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Daihatsu, or Daihatsu Motors, is a Japanese manufacturer of small and compact sedan. The company traces back its history to the Hatsudoki Seizo Co., Ltd. which was founded in 1907. The company was originally known as a manufacturer of internal combustion engine. Its first vehicular products include trucks, three-wheeled vehicles and a four-wheeled car introduced in 1937. The company was renamed Daihatsu in 1951 and became dedicated in manufacturing small and compact sedans ever since. It started to export cars internationally, beginning in Britain, and in 1967 entered into a partnership with Toyota Motor Corporation. It finally became a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation in 1999.

Daihatsu Motors have created a number of popular small and compact cars sold internationally, including the Charade and Rocky to name a few. Their cars have been widely praised for craftsmanship and fuel economy. Today, they have a large number of cars being manufactured and sold. The list of their vehicle line-up includes the Charade, Copen, Sirion, Terios, Huet and Extol. Although they export these cars internationally, their car markets are few and limited.

I'm the proud owner of a 1989 Feroza 1.6 EL EFI (narrow track). I'm always trying to improve the looks and performance of my little truck, nothing too extreme though since it is my dai-ly-driver.
Besides some interior mods (upgraded to EL II), I've fitted an TJM 2,5" suspension lift (2 leafs, 2 torsion bars 30% stiffer and shockies), recently I've fitted 30 x 9.5 15 Mickey Thompson Baja's and I must say they Rock!
Also featuring an K&N open airfilter.

Rich Clauser
1990 Daihatsu Rocky
Web Site

Interior:
Complete Rockford Fosgate stereo system and a TV, VCR, Super Nintendo and an N64.
In the back, green neons accent the Hydraulic pumps & amplifiers which are mounted behind a custom crafted Plexiglas window.

Exterior:
Red's Hydraulics (2 pump, 10 switch setup).
Dual alternators, shaved locks/handles.
Head light covers.
60 spoke chrome Player wheels.
The gull wing doors are still under construction for a new version in which the doors are hinged in the center of the roof instead of at the top of the window frames. Once the new version of gull wing doors have been completed, I will probably be selling my Rocky.
I have too much invested in my Rocky and with 2 children and a mortgage, money isn't what it used to be.

Mary Lagosha's
1984 Daihatsu Rocky Turbo.

Modifications:

Hilux diffs
33"x12.5" Cooper ST tires
2.5" straight through exhaust
Turbo mods - we are currently running about 13 pound of boost
Snorkel
Bonnet Scoop
Lightforce Spotties
ARB Air Compressor - in anticipation of air lockers : )

"OUR FEROZA"
Andy & Anne
Web Site, Our Feroza
Web Site, Mods

Perth , Western Australia

Jayson Burlz Feroza
Home made Bash Plate and Snorkel instructions

Purchased in September 2000 for $6000. Was as stock as a rock but now wears 31x10.5 R15 silverstone mud teriansmax.
Front suspension lift upgraded rear leaf springs and a 2 inch rear lift, extended rear brake hose, Extractors and 2 1/2 inch sports exhaust finer filter and modified airbox, 400mm RTI (with out revolvers) hilux bullbar, truck airhorns, dual fuel, 20 ltr underbelly water tank pump fed to under bonnet. Full length bash plate and alot of tender loving care.

Recent Additions:
I now have a home made snorkel, roofracks with spotlights mounted on removable ski clamp. i will endevour to do a write up on snorkel production for your info section and will send you pics of it and of bash plate dinensions.

The wife wasn't very happy when she came home and saw those two pictures of Jayson playing around on the driveway.

Chris Yap

Snorkel: I had to modify the fender to have it properly fit.
Description Tires: 32 x 12.5 Mickey Thomson
Rims: American Racing Atlas 15 x 8
Safari Snorkel (MQ patrol)
Chrome side mirrors and grill
3"suspension lift
PIAA fog lamps

Elias Karavoulias
Athens-Greece

Andrew

Melbourne Australia

1993 Daihatsu Feroza SXP II Wide Track Modifications:
V6 engine conversion - 3.8L V6
Toyota Hilux running gear - gearbox, transfer case, diffs
Solid axle conversion
ARB Bullbar
8000lbs Warn Winch
Driving lights
AM/UHF CB's
Dual batteries
Custom Side rails, fuel tank, front bash plate, rear bar
35" Simex Centipedes on 2" offset rims

Soon to have ARB Lockers and Rockhopper lower gearing.

