Recent content by Moridinbg

I used aluminium sheets (5154 IIRC) and generic aluminium rivets from a hardware store. The complete setup weights about 190lb. They have held up great so far, 2 years and 57k km later. Not a single issue and they have seen A LOT. If they start to get loose I guess I could drill them out and...

How has been steering rack reliability for people who have been on 35s for longer time? I always heard that the rack is not particularly happy with the larger tires. I am up both for new tires and new rack and 35s do indeed look mint and would be helpful for the trails we have around, where...

It was for many years. Now my fav is the Ioniq 5 EV, which is reflected by my much reduced activity here... Don't drive the 100 that much anymore, apart from the occasional wheeling and/or camping.

I went with 10mm open cell foam and was able to squeeze in 2 layers in some places. There is 1.8mm butyl on the sheet metal. Go light with the butyl, to avoid it falling down due to gravity. Also, don't bother covering the entire floor. I did 3 layers - butyl, closed cell foam (in case I...

I did. You can check it out here. I ****ed it up though :D The glass came out easily with no cracks, but I only ever did epoxy primer, without painting over it on the windshield frame - it was cold and I did not have the time to let it dry, paint with paint, let that dry, then put the windshield...

Looks like I never mentioned everybody's deepest horror - that one time when someone totaled his car in my loaded iSi bike rack 2 years ago. Damage to the bikes in the end was only a cracked frame at the bottom bracket on the cyan Santa Cruz and that's it. The carrier got twisted and the...

With regular tires it is perfectly comfortable. Up until 120kph the truck has very good (for its size & weight lol) dynamics and acceleration, 120-140 is slower, but it happens, again perfectly ok for the highway. Max I have tried was 180, with a very slight incline, but it was not very...

The manual diesels have super high RPMs - 2800@100kph IIRC, which is just crazy. The 1HD-FTE with the 5 speed auto is 2350RPM@120kph. I drive it 130 all the time, sometimes for hours. Redline is 4200, so no issue with that. It can do 140kph (legal limit here), but that's sluggish with 33" MTs...

Other doors were indicating on the dash, yes. AHC actually was almost ready after I fixed the broken wire. The wobble was because the panhard bolt on the chassis had been loose and eventually fell off 😅

This has been bugging me for the past few months. The indicator that the driver side front door is open is not working. It would not have been that big of a deal, if the car was not auto locking after 40s, if it doesn't detect a door open after unlocking. Managed to lock the keys inside twice...

For the tonneau you also need both inside quarter panel plastic trims - there are notches where the tonneau attaches that are not there on USA cruisers. The bulk will easily cost just as much in shipping.

The H151F is an amazing gearbox, much more robust than the likely R151 currently in it. It too suffers from too short 5th gear, 120km/h is at something like 2800RPM. You need the harness for sure, the ECU and the immobiliser. The Immobiliser can be removed, I am sure plenty of people around you...

Just FTE it, or FT, if you hate electrics going to an engine. So much more engine, same reliability 🤷‍♂️

The 100 front diff is substantially weaker, compared to the 200 one. Unfortunately they are fully incompatible.

My left TB is extended all the way to the maximum, with only a couple of threads left inside and is at the bottom of the bracket on the UCA. The RH TB is screwed all the way in and is at the top of the bracket. This way I am getting "just" -20/20mm. Otherwise it was -90/40 or something like...