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Hi Reno,
I've been looking into them for a while....
There is a weakness with te A arms, particularly on the diesels with
the heavier engines and in Aus they are being fixed for free by Toyota,
although in reality if you are going to be loading the car up and doing
a lot of off roading there are standard recomendations for fitting
reinforcing plates to them to prevent the cracking.
If you are going for a suspension lift to for example get a 2" lift you
are also advised to drop the diff otherwise the lift will increase the
severity of the angles for the CV joints causing them to wear quicker.
Slee Offroad in the US do a drop kit that is pretty cheap and easy to
install.
Natually, the first thing to disable.
Thanks, not necessary.
I've not heard that one. Is this the petrol or diesel that you are
talking about? The diesel is essentially the 1HD-FT engine but with
electronic management on the fuel system.
The engine could do with a bigger intercooler to keep the temps down
and as long as you fit a pyro guage to monitor the temps I would have
thought you should be OK.
Fortunately over here with the mass of SUVs from BMW, Volvo, VW, Land
Rover, the 100 series is starting to look like a bit of a dinosaur in
comparison, espescially if you only need it to take the kids to school
so the prices are dropping. I have seen a few reasonable 2000 models
priced around the ?11-14,000 mark.
--
Regards,
Julian Voelcker
Mobile: 07971 540362
Skype: julianvoelcker
Cirencester, United Kingdom
1994 HDJ80, 2.5" OME Lift
I've been looking into them for a while....
There is a weakness with te A arms, particularly on the diesels with
the heavier engines and in Aus they are being fixed for free by Toyota,
although in reality if you are going to be loading the car up and doing
a lot of off roading there are standard recomendations for fitting
reinforcing plates to them to prevent the cracking.
If you are going for a suspension lift to for example get a 2" lift you
are also advised to drop the diff otherwise the lift will increase the
severity of the angles for the CV joints causing them to wear quicker.
Slee Offroad in the US do a drop kit that is pretty cheap and easy to
install.
Natually, the first thing to disable.
Thanks, not necessary.
I've not heard that one. Is this the petrol or diesel that you are
talking about? The diesel is essentially the 1HD-FT engine but with
electronic management on the fuel system.
The engine could do with a bigger intercooler to keep the temps down
and as long as you fit a pyro guage to monitor the temps I would have
thought you should be OK.
Fortunately over here with the mass of SUVs from BMW, Volvo, VW, Land
Rover, the 100 series is starting to look like a bit of a dinosaur in
comparison, espescially if you only need it to take the kids to school
so the prices are dropping. I have seen a few reasonable 2000 models
priced around the ?11-14,000 mark.
--
Regards,
Julian Voelcker
Mobile: 07971 540362
Skype: julianvoelcker
Cirencester, United Kingdom
1994 HDJ80, 2.5" OME Lift