new guy to mud

[shancerlelby]

hey just thought i'd post up my trail beater. nothing spectacular but its come along way in 6 months lol. ome cruiser coils in the rear. sdori bj spacers up front sans sway bar, 33 x 12.5 bfg mt's. seems to crawl pretty good thru the steep and muddy sections around central b.c. Not so many action shots but here's a few pics.

stock and a month new to me.


some stock wheelin

spring time with lift and 33's


random canyon crawl pics


log flex or lack of.



gf in background scared to watch


thats it pretty much, i actually signed up over here as i just sort of got my hands on an fj45lv and this is the best place for tech that i've found. thread http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj45-owners-...do-i-save.html

not sure waht to do with it yet but we will see once its in my driveway.

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Welcome to Mud! <-- Mud salute, Nice Runner, it looks good on the 33's

I saw your LV thread, it's a beaut! Hehehe... People have started with much less on their way to LV ownership. Glad to have you!

[WristPin]

welcome

nice truck
dont get too close to those jeeps, or might catch somthing

[ms018kmf]

Greetings . Nice set of woods you have to wheel in there.

[4x4CPOSEADOG]

Welcome to Mud Where is that at? That was a very beautiful scenery and looks like you had a good time wheelin. I wish we have a place like that to wheel here in the East Coast.

[Hilux]

Well hey there sexy! (not you, the rig!) Welcome, and tell me how your lift is going? Any rubbing or issues? I'm gonna do mine soon but the jury is still out on how.


........oh, and BTW...flex (for a high clearance I.S) is overrated


YouTube - Hummer-Tip

[shancerlelby]

thnaks guys, the wheeling location was the quesnel canyon every year in the spring we have the quesnel canyon crawl when its pretty muddy and slick back there. basically a big long weekend of campign wheeling and some games. gps races etc. all in all it was a good time.

some decent pics on the local forum
North Caribou Offroad Adventurers Society :: View topic - quesnel canyon this year? may long?

as far as my lift goes its pretty decent, it will rub at full lock backing up and sometimes at full stuff all depending on how much you air down etc. i trimmed some inner fender plastic liner but just to keep the places for mud to stay down. what year is your hilux? surf corrrect?

[fortysixandtwo]

Welcome to mud, nice start you've got there.

[rockrash]

Welcome 2 mud

[tlcruiser66]

Nice Runner you got there, and welcome to Mud

Flex is great if you're doing alot of crawling but from the looks of it you should be more worried about keeping traction in that slippery stuff there. Any future mods you're looking at or are you pretty happy with how it sits right now?

[shancerlelby]

i like how it sits really. maybe a 1" body lift just for some minor tyre clearance issues but mainly would like some lower gears 5.71's and a rear locker. trail armor would be good too.

[Hilux]

Originally Posted by shancerlelby

i like how it sits really. maybe a 1" body lift just for some minor tyre clearance issues but mainly would like some lower gears 5.71's and a rear locker. trail armor would be good too.

IMO, that's (5:71s for an AT) not a bad idea if you have an Auto. Traditionally they are kinder or softer (if you will) on the DT b/c of the steady torque flow.

And another thing is, ATs usually don't have the low gears in the tranny that a standard does. So engineers (I guess this is why) usually put lower final drive gears in them. I say that b/c it's often overlooked that ATs should drop down to the next ratio than their MT counterparts.

You're definitely gonna have more snap in the acceleration, more pulling or low end torque and (providing you have an AT I'm just guessing) you're gonna love it. This IMO is the best thing, and the 1st thing I would do to wake up the V6.

[shancerlelby]

Originally Posted by Hilux

(providing you have an AT I'm just guessing)

you guessed correct sir. i would have loved a 5 speed for economy and wheeling sake but the significant other has to drive it occasionally so auto it is. kinda thinking about swapping to the 5 speed and just man ing up and teaching her to wheel stick.