boozewz
SILVER Star
Some members have been pm'ing me for info about mods on my 76 series wagon, and upon looking through some of my older threads I realised that all of my post containing some of the mods done are scattered around. Here's an attempt to keep it all under one thread, with lots of pictures.
Hint: you may have seen some of these pics posted before, so just trying to keep a timeline of the mods in the correct order.
Picked up the wagon on Dec 2010 from the local Toyota dealer. Its got the new GRJ 4.0L V6 motor and a H150F gearbox. The build date on the wagon is 10/2010. My first move was to fit a set of 255/85/16 BFG KM2 on the factory splits. While I loved the look, and the handling around town, it simply didn’t cut it on the dunes with its narrow footprint. Also driving on the highway at speeds of 120km/h can be a little nervy. So these didn’t last very long, and were replaced.
If I lived in a country with lots of green laning, or mud tracks, or old fire logging roads then I’d take the 255’s in a heartbeat. Awesome nimbleness around town, and great feel off the beaten path. Alas, the dunes is where most of our wheeling is. (The 255’s were later put on my 1982 Troopy).
Next step was getting a hold of 16” factory alloys, and I ordered a set of 285/75/16 BFG AT’s. While those were on a ship coming from the US, I picked up on the (very) cheap some crappy Chinese tires locally. These turned out to be a disaster. Enough vibration on the highway to knock off my sunglasses.
With that, I sourced a set of EFS 4” front coils, along with EFS Racing Shocks. For the rear springs, we picked up a couple from an older model and had a suspension shop hammer them into equivalent of a 4” lift. Primitive I know, and not something you’d do to a new rig. But hey, I was learning.
Also, in order to address the wider front track (10cm difference), I had 5cm spacers machined locally and installed on the rear.
Hint: you may have seen some of these pics posted before, so just trying to keep a timeline of the mods in the correct order.
Picked up the wagon on Dec 2010 from the local Toyota dealer. Its got the new GRJ 4.0L V6 motor and a H150F gearbox. The build date on the wagon is 10/2010. My first move was to fit a set of 255/85/16 BFG KM2 on the factory splits. While I loved the look, and the handling around town, it simply didn’t cut it on the dunes with its narrow footprint. Also driving on the highway at speeds of 120km/h can be a little nervy. So these didn’t last very long, and were replaced.
If I lived in a country with lots of green laning, or mud tracks, or old fire logging roads then I’d take the 255’s in a heartbeat. Awesome nimbleness around town, and great feel off the beaten path. Alas, the dunes is where most of our wheeling is. (The 255’s were later put on my 1982 Troopy).
Next step was getting a hold of 16” factory alloys, and I ordered a set of 285/75/16 BFG AT’s. While those were on a ship coming from the US, I picked up on the (very) cheap some crappy Chinese tires locally. These turned out to be a disaster. Enough vibration on the highway to knock off my sunglasses.
With that, I sourced a set of EFS 4” front coils, along with EFS Racing Shocks. For the rear springs, we picked up a couple from an older model and had a suspension shop hammer them into equivalent of a 4” lift. Primitive I know, and not something you’d do to a new rig. But hey, I was learning.
Also, in order to address the wider front track (10cm difference), I had 5cm spacers machined locally and installed on the rear.
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