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100series IFS or Solid axle?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:53 pm
by RUFF
What is a sure fire way to identify if a 100series has IFS or Solid Axle? I know its pretty obvious to look under the front but its a little hard when you can only look at the pictures posted on the internet.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:01 pm
by A1
The 100 series IFS jobbys had different style of steel rims fitted and alloys ...if some1 has a pic of the two it may help...........
And pretty much every ifs hungy ive seen always sits liike a drag car ....
they sit a hell of alot lower in the front .........substantially more than the normal sagged solid axle 100....
But im sure there is other slight panel chnages from the previuos mods
Dan
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:09 pm
by RUFF
Sorry Dan forgot to mention also only looking at GXLs. Petrols not Diesels.
I did sort of know about the wheels but even that can be hard to tell in pics.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:16 pm
by A1
I have yet to see a 4.5l ifs 100 only ever seen them in turbo diesel (1st of the factory 100s fitted turbo to my knowledge) and in the V8 version .........
Dan
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:28 pm
by NICK
chrome verus grey in the mirrors and grill surrounds. this generally only works on 10/2000+ models, and like dan said the rims. the problem there is the solid and ifs look identical but the offset is different.
got a link to the pic?
NICK
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:30 pm
by NICK
A1MAV wrote:I have yet to see a 4.5l ifs 100 only ever seen them in turbo diesel (1st of the factory 100s fitted turbo to my knowledge) and in the V8 version .........
Dan
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thats right, diesel and 4.5 are solids and t/diesel and v8 are IFS.
NICK
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:57 pm
by RUFF
NICK wrote:A1MAV wrote:I have yet to see a 4.5l ifs 100 only ever seen them in turbo diesel (1st of the factory 100s fitted turbo to my knowledge) and in the V8 version .........
Dan
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thats right, diesel and 4.5 are solids and t/diesel and v8 are IFS.
NICK
So its as simple as that? All V8s are IFS and All 4.5s are Solid? Only looking at the 2 petrol varieties.
For some reason i thought you could only buy a 100series now in IFS. I thought they droped the Solid Axle front a couple of years ago.
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:58 am
by matt.mcinnes
I believe only the base model's came out with a solid front axel but cant be 100% sure.
http://lc100.toyota.com.au/toyota/vehic ... 04,00.html
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:00 am
by 80UTE
If talking new 100's the base model and the diesel non turbo GXL still has solid, petrol only comes in V8 IFS and turbo diesel in IFS only.
Wally
also
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:15 pm
by known 2
another way to tell with the older models anyway, look at the back tail light asembaly if the indicators are orange it's usualy a solid axel. the new ifs all had clear indicators and yeh if it don't have v8 on the back or turbo in gold writing on the rear quarer panels its solid front axel