I had started this discussion in another tread but thought it maybe a good idea to separate the topic from the original ARB rear bumper install.
The issue is the possibility to retrofit some of the off-road goodies found on a GX-R V8 "Winch" model available here in Saudi Arabia on the VX-R model.
The latter is more luxuriously appointed (Leather, Nav, DVD, crawl control, etc) but lacks the more usefull features of the GX-R like 2 spare wheels, locking rear diff and a winch.
Trawling through the various car markets I finally found some cars to take pics.
The wheel carrier pics are from a special edition VX-R which has the 2 spare wheels, some extra gold chrome, different sidesteps and the spare wheel box. Clearly visible are the different bottom half of the tail gate, different right hand side quarter panel, mounting of the wheel carrier on the right hand side rear pillar. Top half of the tail gate is the same in terms of sheet metal but has an additional bracket to lock the wheel carrier and the location of the various badges is different. Also different is the omission of the standard VX-R rear view camera.
A nearby GX-R was equipped with winch and locking rear diff. According to the text on the yellow sticker the winch is rather to 3600kg / 8000 Lb. Its mounted well behind the hawser, neatly between the front frame rails by the looks of it. Toyota supplies a neat remote control including a winch overheat warning. It connects with the plug in the top right hand corner of the picture. The lock/release lever of the winch is located behind the hole on the top left side. When not in use, a plastic shield covers all holes in the front bumper.
The car was locked so couldn't take a picture of the diff lock switch but it looks very much like the rotary 4H - 4L switch and is mounted immediately below the center lock switch occupying two "free" positions.
I've tried to get a price indication at the Toyota spare parts center to get this conversion done but this is so far outside their normal business that I only ended up confusing everybody. Other than getting a price for the wheel carrier itself (SR1700 or US$450) no luck so far. Will probably have to try a few more times. Note that this price compares very favourable with the SR2750/US$730 for the ARB wheel carrier (ARB p/n 5700211)
I have some more pics but don't know how to add them...
The issue is the possibility to retrofit some of the off-road goodies found on a GX-R V8 "Winch" model available here in Saudi Arabia on the VX-R model.
The latter is more luxuriously appointed (Leather, Nav, DVD, crawl control, etc) but lacks the more usefull features of the GX-R like 2 spare wheels, locking rear diff and a winch.
Trawling through the various car markets I finally found some cars to take pics.
The wheel carrier pics are from a special edition VX-R which has the 2 spare wheels, some extra gold chrome, different sidesteps and the spare wheel box. Clearly visible are the different bottom half of the tail gate, different right hand side quarter panel, mounting of the wheel carrier on the right hand side rear pillar. Top half of the tail gate is the same in terms of sheet metal but has an additional bracket to lock the wheel carrier and the location of the various badges is different. Also different is the omission of the standard VX-R rear view camera.
A nearby GX-R was equipped with winch and locking rear diff. According to the text on the yellow sticker the winch is rather to 3600kg / 8000 Lb. Its mounted well behind the hawser, neatly between the front frame rails by the looks of it. Toyota supplies a neat remote control including a winch overheat warning. It connects with the plug in the top right hand corner of the picture. The lock/release lever of the winch is located behind the hole on the top left side. When not in use, a plastic shield covers all holes in the front bumper.
The car was locked so couldn't take a picture of the diff lock switch but it looks very much like the rotary 4H - 4L switch and is mounted immediately below the center lock switch occupying two "free" positions.
I've tried to get a price indication at the Toyota spare parts center to get this conversion done but this is so far outside their normal business that I only ended up confusing everybody. Other than getting a price for the wheel carrier itself (SR1700 or US$450) no luck so far. Will probably have to try a few more times. Note that this price compares very favourable with the SR2750/US$730 for the ARB wheel carrier (ARB p/n 5700211)
I have some more pics but don't know how to add them...
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