Cheers Andrew

Hi, I´m Claudio Ilabaca
from Santiago de Chile

www.lista4x4.cl

I have a FeRoZa SX 95, 1.6 EFI, and his name is "Green Fury" (FuriaVerde)
My Club is LISTA4X4.cl
and the web site is www.lista4x4.cl

With my wife, Patty, and my daughter, Camila (she have only 5 months), we like to go to a different places in our country. We go to the MUD, sand or hill with our friends of my club, where there is different 4x4´s, like Suzuki, Toyota, Chevrolet, Jeep, and, of course, FEROZA´S. :-)

And this is my FURIAVERDE:

Modifications:
- 2" suspension lift
- rancho 9000 in rear suspension
- 235/70 r15 AT Wintermaster PLUS in 8"x15" rims with 2" offset
- free flow muffler
- high flow air filter

Near soon:
- custom snorkel
- 2'' exhaust & genie headers
- body lift
- put a 31´s in this rims and go to the MUDD!!!!!

In a near future....
- Put a 2.4 Toyota hilux motor
- put ddiff, gearbox, transfer case a Toyota hilux

Saludos desde Chile, amigos

Kjetil Veslum
Otta, Norway
1985 Rocky 2,8TD

kjetil.veslum@moller.no

Steve West,
Tucson, AZ USA
1990 Rocky

Here are instructions for cleaning your EGR system to remove the code 12 computer error:

I'm Dragos Constantin Vlas
Tirgu Mures,
Romania

web site:
www.dragosvlas.go.ro

I am from Romania, city of Tirgu Mures (about 200.000 peoples) and I'm 28 years old.

We have a small off-club here and we enjoy a lot off-roading, in hard way (with a lot of adrenaline).
The pictures are made in summer and autumn 2002.
The other guys in the club have other cars like Lada Niva, Mercedes G 230, Mercedes G 400, Mitsubishi Pajero, Mitsubishi L200.

I hope you'll like the pictures, and I wish you a Happy New Year! My Feroza is F300 EL II model, from 1989, with 1600 cmc 16 valve, tires Goodyear Wrangler MT/R, 235/75/15, Ramsey Winch, bull-bar, rear hook, hard top/soft top, 2 X 100 fog lamps and a lot of off-road accessories (pulleys, belts, hoe, hatchet, hooks, etc). At 200.000 km it runs very good.

Dragos Constantin Vlas

Dawn Pint
California USA

My name is Dawn Pint and I live in Northern California, USA.
I've had my 1992 Daihatsu Rocky SE hard top for almost 10 years now, and couldn't imagine my life without it.

Achille DI Cintio

1990 Feroza
Pescara Italy

This is my truck:
An EL-II Feroza of 1990 (F-300 narrow track) with 120.000 km

Modifications:
- Monroe 4x4 Magnum gas charged in front and rear
- 225/70 r15 remolded Yokohama mud design in ex-jeep CJ 8"x15" wheel
- high flow K&N air filter
- custom front and rear bumpers
- Hella Rally 1000 (100 W spotties)
- driver and passenger side race seats
- CB
- trip-master

Near soon:
- 2" body lift (when I will found how to install...)

Achille DI Cintio

David Harrison

1995 Sportrak
The United Kingdom

I see the UK is not represented in the picture gallery yet, so I thought I'd put that right!

Just bought this super little truck, 1995 1.6 ELXI (UK spec), and having too much fun driving it to do any serious work as yet, but will keep you posted.

Since this was taken, the tyres have been swapped for Cooper Cobra's, and the Ice has been installed. Also modded for keyless entry.

Alessandro & Lucia Pigliapoco

ITALY

Alessandro, Lucia and the mythical methane's ROCKY !

Colin

N. Ireland

Web Site:
http://members.aol.com/ccoaton

I am 42 and have only got my Sporty for a year now, but it is a great 4x4
It is a 1992 Eli and I love driving it.

Tony Carr

West Yorkshire, England

This is my toy, it’s a 1994 ELXi
Only mod’s so far are 255/70/15 tyres and a v.nice music system and bass.
Soon to have a body/suspension lift.
Keep on having fun

TIMEE

Tarlac City, Philippines

Go to:
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/513504/1
to see the larger pictures of this HOT car.

