get the canopy done. We need even more pics in here I reckon !