No roof on it, so the pic was taken while standing on the front seat.
The exhaust manifold is off at the moment, the owner was busy working on the engine.
Wow Brayn, it looks really good, sorry to hear that the direction of the project had to change...still a very unique vehicle for our part of the world.
P.S. Do you still want a set of wheel spacers, supplier is in Germany for 3 months, so no luck yet:o :o :o
And a few from South Africa.
Melkbos 4x4 playground outside Cape Town, Western Cape:
Brakkenduinen Dune Trail, Eastern Cape:
Glen Oakes Trail, Western Cape:
Use lots of sticky grease when putting it together, makes the job a lot easier.
Unfortunately I didn't know much when I bought my first locker for my 80, and bought the EZ-locker, which lasted only 2 months on stock size tyres and mild offroading!!!
Here is SA, cruisers also keep very good resale value, as do most other Toyota 4x4's.
That vehicle in the background looks more like the Mahindra Scorpio and not really the Pegasus. http://www.mahindrascorpio.com/scorpio2004/
They were introduced here about 6 months ago and I think are...
I'm currently running OME 863's at the back and 851's in front. I've got an aluminium ECB replacement bumper and a KEW8000 winch with total weight of about 140lbs. Currently the nose is a lot lower than the back, at least 1.5" - 2" lower.
I'm obviously running the wrong set-up. I don't want to...
Thanks for the replies, that's what I thought :mad: :mad: :mad:
The technician says he was trained to do it like that and never had a problem on any of their installations. He didn't do it by accident, he did it on purpose because according to him that is how it is supposed to be :mad...
Yesterday I had my rear detroit locker replaced by an ARB and at the same time, had the front ARB put in as well :D :D
On the front diff the installer put the pipe at the bottom of the diff, below the pinion. I told him it's gonna get damaged, but he said that has never happened on any of...
Siglo, Outback products are made here in South Africa and Christo is the US agent. They don't only make racks, but a huge range of offroad and camping related equipment. All of their products are distributed through the 4x4Megaworld group and the owner of this group is also a partner in the...
On the South African cruiser forum (www.landcruiserclub.co.za) we have a guy who's an ex-Toyota mechanic and still does a lot of work on cruisers in his own business. He is also the guy who helped another South African member, Bongani, to sort out his Birf and vibration problems. This week he...
Here are before and after pics of my cruiser. The lift is supposed to be 2" but the back went up 3.5" and the front 3". Changed the tyres from 265/75R16(31.6"high) to 33x12.5R15.