Chris

England

Hi, thought you might like a few piccys of an english daihatsu :-)
it's a 1984 2.8 diesel, short wheelbase. it was a soft top, as you can see it's not quite as it left the factory!! it now has a 4" channel front bumper, 30.9.50x15 kumho venture m/t's,
Next week it gets an external, chassis mounted roll cage and then the radiator will live in the back, to make way for a kew6000s winch which is waiting to go on, and i will be locking the rear diff :-0
later this year the suspension will be modded, watch for more picture's !!

Markus

Austria
www.uahhh.org

Hi,
My name ist Markus (Nickname "Haasa") and I am from Austria.
Homepage: www.uahhh.org

Mods:
- lifted springs + torsion bars wound up
- 4cm Bodylift
- 31x10.5 MT on 8J-15 rims
- Warn8000 winch

Mods to come next:
- 2 x 88Ah batteries in the back
- snorkel
- roofrack with headlights#

Pictures:
http://www.uahhh.org/touren/ow5/images/7.jpg
http://www.uahhh.org/touren/ow5/images/4.jpg
http://www.uahhh.org/touren/mariabild04/images/6.jpg
or http://www.uahhh.org/technik/haasa/bl_feroza/maintext.htm
or http://www.uahhh.org/technik/haasa/winch_feroza/maintext.htm
or http://www.uahhh.org/technik/haasa/feroza/maintext.htm

Greetings!!!
Markus

Heres a pic of my 86 fourtrack. with a s.p.o.a conversion 2 inch lifted springs pro comp shocks , a home made snorkle and heres the best bit 36.12.50.15 tyres running on 10 inch black daytonas the truck also serves me as a daily drive , fourtraks dont ya just love em!

Victor
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hello, Victor here and i'm from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
My ancient junk isnt' really worth a shout but atleast it brings me to college and from point a to point b. Was built up by my dad for the odd off road excursions and for competion a decade ago or more like 13years ago. I'll try to get pics of it soon. Anyway this is my spec:

Engine: 3Y 2.0litre engine fully blueprinted and balanced reprofiled cams extractors Weber DCNF40

Suspension and Chassis:
Ultimate Suspension Springs. 3inch shackle lift. DeCarbon Shock Absorbers 6 point roll cage. Recaro seats Custom bull bar Warn M8000 winch Pintle Hook Pair of Piaa 80series spots lamps Pair of Hella Rallye 2000 spot, driving combination.

Transmission and tyres:
Rear detroit locker Front standard diff 31inch Simex Centipede M/T 15x7J Enkei Rims

Other than that cant exactly remember what else.

Future stuffs i want: Lara Croft limited edition Jeep and Defender 90 Range Rover 2003 Hummer H1, H2, and H3.

Chris A Blakley (aka Danno)
Butler Pennsylvania, USA
Currently stationed in Northern Japan

This is my wifes 93 Rocky with 93,000 km (approx. 58,000 miles). I'm in the United States Air Force stationed in northern Japan. I bought this Rocky for my wife 3 years ago so she would have a 4x4 for the winters. (We get on avg. 120 in. of snow a year). The truck uses gas and is all stock.. other than the 225/70R/15 tires. The only thing I've had to do to it is the usual... brakes & tires. Unfortunately I don't get to go "off road" like I'd like to... I hardly get to drive it.... wouldn't mind getting another one once I get back to the good ol U.S of A in 2006.

"KEEP IT UPRIGHT"

Thanks and take care

Eduardo Ruiz
Puerto Rico

Here are some pics of my Rocky US version of the Feroza widetrack 1.6l Petrol engine

Current Mods:
BFG MTR
Warn 9K Winch
Custom Bumper
Wound Up Suspension lift and shakles about 3.5-4.0 inch lift
High Lift jack roof mounted (not shown on Pics)
Cobra cb Radio
Dual CB antenas on front bumper (not shown on Pics)
Custom PVC pipe bumper
MRT rally extractors
Dual Hella 500 Spotlamps on front bumper (not shown on Pics)

Wishlist:
Better Diff Crawl ratios (planing on swap to Toyota axles)
31-33X10.5-12.5
Higher lift to accomodate bigger tires

I am From Puerto Rico, and love offroading, will send some hardcore offroading pics when i get some real action pics. Didnt had a camera when i needed the most.

