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Cammy8
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hey from rotorua

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hi all iv bought my self a 2.0 V6 5 Door escudo
i have since fitted a 50mm body lift and a 50mm sus lift and im looking for places and people to go offroading with in the rotorua and bay of plenty region
Thanks cameron
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all the locals must be asleep ! welcome to ORE!
i used to Cruise, now i PATROL
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welcome mate.....
v8 tj...luvs the gas......
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Hi Cammy didnt even see this message earlier. Welcome to ORE. Plenty of fun places to go around here if you know where to go. The track round Rerewhakaaitu is quite good in summer. Last I heard lake levels were quite high this year so maybe not recommended, I had water over the bonnet on my old safari last time I went down there :P Heaps around Manawahe area, even the roads can be interesting through there after a lot of rain. Looking at going up there quite a bit, just got new truck sorted and living in Whakatane now. Doing an overnighter with the Twin Diff club guys down to Minginui this weekend. Plenty of places just need to know where to go which is why Im looking at joining the club. I mostly know places around Tauranga area as thats where I was living when I first got a 4x4. Always keen to meet some more 4wheelers in this area, so tag alongs are welcome when I get up Manawahe next.

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hi Clive
yea id be keen to tag along next time ure going up the Manawahe
just let me no whean iver ure heading up thanks.
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Will do..don't know when it will be my mate wrecked heaps last time gettin a bit carried away up there haha. Hence he is my winch b**ch this weekend riding in my copilot seat ;) Should be good hes been into it for years and used to have a competition truck.
What kind of tyres are you running? V6 Zook should go pretty well offroad, nice n light, plenty of power.
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got a set of Hankook Dynapro MT 235 75 15s go pritty good if u drop a bit of pressure not been stuck yit :D
and yea v6 is prity grunty just wish somethimes that there was a bit more waighyt over the back wheels as the light up pritty easy.

aww yip whut did he damage ? iv been making my self a frount bash plate and a transfer box cover and a fule tank bash plate as ov alredy got a dent in it lol is the place ure talking of going rocky or more muddy ?
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Cammy8 wrote:not been stuck yit :D



ah those famous last words

hope you touched a bit of wood after saying that for good luck :lol:
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aww its guaranteed that im going to get stuck at some pont looking fowerd to it :D
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If you don't get stuck your not trying hard enough :P as they say. Ah yup sweet yeah I've got dynapros on my hilux too seem pretty good so far
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aww yip might just need to try harder and yea they even seem pritty good on the road im happy with them so far
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Always keen to meet some more 4wheelers in this area, so tag alongs are welcome when I get up Manawahe next.

Clive[/quote]

Hey clive and cammy8, im living in kawerau so keen as for tag alongs in the area. Let us know and i will be there :D
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Cool another local. What are you driving skotty ?

Cam; Last time he went up he busted a cv, which didnt do the front diff much good either, steering locked towing it out so some more panel damage, winches playing up..etc etc, but thats how it goes.
I'm usually pretty keen, would be out just about every weekend if I could afford the gas lol
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Ive got a LJ71 Cruiser, short wheel base. Runing on some 30" wheels.
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Clive have u got any idea of a date when u rekan ull be free ? as my baby is due round about the 6th of june and was wondering if we could squeeze in a days off roading before that ?

and yea fules the killer i onley get 350kms to a tank of 50 litres :(
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Ah tru congrats, mines not long turned 1 so I'm allowed out of the house again now (kiddin). Mite be able to get another day in before then, not sure used quite a bit of coin to go away tomorrow. Yeh I dont get much more than 350 if im lucky to a 60l tank :\ need a fuel injected motor
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ha yip last wee bit of freedom lol aww yip no wories just let me no and i need a turbo diesel for the zuk :D well have fun this weekend dont get too stuck
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I'll try not too haha. I think my famous last words were "i dont think its actually that deep aye" :lol:
Yup dirty thirsty old hilux..a thundering 76kw engine that drinks like a V8 :?
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