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    Greetings

    in New Members Introductions

    Posted

    From experience, I will add my 2 cents worth:

    You are idiot for owning a celica, they are a terrible car and I will never own one again - shame on toyota for creating them in the first place.

    That's about it really - pretty simple.

    K_san

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    Twin tip muffler for SK20

    in Camry Club

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    You cheap bugger! If I was the shop I would have told you to go and get stuffed, it's a 2000 Camry - not a Ferrari. Dont treat it like it's a d!ck swinging contest Silly old man - if it was - youd lose for sure.

    As for the twin muffler, doesn't make your balls any bigger mate...why bother? Its only a **** factor, which probably explains why you want to do it. Might as well save your money and put it toward a real mod - like an induction fan for your air box - like a real bro.

    Keep the entertainment up guys, I need more stuff to laugh at.

    Cheers

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    Weird noise 06 lux

    in Hilux Club

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    Hi All,

    Newby with a weird problem. I have had a look through the forum but come up empty so will post issue. 06 dual cab 4x4 turbo diesel started making this wup wup wup noise and self diagnosed front wheel bearings. Anyhow $800 later with new bearings (hubs) the noise is back. Admittedly it went away for a day after the bearings where swapped but returned within a week and is as loud as before.

    It is road speed related and not engine speed. Guy who did wheel bearings cannot work out what is wrong. He's told me that it seems to be every 4th wheel turn (?) meaning it's not the tyres. Does not change with different gears so doesn't seem to be gearbox/transfer case (could be wrong there). Starts to come in at around 50/60k and stays up to 110k increasing frequency with road speed. I can sense it through the steering wheel and mate said he felt it through the cab floor drivers side front but I couldn't notice on the passenger side. Suspect cv joints or is there a bearing on the drive shaft? I was told the drive shaft turns 4 times for one revolution of the wheels so this would count that out.

    I have run out of ideas and wondered if anyone else might have had a similar experience.

    Would love to hear comments or suggestions.

    Cheers

    Phil

    Just curious mate, is your hilux lifted ? With bigger tyres?

    Where abouts are you in qld?

    No oil problems with my 200 Series Landcruiser.

    in Landcruiser Club

    Posted

    Ah very nice, I do wish I got a land cruiser sometimes as opposed to the hilux...200 series cruisers are such nice trucks on and offroad and there are such a great variety of aftermarket accessories available. Have you considered anything like a performance chip / exhaust ? That will make a great difference to your overall power and fuel economy!

    Gotta love a cruiser!

    K_san

    Toyota Hilux

    in Hilux Club

    Posted

    Should also add...aftermarket upper control arms are not only expensive to buy but are also illegal - should the ute be put over the pits it'll probably be one of the first things looked at and defected.

    Toyota Hilux

    in Hilux Club

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    Hey guys

    Looking putting a lift kit in my 09 SR5 can anyone recommend anything

    Hey bud

    Nice choice of ute, mines an 06 - been there and done it - so the results?

    Unfortunately for our model hilux's with its not so fancy IFS, lifting becomes more difficult than it was with its solid axle predecessors. There are plenty of companies offering sized lift kits - the higher you go - the more it costs, simply because there are more components that need replacing to be able to handle the vastly changed steering and suspension geometry. As far as lifting goes, 50mm or 2 inch is as high as you can go legally - and is as high as tyre/suspension places like fulcrum or goodyear will give you. To go higher, companies like snake racing, monster rides or superior engineering are the way to go.

    On mine, I opted for the 3 inch lift (technically 3 in the front and 2.5 in the back to make it level) any higher and your factory components such as control arms and sway bar / sway bar mounts will have to be changed. 4 inch lifts are available - but put your factory components at their limit, meaning you simply won't get any benefit other an inch of ground clearance out of your suspension, more often than not that extra ground clearance is useless without that articulation you can get out of your suspension with a 3 inch lift. There is a 5 inch lift available but is crazy expensive - and in my view not worth the money.

    3 inch lift will allow you to run 31 inch tyres (or 265x75) without scrubbing on guards or control arms - however this can be improved to 32 inch or 275's tyre with the addition or some blocks to lift the body (any body lift for them is illegal as it changes the geometry of the airbags) and some after market UCA's. With a 3 inch lift - you probably won't get enough castor adjustment to have the wheels properly aligned and thus may experience vibration through the car - luckily there aftermarket UCA's available to fix this - the cheapest Iv found so far are $880 shipped from tufflux.

    Hope this helps, any questions just holla

    K_san

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