Nick Leach
England

Bartlomiej Suder
Krakow
Poland

Daihatsu Wildcat 2,8 TD, no mods, till yet... (car is rather antique, repair needed)
Havent great pictures of offroad ride, but have tried some and it is really brave car.
Writing to you becosue I coulbn't find any Wildcats on your page. I'm looking for owners of the Wildcats, hard to find them... If somebody has informations about the daihatsu 1985, please let us know.

Ritchie & Sandra
Canada

Ive had my Sportrak for about 3 years, I bought after going to find a Range Rover to buy and after getting dissappointed with my selection for my budget. I passed the Sportrak on the side of the road with a For Sale sign in the window, I thought well it'll do untill I get a proper 4x4. How much was my mind changed after driving the Sportrak for a few weeks..

In 24hours of owning the Sporty I was in the local forest "testing" it I did manage to get it stuck for about 3 hrs (see pics). It was a "keeper"

I have done many things in my Sporty, From rescueing a Truck and Speed Boat (on trailer) that got stuck in soft sand, Thanks to a rope just long enough to get my front wheels onto a concrete slipway, To setting out a "Trials" coarse for Land Rovers (and yes I even beat a few of them).

Ive not made many modifications to it, just some Cheap spotlight, bigger tires, and removed the rear seats.

I have know moved from the UK to Canada and I am planing on shipping the Sporty over here, but I am going to have a few problems with the thing is set-up to drive on the other side of the road. I need some headlights mainly.... can anyone help.

Thanks for any help
Ritchie Boyd

Lisa Tilbury
Australia nsw

Hi everyone, didn't know so many ppl actually did mods to feroza's, and they all look awsome.
heres a few pics of my 90 mod feroza from australia nsw, it has extractors, ram pod , sports exhaust, biggest tyres i could fit without rubbing and im jst about 2 upgrade my stereo. my icq:(247-009-205)

Voyager 4x4
WEST MALAYSIA

DAIHATSU
Model : FEROZA SE "Voyager" (F300)
Year : 1999
Engine : 1.6CC
Color : 2K WHITE 11

[Basic Modifications]-

- Rancho RS9000 Shock Absorbers + RS9700 In-cab system. 2" suspension Lift. (Front : RS9019 + Rear : RS9115)
- Sway-A-Way Torsion bars.
- Dobinsons Heavy Duty Leaf Springs.
- Super-Pro Poly Bushes for all Joint (Idle, Sway bar link, Lower control Arm…Chassis).
- Bridgestone A/T 235X75 R15
- Bandix 4x4 Brake Pad.
- HURRICANE 3 Air Compressor.
- ARC Air Treatment system + Crystal Air Ozonizer for Interior.
- GP-MF Maintenance Free Battery.
- PIAA Windscreen Wiper.
- EGR - Rocky Window Visor + Bonet Guard.
- WURTH Noise Protection Pad + Bonet Anti-noise Pad.
- Amo-Guard 2mil Security Film Tinted Wind Screen & Windows.
- CLIFFORD-Matrix 1 Vehicle Security System.
- SANGEAN ATS-909 Shortwave Radio + SONY AN-1 antenna.
- Air Intake Upgrades with E68 Twin Power Intake System.
- Automatic Adjustable Side Mirror (Jap spec.)
- 5mm Alloy Skid Plate.
- Army Box (medium) for Rear Storage Unit.

Note: 1997-1999 FEROZA SE "Voyager" for East and West MALAYSIA version only.

Current Modifications
235-75-15 Kumho A/T’s
1.5 inch suspension lift (rear shackles and torsion bars)
1.5 inch wheel spacers
Swaybar and bumper ends removed

Soon (just waiting for post office!)
2” body lift.
31x10.50 M/T’s, on Jeep CJ 15x8 chrome rims
Sport seats
Skid plate

If anyone in Japan wants to go wheeling send me a message
jamesm@yta.attmil.ne.jp

Newer Pictures

Older Pictures:

Terry Deuchar
Auckland, New Zealand

Greeting from New Zealand. I need to put together some pictures shortly but I thought I would make contact first.
In NZ part are a bit difficult to come by and it's also difficult to find anyone that knows where to get bits from.
I noticed that there have been a few body and suspension lifts done on your site. Also snorkles and suspension mods.
I have got my hands on a 1985 Rugger (D70 with a 2.7 turbo diesel) this came complete with a PTO winch and all I have had to do is new tyres and a new winch wire and off I went. I have even pulled a Range Rover out of the mud

Terry Deuchar