Would you buy

[Black Sheep]

From trayback to bareback in 12 moves. Only in hilux surf, I love this place

[yoshie]

36 years of Tory rule from the last 58 years, never voted for by Scotland. Why would we stay, if fact if your north of the m25 why stay?

[KERRSURF]

Moving this thread back on track and away from politics, when do we start this build?

[popuptoaster]

I wouldn't buy anything that far modded, if i wanted a proper off road loony tunes toy car I'd build something from scratch, modding an existing vehicle to the point of dubious legality is still going to compromise ability and wont work out much cheaper in the long run.

[KERRSURF]

It would appear you have no experience of doing this then, because your talking rubbish.

[BUSHWHACKER]

It would appear you have no experience of doing this then, because your talking rubbish.

Remember Wiki Dave? It's his brother.

[popuptoaster]

It would appear you have no experience of doing this then, because your talking rubbish.

me? I have plenty of experience of modified vehicles legality as it happens.

i also have the commons sense to see that its the same amount or less effort to use a bespoke chassis designed to take a solid front axle than it is to take a car with an IFS remove it, remove the IFS mounts, source a solid axle and the fittings to go with it and then add the chassis mounts and then fit it, remove the rear half of a body shell, tidy it up, build a cage, build a tray back and all the other bits and pieces and then still have a truck limited by its being originally designed as an on/off road compromise such as the long wheelbase and the rear overhang, neither of which you can do anything about and stay legal for road use.

besides the question was "would you buy...."

and my answer was thati wouldn't, had the thread been titled,

"Would you buy this but dont bother posting if you wouldn't"

then maybe i wouldn't have posted, it seems very much like anything that disagrees with the status quo gets very rude replies on this forum.


i didnt jump in the thread saying you lot didn't know what you were talking about despite the fact that being Surf fans is obviously colouring your opinions.

[shokenore]

me? I have plenty of experience of modified vehicles legality as it happens.

i also have the commons sense to see that its the same amount or less effort to use a bespoke chassis designed to take a solid front axle than it is to take a car with an IFS remove it, remove the IFS mounts, source a solid axle and the fittings to go with it and then add the chassis mounts and then fit it, remove the rear half of a body shell, tidy it up, build a cage, build a tray back and all the other bits and pieces and then still have a truck limited by its being originally designed as an on/off road compromise such as the long wheelbase and the rear overhang, neither of which you can do anything about and stay legal for road use.

besides the question was "would you buy...."

and my answer was thati wouldn't, had the thread been titled,

"Would you buy this but dont bother posting if you wouldn't"

then maybe i wouldn't have posted, it seems very much like anything that disagrees with the status quo gets very rude replies on this forum.


i didnt jump in the thread saying you lot didn't know what you were talking about despite the fact that being Surf fans is obviously colouring your opinions.

Not that Yoshie or Kerrsurf need any defending, but you really are talking twaddle.
For the aforementioned duo to carry out this work would be well within their competency levels.
I would, funds permitting have full faith in their ability to carry out such a build on my behalf.
You mention having a bespoke chassis for the job?
Why exactly?
The cutting off of the IFS and the install of SAS has been well documented and with the right tools and experience a worthwhile mod, btw I am not sure that Yoshie was going down the SAS route and was using that picture as an example.
You also mention the grief of turning an estate car into a cab, you have seen Yoshie's build haven't you?

Rear over hang ?
What rear over hang.

Of course it will be a compromise, unless of course you can show me the perfect off roader?

[KERRSURF]

me? I have plenty of experience of modified vehicles legality as it happens.

i also have the commons sense to see that its the same amount or less effort to use a bespoke chassis designed to take a solid front axle than it is to take a car with an IFS remove it, remove the IFS mounts, source a solid axle and the fittings to go with it and then add the chassis mounts and then fit it, remove the rear half of a body shell, tidy it up, build a cage, build a tray back and all the other bits and pieces and then still have a truck limited by its being originally designed as an on/off road compromise such as the long wheelbase and the rear overhang, neither of which you can do anything about and stay legal for road use.

besides the question was "would you buy...."

and my answer was thati wouldn't, had the thread been titled,

"Would you buy this but dont bother posting if you wouldn't"

then maybe i wouldn't have posted, it seems very much like anything that disagrees with the status quo gets very rude replies on this forum.


i didnt jump in the thread saying you lot didn't know what you were talking about despite the fact that being Surf fans is obviously colouring your opinions.

Not sure where to start.....

[Cant Get Right]

Quality reading. Starting to wish I stayed on here all this time i've been away

[Shaft120]

You'll want a 3rd gen V6 petrol for that Much better!