I have a '04 built Lada Niva 1.7 with fuel injection. Never let me down and even in the cold where most 4x4 vehicles get bogged as of their weight, the Niva just says gimme more. This paint job and the video is really good. Good job.
My first car here in Australia was a niva. When the engine stalled in this and you had to crank it a bit to restart the sound bought back memories haha. Loved the niva, but very high maintenance vehicles. As they say about the niva, "Always half broken, never breaks down"
I had one as my first car years ago and I felt the same when I heard the starter and the gentle rumble and whine of the transfer case. There is no car quite like them. I learnt with my first one to keep on top of it in terms of maintenance.
what beautiful looking car!! rear axle travel way is awesome. spotter is a bit wrong. need turn first right and then little left but Lada is so capable it doesn't matter😳😁
@@ImmortanJoeCamel my guy runs 130 on the autobahn, no overheating, a bit louder than normal but alright. very fun to drive, and thats coming from someone who owned 2 miatas and 2 e36´s.
And this will cost you what?! 4000 bucks??!! Damn Russians Simple logic Make it strong, make it hard, make it cheap, make it simple and most important MAKE IT LIKE A TANK
@@alexleon619 On Behalf of Australians: I think you Russians did very well. :) От имени австралийцев: я думаю, что вы, русские, справились очень хорошо. :)
@@AlbionTarkhan you don't need teach us because we indians know that russian after market parts have is much more quality than American and european high quality material
У меня была такая 2121. Это экспортный вариант, моя 1982 года выпуска была. Руль был слева, а под панелью и ногами пассажира были дырки и крепления для переставки руля на правую сторону. До 2004 года катал ее. )))) Движек был шестой 1600 и 4х ступка шестеречна. В СССР делали вещи!
My first car was a beige Niva. Loved it. Ill buy another one some day but finding a good rust free example in australia is hard unless you pay through the nose
Back in the late 80s and early 90s I ran two new Nivas.Whilst the second spent its life as a family workhorse the first did all sorts of challenges. It regularly launched and towed a small sailing cruiser and often found itself ploughing through snow in the Cairngorms. Whilst living in Lancaster it explored rarely visited corners of the English lake district-obscure tracks to abandoned slate quarries being a speciality.In Scotland a still accesible Corrieayrack pass and the old Black mount road across Ranoch Moor come to mind.I also have a memory of sitting atop a peat hag on a wet darkening late afternoon I had just pushed Saltergate as far as possible(Lancaster to Ribble Valley) and had to reverse back in the dank and dreary weather. Sad to hear of their demise.
hello! i have some questions for you jajaj firts, where you buy the loockers ? and what blocks they are? i want to install on my niva lockers but i don´t know what to buy. what size of wheel do you have? your car is amazing!!
they definitely can present a challenge at times, but if you keep at them and perform the right mods and maintenance they can be pretty reliable. Great cars.
I'm so glad you mentioned that...I had one for 5 years back in the early 90's...it broke down every 2 weeks and was too afraid to take it out of the metro area! But when it worked, it was great! Pity it was so unreliable at that time - mine was a faulty ignition module fault - and it was well known in owners circles that the gearbox would start to fail after 50 000km....electrics were dodgy and it was soooo slow...but it could go places many of my friends in their larger 4wd just couldn't...I had Pirelli Scorpions as a great compromise road/ light trail tyre and the car was stock standard....great design but so badly built :(
What differential lock are you using exactly? Because I am trying to find lockebel differentials for my Lada but the only ones who I can find that says they are for lada is LSD differentials
Great video, did you do anything to the suspension? it is crazy wide but still it does not break. If you have changes something please tell me as I am bulding my Niva Off Road project. Thank you
Everything looks mad, but the paint is really something. Like Auscam vehicle pattern but with like a coyote color in place of the olive drab. Sorta like Auscam desert might look, if we made an arid version of the pattern. What's the deal with the rubber coming out past the guards? Is that not a problem where it's registered or do you have detachable guards for on road use?
Hi Noises, the camo was inspired by the auscam vehicle pattern but with the tan base. The video was of the first run out after modifying it the first time round, we hadnt fitted the flares by that stage, you will see in later videos that arch flares were fitted.
