JAKES Tough Tourer

[KTM525EXC]

Very nice Jake, the 285s have nice deep and wide tread voids. Should be great the mud

[06ToyluxSR]

i'll be having a good hard look at this when we catch up later in the week....

[jakelux]

Cleaned up my front end a bit...
Painted Sahara bar hoop, Replaced my alloy Fairlead with one of those offset plastic ones, it is better in so many ways! and bolted on a 22inch LED bar


Best thing about the Sahara bar is it's a great ledge to put your tools and beers when working...

[helmut79]

Looking tough as Jake

[jakelux]

Thanks lads, she slowlly gettin there
I will deffinatley be re gearing hopefully early next year and if my clutch can hold out till then (unlikely) i will put in a heavy duty clutch at the same time.

i'll be having a good hard look at this when we catch up later in the week....

Yep talk to ya next week Mick, We'll head down Wielengata link Rd again and find some nice deep ruts to flex her up in
GO THE KUMHO'S!!!!

[jakelux]

She went pretty well on a few tracks on the weekend and on the highway very surprised how quiet and smooth the Kumho's are.
Didn't seem to have any rubbing at all but is very close to bottom of flare on full lock and under compression, will trim a bit more off with the blade and try to get my mudflaps back on.
To get the most out of the lux offroad i will deffinatley re-gear her... prob to 4.1 ratio's. I can't see how you could have a manual running 33's and not do it to be honest.. especially in the V6

[06ToyluxSR]

here are some more from the day













sorry i took so long to get these up jake.

[jakelux]

Ha Ha good one Mick, I give up on that spot, there is just no way gettin through those few tracks unless your on 35's with a very heavy right foot and are prepared for water intake
Maybe if we had a couple months of sun and no rain!!

[jakelux]

Heavy duty clutch arrived today thanks to Ultimate
This is the 4 Terrain from clutch industries and Brendan (Ultimate) says I will be the first to put this new revised unit in a V6 Lux... so hope all goes well
After killing 2 Toyota clutches in 3 years (used to tow alot!) I'm hoping this one lasts awhile
Gettin it installed mid next week.



Trimmed a bit more out of the inside front flares and made some small mud flaps from 3mm rubber to cover up the hack job
Dusting off the tent for this weekend as the weather is meant to be over 10 degress at night!! YIPPPEEE

[06ToyluxSR]

clutch looks goods, good luck with it..

Dusting off the tent for this weekend as the weather is meant to be over 10 degress at night!! YIPPPEEE

harden up ya sook!!!
where are you planning on going?

[MADDOG]

Looks like they are delivering them in wooden boxes again. They would be handy. Pissed off that both my clutches were delivered in crushed cardboard boxes. They are tough clutches though. You might find that your gearbox breaks before your new 4 Terrain clutch.

[Bobjones]

Jake,

First off nice rig.

Have to say I have the same issue with the rear of my Hilux with the OME HD springs from ARB, and frankly I want to keep it legal for work reasons so have changed the front springs to King HD101's and not going beyond 2-2.5 inch of lift, so now I think I will remove the rear leaf. Assuming you removed one of the load springs? You mentioned 3rd spring, is that from the top, as that would not be load spring?? How did you remove yours, take the whole lot out and remove spring and refit?

Also, what size rim and offset did you have those 32/11.5 Buckshots on??

Thanks
Neill

[jakelux]

clutch looks goods, good luck with it..

Dusting off the tent for this weekend as the weather is meant to be over 10 degress at night!! YIPPPEEE

harden up ya sook!!!
where are you planning on going?

Ha Ha I don't mind the cold, but don't want the 18 month old to freeze
Goin' down Cloudy.. haven't been there since i was a kid

Looks like they are delivering them in wooden boxes again. They would be handy. Pissed off that both my clutches were delivered in crushed cardboard boxes. They are tough clutches though. You might find that your gearbox breaks before your new 4 Terrain clutch.

Lets hope the gearbox holds up Doggs.. (unlike yours )

[jakelux]

Jake,

First off nice rig.

Have to say I have the same issue with the rear of my Hilux with the OME HD springs from ARB, and frankly I want to keep it legal for work reasons so have changed the front springs to King HD101's and not going beyond 2-2.5 inch of lift, so now I think I will remove the rear leaf. Assuming you removed one of the load springs? You mentioned 3rd spring, is that from the top, as that would not be load spring?? How did you remove yours, take the whole lot out and remove spring and refit?

Also, what size rim and offset did you have those 32/11.5 Buckshots on??

Thanks
Neill

Yep took out 3rd from top spring.. pretty sure it is the load spring but whatever it is made a hell of a difference, lost a fair bit of lift but the ride is more springy and still firm enough. Yeah mate did it at home in the driveway.

In red is the spring i removed..


When i had the Bighorns they where wrapped around 15x7 CSA ranger rims positive 10, not a legal width or legal load rated rim but neither is a 32x11.5 bighorn on a lux never had one prob with it though... down to 16PSI on the dunes never popped a tyre off rim... sure did bag out well with a 11.5 inch tyre on a 7 inch rim

[dute]

Cleaned up my front end a bit...
Painted Sahara bar hoop, Replaced my alloy Fairlead with one of those offset plastic ones, it is better in so many ways! and bolted on a 22inch LED bar


Best thing about the Sahara bar is it's a great ledge to put your tools and beers when working...

Jake I like the look of the hoop being black . . . . . . well done

Pete.

[jakelux]

Jake I like the look of the hoop being black . . . . . . well done

Pete.

Thanks Pete, All a part of the de-chroming phase, gonna paint the chequerplate on ARB steps also
Drove around for a few days with the Sahara bar loop off, looked OK from the front, but side on just accentuated how much that bar sticks out

[06ToyluxSR]

going for the knight rider look???

just need to buy the flash circuit from jaycar and wire in the LED bar, put some red cello over it and away ya go

if only the lux could talk....

[jakelux]

Headed down to Bruny Island (Southern Tas/D'Entrecastreaux channel) for a relaxing one with the family for the long weekend, Beutiful spot, perfect weather and some really nice touring drives and scenery

Ferry over


Adventure bay


Forestry tracks cut through the forest from Adventure bay on the Eastern side to cloudy bay on the South/West side





Cloudy Bay is about a 3 K's drive along the beach to a really nice shady and secluded camp

[Chrinks]

Top looking spot there bud!


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[jakelux]

New 4 Terrain Clutch from Ultimate went in during the week, first impression was.. What the F$#k!!
This is a very tuff and grippy clutch, still trying to get used to it... almost like learning to drive again!!
Through the gears and at high speeds it feels great, no unusual vibrations or sounds at all.
Its starting off from the stand still thats a bit of a worry, you cannot ride the clutch at all this sucker just grips and you end up hoping down the street like snoop in a cadillac!! I think i was just so used of my last POS clutch which i had to ride to get moving. With this from the stand still you almost have to just drop the clutch and floor it
I have found myself turning off the sprint booster because this clutch is sooo responsive.
Not sure yet if i love it or hate it Haven't been offroad yet so i think that will be the real tester for it on some steep hill starts and climbing some rocky steps etc.