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greysrigging wrote:You can register LHDs in the Territory. Stuff converting them,just have a VERY trustworthy passenger when overtaking a triple Roadtrain out along the Arnham Highway.....

I might be wrong, but I thought the only cars that you get get full street rego on LHD was anything over 30 years old?? Otherwise it HAD to be converted???

Please correct me if I am wrong.

A mate of mines looking at bringing a couple over. He reckons he can get them here and converted for 80k.
I think old mate Toyota is just taking advantage of peoples excitement. Thats extortion!

D4D luxy wrote:A mate of mines looking at bringing a couple over. He reckons he can get them here and converted for 80k.
I think old mate Toyota is just taking advantage of peoples excitement. Thats extortion!

That's Stealership's!

kyle300exc wrote:I read somewhere the conversion alone they are wanting something like 36000.

It's a big job to convert... complete new dash and firewall required, relocate airbags etc. It's ot something you do in your shed after dinner, like a 60s Mustang/Camaro or a VW Beetle

I thought they still made RHD F250's in Brazil. But Still charge $140k to import from there.

Holocaust wrote:

greysrigging wrote:You can register LHDs in the Territory. Stuff converting them,just have a VERY trustworthy passenger when overtaking a triple Roadtrain out along the Arnham Highway.....

I might be wrong, but I thought the only cars that you get get full street rego on LHD was anything over 30 years old?? Otherwise it HAD to be converted???

Please correct me if I am wrong.

Dont know the answer for certain,although I have seen plenty of later model LHD's tooling around in the NT,perhaps not current vehicles but certainly late '90's / early 2000's so bit more than 10 years old ?
You see a few more in Alice Springs,too. We always thought this had something to do with the heaps of Yanks who worked/based out at Pine Gap.The rego plates were just the standard 'Outback Australia' ones.
Like I said, I may well be wrong.....

When they do conversions do they have to play ball wiht the manufacturer a little? ie getting the proprietary dashboards made and the like? or do they fabricate / copy that entirely themselves?

I wonder if they even need permission / cooperation if its the latter?

nah they research, tool-up and do it all themselves. Big task - hence the cost

A mate of mine worked over in America and Canada for a while and insisted on asking the dealership for a Postman's Vehicle which would then be converted to RHD due to mail boxes being on the right of the street and would make it a lot harder, not to mention the safety, if the vehicle was LHD. In America, people sue for some BS reasons....

There was a video by Performax in Gympie showing what was involved in the conversions (they do Tundra's as well for similar cost), but it must have been taken down (can't find it).

I was surprised at how much work went into it, they basically rebuild the cars from the ground up, make their own injection moulded interior components to suit the switchover, make lights and steering components from scratch to ADR standard, remap ECU's for local fuels. For the amount of work involved it's a pretty reasonable cost.

For that price I would much prefer a 200 series Sahara or a Land Rover
Sport. Small market equals to high price tag.

Never understood why people buy those F trucks from the states, massive running costs, way to big to fit in any carparks not to mention the cost involved in importing them! Warranty and parts the list goes on...

Qwerty wrote:Coil over solid axle front and leaf rear


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No live axle front on Tundras, the front part of the car is based around 200series stuff. If you get the photos of the interior & doors up on the net & you are familiar with the Cruiser you can pick it straight away. The earlier model was the same as my 100 series inside, they've been IFS for around 12 years now.. It's a shame you can't get the V8 twin turbo in it instead of the petrol engine, which is the same donk you get in a new Lexus LX570. But yeah it's a rip off at $125000!!!
Cheers Jake

Dont think much off the title but have you seen this comparo guys?



http://youtu.be/1j3PWGRrCZ4

Wow that's some serious movement in the rear lol

Saw one yesterday behind a Hyundai dealer.


Lifted on dobinson springs and running 305/50/20's. 5.7L V8 and automatic trans.

SRD4D wrote:Dont think much off the title but have you seen this comparo guys?



http://youtu.be/1j3PWGRrCZ4

Wow thats pretty unreal to watch that, pretty sure the tundra only has a C section frame not a boxed ladder frame like the lux...

I see this every Thursday, for some reason it had the spare on the day I took the photo but all back to normal now, looks heaps tuff, a woman drives it, I was checking it out the other day and she gave me a smile as she walked over to it

1- v8 rwd with a spare on the rh rear = burn outs.

2- a woman with a tundra smiled at you. Wtf you doing on here? Go get it son

I would rather buy an hilux v6 engine diesel and mount 38" or 44" tyres on it arctic truck style.