That's awesome! Great driving and great tuning! I'd like to know, if you have the whole list of your modifications? I'd love to hear from you, which modifications are worth to do them.
that paintjob reminds me of arma 3 painjob on tanks, like some kind of "digital futuristic" paintojob, but i like it. can you explain me why do you need those pieces of metal on the right and on the left of the tire on the back of the car ? do you use it for transporting canister of fuel ? and another question, it's not better to put the antenna on the "roof" of the car ? let's say you need to go across a river those the antenna not get damaged by the water ?
MIRAAK apocrypha you are correct, the brackets on the spare wheel carrier are for fuel cannisters. The radio antennae is better on the roof from a reception point of view but where I wheel the trees and foliage can close in and easily rip at the antennae if it was on the roof, so it is common for people to mount the antenna on the bull bar at the front. They usually are well sealed and don't seem to suffer even with river crossings etc.
When you can virtually get Niva spares in the supermarkets in Oz (like you can for Landcruiser), then it will have arrived. Until then, it's just a niché!
They will always be niche here in australia. They used to be more popular but they stopped importing them 20 years ago. They getting a bit rarer to find these days.
I have a '04 built Lada Niva 1.7 with fuel injection. Never let me down and even in the cold where most 4x4 vehicles get bogged as of their weight, the Niva just says gimme more. This paint job and the video is really good. Good job.
same thing i love about my niva its just so light. its a 1.7 TBI and have barley any issues with it does great here in canada
Как я рад тому, что в далёкой от нас Австралии, тоже любят эти машины ☺️
Мне жалко эту Ниву.... что они с ней делают..... У Прусова бы волосы дыбом встали....
My first car here in Australia was a niva. When the engine stalled in this and you had to crank it a bit to restart the sound bought back memories haha. Loved the niva, but very high maintenance vehicles. As they say about the niva, "Always half broken, never breaks down"
I had one as my first car years ago and I felt the same when I heard the starter and the gentle rumble and whine of the transfer case. There is no car quite like them. I learnt with my first one to keep on top of it in terms of maintenance.
Доброго дня друг.возможно перевод не точен но в России говорят. Всегда ранен но не убит)))😊
what beautiful looking car!!
rear axle travel way is awesome.
spotter is a bit wrong.
need turn first right and then little left but Lada is so capable it doesn't matter😳😁
Built like a tank and goes everywhere. Puts to shame many other overpriced offroaders
Its great to be able to keep up with the much bigger offroaders, more than a couple of people have been very surprised at what a niva can do offroad.
True. But it cannot be used to drive 80mph on highway smoothly.
Monhtor what’s mph, remind me? We’re talking about Lada here
@@PocketManga we don't have any 80mph highways anyway. They can go 110km/h just fine as long as there isn't a hill or a headwind 😄
@@ImmortanJoeCamel my guy runs 130 on the autobahn, no overheating, a bit louder than normal but alright. very fun to drive, and thats coming from someone who owned 2 miatas and 2 e36´s.
And this will cost you what?! 4000 bucks??!! Damn Russians
Simple logic
Make it strong, make it hard, make it cheap, make it simple and most important MAKE IT LIKE A TANK
От имени русских : МЫ СТАРАЛИСЬ! :):):) On behalf of the Russians: we TRIED! :):):)
@@alexleon619 On Behalf of Australians: I think you Russians did very well. :) От имени австралийцев: я думаю, что вы, русские, справились очень хорошо. :)
Malayali
Anoop Kalarikkal and fill it full of after market parts
@@AlbionTarkhan you don't need teach us because we indians know that russian after market parts have is much more quality than American and european high quality material
This Niva is crazy, awesome paintjob, really cool. Nice Video.
Kaynert thanks mate.
bagus
It's renewed Soviet Niva, there are old version of back lighters
нива с правым рулем - теперь я видел все)))))
да, мы едем по правой стороне дороги в Австралии
У меня была такая 2121. Это экспортный вариант, моя 1982 года выпуска была. Руль был слева, а под панелью и ногами пассажира были дырки и крепления для переставки руля на правую сторону. До 2004 года катал ее. )))) Движек был шестой 1600 и 4х ступка шестеречна.
В СССР делали вещи!
