It's pretty much the prado then, shorter and smaller...

bit of a thread revival:

picked this up the other week



and one photo ( kinda crappy cause from a phone ) from yesterday, i think others have more but my partner was always in the car with me so she didnt get any of our own car!

Sweet little beast, make him look like this.

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Beaten up old 98 Gen 2 Liberty, 13.0, stock V3 STI running gear.
07 Transit motor home
69 VF & 70 VG Valiants needing full restoration
Yamaha Zooma 50cc rocket hopefully going with the Transit.

very cool but no! would love to but i'm going to try not to spend too much on it as i've still got an Escort to finish! saying that though the list of stuff i want for it is already quite long!! ha ha!

Old 4by
Was a 1986 FJ73 4.0ltr petrol. 4 inch lift with drop shackles, rear diff lock, adjustable shocks, 35inch MT117 extreme tyres. Went almost anywhere.








New 4by
2011 FJ cruiser 4.0ltr petrol, 2 inch demello offroad lift kit from states, ARB bull bar, Duel batteries, Fridge for beer. Rear Diff Lock from factory
Still to come: Snorkle, rock sliders, spotlights, 33 inch mtr's

Nice Cruiser but nowhere near the articulation of the old 73.

My old 60 in Lanno

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Beaten up old 98 Gen 2 Liberty, 13.0, stock V3 STI running gear.
07 Transit motor home
69 VF & 70 VG Valiants needing full restoration
Yamaha Zooma 50cc rocket hopefully going with the Transit.

I like mud

Here's a clip from the Muddflatts comp where we took out extreme class
Mudd Flatts Mayhem Team Fish - YouTube



And a little clip for our sponsors my Navvy made up
T FISH MOA Sept 2010 - YouTube

Cheers

Fish

Hey mate, how do you find the new FJ?

Like the look of them and keen to check them out for my next upgrade. Probably wouldn't get the lift straight away but keen on roof top tent, bull bar, decent tyres etc. Are they pretty capable in stock form and what kind of fuel usage are you seeing? Any bits that piss you off that I should watch out for?

Cheers.

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Get about 13litres per 100km around town.
Only complaint is it really is a 2 person car, if you had kids the suicide doors would be a pain in the ass especially in a tight carpark it takes a bit of stuffing around to get passengers out of the back as you need the driver door open to open the rear door.
But this doesnt phase me to much as i only use it as a 2 seater (for now anyway)
Other than that, really capable straight off the factory floor offroad, and on road it drives just like a car.
So quite happy all in all

Anyone looked into setting up a WRX with a raised suspension set up? Not talking 4wd stuff here.... I do get that it's not a 4WD.

I'm considering replacing my old bunky at some stage and IF I can stretch the budget considering getting an 02 and setting up with more of a WRC Gravel / Safari style. More ground clearance and higher profile rubber with smaller rim diameter etc.

Not going the dumped style the roads up here are shocking and like the idea of something little different for around town and the occassional gravel surf track.

Any thoughts on struts / springs / geometry issues?

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