Need some Hawaii wheeling answers-Maui folks post up

[lowgeared]

I just got back from Maui and it is TOYOTA HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!  I have never seen so many SAS rigs in one place at one time.  There were tons of the 84 up style Japanese bed type trucks everywhere.  Lots of 4runners too.  My questions-why do you guys have such excessive lift with such small tires?  Why are your wheels offset and/or spaced out so far?  I saw several trucks with 10+ inches of lift, and 33" tires.  Maybe thats just the style over there?  Where do you guys get your parts?

[Rocksurfer]

Gee thanks for rubbing it in that you just went to Hawaii. (jealous)

[BigMike]

Why are your wheels offset and/or spaced out so far?

This is ideal. Wider is King.

[mudaddict]

ya my friend told em the same thing when he went over there i was kinda woundering the same question.

[Rocksurfer]

Is this what you are talking about? From the looks, it's pretty common there.














Here's a link to the website I got them from lots of pics most are exactly like you said. There may be some law out there limiting you to 33's?

http://www.4x4hawaii.com/

[Rocksurfer]

Aw crap!!! They worked when I previewed them.

[Rocksurfer]

I checked them again and they preview just fine but for some reason they won't post up beyond that. Oh well there is a link at the bottom of my post that is good you can see them all there.

[Rocksurfer]

Here's thier email address I'm at work and can't ask them to get over to marlincrawler.com and let us know what's up. Ask them to join and post up in this thread. They do look a little funny with 33's and ladder access only lifts.

[email protected]

[corbs]

Most of the trucks built in Hawaii aren't really built to be functional, it's more for looks.  There aren't a whole lot of places that you can legally go 4Wheeling in Hawaii.  Most of the land is privately owned so you'd need permission or you'd be tresspassing or it's owned by the government (fed or state) so you'd need some sort of permit.  If you look on that site there are VERY FEW pics of the trucks being driven offroad and you'll also notice almost none of them have sliders (because there's no reason).

[donkeykong]

I noticed the same thing but was never able to talk to anyone over there about it, I just assumed it had to do with trail conditions

[krmnalmind]

i just got back from kauai on Tuesday and its the same thing there. when i asked a guy last time his respone was it was just a Hawaiian style thing and flash floods. for some of the guys its functional to get in and out of work. the road systems on the smaller islands are not large freeways they are simple two lane roads and the land scape isn't exactly perfect so flash flooding in some areas is pretty frequent. but if you look close some of those trucks are really rigged together with front s blocks homemade body lifts. thats not to say that some are done properly like any where you go but Toyota is definitely represented in numbers and has been forever over there. i was in and out of pearl harbor in 89 and the Toyota's even then where in masses being on an island not many big trucks. i also was taking count since i bought a 05 powerstroke for a tow rig and only seen 2 diesels privately owned in the 11 days i was there.

[lowgeared]

Now that you mention it, I saw very few diesels over there.  I did see a lot of trucks with a solid front axle swapped in---or can you still get these from other countries with a solid axle???

[DontStall Rockcrwl]

My girl just called me, and she is in Maui and she was rubbing it in on how many lifted toyotas there are... shes got a good eye lol. All she was saying was that i would be in love there because its toyota heaven. guess im moving to maui... just gotta find a way to make my truck float

[burnyota]

hmmmm....I wonder how much a 33 swamper is compared to a 38 or even a 44 in swamper on the island???

[coconut]

Is this what you are talking about? From the looks, it's pretty common there.














Here's a link to the website I got them from lots of pics most are exactly like you said. There may be some law out there limiting you to 33's?

http://www.4x4hawaii.com/i know the hawaiian who owns that blue yota i he shiped his rig to maui jus for that run from oahu ... hawaiians are serious about there yotas and i know its pretty much for jus looks then anything im a hawaiian and ill drive it like i stole it,.........

[coconut]

hawaiians do love there yotas

[coconut]

i used to work w/ the guy who owns that bule yota he shipped his truck to maui from oahu to be at that run