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Hilux with big axles.
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:06 am
by JK
Driving along the freeway the other morning and snapped this photo of a lux running what looked like cruiser axles.
Anyone know what they are?
He is from up the Central Coast area.
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 11:43 am
by NICK
should have blacked out the plate.
Did you atleast use the flash on the camera so he thought that it was a speed camera?
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 12:01 pm
by Julian_4x4
holy fark are those lpg tanks under the trucks deck, above the yellow looking diff
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:34 pm
by killalux
no, they are just rain drops
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 3:44 pm
by BUNDERA
no julian they are full of old bong water...
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 5:08 pm
by Julian_4x4
i didnt really look at it hard enough
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 5:21 pm
by Shorty40
NICK wrote:should have blacked out the plate.
What is the purpose of "blacking out" number plates ?
Every other car on the road sees them, every pedestrian at the traffic lights sees them and every ricer at the mall will definately see them.
What is the big secret
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 8:05 pm
by POS
Looks to me as though they are standard hilux, maybe a wide track conversion!
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:30 pm
by hypo
i agree with POS
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:38 pm
by JK
Yeah they are LPG tanks. If you look closely there is a red dot on the numberplate just to confirm that it is running on LPG.
And what is that about blanking out numberplates??? Should he be driving around with tape over it?
The mags never blank out numberplates on feature trucks.
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:40 pm
by spazbot
they gotta seriously limit any flex it would have
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 10:10 pm
by bubs
my first thought was hilux axles too
if anything it has a LC centre conversion
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:17 am
by JK
Up close they looked huge. Maybe just because they were painted yellow they looked bigger. It is running 35s and that may make the axles look smaller in this photo.
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:30 am
by RUFF
Are they bolts around the outside of that centre?
If so and it kinda looks like it to me then i think that will be an early Cclip style centre section out of a cruiser.
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:37 am
by JK
I have the high res shot at home... I will check tonight and post a high res shot of the axle only.
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:53 am
by bj on roids
RUFF wrote:Are they bolts around the outside of that centre?
If so and it kinda looks like it to me then i think that will be an early Cclip style centre section out of a cruiser.
ladies and gentleman we have oureselves a winner!
It is a landcruiser c-clip centre section, and also it is running hilux axle tubes!!
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 8:06 am
by JK
ha! I knew they weren't standard. The front was the same.
A bit difficult to get a good photo at 110kph in the rain...
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 8:58 am
by TOYrantula
DirtPigs wrote:A bit difficult to get a good photo at 110kph in the rain...
110kph hey?! Funny how the speed limit is only 90kph
AND it is raining, so more care should be taken. A way to do this would be to drive SLOWER like maybe 80kph
Remember....To save lives, slow down to drive
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 9:05 am
by JK
TOYrantula wrote:DirtPigs wrote:A bit difficult to get a good photo at 110kph in the rain...
110kph hey?! Funny how the speed limit is only 90kph
AND it is raining, so more care should be taken. A way to do this would be to drive SLOWER like maybe 80kph
Remember....To save lives, slow down to drive
Yes Mum...
The guy was hammering up the freeway and I was trying to catchup to take a quick pic of him. And yes we were doing well over the speedlimit at the time. Those that are familiar with the raceway that is the F3 freeway will know that 110+kph is the norm in the 90k zone...
After I took the pic I returned to normal speeds and let him go. And yeah, he probably saved a good 1.5mins on his total travelling time.
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 9:22 pm
by bubs
no i win - i said lc centre
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 7:40 am
by bj on roids
bubs wrote:no i win - i said lc centre
tony was far more accurate and specific!!
i was also leaning towards a 10 bolt corporate, some guys THINK this two piece POS is an upgrade
you would really wonder whats going on in his head if it was.... and to upgrade to that coarse spline centre? WEIRD, you could bolt a fine spline pinion on and be stronger, but how much? not much! and yellow cmawwwn!