Hilux offroad build steps.

To build a good offroad machine, doesn't matter if it will be high speed trophy truck or just trail truck, you will need basics:
1. Higher suspnession, it depends on your wallet thickness ;) You can use spacers for suspenssion which I don't recommend. Or just buy longer springs and leafs, also It always better to buy longer shock absorbers:

2. You can lift your body from frame for some mm. This one is easy and not so expensive. You can earn more space for bigger wheels and have more clearence on bottom.
3. Spare wheel carrier, Remember to always have minimum 1 spare wheel for you car when offroading.
You can put the wheel on storage area or buy extra carrier, just take a look on trophy trucks they always have 4 spare wheels because time is money for them!

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4. Keep tuned!

Hilux L200 Ranger Amarok? Which pickup is the best?

Hello There! After many testing of those cars, you can easly eliminate poor one. Everything depends what are purpose of your pickup, is this will be just driving in town and praying for fuel consumption? Or maybe hardwork for pickup? It can be also lifestyle or serious offroad driving. What I can tell you now Toyota Hilux is the leader, but Mitsubishi L200 is very near. Stay tuned for whole description!

Toyota Hilux 3.0 D-4D PowerBoost

As I said before, Now it's time for explain something about newest Hilux with engine 3.0 D-4D with PowerBoost that's have 201HP instead of 171HP. New engine is having 30HP and 77Nm more than old one in Manual Transmission. In automatic transmission will be like this: 30HP and 75 Nm.

 But If you already know that, This is the same engine like before, but manufacturer is giving you module that you are buying for lot of money, and the cool thing is you still have warranty for over 3 years!
So you can be happy with powerful pickup on warranty.

Toyota Hilux Unstoppable!

Toyota Hilux is produced from 1968! Yes this is a lot of time, there was 7 generetions of those vehicles.

From small gasoline engines to the big diesels. Toyota are maded new Enginge 3.0 Diesel with power boost up to 201 Horsepower! But this will be in another Post. In my country You can still buy used Hilux from over 86 year in good condition, it means those cars are very tough. 

So If you are thinking to buy Hilux, just don't think to much and buy one!

 It's gonna be you new life !

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Hilux Arctic Truck

Hilux are the most popular arctic trucks ever made. It's easy to tune up and the toyota brand are very heavy duty in the meaning good quality.
Arctic trucks have very popular tire size in 35" inches common, then 38" and hardcore 44".
They lifting car about 40mm.

You can see in one of Topgear programs when they drive AT HILUX. This car looks like this and have freaking toilet on the back:

This is amazing 44" AT:

Pic from the tuning:

Anyway those cars are purely amazing!!

Adding Differential lock

Brand new Hilux wasn't equipped with differential lock. We need to put some new things and we gonna have awesome locks :)

When you buy universal locks you can put it by yourself. This time we gonna put lock in front and rear differential.

This was Toyota Land Cruiser HDJ 80, but for sure is the same with: Hilux, 4Runner czy FJ Cruiser. nissan patrol Suzuki Samurai and another pickups has the same build differential.

After unpacking our parts we gonna need drill 11,4mm and 1 inch screw tap.. Then I read a service bulletin of Toyota - it turned out that to set wheel alignment on bridges, I'll need a dial gauge. I added it to the list of blue thread and adhesive Teflon tape.

Also widely known that the lock assembly, replace the bearings with new - I bought a set of bearings, seals, washers and gaskets.

The second phase is the removal of the heads and cleaning bridges. Karcher invented bridges, especially in front of a lot of accumulated sludge, probably grease joints. On the photos you can see the end result - now you can eat them.

The next step is the installation - now I had to earn some extra special keys for tightening regulatory clearance between the plate and attack. Quick visit to a turner, welder, drill and special keys made​​.

Puncture bridge and tapered screw thread hole of the pressure output - On the photos you can see.

Editing basket satellites and adjusting backlash - here you need to involve the dial gauge and do it the hard to understand what the author was referring to the user. Adjusting the clearance is essential for the proper functioning of the differential - if someone does not feel able to do it yourself, you may want to hire a experienced mechanic.

At the end of the installation and connection of the compressor - pure pleasure. Kit includes pre-harnesses and pressure hoses.

No, tests, first cleaning - lock works amazingly!

After assembling the bridge and connect the compressor everything works fine!

It was worth who has ever used the lock bridge knows how he can be useful!

Hilux Tires

Hi! This entry gonna be about tires for your Hilux.
First of all you need to think about the few things:
- are you gonna ride in snow or sand or mud or just highway
- do you really want noisy tires
- width of your rims
- company of tires you gonna buy
- index of weight
- do you gonna jump?!
- how much you want to spend on tires.

