Amateuroverland
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I'm not gonna abuse the vehicle and I'm down to use oem fluid. I'm just trying to learn more and see if it really truly is a great underrated vehicle. Is it similar to the outlander?
Montero reliable?
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Swank Force One
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Are you looking at Gen1, Gen2, or Gen3? I still don't know. 
None of them are real similar to the Outlander.
None of them are real similar to the Outlander.
Amateuroverland
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I'm looking at gen 2's mostly but I'm not sure when the generations swap. There's a lot of 2001-2003 sports for sale in my area all between 120,000 and 160,000 miles.
Swank Force One
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Gen2 Montero is 92-00. Gen1 is... before that. Gen3 is 01-06, with 03+ all getting the better 5spd trans and a bigger 3.8 motor. 01-02 Limited has the better 5spd trans and 01-02 XLS has Gen2 carryover trans and motor, essentially.
I don't know much about the Sport "generation" or "facelift" changes. They're mostly the same, mechanically. Later years get the bigger 3.5 motor, and somewhere in there there's coil springs vs bars or something.
The only Montero of any kind we got stateside that could possibly be compared to an Outlander would be Gen3, and even then.... nah.
Amateuroverland
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I was just wondering if there was any reason the outlander was the same. But. There's generally so many sports for sale in my area. I see them sometimes always an old guy but they seem to run perfect and look great
Swank Force One
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Outlander could be had with same-ish motor as the Gen3 Montero, but similarities stop there. Outlander is a front wheel drive car-based SUV-ish thing. Montero is a RWD based large unibody SUV.
Amateuroverland
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I'm looking for more rwd 4x4 with. Looking to get into overlanding and small trips stufff like that.
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Swank Force One
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You can rub 33’s on a 100 with no rubbing
Easily, even. With miles of clearance.
Same for FJ80.
Amateuroverland
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Definitely not the same for the jeep xj
Swank Force One
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Hah! No. I had 31s on my wife's, and that was about as big as it could go without more surgery than i was willing to do.
Amateuroverland
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I have 31's I had to trim a lil bit on the front bumper. Lol. Can you really run 33's on Montero with no issue??
HMSEndeavour
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Depends on generation?
Gen 3 I think 33's would be pushing it a bit, 32's fit just right.
Im sure someone else could address gen 2s.
Swank Force One
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Assuming your suspension isn't really sagged (and it probably will be), 33s are fine on a Gen2.
Amateuroverland
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What gen is a 2003 sport?