New Hilux Canopy

From what I can recall TJM canopies come with the option to either keep or remove the Head Board/Guard.
So you should be able to keep it.

Cheers Kev

I have a Carryboy canopy and the guard was removed to fit it. I was happy to do that as the canopy is a permenant fixture. Also, I preferred the Carryboy. If you want to keep the guard, you will need another brand of canopy.

Only reason to keep the guard is if you will remove the canopy at times.

I've got an Alpha canopy from Bluey's ute world on my '05 Lux.

www.blueys.com.au/acc_canopies.htm

This canopy does require to have the forward steel bar cut off the tray. Apart from that though it is a good canopy, very similar to the carryboy but a lot cheaper. They had a few issues with wiring the internal canopy light as mine was the first canopy they had fitted to the new lux, they ended up paying an auto electrician of my choice to wire it correctly.

I also took it back once to have it resealed as there were a few water leaks when it rained but they were happy to do that at no extra cost to me.

Mick

Have a look at Tourtop Canopies, I believe they will meet your requirements. I also preferred to keep the loading board behind the cabin in the off chance that I remove the canopy or discard it when it starts to get ratty.

My understanding is that the loading board is an ADR requirement when the ute tub is not enclosed, if I'm incorrect I'm sure I'll be corrected before the day is out.

Just for information, the steel window guard has been removed from Hiluxes delivered in the past week or so.

My vehicle arrived in the country about 10 days ago, and it came fitted with fog lights, upgraded stereo, headrest in the middle of the rear seat, and no window guard. Apparently the engine also puts out a few more kilowatts, but I haven't been able to confirm that.

Downside is that Toyota don't yet have a supply of tub liners etc that go with this mod.

Thanks for your help guys.