New Hilux 30D single cab

The old adage, "A good driver in a 2wd will go further than a poor driver in a 4wd", comes to mind. Others will probably tell you you need to upgrade your suspension and buy top of the range tyres but standard 2wd vehicles were going thru there years ago without drama. JMHO.

Rob.

Mate, to be honest the only thing i would change is the tyres to some decent All Terrain L/T tyres, and thats it. If its only a couple of years old the suspension will be fine, but it might need changing after the trip if ya dont take it easy. A bloke at work refuses to buy anything aftermarket and will only fit all original Toyota parts, his 100 series has done the Canning, Gibb etc and no dramas. Cant say the same for the others hae has travelled with, with all the latest and greatest ARB and Old Man Emu gear. Alot of failures and bush fixes.

Hi supertramp,

Your standard hilux will be ok but upgrading would be better. Take at least two spares plenty of fuel and plenty of water

Make sure you prepare, tell someone and you should be ok

To make it much more capable in that sort of country, you need to get rid of all the plastic cr@p at the front and put on an ARB bar, put in an OME or similar suspension kit, get rid of the standard 76 litre tank and get a 140 litre Long Ranger. I'm also getting a safari snorkel and fitting mine with 16x7 steel Prado rims fitted with 265/75x16 Cooper ST-C tyres, ARB front wheel flares to allow for these tyres, ARB side rails, front under body protection, ARB rear air locker and plenty of other stuff before I consider it ready to go to the places that we like to go in Top End as we live in East Arnhem Land.

Chris