Just wondering who else has a 2005+ model Hilux. Ive got a 2008 sr5. Curious to know what people have done to them for off roading, how do you find them. Mainly use mine for Hunting and a road vehicle. Have found it is far to low and bottoms out a bit, so needs a lift and bigger tyres.

Wanting a cargo barrier to suit my swb FJ70 Landcruiser, or someone who could make one in the central otago region.

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Just go for a hoon up rivers and find as much mud as possible etc. road trucks... We only go to private places and the owner knows full well we want to make a mess. You contradicted yourself a bit there mate, its attitudes like this that ruin the sport for everyone else who trys to look after the ...

After having a closer look at the cruiser, the front is wider than the rear, so all i really need to do is run some spacers up the back to match the front. Im guessing this shouldnt cause any issues? Ive read this wheel track issue is common on the newer 70s

Cheers for the advice, makes sense. Will have to find out who can shift the centers for me down this way

Not sure on 70 series but rear arches aren't overly big 15x10 -44 can cause it to rub on the outer edge of the gaurd when off road flexing and can damage you tyres and truck A lot of people who have them are more after the look of tyres sticking out past the gaurd lol I recommend a low offset 15x8 ...

No, a bit more offset will not cause your wheel bearings to suddenly implode... :roll: :lol: Never said they would suddenly implode, but would the extra offset not cause extra stress on the wheel bearings seeing as the majority of the weight of the vehicle is being moved further past the bearing?

Im sure this has been asked before but i will ask again as i cant seem to find anything. Rim off set for an FJ70 Land cruiser running 35s. It currently has 15x8s unsure of the offset but it rubs slightly on the iner gaurd and exhaust when it flexes. So i am considering going to a 15x10 with a lower ...

how do you find the suppressor on it? Just bought a 7mm rem mag and considering a suppressor

Cheers for the offer, not quite what im after though.

Awesome, cheers for the help. Will probably look at doing it in a month or so once i get another weekend off

Bumping this up again, Brand New WOF, Rego up to date and RUCs up to date.
Body lift installed
Factory manifold installed with new down pipe
Right front wheel bearing replaced for Wof
Full size spare

Dragging up an old thread, has anyone done this trip recently? How far up can you get and whats the track like? I see on the doc website it is still the same, says you can get to the 1st hut than walk or bike the rest.

Im needing some lower offset rims as ive noticed with my 35s they are just rubbing on the inside of the wheel arch. From what i can work out they are 15x8 with about +11 or 12 offset. I know the 'cool' thing to do is chuck a set of 15x10 -100 offset for that super stanced look, but im not after that ...

Bumping this up, seem bloody hard to find a good one, might have to ring toymota see if i can get one new

Cool, sounds like a plan

I have a spare LSD diff from the back of my truck but the carrier is buggerd, could i take the lsd out and put it into the front diff?

Just out of Wanaka, central otago, happy to pay postage. All i need is the main control thing in the dash

Im after the heater control thing for the dash, that controls the vents/heat/cool. Prefer Non A/C but not sure if they are any different apart from the A/C switch? So will consider A/C if you can post a pic so i can check with mine.
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Sorry just realized wrong section

Considering selling my 1987 Landcruiser FJ70, Short wheel base, 35 maxxis bighorns on steel rims, converted to the 4.2 1hz non turbo, basic good solid truck. Just had front swivel hubs re buit cost me about $600, have done cambelt couple of weeks ago, all new anti freeze ect. So mechanically this ...

skid wrote:Also what model cruiser do you have ?

Some of them dont having matching diff head sizes front and rear

Its an FJ70, so has the big diffs, with a 1hz conversion. Unsure if its the same diff front and rear?

Cheers guys, so a switchable locker sounds like the better option just choosing front or rear as there seems to be a lot of different ideas, more research is needed i think

Next on the agenda for the mighty cruiser is a locker. It currently has a factory LSD rear diff, i was thinking keep LSD in the back and put a Lokka in the front, or save some extra pennies and put an air locker in the back and move the LSD to the front. What is going to be the most beneficial?

Dont do a spring over job. It just stuffs the whole set up up. Look at ome spring and shocks. The aussy stuff not the mexican stuff. Sway bars. Well off road they they will hold you back by lifting the wheel rather than allowing flex. Whether you need them on road is personal. Remove one side link ...

I am looking for ideas for setting up the suspension in my FJ70, from what i can see it is stock, running 35s with minimal guard rub at full flex while turning. So does the job for now. I have a body lift to install which should eliminate any guard rub. I dont want to go super high to try and avoid ...

Awesome, cheers for that, so all are the same length. Makes it easy than

Does anyone know the size of the factory bolts or for a 50mm lift. I have the blocks just need the bolts and dont really wont to have to take them all out to get the size than put them all back in to drive to the shop to buy them so if some one could help will save me a shite load of time

So i got a water pump for my 1hz yesterday and go to put it on today and it is different, got it from repco, i live in the wop wops so not easy for me just to wip in and change it. Not being the factory engine i cant use the rego or vin to get the correct part so i asked for an early model 1hz pump ...

Have pmd you, cheers

Bump, still looking