@@ozniva9724 Вообще-то по левой ☝️
@@ozniva9724 right wheel driver from Lada normal car, but not for Russia market
Е мае, то то смотрю и водителя не вижу
My first car was a beige Niva. Loved it.
Ill buy another one some day but finding a good rust free example in australia is hard unless you pay through the nose
Daddy Awesome they are a bit harder to find these days, they felt like they were everywhere once
I got one out of Canberra for $3k
Wellcome in Russia
Просто восторг, Oz Niva красавчики
Спасибо
Back in the late 80s and early 90s I ran two new Nivas.Whilst the second spent its life as a family workhorse the first did all sorts of challenges.
It regularly launched and towed a small sailing cruiser and often found itself ploughing through snow in the Cairngorms.
Whilst living in Lancaster it explored rarely visited corners of the English lake district-obscure tracks to abandoned slate quarries being a speciality.In Scotland a still accesible Corrieayrack pass and the old Black mount road across Ranoch Moor come to mind.I also have a memory of sitting atop a peat hag on a wet darkening late afternoon
I had just pushed Saltergate as far as possible(Lancaster to Ribble Valley) and had to reverse back in the dank and dreary weather.
Sad to hear of their demise.
Best off roader... especially if Our consider the price tag. Can't beat the Lada.
Great offroad car. The capability even in standard trim is excellent. its a shame there aren't so many of them here anymore
Serious off road kit, used one for 5 years in UAE/Oman.
They are a great vehicle offroad
Awesome buddy - really one of the best Nivas that I´ve seen on TH-cam !!! Great suspension and I love the painting! And of course the DIFF LOCKERS !
Thanks Mate. I really tried to put some work in on the suspension to get it to flex out. By the way I just posted up the next video.
What springs did you use man this things awsome
@@ozniva9724 what lockers do you use??
Those Niva Ladas are one tough mother!
I like the nivas Gary, they are extra fun to run through a challenging track
Крутая мать😁😁😁
The best 4x4 ever made reliable strong motor will not let you down
I like their simplicity, they get the job done without too much fuss.
@@ozniva9724 100% they are what i see as a true 4x4 easy to work on great off-road vehicle the only true off roader
LADA Niva Number N1🏆🔥🔥
An Aussie who owns a Niva!?!?!? .....SUBSCRIBED!!!!
....I love that hexagon camo pattern by the way 👍
We love our nivas down here in Australia. I am Glad you liked the camo pattern
I think that it used to be called "Lozenge" pattern.
Надо признать, что водитель тоже очень хороший (грамотный, понимает что и как он делает).
Спасибо за ваши добрые слова
Great awesome Niva! 👍🚜
thanks made to win
What a great little car
Cheers Rod
Niva, ‘towing out Toyota since 1983’
1977 !!!
Локрайт в обеих осях в сочетании с бешенными ходами подвески - это просто охуеть как пушка
Спасибо, мы старались изо всех сил, чтобы получить максимальное движение подвески
Beautiful driving indeed
LADA 4x4 1977-2019👍
Niva forever!
I had a 1991 NIVA 1600cc
Still for sale new today
Do you advise me to buy 5 doors Urban 2018 - 2019??
@@ahmadkhader6285 not family car at all (
niva, la belleza de lo simple, una gran maquina.
A bit of anti-rust , keep an eye on the temperature and it will serve you whole your life. It was not made for such trails though😉
You are right about them not being made for those trails. I am putting a solid front axle in which will help alot in these conditions.
hello! i have some questions for you jajaj
firts, where you buy the loockers ? and what blocks they are? i want to install on my niva lockers but i don´t know what to buy.
what size of wheel do you have?
your car is amazing!!
Звук мотора вызывает у меня ностальгию
у них уникальный звук, это точно
That's an excellent design this Niva
Thanks Gergly Nagy.
This video proves Lada does not need rock slider. Ladas body is rock solid.
they are indeed pretty strong cars
Drove this daily for 6 years. Great little car, but it keeps breaking down.
they definitely can present a challenge at times, but if you keep at them and perform the right mods and maintenance they can be pretty reliable. Great cars.
