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Hilux trailer queen

Postby hosehustler » Wed May 04, 2011 8:18 am

A year ago I sold my sas surf to invest the money from it and a lot more money into what is most peoples biggest asset "the home" 20grand+ spent and many hard hours of grafting and Sept 4th quake has written it off, so 7months with nothing to do at home and fishing isn't that exciting........may as well go back to 4-wheeling :P
So decided if I was going to get back into 4x4 I wanted something that goes hard, well built, is SAFE (as can be :? ) and I don't need the hassles of a road legal vehicle.
One thing that bothers me is I haven't built it myself...but I just don't need the hassle of a truck build and a house build at the same time :shock:
So a 2day 1 night roadtrip from Christchurch to Palmy north and back to Christchurch, I picked up this (and trailer) which will get a few further mods eventually on this thread, firstly tho I'll have some FUN and get used to it :mrgreen:
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Favourite stomping gound...West coast area, from haast to Seddonville, the odd event like Sheffield, pucker park, etc.
Maybe the odd Canty spot like Worsleys.
Intended mods;
It needs a winch, II alrerady have a Warn 9000lb low mount virtually brand new, looking at either front mount or mid mount.
Future mods, Coilovers, 4.7 gears, and anything else i find needs altering :lol:
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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby Smurf » Wed May 04, 2011 8:55 am

awesome looking truck Tim, Looks real tidy

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Postby niblik » Wed May 04, 2011 10:24 am

top stuff!! now we shall go pedal and enjoy ourselves muchly!!
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Postby rokhound » Wed May 04, 2011 12:59 pm

Thats the go Tim. Lookin coolies. What are the specs on that puppy?
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Postby hosehustler » Wed May 04, 2011 1:17 pm

rokhound wrote:Thats the go Tim. Lookin coolies. What are the specs on that puppy?


Think you'll like the specs Grant,
Chipped 5l injected Commodore (rebuilt) mounted as far back as poss front of engine nearly in line with front axle, baffled rear sump, TH400 B&M shifter,
trussed and strengthened front housing, wide hubs, lockright and 30 spline longfileds (inc longfield hub gears), SNR hi steer, IFS p/s box, 3 link front end.
4 link trinangulated rear end, wide axle, discs, LSD (will replace with lockright), 4.8 R&P's, Chassis fully strengthened, braced and gussetted, All other heavy bits (Radiator, surge tank, battery, spare have been mid mounted, tripple trans coolers (one in radiator), headers, 3inch exhaust out passengers side, 36inch ET's on beadlocks, Real strong EXO which is fully gussetted..... lots of other nifty little mods as well such as ecu in glovebox.
The pic is the only one I have, (was taken by owner), got it home last night put to bed in garage will get some more pics soon.
Good flex but could be vastly impoved with coilovers.
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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby rokhound » Wed May 04, 2011 3:28 pm

Awesome. Looking forward to going for a play.
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Postby turoa » Wed May 04, 2011 4:11 pm

rokhound wrote:Awesome. Looking forward to going for a play.


That would require your 4wd to actually be going Image

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Postby SMOKEY » Wed May 04, 2011 4:12 pm

:D :D :D , nice one Tim :wink: , but you know what Richard thinks of :shock: ,Hi Lux's with Short Decks and V8's :evil: :evil: , :lol: :lol: :lol: , sorry Richard,

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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby rokhound » Wed May 04, 2011 5:55 pm

turoa wrote:
rokhound wrote:Awesome. Looking forward to going for a play.


That would require your 4wd to actually be going Image



Umm pot/kettle WTF? :shock: :P

I forgot that it will obviously be useless off road with 8 cylinders and no deck. :roll: :roll:
But I think it looks way cool, Awesome toy Tim, well done.
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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby mike » Wed May 04, 2011 6:17 pm

Awesome! Congrats on the new truck tim, you've built to many now all you have to do is modify slightly to your tastes (if at all). good to see your back in and with an awesome looking truck.

I forgot that it will obviously be useless off road with 8 cylinders and no deck. :roll: :roll:
But I think it looks way cool, Awesome toy Tim, well done.


That description prob fits the old LR than this beast :wink:
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Postby hosehustler » Wed May 04, 2011 6:26 pm

Richard does have that opinion I know to well :lol: , but it's not for him it's for me :D
Time will tell how well it goes, the engineer who built it certainly thinks getting the weight centralised is a large factor in how it performs, enough to chop out the firewall out to mount the motor back a bit and move all the other stuff to the rear.
I look forward to a few trips out with all you guys again it's gonna be a blast, and i'm sure a xmas trip with Bulletproof again is top on the list :mrgreen:
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Postby lincooln » Wed May 04, 2011 6:39 pm

nice looking truck, Good score.
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Postby haynzy » Wed May 04, 2011 6:45 pm

when I was still in tuff truck driving land I did some wheelin with this, Its a good well built truck, used to have commy v6 in it.
Very jealous.
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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby hosehustler » Wed May 04, 2011 6:54 pm

I gotta comment on Palmy Nth, I hadn't been there before....That place is BIG compared to what I thought it would be :shock:
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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby tomsoffroad » Wed May 04, 2011 7:26 pm

F@%* yeah Tim thats awesome :D :D

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Postby basics » Wed May 04, 2011 7:32 pm

shit hot, ####### good score id say
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Postby haynzy » Wed May 04, 2011 8:14 pm

hosehustler wrote:I gotta comment on Palmy Nth, I hadn't been there before....That place is BIG compared to what I thought it would be :shock:

if it wasnt so big it would fly away in the wind lol :lol:
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Postby mayday » Wed May 04, 2011 8:16 pm

Nice truck, think I saw it on TM a while back.

