105Aus
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Hello everyone, I've been on these forums a few times browsing through for ideas and tips and thought I'd join and make my own build thread and so i can comment on others to ask questions and get more idea's.
So, my car is a 1999 model HZJ105R Landcruiser, or 100 series solid axle front with the 4.2 diesel n/a engine. Bought it from a random online in march 2013 who turned out to be a past work colleague so i managed to save a few dollars. When i bought it, it had 208 000 km's under its belt, everything on it was stock except he had a turbo kit fitted.
Not long after i purchased the car i started straight away going off-road and testing the car and my own capabilities offroad as this is the first 4x4 I've owned. After not long I realised that I needed better tyres then the stock radial's as i was struggling for grip on rocky climbs and was always getting bogged in mud. I went with Cooper STT Maxx's as they're a pretty good alrounder from the research i did, and theyre guarantee'd to last 80 000 km's and i also went up a tyre size to 285/75R16's.
A few months later after some light touring to local State Forest's I was still struggling for grip when my suspension was working out and locking up tyres so i'd only be spinning one tyre on each axle which would get me nowhwere so to fix the problem i bought an ARB Diff lock for my front diff. To run said locker, i had to have air so i also got an ARB air compressor which has 2 outputs so i can also run rear difflock down the track and an outlet for my tyre inflator.
Later that year for my birthday i was given a 52 inch LED light bar, but with only an alloy bullbar i decided to mount the light to my roof so i also gain very good side vision for spotting wildlife while driving at night. Made up a custom bracket at my work and fit it up in an afternoon and ive loved the extra light ever since.
After crunching a cv axle on a weekend away i decided to fit a Part Time Kit and free wheeling hubs, which with the help of mates and an arvo of head scratching and beer drinking we managed to change out one of the gears in the transfer case so that it no longer constantly drives the front axle, and the hubs were so the tyres can spin freely without spinning the cv's, axles and diff centre. This mod worked out great as it slightly improved my fuel usage, saved my front tyres wearing as quickly and gave me much lighter steering.
Another problem I ran into was that my standard sidesteps were always coping a beating and bending up, at one time stopping both passenger side doors from opening, so i got some 38mm tube rock sliders made up. I wasnt happy with the workmanship of the job i'd paid a weeks worth of my wages to be done so myself and a mate chopped the tube up and extended the rails to protect more sills and mainly re do the welds as the "Professional" welds hardly had any penetration.
I bought a turbo timer as i was sick of sitting in the car for a minute everytime i pulled up after a long drive so that i could set it to automatically turn off after 30 seconds or longer for harder trips on hot days and at the same time I also fit a UHF so i could better communicate with people while on trips.
The most recent mod i did only just a week ago was a 2" suspension lift which I fit in house with the help of my father and a mate, and overall on average i gained 60mm and got a much smoother ride. I havent been out the bush yet to test it's new feel but I am very keen to do so.
I have all sorts of future plans for the car including but not limited to; Rear diff lock, Steel Bullbar, Winch, Steel rear bar, long ranger fuel tank, Watertanks, Roof Racks, Roof top tent, rear drawers, fridge, fridge slide, 2nd and 3rd battery's, more underbody protection, window tint and a few more lights.
I'll upload some pics of my car and some mods when I have more spare time but for now this is it, thanks for looking and any input or questions welcome
So, my car is a 1999 model HZJ105R Landcruiser, or 100 series solid axle front with the 4.2 diesel n/a engine. Bought it from a random online in march 2013 who turned out to be a past work colleague so i managed to save a few dollars. When i bought it, it had 208 000 km's under its belt, everything on it was stock except he had a turbo kit fitted.
Not long after i purchased the car i started straight away going off-road and testing the car and my own capabilities offroad as this is the first 4x4 I've owned. After not long I realised that I needed better tyres then the stock radial's as i was struggling for grip on rocky climbs and was always getting bogged in mud. I went with Cooper STT Maxx's as they're a pretty good alrounder from the research i did, and theyre guarantee'd to last 80 000 km's and i also went up a tyre size to 285/75R16's.
A few months later after some light touring to local State Forest's I was still struggling for grip when my suspension was working out and locking up tyres so i'd only be spinning one tyre on each axle which would get me nowhwere so to fix the problem i bought an ARB Diff lock for my front diff. To run said locker, i had to have air so i also got an ARB air compressor which has 2 outputs so i can also run rear difflock down the track and an outlet for my tyre inflator.
Later that year for my birthday i was given a 52 inch LED light bar, but with only an alloy bullbar i decided to mount the light to my roof so i also gain very good side vision for spotting wildlife while driving at night. Made up a custom bracket at my work and fit it up in an afternoon and ive loved the extra light ever since.
After crunching a cv axle on a weekend away i decided to fit a Part Time Kit and free wheeling hubs, which with the help of mates and an arvo of head scratching and beer drinking we managed to change out one of the gears in the transfer case so that it no longer constantly drives the front axle, and the hubs were so the tyres can spin freely without spinning the cv's, axles and diff centre. This mod worked out great as it slightly improved my fuel usage, saved my front tyres wearing as quickly and gave me much lighter steering.
Another problem I ran into was that my standard sidesteps were always coping a beating and bending up, at one time stopping both passenger side doors from opening, so i got some 38mm tube rock sliders made up. I wasnt happy with the workmanship of the job i'd paid a weeks worth of my wages to be done so myself and a mate chopped the tube up and extended the rails to protect more sills and mainly re do the welds as the "Professional" welds hardly had any penetration.
I bought a turbo timer as i was sick of sitting in the car for a minute everytime i pulled up after a long drive so that i could set it to automatically turn off after 30 seconds or longer for harder trips on hot days and at the same time I also fit a UHF so i could better communicate with people while on trips.
The most recent mod i did only just a week ago was a 2" suspension lift which I fit in house with the help of my father and a mate, and overall on average i gained 60mm and got a much smoother ride. I havent been out the bush yet to test it's new feel but I am very keen to do so.
I have all sorts of future plans for the car including but not limited to; Rear diff lock, Steel Bullbar, Winch, Steel rear bar, long ranger fuel tank, Watertanks, Roof Racks, Roof top tent, rear drawers, fridge, fridge slide, 2nd and 3rd battery's, more underbody protection, window tint and a few more lights.
I'll upload some pics of my car and some mods when I have more spare time but for now this is it, thanks for looking and any input or questions welcome