Japanese Mini Truck Forum

It's been a busy couple of years... may this find you all well.



Many things have changed... she's no longer stock. Very quick, very tight. A pleasure to drive.

Cheers.

PSA - Skyjacker has an add-a-leaf set that works for replacing the long spring in the stack. I didn't try actually adding it as an extra spring for a couple reasons - their bolts are larger diameter than the holes in the OE springs, and I didn't need to because I still gained about 1.5" with a simple swap.

I just recently finished replacing my original torn up Hijet seats. It turns out that the rear passenger seats of a 2002 Ford Explorer have almost the exact same dimensions and can be minimally adapted to fit into the Hijet S110P cab. They're essentially just a brick of foam padding surrounded by a cover that is velcroed to itself, and you take it off of the Explorer seat frame ...

I found an air filter on Amazon which was listed as a replacement for the OEM 16546KA164. I took a chance because it was cheap! Turns out it was smaller than the Drivejoy V9112-F002 which I took out. Looking closer I noticed the Drivejoy had a rubber seal around it. I removed the seal and compared the filter size with the new one after removing its rubber seal. They were exactly...

I picked up my "new" 2018 Suzuki Carry tipper from the Southern Highlands in NSW and drove it back 2,600km to FNQ. Car went well all the way, fuel consumption was a bit high at 8.2lt/100km, possibly due to the tipper head board extending well above the cab (will cut it down to fit inside the cab outline).
Only gripe is the front suspension travel (lack of), I lost count of h...