Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
Was it possible they optioned one tonner springs and increased the GCM that way? It lifted the GCM on a one tonner to 2600 and that is the difference I assume between one tonners and utes or is that increased through heavier duty tyres?
Springs aren't the issue, they are the same for XX7 or XU3. It is the tyres that have the extra load rating. You could option a gross load package but that is on a 2155/2200kg ute or van. Doing it to an XX7 or XU4 defeats the whole purpose of using passenger vehicle tyres to drop the GVW. Tonners get their extra GVW (2600kg 6cyl, 2660kg V8) from:

Rear springs.
Rear axle on 6cyl.
Axles.
Heavy duty rear wheel bearing retainers.
Front and rear unis.
Heat treated front stubs.
Front springs
Heavy duty 6" rims.
Light truck type tyres.

Plus of course the lightweight cab-chassis, which in a HZ Tares in at only 1242kg, so add a 100kg alloy tray and you are looking at a registered vehicle weight of only 1342kg. Plenty of room for 1000kg load and 3 x people in the cab. V8 is 1314kg Tare.

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I hope this works hk it's the first time I've tried plus it's through my phone

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The red used to be one of the colours of this ute I've found out while rubbing back
Those look like real plates to me, my initial thought when I heard about the 1950kg was that someone had made up a set of fake plates but these have the proper markers for original plates.
The red is probably the red oxide electrostatic primer. Acacia Ridge painted the cars with the body tag on in HX at this time.