My tough Fortuner family fun bus.

[Caleb HGT]

The day we pick up the new bus we hit Stockton Beach, with less than 100 K's on the clock I was thinking I made a mistake. But then I found the power button 😎 Behind the gear stick.

[RALF]

She has a bit of poke both on and off road when the Power button is selected.

[Caleb HGT]

It definitely helps in the sand, overall I think it needs a bit more power. I sometimes miss my old rangers 5 cylinder.

[Matt2016]

Caleb FSA -Ive got over 10,000kms on our Feb 2016 Auto Crusade and the engine has free'd up nicely. Its capable with all 7 of us on board in normal mode and then has that boost factor in power mode -I dont touch economy mode.
Im thinkn of a power boost module setup soon just to make it even better.

[Caleb HGT]

I've pretty much got 10k as well 😀. It needs more power especially running 33's. A power module should help with fuel economy as well. I going to start doing some research.

[Caleb HGT]

One of the first things I did was test fit the 33's

[Caleb HGT]

I realised that 2" lift wasn't going to cut it in the front. So I spoke to my friends at Dobinson springs and suspension and go the new MS gear on the way. It's pretty much MRR but without the remote reservoir.

[Caleb HGT]

Now the suspension was getting made I went on a little shopping spree and ordered

Uniden UHF
Buds customs bonnet light brackets & Lightforce Rok 20's
Ironman deluxe commercial bullbar and recovery points
Brown Davis UG2 underbody protection

[Caleb HGT]

So my Fortuner replaced my tough and capable PX ranger. I loved this truck but needed the seats to do family adventures.

[Caleb HGT]

http://s58.photobucket.com/user/cale...x0hok.mp4.htmlThat rig was unstoppable 😬

[Caleb HGT]

The first thing to arrive was the Uniden UH8060s. I went remote mic because there really isn't much room to mount anything in the cab.

[Caleb HGT]

The Lightforce ROK20's arrived quick but I had to wait over over a month for the buds customs brackets which annoyed the hell out of me. But it gave me heaps of time to do nice clean wiring and while I was going I sorted the wiring for my fog lights seaming the GX doesn't have fog lights and the new bullbar does. I will definitely say they are a really good quality bracket.

[Caleb HGT]

Yay! The brackets finally arrived.

[Silver Tuna]

Hey Caleb, can you post a picture of the underside of the bonnet where those brackets mount please? I'm guessing they are the hilux 15+ ones?
Thanks Jason.

[Caleb HGT]

Yeah Jason that's right they're the hilux ones, Fortuners are pretty much a lux wagon so much is the same. The brackets literally bolt in to the bonnet hing with the tow bolts that hold the bonnet on, I'll get a pic tomorrow for you

[Caleb HGT]

curb lights in the dark 😀

[Two89w]

Hey, great pictures.

where did you get the brown Davies bash plates from and how much was it?

where did you hide the rest of UHF?

what is the Dobinsons suspension costing you? And why Dobinsons ?

did you look at other brands of suspension?

[Caleb HGT]

Thanx.

Opposite Lock Newcastle, don't waste your time. Just buy directly from Brown Davis $600ish plus freight.

The rest of the UHF is zip tied up under the glove box.

The main reason for Dobinson is I use to run MRR in my Ranger and it was awesome definitely proved itself. Also I needed adjustable height to fit the 33's.

Price wise if you give Dobinson Sydney a call on 02 4647 8295, speak to Martin and let him know Fourbie Sessions Australia sent you and he'll look after you 👌.

King springs is the only other consideration I would of had with suspension but I still would have run Dobinson shocks.

[lufkin]

what are the achilles like for road noise and also, how did you manage to flick sand around. i cant work out how to get traction control to piss right off completly for fun

[Caleb HGT]

They're a mud tyre so yep noisey 😂 They definitely not the worst though.

Turn of traction control then press and hold the button again (for about 5secs) this will turn off stability control. Then just throw it around, power in hard and stay up it.

[Caleb HGT]

I also did a bit of playing around in the dirt. But had a few close calls.