Prius Cruiser, the real hybrid offroader

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by HKz, May 7, 2024.

  1. HKz

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    Lol, perhaps yall have already seen this but I saw this 2nd gen monstrosity here in Mesa, AZ..

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    There are tusks are on the front of this thing
     
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    Think there might be a few similar here. I'm getting things rounded up for a 40 mm lift now. Strut spacers all of its here
     
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    I am guessing this is a 6-in lift or better so my 40 mm is not going to be anything like this this car's the same as my vehicle color and all I wouldn't want the tire sticking out that far I mean it looks mean and aggressive but that must tear up the rest of the driving ability of the car gas mileage and so on my kind of take a dump I'm just looking for a tad bit easier climbing in and out of the car and a tad bit of clearance so when I'm running down small trails in North Carolina I'm a little higher on the growth on the ground.
     
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    Lol yea I can't imagine it will come close, this thing was taller than our '04 RAV4. I would be very curious to drive and find out how much MPGs it gets. Maybe he lurks on these forums ^^
     
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    I don't think so I think there's some guys from Prius overland or something on here but that extreme I'm guessing probably not I wonder if it even has the original drivetrain in the vehicle A lot of these lifted things you know the chassis just sitting on top of a whatever
     
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    That undercarriage looks to only be a 2 wheel drive front end. Ha! If you are converting a powerwise underwhelming dork-mobile - why not go V8 & 4X4 to yer dork mobile - like this 70's era fird pinto

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    It's what you do when you have way too much time to waste.
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    Admittedly if I was in the more money than brains club and had my own workshop with all the time in the world to build project cars, think I would have plenty of my fair share of dumb to other people projects lol

    In a way, I didn't think the Prius looked that ridiculous, almost reminded me of a vehicross if I squinted really hard

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