I'm so glad you mentioned that...I had one for 5 years back in the early 90's...it broke down every 2 weeks and was too afraid to take it out of the metro area! But when it worked, it was great! Pity it was so unreliable at that time - mine was a faulty ignition module fault - and it was well known in owners circles that the gearbox would start to fail after 50 000km....electrics were dodgy and it was soooo slow...but it could go places many of my friends in their larger 4wd just couldn't...I had Pirelli Scorpions as a great compromise road/ light trail tyre and the car was stock standard....great design but so badly built :(
Legendary Car
Побежал на drom, смотреть почем нивы)
👍 Dieser Fahrer weiß was er macht. Er schont auch das Material. Top!
That is a really cool looking truck.
Cheers mate.
Your niva’s camo reminds me OPFOR vehicles from arma 3.
Thanks Ozz, I havent played Arma 3. I based it off the AUSCAM vehicle pattern.
Love this lada
Thanks Allosaurus
Great skill. Impressive vehicle
Unstopoble, like Nivas, once I will buy one if I need it
Amazing car great fun. Thumbs up.
And this is 1.6 model (first model of Niva)...he put at least 5000 bucks to bring it on this level.
I dont want to put a figure of money on it. many weekends of work.
What differential lock are you using exactly? Because I am trying to find lockebel differentials for my Lada but the only ones who I can find that says they are for lada is LSD differentials
Great video, did you do anything to the suspension? it is crazy wide but still it does not break. If you have changes something please tell me as I am bulding my Niva Off Road project. Thank you
Hi Eddie, it has been modified alot. i am about to put up a website with all the suspension and drivetrain mods.
www.ozniva4x4.com has a build sheet on there
What a beast!
Подвеска просто космос
Everything looks mad, but the paint is really something. Like Auscam vehicle pattern but with like a coyote color in place of the olive drab.
Sorta like Auscam desert might look, if we made an arid version of the pattern.
What's the deal with the rubber coming out past the guards? Is that not a problem where it's registered or do you have detachable guards for on road use?
Hi Noises, the camo was inspired by the auscam vehicle pattern but with the tan base. The video was of the first run out after modifying it the first time round, we hadnt fitted the flares by that stage, you will see in later videos that arch flares were fitted.
Beautiful project. I think about Niva like this. What is wheel size?
the wheels are 225/75r16
very nice rear spare wheel and jerry can carrier
Вот это пруль.
Now... everybody wants a Niva. Great!!
The more nivas, the happier place it will be
What kind of lift does it have? Awesome articulation on the rear axis!
Neat Aussie cam paint job. Suits the car
Thanks Rob
Wwwoooowww fantastic brilliant... Bravo !!
Thanks Jean, glad you liked it.
That's awesome! Great driving and great tuning! I'd like to know, if you have the whole list of your modifications? I'd love to hear from you, which modifications are worth to do them.
there is a build list on www.ozniva4x4.com
@@ozniva9724 Great! Thank you!
Sick paint job.
I think this is super cool. Thanks
ALL NIVAS COME WITH DIFF LOCKS FROM FACTORY (manual) AND IT WORKS GREAT, NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH MINE.
not true... you have only the central lock. not front and rear. only bronto has the rear diff lock
What are you talking about man, they have a center diff lock but not individual diff lockers?!
@@Fridgemusa They come only with central diff lock from factory. For the rear and front you have to buy them yourself
@@Nevo1996 I know, that's what I said!
@@Fridgemusa Ok, sorry. I wanted to answer to the guy who made the main comment
Una pena no llevar neumatico mas grande, ayuda muchisimo...Pero guapa ruta, eso sin duda!!!
Wow! I always wanted a Niva! What did you do to the rear suspension? Love to do that! Living in South Africa!!!
a Lada with lockers, insane
Thanks Rotz
What type of suspension etc. Do you have?? Please tell me :)
Where is Niva? I can't see it...
It must be very still
Hermoso, es como un Bj70 serie 2 en miniatura.
Loves these Ladas!
they are a great car Bill
Ok we want more videos to watch your Niva adventures ha ha!
thanks, i just posted up the next video
IT ONLY MISSES A DIESEL ENGINE TO BE A PERFECT NIVA.
Хорошая нивка
Спасибо я рада что тебе нравится
Very good look with paint and locks, there is thorsen locks or better?
It has full locking diff locks front and rear from IZH Techno Blokka
New/old model Lada Niva re-released 2019 A$15000 in left hand drive, in Russia.
