4WDing

[HamaTime™]

So myself and Rick (Sabbath) went on a cruise to Toolangi (VIC) with a random crew from the 4x4earth forum on Saturday. Started at a joint called two hills which are a pair of steep, heavily rutted and loose stone covered tracks which get you up to the top where the real tracks in and around the Yarra State Forest start.

So Sab was in his new 80 series cruiser and myself on the first run in my new 4Runner.

Day started well, Sab went up the hill first, got a bit stuck, made it up in the end. I got 3/4's of the way up the first track, couldn't get enough traction (my set of M/T's are absolutely shot with zero tread) to get over the last hurdle, so crawled back down the hill in reverse, tried the second hill, got stuck again and like a stab in the heart, had to get the snatch strap out and get pulled to the top by the cruise organiser in his GU Patrol (Nissan vs Toyota rivalry begins).

Day got progressively more interesting as the bog holes got bigger and bigger, finally culiminating in a big bog hole which Sab tried, got bogged and myself in the 4Runner had to snatch strap him out of, coming milimeters away from smashing into a tree in the process. The very next bog hole, unfortunately sab got a bit of battle damage so we both rage quit and went home.

Good hang out and bit of fun with the new 4x4's, unfortunately got a shopping list ahead of me to make the 4runner as capable as I want it to be, Sab has to deal with some panel damage, but other than that, we had a blast

Some photo's of the day:

 

[304runner]

If its an LED light bar you're after I can get you a good price froma mate of mine who is a Mechanic for "Roo Systems"...

If you have picked up a 4wdAction mag you would have seen the company...

 

[SV6 Matt]

Looks like you had a fun trip Hama.
Where do we post build threads for our 4x4's?

 

[Sabbath']

Looks like you had a fun trip Hama.
Where do we post build threads for our 4x4's?

Under the My Rides subforum there is a Misc section, that's where I put mine.

Just an amendment to Hamas post, we actually went in off Marginal Rd and the track he had the dramas on was Rocky Tk.


Sent from here, so you can read it there. via iPhone.

 

[andyman]

here all my toys loaded up ready to embark on a journey to a new house in a new town lol.....



in the snow...



and seeing how some 37's sat on it...... (im 6ft4 btw) couldn't drive on them though




the 75 in the corner couldn't get the front wheels up there hehe......that's about a 3 foot step

 

[andyman]

and for that people that know Toyota's....

yes this a LN65 84 model hilux, 6 inch lift, high steer conversion, inverted rear shock, KZN130 surf wiring transplant with the semi climate control, shift on the fly 4x4, 6 window dash cluster, with the icing on the cake, a 1KZ 3.0 Turbo diesel fitted to it...

full nut and bolt reco, sandblasted chassis and re-painted, full cab strip and repaint in poison ivy, dash resprayed, new roof trim



that's my 2 year old god son standing next to it











and a sound clip (and it does do good chassis rocking hehe)

 

[vicarious]

You are never going to get the distance out of LED that you do out of HID/ Spotties, not at the moment at least.

not true, at work we have just released these ARB Intensity LED Driving Lights | ARB 4x4 Accessories
even at daytime they can make you blind, the koalas at night would be walking around with white canes and a guide dog.

 

[spauldj308]

and for that people that know Toyota's....

yes this a LN65 84 model hilux, 6 inch lift, high steer conversion, inverted rear shock, KZN130 surf wiring transplant with the semi climate control, shift on the fly 4x4, 6 window dash cluster, with the icing on the cake, a 1KZ 3.0 Turbo diesel fitted to it...

full nut and bolt reco, sandblasted chassis and re-painted, full cab strip and repaint in poison ivy, dash resprayed, new roof trim



that's my 2 year old god son standing next to it











and a sound clip (and it does do good chassis rocking hehe)

Was that a hard conversion to do mate? My uncle has an extra cab version of this he just uses around his property, no rust, matt black, interior rough and 202 powered. Would be a great daily with a little bit of work and a turbo diesel...

 

[andyman]

the engine swap is easy, easiest way to do it is lift the cab off chassis, then have you motor and gearbox ready to go, have the engine mounts grinded off the chassis and mounted to the motor. Then its just a matter of lifting the motor and gearbox into the frame, bolting the transmission to the original mount, square it all up then weld the engine mounts back on....

hardest part for me is the wiring conversion, laying the wiring loom in is pretty easy, but fitting the instrument cluster and the surf a/c parts is a nightmare.

other thing is for the engine computer you need to have an electronic speedo signal for the engine management to run properly, the problem with that is the orginial is mechanical... and you can get an adapter to do both, so your kinda forced into doing the whole wiring conversion

 

[Torquative]

That looks alot different to Farmer Browns farm truck you once took me for a ride through town in :beer chug: