05 Dual Cab Hilux lift Kit

Hi Norm,

How does the ride compair to standard and do you have any extra weight up front?

ARB suggested to go for the soft setting at the front and the medium setting for the rear. I think the only other accessory I may add up front is a an extra battery, I want the front to stay fairly soft.

I love how well these cars (trucks) ride as standard so I don't want to stiffen the front end up to much.

Carl

I don't notice much different. Might be a bit stiffer, but hard to detect. Wife says she feels a bit more body roll when cornering, but I don't notice it.

I've got an extra battery up front and have a steel bull bar on order. In the back I always have the canopy, drawer unit, tools, recovery gear, fridge, 20 lt water can, gas bottle and sundries. Then load up (including up to 200KG ball weight for CT) for trips.

If you mostly use it on bitumen, soft up front is probably good. If you do off roading I'd go for medium (and a bull bar; not only for protection, but also to improve approach angle). Looks better too I reckon, but that's just an opinion.

Norm,

I would like to get a bullbar but I am concerned about running out of room in my garage, the garage is only 5.4m long and the Hilux is quite long. I must have it in the garage because there is nothing better than a remote operated garage door in the middle of winter when it is raining.

It sound like you have had good results with the ARB suspension

norm,

where did you fit your brake controller on the dash, and the brand, also was it hard to wire up?
cheer's

The Tekonsha Prodigy unit fits neatly into the ash tray holder. Had to find somewhere else for the small change, but that's not a big drama.

I've also installed a self made roof console with the radio (GME 4400) installed in it. I've run a microphone remote cable down and it comes out beside the brake control unit (ie through the back of the ash tray holder). This avooids the curly cord hanging in front of the mirror.

It is pretty tight behind the dash. You turn yourself in knots getting your head and hands in, but the old straightened out wire coat hanger helps a lot to get the wires through.

To get cables from behind the dash into the engine bay (radio antenna, reversing camera cable etc), there is a large rubber grommet behind the dash in front of the passenger seat. It is pretty easy to get to. I pushed some wire through the edge of this and had no trouble getting all the wires I wanted through. I'll eventually silicon around the wires to make sure it is sealed.

thanks for that i will have to find another place as my cb is where the ash tray was.

Hi Dave,

How does your Hilux now ride compaired to standard?

What brand bullbar do you have in the image?

Carl

Hi carl,

Smoother ride over the rough stuff. The bar is a cheap Thai import.

Dave.

Hi Dave,

How, who, when or where did you purchase the bar from?

It looks like the bar did not really add much length to the vehicle, do you have any idea how much further the bar sticks out compaired to original bumper?

I would be happy to have a cheap bullbar to improve the approach angle

Stoney

I too am preety keen on the bar, turns out it is being imported by Equipe Automotive in Brisbane, however I would not describe it as a "cheap Thai import", at $1,495 it is actually $50 more than the ARB bar.

Frank,

I think you are right when you say it's not cheap, there is a place in Sydney called Global 4X4 Accessories (http://www.global4x4accessories.com.au/) and on there website they have similar looking bars for $590. I will contact them to se if they do a bar for our model Hilux.