Light OFF-road Hiace

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Snorkel OEM Toyota - 53980-95J01 (90.0 USD)
Tyre rack - modified tyre rack from Toyota Hilux Surf 185 (4Runner 1996-2002).
Lift +2" for rear axle (used front absorber for Toyota FJ80, because they much cheaper then +2" Hiace absorbers) and +1" for front.
After this modification you have free space for water tank.
It fits together old spare tire.

Nice van, i love it!!

Whoo! Hay some of us have been looking for that snorkel. Is that part number for our hiace? Great work with the lift too, looks about the same hight as mine and nice mod for the spare tyre. What size wheels and tyres have you got there? They look bigger than standard.

Yes, it's original Toyota Snorkel for ANY 1** Hiaces (KZH or LH or RZH - not matter).
No drills

Wheels R15 from Mitsubishi Delica and tires 215/80/R15

AWESOME!!

That's great news, will go to Toyota and see if i can get one. Thanks for the pic's.

Thought i'd seen those wheels somewhere... Would never have thought they matched the hiace? Good work. Hay how does it go with the larger diameter tyres? Yours is full time 4wd yes?

yes, it's KZH138 Hiace with Full Time 4WD

Those tyres sizes are fair bit bigger, do you notice it with the auto transmission? I want to put larger tyres on too, but scared it might stuff up my auto.

I think 215/80R15 it's not BIG for Hiace.
So you can fit them without scare.
Maybe will be needs some small lift for front suspension.

P.S. Sorry, my English is not good In our region more popular Chinese and Japanese

Hay no worries, your English is better than some that live here!

So you do much camping and 4wd trips? We love to get away in the bush as much as we can, just never enough time though!

Looks good - what do you do about keeping water out of the autobox and diff breathers? They're a lot lower than the standard air intake

Snorkel not just for deep water but for cooler cleaner air. If you want to go that deep in water then yes you would have to install diff breather extensions.

Hmmmmmmm - like to see a dyno run with and without the snorkel

it looks good mate

how did you get the spare tyre rack to mount up

what needs to be done i wanna do it to mine as well and put a water tank underneath the van

i just used pvc pipe for mine but it needs some more work i think i need to get under the seat to really seal it up and get a head for it lol as well as a paint lol

Sorry. Was busy in China.
About tyre rack - was used tyre rack from Toyota Hilux Surf 185 (4Runner 1996-2002)
Also from Surf was taken plate in rear door.




on last photo :
green text (on russian) - place for cut
balck text (on russian) - added part of tube

Also one of our friends mounted winch and front steel bumper

Well done mate, top job

WOW! Looks cool! Love the winch.
Is that a modified Sahara bar he put on? It looks like the front end has sagged a bit from all that extra weight though.

Yes. Used Sahara-style bumper from Surf 185.
But used bumper from China - it;s cheaper than ARB
Factory cost - 230 USD
About weight - you right.
Need to make modification of front suspension.
Because bumper weight 38-40kg and winch - about 40 kg

Can be used Alum. bumper. it's weight 12-16kg.


for front suspension we usually use KYB SR Special shock absorber.
for rear suspension - using front shock absorber from Toyota Land Cruiser FJ80
Also for rear suspension - with absorbers from FJ80 better use +2" springs.

they more powerfull then OEM Toyota

So Trooper do those front shocks stiffen the front up much? If only we could put a stronger torsion bar spring up front.

Was this bracket included?
Part number?

Mine just arrived and did not have any hardware/mounting bracket.

You can see the bracket here in the parts system with part numbers:

https://www.megazip.net/zapchasti-dlya-avtomobilej/toyota/hiace-1913/rzh115-4050/rzh115l-brmrsv-595138/air-cleaner-7440228#/il-172170337

Somebody said that they cannot deliver it anymore, but you could try it with those part numbers at the Toyota dealer.