Pintsize 4X4 Babe

hi, looking at pics of your rav, i was just wondering how th front bumper was attached, have you bolted through the chassis, or did you make up new mounts. cheers

mozz

Dunno if you still need some tips but here goes! The Rav handles surprisingly well offroad and the suspension (I kept as standard) ensures you don't have a rough ride. The cons are the lack of ground clearance. You can get a set of 235 muds on to give you a couple of inches, the arches will need a tiny bit of modification! A body lift would be needed to get really good ground clearance (so you don't dent everything underneath the Rav like I did), to give you three or four inches in total. Did have a lack of grunt but didn't do too bad for a 2 litre. I did some pretty savage lanes and pay n plays and it took some serious abuse. I was doing the same as the Landy guys most of the time. If you haven't got a snorkel then you def need to get one. Also, the sensors will need a seriously good clean every once in a while due to the Japs love of putting them all over it! You will have really good fun in it but don't treat her as bad as I did! Enjoy, Pintsize

Just Bought an old Rav 4, 3 door, which will be kept in Spain. Very, Very impressed by your pictures & never appreciated they were anywhere near as capable as this off road.
Would be very interested in any advice with the RAV, any problems you've had & how to make it a little more trick!
Cheers
Snowy