Dudley Posted December 18, 2025 Posted December 18, 2025 1 minute ago, RXFORD said: Just cut and weld them. I mean its not like anythings going to be legal or safe anyway... That’s legal up here ill Have you know 6 Quote
Marino Fischer Posted December 18, 2025 Author Posted December 18, 2025 1 minute ago, RXFORD said: Just cut and weld them. I mean its not like anythings going to be legal or safe anyway... Might as well. I saw this idea for a front rack on an ae86 1 Quote
mjrstar Posted December 18, 2025 Posted December 18, 2025 8 hours ago, Marino Fischer said: It shouldn’t ruin Ackerman im not swapping the knuckle left to right im turning it 180 degrees because they are a 2 bolt system and then the ball joint should be on the outside of the knuckle I reckon if you could get the rotated steering arm to work (maybe with an odd looking roll centre adjuster) there is a fairly high chance that the caliper would want to occupy the same real-estate as the steering balljoint. As generally most front steer cars will have the balljoint pretty close to the disc. Also @cletus nice bit of artwork. 1 1 Quote
igor Posted December 18, 2025 Posted December 18, 2025 2 hours ago, Dudley said: That’s legal up here ill Have you know Because, "This is Northland. That's how we roll."? Quote
kp60nick Posted December 18, 2025 Posted December 18, 2025 3 hours ago, Marino Fischer said: Doing further research I think technically it would give positive Ackerman but the ball joint pickup would be on a weird angle because that arm isnt flat and Thatd be amplified when flipped so it’d probably end up on a 45 degree which probably wouldn’t be ideal. Do you have any ideas for McPherson with a front rack Thats capable of fitting 13s?? I've asked around. I will wait to here back from my people. +1 for Matt's answer all the driftas are doing it. 1 Quote
kp60nick Posted December 18, 2025 Posted December 18, 2025 2 hours ago, mjrstar said: Also @cletus nice bit of artwork. It would be sick if they were lazer beams shooting from the car. Quote
Dudley Posted December 18, 2025 Posted December 18, 2025 45 minutes ago, igor said: Because, "This is Northland. That's how we roll."? Bingo Quote
ThePog Posted December 30, 2025 Posted December 30, 2025 On 15/12/2025 at 14:24, Marino Fischer said: Igor, yes they are available here in 4wd but very hard to find. If I do find one I’ll end up buying it. There is one in Nelson for sale https://www.facebook.com/share/17xgEJaH32/ 1 Quote
Marino Fischer Posted December 30, 2025 Author Posted December 30, 2025 14 hours ago, ThePog said: There is one in Nelson for sale https://www.facebook.com/share/17xgEJaH32/ Cool! Shame is an auto one Quote
yoeddynz Posted January 1 Posted January 1 On 30/12/2025 at 21:23, ThePog said: There is one in Nelson for sale https://www.facebook.com/share/17xgEJaH32/ I had a customers 4wd manual vitz in a few times for various jobs. Fuck it was cool. I remember sending photos of it to Roman. Pissed me off that they ended up selling it dirt cheap to someone else who I knew were going to end up killing it. 1 2 Quote
Marino Fischer Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 On 02/01/2026 at 04:02, yoeddynz said: I had a customers 4wd manual vitz in a few times for various jobs. Fuck it was cool. I remember sending photos of it to Roman. Pissed me off that they ended up selling it dirt cheap to someone else who I knew were going to end up killing it. Man Thats so cool! Itd love to get my hands on one. The tunnel on them is quite big I wonder if you could fit a t50 in the standard tunnel? Quote
4AG_Addict Posted January 5 Posted January 5 One in CHCH, Manual 4WD https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/toyota/platz/listing/5698346545 6 Quote
Marino Fischer Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 I had a look around a 4wd manual Platz today. The rear chassis rails still seem to get in the way if it was slammed so not much difference to a standard Platz. The tunnel also seems to not be hugely larger height wise than standers but is wider for the exhaust to pass through. No matter what you would do itd need chopping up because if you ran it off the transfer case it probably wouldn’t last very long. 2 Quote
Roman Posted January 13 Posted January 13 One of the main things I noticed with the 4WD echo was that the fuel tank was different. Had a bump to allow the driveshaft through. 1 Quote
Willdat? Posted April 11 Posted April 11 https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/toyota/echo/listing/5875953528 Little bro just picked up this treasure, dat ass.... 2 Quote
Marino Fischer Posted May 17 Author Posted May 17 After some more research I’ve decided to use a c33 front end as it’s easy to acquire and has a lot of aftermarket support. Im wanting this to be a fully bolt in assembly so I’ve turned the caster arms around and mounted them on the back and on the bottom of the arms instead of on the top to clear the steering rack. On the Platz there is nothing to mount them to on the front without welding to the chassis. I have still managed to get the engine sitting quite low which was my main concern with running a rear rack. Withought pushing the engine so far back in to the fire wall it naturally sits in front of the front axle so the steering rack can pass through the bell housing. With having the steering rack go quite a lot in to the bellhousing I’ve decided to make a full steel one so I can make it fit around everything and still be quite strong. Im not too concerned about the engine being in front of the front axle because it hardly weighs anything compared to most engines. Managed to get the steering rack to go through the same hole as the fwd one so that’s a bonus. Next step will be to remove the tunnel and test fit the engine and gearbox in. 1 Quote
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