Air bags installed

The rear springs were struggling a bit under the load so I have installed air bags . The reason I chose air bags over new springs to level the ute is because when I upgrade to lighter batteries in the future I would like to level it again.

Batteries Installed

Today I installed the batteries and cut and drilled copper bus bars. Also put heatshrink.

I need some stainless steel bolts to attach the bus bars and the balance circuits. The screws and nuts that came with the Greensavers are too short and have cheap plated screws.

Here are the photos.

360kg of batterys almost make my Vitara pull wheel stands :)

Batteries bolted down

One set of 4 batteries connected. I need to buy some new bolts for the terminals to do the rest.

The battery balance circuits are attached to the 4 batteries in a set.

ICE Removed & Weight loss

The ICE is now removed from the Hilux.

Electric motor and ICE side by side

The curb mass including Driver and a 1/4 tank of fuel was 1340kg
780kg on the front Axel and 560kg on the rear. (58%F 42%R)


There was a total of ICE components 285kg removed
This leaves a vehicle mass of 1340 - 75(me) -285 = 980kg before installing electric components.