Thread: Hilux diff conversion

Sounds Exciting but also sounds like it will be a pain to engineer. Are you replacing the D2 housings with Toy units or doing a Toy diff and axles conversion in the standard D2 housings?

Totally replacing the housings will mean you will lose abs, is it legal to remove abs on a car that came with it from factory?

Originally Posted by Hendrik

Sounds Exciting but also sounds like it will be a pain to engineer. Are you replacing the D2 housings with Toy units or doing a Toy diff and axles conversion in the standard D2 housings?

Totally replacing the housings will mean you will lose abs, is it legal to remove abs on a car that came with it from factory?

Hendrik i drive a car with a 5"lift 35's in QLD ( legal or ilegal its upto you to decide)

if you replace the entire housing you can replace the abs its just a little bit more work the reluctor gears to suit the toyo/disco2 abs system are made in the USA but i have decided to go this way >>>>the housing will stay the same but be fully laminated bolts holding the hubs will be upgraded axels are been custom made by Keith from rover tracks and with the help from the guys from OUTCAST OFFROAD diff conversion and tailshaft conversion should be straight forward

That sounds very cool!

Have you looked at fitting front LC80/100 diff and matching Hilux type rear centres into the D2 housings and in the ARB airlockers you can swap the sides to Rover sides and run Ashcroft axles + CV's. Ashcroft CV's are made by the same mob that makes Longfields. Also means that you can replace broken bits with off the shelf bits and it doesn't interfere with your electronics.

Not many have done full axle conversions - all OS that I know of, and I don't know of any that are Toyota centre converted.

yeah i have the ashcroft cv and axels up front already ,so what you saying my ashcroft axel which i have in the front will work with a LC80/100 diff will like to here more about the arb swap thingy

Originally Posted by Slunnie

That sounds very cool!

Have you looked at fitting front LC80/100 diff and matching Hilux type rear centres into the D2 housings and in the ARB airlockers you can swap the sides to Rover sides and run Ashcroft axles + CV's. Ashcroft CV's are made by the same mob that makes Longfields. Also means that you can replace broken bits with off the shelf bits and it doesn't interfere with your electronics.

Not many have done full axle conversions - all OS that I know of, and I don't know of any that are Toyota centre converted.

Originally Posted by disco_thrasher

So my new project on my D2 is to custom build hilux diffs under my disco , i am going to run the 4.7 or 4.5 ratio diffs with custom chrome molly axels and ARB lockers ,alot of people have questioned me in my decision

If any one has done this to a D2 your opion will be greatly appreciated
cheers Kelvin

Heya Kelvin,

Time for you to hang around the pirate4x4 forums and dweb for all the low down on this bizness...

i look forward to the write ups !

Cheers

George

Originally Posted by disco_thrasher

yeah i have the ashcroft cv and axels up front already ,so what you saying my ashcroft axel which i have in the front will work with a LC80/100 diff will like to here more about the arb swap thingy

Yep, you will need to use the Rover side gears instead of the Toyota ones.

As George says. There is also a lot of tech on Outerlimits4x4 re this and someone in melbourne has a template plate for redrilling the axle housing to suit. I thinks its HSVRangie.

Excellent i like what i am hearing! But wouldnt the uprgaded drivetrain in you car already handle the 37s with just a simple CWP swap to a 4.5 or something? Its all the good gear already so it should stand up to it just fine. I have contemplated GU/GQ patrol housings for a long time but after the money was laid out for the ashcroft/ARB option im praying that they will cope in the future.

If this the direction its heading im looking forward to it being a ute!

GL!

In terms of weight, my 33's and 34/35" Simex's are not that much different. My 37" Maxxis Creepys are so much heavier its not funny and I would assume the bias Treps are similar in weight.