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Thanks for replies, guys! The problem is my friend's HJ75 has pretty worn-out inner rear axle shafts and btw axle is semi-floater (!), for example, new longer rear axle shaft for HJ75 costs about $300 here and whole used rear HJ60 rear axle assembly is $500. And full-floater axle from HJ60 swap...

Hi guys! Maybe someone know (or, please, could measure) the distance between rear leaf springs' center bolts (those keeping leafs together) i.e. springs stance width of '94 HJ75? Or at least (it's aesier to measure with no getting under rig) the distance between outer side edges of rear spring...

any more pics of this rig please?

It was long ago, that Hilux was from '80s, leaf springs, axles and simple diesel. Nowaday hiluxes are same thing mitsu, mazda etc making - ifs, rack steering, efi/common rail/computer managed diesels. Face it, FJC is good marketing positioned SUV, not tough offroader as 40 was - Ultimate...

i'm ready to bring you one 70-series to exchange it to FJC :)

My congratulations! Very nice expedition rig! Even has stock snorkel, but with safari air ram. green73: i saw a lot of competition guys who wrap cable around bumpers/guards - when you winch a lot during race this is for faster storing of cable - to not waste time to wind from and back on winch...

any guessings? then i'll tell you - $60-66000 for brand new one. few guys sell 'em with 200km on odometer (maybe they drove it from dealership to seaport themselves) - $57000. I've seen a couple of FJs here - one blue and one silver. Nice, but from front/front 3/4 view only.

Hi guys, sorry for possible offtopic, but i have kinda opportunity to bring a truck from USA and it can expire this summer because my motherland will close borders for import of non-Euro2 compliant rigs :mad:. I have one titleless '77 BJ40 waiting for resto and some FJ45 pickup might be cool to...

Hi JimL! One more euro here! Nice purchase even if it's that rusty! What you wanna do with it? What diesel it has - B, 2B or 3B? Mine is '77 BJ40, B diesel engine, right-handed, vacuum-engaged front axle drive, exported from Japan. Sure i'll convert it to left-hand drive with added...

My congratulations! '77 BJ40, B, 4spd soon to be 5spd and coiler!

Man! Thanks for the invitation! I'd love to come, but problem is in my job - i'm working in movie production company (like your 20th century fox or lucas arts) and we plan to shoot a movie next summer - lot of work since it plan to be about car races. :bounce2: When CM '06 will be? But when...

You guys really amaze me with knowing russian language! :cheers: Thank you for calming me down with that paint issue. Anyway while they were on the way to Moscow I received an offer and decided to do major chassis swap - read here , so now old chassis with those downeys are for sale, but...

Very nice looking rig you got, Pablo! My congratulations! With a help of my friend I've ordered a set of 4" Downeys too (delivery to Moscow cost more than price of springs! :mad: ) and when i've unpacked them i was nearly shocked by their strange look! :censor: I thought 4" srpings must be...

But someone in USA and Canada has 70-series with B-type diesels or even 1HZ - i've seen 'em on photos here and on Pirate4x4 - they are true "sons of 40s" - with 9" axles and leafs. LJ/RJ70s are kinda light-duty compared to BJ70s, but their coil suspension is tough and their 8" axles aren't the...