Thread: Add high range / low range

Originally Posted by PeterOZ

I've had a grey import from Japan, a Toyota surf, no rust whatsoever.

You were lucky.

If it didn’t overheat each summer you were even luckier!

Originally Posted by Tombie

On a D4.....

Transfer Case and Adapter,
New front diff
CV joints
Hubs
Half shafts
Associated mounts
Front driveshaft
Rear driveshaft
Loom changes
CCF changes
Control module changes - TR

Big $$$$ and lots of time.

Why would these need to be changed? It's currently a standard D4 with all the traction control stuff except for a transfer case.
Agree it would be a somewhat expensive, pointless and frustrating exercise and you'd have to pull the whole car apart to do it. And in the end, assuming you could find all the bits you'd need, you'd finish up with what you could go out and buy next weekend for half the price.

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Why would these need to be changed? It's currently a standard D4 with all the traction control stuff except for a transfer case.
Agree it would be a somewhat expensive, pointless and frustrating exercise and you'd have to pull the whole car apart to do it. And in the end, assuming you could find all the bits you'd need, you'd finish up with what you could go out and buy next weekend for half the price.

You know current RRS are sold with no low range option in Australia currently. With 8 speed TR and EAS still very capable off-road for most uses. Tyres their bigger constraint most probably.

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Why would these need to be changed? It's currently a standard D4 with all the traction control stuff except for a transfer case.
Agree it would be a somewhat expensive, pointless and frustrating exercise and you'd have to pull the whole car apart to do it. And in the end, assuming you could find all the bits you'd need, you'd finish up with what you could go out and buy next weekend for half the price.

Looking at a parts cat, it seems they are different part numbers - whether this is correct I cannot guarantee. However without the torque of Low Box, I’d say it’s likely.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

What do you mean that’s not how it works. It is. It’s on the list because it’s considered interesting and hasn’t been sold here previously, OR, it’s 25 years or older.

Point is that it's not special editions - the Delicas and Alphards being brought in are mass-market vehicles in Japan.

Originally Posted by Tombie

It’s actually very bad. JDM vehicles aren’t given the extra coatings ours are, and rot quite quickly.

Not that I'm aware of, and I lived in Japan for a long time - I don't recall seeing any rusted vehicles over there. I'd expect that if anything it would be our vehicles missing out on stuff, not the JDM ones.

What destroyed my JDM personal import wasn't rust - it was 15 years old and didn't have a speck of rust on it, and it had also been in the UK prior to shipping it back to Australia - it was a Hilux with a bullbar.

A friend runs one of the Grey Importers here in SA.

He assured me they spend a lot of time sorting wheat from chaff.

Yes the JDM have more accessories but far less body prep/treatment. When they get here they can deteriorate far quicker than a domestic version.

My friends company spends time treating the insides of the body shell and panels / chassis as necessary. Depending on make and model they often have to add side intrusion and treat the doors whilst doing so.

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

You know current RRS are sold with no low range option in Australia currently.

That is not true. The basic RRS does not come with low range but if you option the Offroad Pack you get a dual range transfer case.

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