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Slideways wrote:1. The side doors? Must be the angle because its just an FRP top MWB cruiser.

Isnt he talking about the rear doors? i think

Bubba wrote:Cheers mate for the answer

I have to admit that I thought it was a shorty (like mine) and not a MWB. I wish I had got a MWB. how long does it take to strip the old girl down, the Cruiser not your mother...........(deleted dodgy comment)

Guess its the angle eh.

To remove the roof it'd be about 30min maybe, there's quite a few bolts and need two guys to lift it.

- 2 bolts: each rear corner
- Need to remove the rear trim inside
- 4 bolts: to remove the plastic pocket inside rear passenger side (to get to some bolts)
- 6 bolts: inside panels under sliding windows 3 each side.
- 4 bolts: along top of 'roll bar'
- 6 screws: to remove trim along windscreen
- 4 bolts: under that trim along windscreen
- Remove FRP badges each side because the cheeky buggers have hidden a 10mm bolt under each!!

Then you can lift it off.

Only reason I took it off was because I had another roof without racks on it, thought they'd probably get hooked up on branches etc.

I also have a 3rd spare roof which I damaged a while ago. I've now cut it down to a half roof so it just covers the driver and passenger, making it kind of a ute. Will probably chuck it on like that in summer

flyingbrick wrote:

Slideways wrote:1. The side doors? Must be the angle because its just an FRP top MWB cruiser.

Isnt he talking about the rear doors? i think

Yeah the rear doors are full length. But thats what I've got the cut down ones for (not in the pic)

I think Toyota did intend to have half doors on these because I've seen a couple on the net but most of them just have the full barn door.

Picked this up last night - '87 Surf 2.0 Petrol, manual, lifted a bit, Rancho shocks, rear LSD, Goodyear Wrangler A/T's.. ok it needs a re-power.. maybe a 2.8 Supra motor or Lexus V8 ( Later down the track )
Cant wait to get it out and on some tracks - being in Auckland the Jeep 4wd park would be good as I did the free 4wd training course there and had a ball!


My Toyota Carina GT which has the awesome 20valve blacktop 4age engine, 18" mags lowered.. with the hilux - Lifted versus Lowered!

thourt i better show yous a real toyota

hiace007 wrote:

Yeah, that looks pretty real

Hows she go ?

a real toyota has a beam axle lol, that thing must love breaking cvs

kaney wrote:a real toyota has a beam axle lol, that thing must love breaking cvs

I was about to say the same thing! My Surf breaks CV's just about every time I take it out and its only on 33 muds

havent broken cvs yet but after a r151 box and flywheal have just put 1kzte motor in so should be bit beter than the 2.4

hiace007 wrote:thourt i better show yous a real toyota

Reckon your body lift blocks are long enough?

Whst size boggers are they??

was guna do bigger the boggers are 37x14x15 rims on front are 12s and on bk 13.5s got them sandblasted then painted them 2k black. and just got a roll bar made up out of 5inch stainless. hopefuly the the 1kzte will push it along

06 hilux 4 lt v6


SPRAY ON DECK LINER
DELUX NUDGE BAR
REAR BAR
RINO ROOF RACKS
CANVAS SEAT COVERS
WINDOW TINTS (CHECK OUT BOTTOM OF FRONT WINDOW)
20 INCH with hankooks ventus 55 series
Driving lights
reverse camera
jvc avx800 dvd head unit
toyota tow bar
mantas exhaust, from cats back
k&n air filter
quig roll top cover
http://ute.customer.netspace.net.au/Rol ... intro.html
clear tail lights with led lighting

apex i neo petrol chip

nice, now for a lift and some 33's then thats a nice shiney!!!

all the mods you have are of no gain off road or less this is a 4x4 site ? but looks very nice for street ?

Landscaper wrote:all the mods you have are of no gain off road or less this is a 4x4 site ? but looks very nice for street ?

its his shiny

his road truck

his work truck

if you go look in the nissan thread, he may have posted pics of his better truck, the one he tips over and gets stuck

Thats all i need to know i apologizes profusely ..............

A while ago, Wellington Coast Guard Trip, Will get some newer pics one day...

Cheers Daniel

GETNLD wrote:

06 hilux 4 lt v6

Nice

Lynx wrote:

Ahh, thats the same snorkel as mine, how`d you run your pipe? as in the directions? or down to the front of the guard and in the front ?

hey

Straight though the side into the air box

Cheers Daniel

gary_in_nz wrote:nice, now for a lift and some 33's then thats a nice shiney!!!

eah, i have 2.5 strut spacers in front, and 2.5 in the rear, my 35 creepys just fit, if i ever need to go and play.
ill post a my other 4x4 tonight

93' Prado, 4" lift, 35" BFG Muds, Air locker in the back, LSD in the front, Hella spots, GME CB and PRS. Now just needs a winch

Here's my work in progress.
Started out like this. Bought off a guy in palmy with v6 commy motor and lift already done.
looked nice

Drove it round a bit, body started getting a bit tired (rust starting to appear everywhere, dents etc) and then did the waikato cheerleaders easter trip and completely finished off the body and apparently the motor.
So then i did this about 5 weeks ago

goodbye body



And i bought this off trademe with a blown head gasket

Mint condition body, couldn't find rust anywhere, straight as and just a bit of clear coat coming off the front guard.

Then it went on



Hey look there's a solid front axle in there

And this is what powers it. Hopefully this one lasts a bit longer. this is my third engine now


Body swap actually only took me one weekend with the help of my uncle and his awesome workshop full of tools then the next weekend i figured i would finally take a look at the engine and find out why it has a really bad tick. That seems to have dragged on a bit but finally got it going yesterday

Awesome Tim

How they should have come from factory

gimmemud wrote:Here's my work in progress.
Started out like this. Bought off a guy in palmy with v6 commy motor and lift already done.
looked nice
Body swap actually only took me one weekend with the help of my uncle and his awesome workshop full of tools then the next weekend i figured i would finally take a look at the engine and find out why it has a really bad tick. That seems to have dragged on a bit but finally got it going yesterday

What are you doing to your motors? shagging bottom ends? or cooking them? Have you thought about baffels in the sump?

Didn't inspect the first one i blew up but that one shat a couple of conrods out the side of the block just after going up the steep dunes at 90mile beach a couple of times in a row. This time run a bearing, didn't really inspect much after i found about a 10mm layer of filings at the bottom of the sump. Both times was running at about 100deg c and steep angles so i guess the oil was getting thin and not into the places it needed to be. Using some thicker oil this time and looking at doing something with the sump also.

BEFORE


AFTER

lol you forgot the canopy, you get any pics of mine looking like a swamp creature over the weekend? or maybe the toyota line up in front of the hut?