Search results

This morning we went for a drive to a few stores to pickup an outer gear shift boot that will poke through the center console, so we got a nice grey one to match the console trim.....we got some fluid for the crawl box and factory transfercase and we also got some wire, shrink wrap to extend the...

ok, havent updated in ages so ill cut and paste here what ive done - Wyatt from RST and Demello Offroad and Marlin Czajkowski from Marlin Crawler came down to Melbourne Australia in March to fit one of these into my hilux - the new design 4.7 crawlbox into my 07 hilux. just before they...

wish we had your US tyre prices here in OZ...what you guys call expensive we think really isnt a bad price.......:Wow1:

Yes your are right but the Vigo usually has the smaller engine from what Ive seen. in mining, even here in Australia 70 series cruisers are everywhere and they get absolutely trashed in no time, and then they send em off to the auction to sell. In construction, they predominantly use hilux's...

Looking at that tailgate, on the bottom rhs theres a badge there that says "VIGO", which is what they call them in thailand/asia.....pretty sure everywhere else they are called hilux. Id say they are also left hand drive which benefits you guys but theres a good chance that its only the 2.5...

i agree, i did a very similar decent in my hilux at a 4x4 training day a few weeks after i purchased it.....was a 62 degree decent and going down it you could feel the bed of the truck start lifting up wanting to go over the top!:Wow1: i wont be doing that again anytime soon.....

Id love something like this with the wheel carrier but dont know if it would suit the lux.....may just settle for a simple tube similar to this one below - but dont know if it would suit the lux.....may just settle for a simple tube similar to this one below -

So for those of you that have been following some of my progress, you would have realised that I have recently completed a rear 1/4 panel chop and the fabrication of removable heavy duty mudflaps...... The thread dedicated to that can be found here -...

all done.....only a few minor things left to do like tidy up the wiring, fit the number plate...fit some recovery hooks....the removable mudflaps but all in all it came out exactly like my photoshopped pic a few pages back. am thinking of leaving the towbar plug plugged in and tied out of the...

I managed to do a little this morning and a little this afternoon on the hilux. Pulled the spare tyre out, removed the tail lights and pulled the wiring out so its not in the way when i cut......i also drilled out the spot welds holding the panel to the brackets inside it. So that when i cut it...

Removed the two 12mm bolts and drilled out the 3 spot welds on the right hand side.... Once the spot welds are drilled out, wiggle the panel around abit to break the seal the spot welds have left.... In the pic below, Im holding the stub of the mud flap bracket where it will be welded on...

Appendices Here's a couple pics of Tacoma's that have had the rear quarter chop done fitted with custom bars. Not sure which way Im going to go yet...have time for that. Hopefully with some sort of tyre carrier built in. Plate Type Rear Bar Tube Type rear Bar Ok, got a friend to...

He has a removable mudflap that he take off for offroading.....I plan to do the same thing. Below is a diagram of what he did....basically its two tube steel pieces, he used circle tube, Ill try and use square tube, but one slide inside the other. The shorter "inner" tube gets welded into place...

Havent updated this thread in while so thought I would since Ive made a few changes to my hilux......Im just going to cut and paste off another forum the updates below.....the hilux is on its way to becoming my ultimate offroad/expedition truck...... Because of my original plans of getting a...

This morning I went and got me self an Aftermarket Washer Bottle Kit from the local Auto Accessory Shop. Its a 1 litre bottle with an external pump on it (Toyota ones are internal in that they directly suck from a hole in the bottom of the washer bottle) thats mounted to the bottle underside...

Well I was supposed to get a fabricator to build me a custom tube front bar and rocksliders whilst I was on these 2 weeks holidays. Unfortunately that hasnt eventuateddue to certain reasons so I am going to have to revert to plan B....which is to purchase a new style of front bar that is...

The next FJ Cruiser coming out will be as mentioned built on the 4 runner/Prado 150 platform...... This is more evident with how they have spec'd the new Prado range....all the models have gone up in price by bout 10grand over previous models.....leaving room for a more basic trimmed, offroad...

I got a hi-lift jack for xmas and was thinking bout where to mount it.......i dont have a roofrack so couldnt mount it there or a spare wheel carrier.....wasnt too sure how to mount it on the inner side of the tub so decided to mount it on the head board of the tub. Being a tight-******** decided...

Sounds like a generic response they give to product suggestions....ive had a few responses like that myself from other companies. Hope they do consider it...a true 35/x10.5x16 would be awesome....

Anbody have pictures of the Toyo MT's in 255/85x16 mounted on their vehicles?