Got Me A Cruiser 4x4

TassieDevil_Original · Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:58 am

Bought myself a 93 Landcruiser GXL Diesel, manual a couple of weeks ago, already done a couple of thousand K's in her. And it's only done 229000K's all up.

Love me Cruiser

But a shit load slower than what I am used to, but it is about 2 tonnes so have to make allowances...

Sambo · Post by **Sambo** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:39 am

Where are the 20" spinners?!

EzyRider · Post by **EzyRider** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:16 am

Got many decent 4wd tracks down your way? Maybe Unforgiven and myself need to throw our forbies on the boat and come over for a weekend session some time

Nice buy mate, don't mind the look of the cruisers. I'm a Nissan man myself, so I got the 2001 Navara, but I still like Toyota's, so long at they're diesel

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:26 am

Nice ride!!!

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:54 am

Nice.

Aww, I miss my 60 series

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:21 am

you don't have to go fast to have fun

TassieDevil_Original · Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:12 pm

w00dsy wrote:you don't have to go fast to have fun

That's true and I only just got into 2nd gear.

TassieDevil_Original · Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:18 pm

EzyRider wrote:Got many decent 4wd tracks down your way? Maybe Unforgiven and myself need to throw our forbies on the boat and come over for a weekend session some time

Nice buy mate, don't mind the look of the cruisers. I'm a Nissan man myself, so I got the 2001 Navara, but I still like Toyota's, so long at they're diesel

I haven't done much 4wd yet, this is only my 2nd 4wd, the first one was a 4Runner only had that for about 3 months or so ( only bought the 4runner because a car I was doing up
got stolen and I was pissed off with no insurance ).

But I have a book that has a few tracks aound the country and Tassie has three that they have documented, and I wouldn't mind seeing what they are like, they ain't bash your bus to bits type of tracks which is good cause I don't want to wreck my cruiser, just want to be able to get to places where the average car can't. But if I find some good ones I will keep you posted

Oh and thanks guys, been planing on getting a cruiser for awhile now and I am happy with it so far... I have noting against any 4WD, except maybe a Lada Niva (think that is how it is spelt ) I just like the look of the Toyota over the Nissan's that I could afford... The later Nissan's look very nice.

Post by **Shonky** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:12 pm

Nice looking Yota Tassie, through a 2" lift kit under it and some 33" rubber on there and you'll have a very capable truck, not that it isn't already.

I'm new to 4by'ing too, got myself a 2003 Navara a little while back, been out on 3 day trips so far, out again this weekend too. If you are looking for some more experienced guys to take you out for a run, head over to the 4wd Monthly Forums.

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:09 pm

SHoNKY wrote:Nice looking Yota Tassie, through a 2" lift kit under it and some 33" rubber on there and you'll have a very capable truck, not that it isn't already. .

The impression I got from speaking to people who live out in the bush was that lift kits are utterly pointless and only serve to make your car more likely to fall over. I'm not saying they're right of course, but isn't it a bit like putting a body kit on a road car i.e. looks cool but doesn't serve much practical purpose?

Post by **Shonky** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:36 pm

durbster wrote:
SHoNKY wrote:Nice looking Yota Tassie, through a 2" lift kit under it and some 33" rubber on there and you'll have a very capable truck, not that it isn't already. .
The impression I got from speaking to people who live out in the bush was that lift kits are utterly pointless and only serve to make your car more likely to fall over. I'm not saying they're right of course, but isn't it a bit like putting a body kit on a road car i.e. looks cool but doesn't serve much practical purpose?

Depends on what you plan to use the vehicle for, if you want to do some 4 wheel driving that is a bit more serious than your typical forest trails, the little extra ground clearance makes a fairly large difference to approach, departure and ramp over angles. On the cruisers, a 2" lift on the suspension, and another 2" on the tires has a only a minor affect on handling due to the fact they are so wide, but greatly increases the vehicles ability in the rougher stuff.

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:08 am

How often would you come across terrain where that extra ground clearance is necessary though? It's obviously there but I'm sure in 99% of those rare cases, you could simply find another way round. Having said that, there is definitely something cool about being able to keep going on over whatever nature throws at you, so maybe I'm missing the point

Rots · Post by **Rots** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:00 pm

Well it depends on whether or not your the type of person that looks for it or not

Nice, in my opinion the 80 series was the last of the great Landcruisers... well other than the awesome LC70 series, they fkn rock.

KNAPPO · Post by **KNAPPO** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:15 pm

Nice Land-Abuiser Tassie

Post by **Shonky** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:10 pm

durbster wrote:How often would you come across terrain where that extra ground clearance is necessary though? It's obviously there but I'm sure in 99% of those rare cases, you could simply find another way round. Having said that, there is definitely something cool about being able to keep going on over whatever nature throws at you, so maybe I'm missing the point

As Rots said, it depends on whether you are looking for it, but there are lots of places in Aus that you need a vehicle that is more capable than a stock one, places like Cape York, Victorian High Country, any of the deserts in Central Australia, all depends on where you want to go.

I've never been over to Tasmania to do some four wheel driving, but I'd hazard a guess that there are some pretty hairy tracks given the terrain over there. At the end of the day it's up to Tassie what he wants from the Cruiser, if he wants to get into some of the more remote places in Tasmania, a stocker may not be up to it.

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:02 pm

SHoNKY wrote:As Rots said, it depends on whether you are looking for it, but there are lots of places in Aus that you need a vehicle that is more capable than a stock one, places like Cape York, Victorian High Country, any of the deserts in Central Australia, all depends on where you want to go.

But that's what I mean. The people who live in those places don't have lift kits. It was in a central Australian desert where I had the conversation about them

TassieDevil_Original · Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:36 pm

well I think I will be happy with the height of mine, as I don't envisage going over that rough of terrain and risking wrecking my 4WD, too much money to be doin to harsh of bush bashin.