Very nice, I sold my landcruiser (tears ) and hope to get a Hilux sometime soon, just like yours. Watch that gravel road drifting, they do their infamous roll over when they catch at the end of that drift! Yeah, tyres with more tread would help, but those things are so light on the rear end it's hard to keep them straight
Bugger I didn't know they were prone to rolling over! It's kind of funny for a lady who's getting into DH riding and liking it I sure don't have an affinity for cars at even slight angles on 4x4 tracks - I'd rather be riding in most cases!! Oh well I've got the feel for the Lux so I can tell when to slow down around the corners, would hate to swerve for a roo on impulse though, the results would not be pretty I reckon!
It's funny I do a cleaning job in another town once a week and take a gravel rd as a bit of a shortcut to get there. I have noticed that having a full tank as opposed to 3/4 empty makes a noticeable difference to the handling too!
Without sounding 'hardcore', have you considered Ranchos? My buddy has just fitted them to his Surf, mearly as a correction to its inherit sag, and improve handling and they have been wonderful (running RS9000Xs in the rear and the non-adjustable ones in the front). Cant really speak of longetivity as they havent been on very long but for what he paid, they are really good. Sits a little taller too without any serious suspention mods. He purchadsed them online.
We rock Koni Adjustables with XGS Springs on our 80 Series. The rear is way oversprung as we only really use the vehicle for towing...when its unloaded, it sits bum-high and handles pretty bad.
I think ours still has the stock suspension on it, it was clean under when we brought it, seems like it was a landscape gardening mobs car, so done a lot of town k's I'd say. When I turn the steering full lock (L or R, can't remember which) the RHS tire rubs on the guard, so I'm thinking it's sagged on that side, I had to take the mud flap off which helps somewhat. Someone said it could be a matter of winding up the (IFS arm?), but we figured suspension should be due for replacement anyway.
Yes I've heard of Konis, but really I think our choice will be going to ARB or OL in Bunbury, OL was with the dearer Tuff Dogs but they sounded like they would cater for the cars light weight a lot better than ARB who offered the OME. We're not looking to carry any weight in it most of the time, maybe a load of wood now and then amongst other stuff you use a ute for, or camping trips when we eventually get back into it, other than that it will be mostly empty (and bikes hardly count!).
I would love to mix and match springs and shocks etc, do the research and go for say Lovells springs and Blistein shocks or something like that, but I don't think Hubby is keen to do the work and put it in himself at all.
New exhaust is on the wish list too, Hubby has a Taipan XP on his ute (no chip), and apart from putting checkerplate on his tray and making a snorkel and tire holder that's about all the mods he's done.
On the Lux we've just made the snorkel and put a bull bar on it. Got the dealer to throw in the rims & tyres
Oh and we traded in a newish Subaru Forester for it!!!!
Here you go, I know it's a Lux thread but here is the other halfs car, he would cry if he had to sell it, it's an '05 HDJ79
It came with a wooden tray (and wood sides) which looked great, but the tray base warped badly when I washed my big carpet rug on it
LOL. The checkerplate looks heaps better anyway!!
