Offroad-Express

hi, i'm new to 4x4 forums/community. own a 94 hilux s/cab standard. the front leaf springs are knackered, so i am replacing them and the back springs need work so i figured i'ld replace these too.A 2 inch lift is on the cards.i reckon i'll get maybe 2 inches more with bigger dia tyres.(is this right?).After a 2 inch lift,is it possible to go higher without spending loads of coin?Is going higher worth it?whats a snokel worth?tyres...were do i start.50% onroad -the rest is on sand and mud.mud tyres don't look to flash on sand.wide road tyres go good on sand but are crap in mud.do i look at 2 sets of tyres?-and no i don't have a money tree,just keen.

any suggestions?

cheers guppy

If your good with steel you could make a snorkel with exhaust tubing.
I made mine with a metre of 3 inch and a 3inch mandrel U bend.
Just cut and welded it.
I got given the air ram but you can buy these for about $90.
I've got six body lift blocks which would help your body clear larger tyres if you want em let me know.

Cheers
Thomas

Tyres are a fairly tricky thing, everyone has there opinion and everyone thinks they have the right setup. (or at lest they are dreaming of the right setup).

I think two sets of tyres is possibly the way to go. I have a set of wrangler all terrains which I use on the road and drive around 700kms a week on. Then I have a set of very aggressive mud tyres that I picked up 2nd hand fairly cheap. The muddies are useless on the road they are really noisey and fairly dodgy because the side walls bend.

So thats my setup.

A friend of mine has Coopers which as far as I know are considered fairly good on mud and sand, he gos fairly well. And they seem to go fairly well on the road so that is also a possibility.

Hope it is of some help.

Kent

I can't wait to have a run with my new Creepy Crawlers

I reckon 2 sets of tyres are the way to go, if you keep an eye out you can normally get some second hand rims and tyres at a really good price. I have a second set of tyres for the mud, BFGs, they have gone really well everywhere i have gone so far...(hey kent i dont even think ive been stuck yet!except for that time when i gt stuck trying to pull you out at thompsons ) maybe i stick to much to the easy stuff.....anyway, yea two sets is the way to go, then you get the best of both worlds.

Also before you go replacing your leafs, you might want to consider getting them re-set, i have re-set leafs in my landcruiser, and it sits quite high(nothing extreme but it does the job).Pics in photo album Fearce, page 4 of the user pics. Unless of course they are really shot like, rusted away and all krappy, then i guess you gotta.

Depends how bigger your tyres are you buy as to how much more hieght your tyres give you:)

Hiluxs have the leaf set to the axle on top dont they?unlike others that have the leaf spring connected to the bottom of the axle?am i right?which makes em sit naturally a bit higher.

Creepy crawlers sound gooooood:)

Oh and welcome to the 4wd community......aren't we nice blokes??

Sam

I do recall you having to get a tow up a certain hill on the 42, am I right. Oh and did I make it up that hill. LOL

The only reason I was stuck on Thompsons was because I didn't think that bog would be quite as thick and sticky as it was not to mention quite so deep, the carpet has still got the mud stains. LOL.

Two sets of tyres is the way.

Kent

PS Sam go harder next time we go out

two sets....got it.super swampers ok?-they look the like goods.

in reply to having my leafs re-set,had it priced (front only)but every work hack hilux i've seen has some degree of sag.mine have a nice reversed bend to them.price wise a new set from aussie seems to be the go.rear leafs are'nt to bad, need work so have replacement set coming too.

anyone done the crunchie trial of late?

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I havn't made it up there but keep meaning to, would be interesting to see what condition it is in. If you make it up there report back to us I would be very interested.

Simex are also blimmin good tyres, it would be worth checking around, and also keeping your eyes open on this site because quite often stuff is coming up.

Kent

found two mags at the local gas station,both with tyre reviews,1 kiwi,and the other a aussie 1 with 14 different types of mud tyres reviewed!great write up in kiwi 4x4 mag about tyres.

hope to head up north and give the crunchie a go on labour weekend.i'll be up that way and driving up and down the beach is only so much fun....

any tracks closer to home?or are these carefully guarded.should i join a club?i've heard clubs have entry to some tracks,but not joe public.this i can understand.

cheers for info.

Where do you live

Kent

torbay, north shore.

hey,what do you know. i'm a stropper.

Joining a club is proberbly your best option, this way you can get access to woodhill and riverhead. There are paper roads around the Auckland area but I don't know where they are. A trip out to muriwai is always good fun, you can head right up towards South Head and there is some dunes and stuff to play in.

There is a new club that has started up based in Puhoi which is really choice, I'm becoming a member and a few people I know are heading it up and getting it going. It is going to be a cool club. If you are interested just say and I will get some info for you. It's a little way from you, not to bad, meetings are once a month in Puhoi so it's not to bad.

Kent

Congrats on making it to stropper