Vladislav, I would love to get hold of one for here.
No electronic BS. The apocalypse vehicle!
its great to not have any computer interference!
nice man!!, what brand/type locker are you using, and the rest of the drivetrain is that standard?
Nice Niva 😍
Great video. I'm green. How does the niva drive on the tarmac in every day driving mode with automatic locker? The lockers are blokka I presume.
They are Blokkas, they are ok on the tarmac as long as you have a part time 4x4 disconnect. Not perfect but not to bad.
Просто КлаСс! Камуфляж зачётный, чем покрыта, Раптор, год машины какой?
Спасибо, я нарисовал камуфляж, используя матовую военную краску. Автомобиль 1990 года выпуска модели 2121 1600 года.
@@ozniva9724 Принято, спасибо! КлаСС!
awesome! just love Niva
Thanks Boris
Wow great
Thanks mate
это лучшее видео с нивой!
Спасибо за добрые слова. Я с нетерпением жду выхода и вождения Нивы больше.
Try a hobbywing 1080 Esc and proline hyrax with beadlocks. Way smoother control on climbs.
Niva 🔥
that paintjob reminds me of arma 3 painjob on tanks, like some kind of "digital futuristic" paintojob, but i like it.
can you explain me why do you need those pieces of metal on the right and on the left of the tire on the back of the car ? do you use it for transporting canister of fuel ?
and another question, it's not better to put the antenna on the "roof" of the car ? let's say you need to go across a river those the antenna not get damaged by the water ?
MIRAAK apocrypha you are correct, the brackets on the spare wheel carrier are for fuel cannisters. The radio antennae is better on the roof from a reception point of view but where I wheel the trees and foliage can close in and easily rip at the antennae if it was on the roof, so it is common for people to mount the antenna on the bull bar at the front. They usually are well sealed and don't seem to suffer even with river crossings etc.
Oz Niva thank you.
What a little sweet heart. :)
The motor sounds good, is it a stock 1600 or something different? Excellent trial! (Bob - UK)
It's on standard 1600, but based of my experience with mine, I reckon he has an Estonian cam shaft and reduction gears
Thanks Bob, It is a stock 1600 with a 30-32 weber on it, straight through muffler
@@4wdsome444 unfortunately no camshaft upgrade, it would have been nice though. Your right It has a set of 3.125 gears i machined up.
Where dod you get lockers and price? Im interested in buying them for my Niva.
And what tire sizes do you run?
LuX the lockers are from IZH techno, tyre size is 225/75r16.
are they using torsen diffs????
Hi Spencer, it was using the izh techno blokka. Proper locking differentials.
Wtf that little pocket rocket mountain goat piece of steel
Torsen or completely locked diff?
Жёсткие диагонали, зачет
Niva with right steering wheel - export option for Australia?
If i belive many Lada Nivas are sold in india so the right steering wheel isnt that expansive!
Yes correct, all of the Australian versions had the right side steering wheel
When you can virtually get Niva spares in the supermarkets in Oz (like you can for Landcruiser), then it will have arrived. Until then, it's just a niché!
They will always be niche here in australia. They used to be more popular but they stopped importing them 20 years ago. They getting a bit rarer to find these days.
Молодцы привет из России
Спасибо привет из Австралии
На этой ниве точно не российские меж.колесные блокировки стоят, красава! И Нива четкая👍🏻.
как не российские?)))) в описании же он про иж техно написал- блокка спереди и сзади
Благодарю. Вы правы, используется блокировка передней оси и блокировки задней оси.
@@Paharat Да ИЖ-Техно в передней и задней оси
Your car is a weapon!! Can you tell us your suspension set up?
good job!cool!
Thanks for the kind words.
Looks good-ski!
cheers J Z
I want one! I need one!!!
They are a great car, very capable for their small size.
@@ozniva9724 Yes they are! I wish we had those here in the United States.
Niva Witz steeringwheel in the right side, it's new?
Hi Franz, it's quite old, 1990 USSR model. They were delivered in right hand drive here.
@@ozniva9724 Thanks and many succseful travels
Saludos desde Bucaramanga Colombia
Un saludo desde Australia. Gracias por ver
How many is lifted your Niva? Great video
3" or 76mm
Is this the petrol or diesel version? Sounds like a diesel?