More pics I say! :)

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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby monaro427 » Wed May 04, 2011 8:18 pm

hey tim great truck, you will have heaps of fun with that, will have to come back home and go out with you some stage

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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby MNC » Wed May 04, 2011 8:27 pm

hosehustler wrote:Future mods, Coilovers, 4.7 gears, and anything else i find needs altering :lol:


Very cool!!!! Looks like an awesome truck - looking forward to seeing vids of it in action. :twisted:

Why change the R&Ps to 4.7s if it already has 4.88's?
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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby hosehustler » Wed May 04, 2011 8:35 pm

I'll be sticking at 4.88 R&P's they are fine as they are (5;29's would be better :mrgreen: )

I should have been a bit clearer on that one :oops: we have some great dry rocky spots in Canterbury (and on the West coast Sth Is) and transfer reduction gears make them more fun and easier to negotiate, that's what I'd referred to at 4.7's
a few companies do them in the states for Toyota T/C's........
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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby hosehustler » Thu May 05, 2011 8:56 pm

niblik wrote:top stuff!! now we shall go pedal and enjoy ourselves muchly!!
:mrgreen:


OOOOOhhhhhhh yeah.......when :P
Don't forget Jas, i'm available more often weekdays than during the weekend, (shift worker as well :wink: )
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Postby niblik » Thu May 05, 2011 9:09 pm

hosehustler wrote:
niblik wrote:top stuff!! now we shall go pedal and enjoy ourselves muchly!!
:mrgreen:


OOOOOhhhhhhh yeah.......when :P
Don't forget Jas, i'm available more often weekdays than during the weekend, (shift worker as well :wink: )


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Postby hosehustler » Thu May 05, 2011 9:50 pm

i'm gonna head out for a play this week, what days are you off......perhaps we should T it up via PM :o
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Postby MNC » Thu May 05, 2011 9:54 pm

hosehustler wrote:I'll be sticking at 4.88 R&P's they are fine as they are (5;29's would be better :mrgreen: )

I should have been a bit clearer on that one :oops: we have some great dry rocky spots in Canterbury (and on the West coast Sth Is) and transfer reduction gears make them more fun and easier to negotiate, that's what I'd referred to at 4.7's
a few companies do them in the states for Toyota T/C's........
here's what i'm referring too
http://www.marlincrawler.com/transfer-c ... d-gear-kit


Ahhh... that makes more sense.

I'm running 5.29s in the diffs but with 40" rubber my 1st low is still higher than it used to be and far from a crawling low range... :?
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Postby Big » Fri May 06, 2011 5:32 pm

Love the new toy.. makes me want mine going.. :( totally O for awesome there.. :mrgreen:

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Postby Bulletproof » Fri May 06, 2011 9:48 pm

Hi Tim

With all the weight in the middle it will probably be Ok with the rear cut off. I'll be interested to see

This year we will most likely be going to Westport for Xmas. I had Jafa here over Easter and I am trying to get him to come this year with the Jalopy .

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Postby hosehustler » Sat May 07, 2011 7:12 am

Bulletproof wrote:Hi Tim

With all the weight in the middle it will probably be Ok with the rear cut off. I'll be interested to see

This year we will most likely be going to Westport for Xmas. I had Jafa here over Easter and I am trying to get him to come this year with the Jalopy .

Cheers Richard


hell yeah, a trip to Westport, some 4-wheelin with you guys sounds the shiz, would be really good to get out withflag, Jafa, and the Delis Twins.....I'm sure Nuts will be involved as well :P
Would be a great way to spend Xmas- new year.....now to get the time off work and convince my wife to come over :cry:
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Re: Hilux trailer queen

Postby hosehustler » Sat May 07, 2011 7:58 pm

Well 1st modification is on the bench, I've got a virtually brand new Warn XD9000 winch off a 2010 Ford Ranger 'quake victim'.......yes I f'n paid for it :lol:
The question is do I bother mucking around with a mid mount set up so I can winch forward or backwards....... or just mount it up front :?:
If I mount it up front it will still fit well back in the engine bay where the radiator was, I think it'll fine there........at least for now :mrgreen:
Who i'd really like an opinion from is someone who has dabbled with a mid mount, and has some advice on them, i've had several mounted up front and well rehearsed with one there :wink:
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Postby pruggerdore » Sun May 08, 2011 2:08 am

we need more pic's. the motor poked thru the fire wall may be partially due too the x/over steering. on mine commyv6 too pass steering I had 2 choices, lift engine up=bad or shove it thru the fire wall and get a weight balance bonus. everthing else is on the back too including winch. tool box in the front where the winch should be. winch was on the back prior to v6. more work mid mountig but worth it, mainly for the rope auto spooling. pulling back wards is rarely needed as going out alone dosnt really happen as its more fun with mates. havnt used it other than too try it out. that truck is so severely messed with why compromise now. so put it on the back. Im a little concerned i am geting too much weight on the backnow but I havnt shortened my wheel base. you should be ok because your short and have a huge chunk of cast iron in the front/middle. I semi agree with richard with on the v8 in front of diff and a shortened wieghtless rear end. Im sure you wont have that problem. me either. but I still have my long wheel base. climbs really well

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