Thread: Lifting Budder.

Originally Posted by DT-P38

Thanks for the enlightening John!



It's just the age old five P's. Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.

"Budder's" new role in life will include tackling reasonably long, loose, sand dune/hill climbs that have nearly caught me out a few times in the Mrs late-ish model 105 series Cruiser (with 2" lift and quite wide 33's). Go ahead and give me the old 'Toyota's are Crap' lines on that bit, but honestly at the moment, he just looks incredibly low to the ground. I am simply trying to determine if there are any easy, low cost fixes/cheats to change that.

FWIW, we now have some sunraysia style wheels (think they might be Kings) ready to throw on bigger rubber (like Mickey_Marsh says). Based on Parabolics being too expensive, the Military and Spring Over options being too technical (and too expensive!) we will probably just be flogging the tyres from "The Count" and leaving it at that. These are oldish Dunlop Adventurer 7.50R16LT's which should help out a fair bit anyway.

What money I do have left for "Budder" beach life prep. needs to be directed at brakes (leaky cylinders), fluid changes (all around), engine service (as per other thread) and perhaps a reco clutch (bugger!) yet... Hopefully, the clutch is just sticking from sitting for a good part of the last decade. It has minimal travel and what it does have is virtually on the floor... Fingers crossed it free's up with a bit of use after the other stuff is done!

Thanks again for the guidance.

My shorty Series on 7.50R16s has as much diff clearance as my 2" lifted 110 on 33s, but the Series has better approach, departure and ramp over angles, even though the chassis is closer to the ground. It also weighs half as much as my 110, I suspect it'll be as good or better on sand than my 110 is (which goes pretty well for a slow diesel).
The one thing I'd be wary of is tyre side ply rating, Series aren't that heavy even when full of people and to get a good footprint, a 10 ply sidewall isn't going to help.

I'd leave it as is and give it a good try before making any substantial modifications! Save your money and invest in a lot of lanolin or fish oil instead!

Funny what different wheels and tyres will do to perceptions! Mick was right and the fatties will be much better for the beach work too.