Ok. When you answer that questions you are ready to buy some tires, but remember:
Mud tires don't gonna be silent and good for highway and vice versa! so watch out!!
You can see some tires that you may need:

Mud tires.

Highway.

 Highway.

Mud maybe sand :)

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Chip mod Hilux 3.0 CRD

I founded a chip mod that suits to every Hilux from 2012 onwards with 3.0L diesel engine.

It's increasing torque from 343Nm to 412Nm!!

and the horse power:

171HP to 200HP!!!

++plus economy improvements, and reduced turbo lag.

Expected outcomes very depending on how you set it, to suit your individual driving needs.

How it works:

 Directly influencing injector pressure which modifies the pulse width and cycle duration - German engineered technology speaks to the ECU with ACTIVE software management actively adjusting air fuel ratio based on engine load & RPM through the regulation of fuel pressure in the common rail fuel injection system. Fuel rail pressures modified by the module NEVER exceed the factory specifications of the motor, simply they increase the pressure or decrease the pressure based on what you are doing with the vehicle at the time. The engine diagnostic circuit would produce a check engine light if there was ever any running conditions that were outside of the manufactures specifications. Simply, the module will never harm your motor.

·                  Increasing airflow to the engine - turbo charger boost pressure increases earlier in the rpm range in response to the increased fuelling, this increase in airflow combined with improved fuelling allows much more efficient running conditions for the motor allowing increased driveability and performance from your vehicle.

·                  A vehicle producing more power at lower rpm saves fuel. Fuel efficiency is the bi-product of an engine that has increased torque at lower rpm when driven accordingly.

You will see some modules connect up to the individual injectors, this system is just an unnecessary and complicated method of achieving exactly what our Diesel Power Modules do by piggybacking the fuel rail plug, just making installation time longer and messier.

But unfortunately it's not cheap mod- it cost from 300 Euro to 1200 Euro depends on manufacturer and model of car.

Dakar with Hilux 2

Just look at the pics from dakar, is that sweet? I just MUST HAVE THAT CAR!

Dakar with Hilux

6 of Hilux started Dakar Rally. Those cars are pure madness. 5 litres V8 gasoline engines!!

They have like 480HP!! This is why they fly on rally:

 They added some of safety pipes and deleted useless parts.

Hilux Engines

Toyota made few options with engines, in time they just modified those old ones.
I must say that every engine has safe power tolerance, it means those engines are like to be tuned and get more hp. Toyota brand, after relasing they Hiluxes, made a chipr that automaticly tuned engines just by clicking some sockets (15min of work) and adding more power and torque. It was commercial move, because other pickups has more much power than hilux. I think is great for us now. You can buy a used Hilux with not that bad engine.
The most popular engines are from 2005 to now:

• R4 2,0 l VVT-i DOHC 136 KM (RPA)
• R4 2,5 l (2494 cm³) D-4D 2KD-FTV TD DOHC, 120 KM (South america, Asia, Europ, RPA)
• R4 2,7 l (2694 cm³) VVT-i 2TR-FE DOHC, 164 KM (Australia, RPA)
• R4 3,0 l (2982 cm³) D-4D 1KD-FTV TD DOHC, 163 KM (South America, Asia, Europ, RPA)

And one of gasoline engine but only made for Australia and RPA:

• V6 4,0 l (3956 cm³) VVT-i 1GR-FE DOHC, 238 KM - 245 KM (Australia, RPA)

The one of best engines are 3.0 diesel and 2.5 D-4D with 144HP just for that ones.

2.0 L 100 kW (134 hp) I4 1TR-FE
2.5 L 75 kW (101 hp) I4 2KD-FTV turbo diesel only
2.5 L 88 kW (118 hp) I4 2KD-FTVintercooled turbo diesel

• 2.5 L 106 kW (142 hp) I4 2KD-FTVintercooled VN turbo diesel

2.7 L 118 kW (158 hp) I4 2TR-FE

• 3.0 L 121 kW (162 hp) I4 1KD-FTVintercooled VN turbo diesel

Hilux drivetrain system

Drivetrain in Hilux is very simple but simplicity is the best!!

Maybe you don't have much of options in drive but those options are enough:

You have H4 is for high speed slippery road 4x4 drive. 50%-50%

L4 is low speed offroad 4x4 drive.50%-50%

H2 is 4x2 only rear wheels are driving, is good for economy on highway or just for drift :)100%-0%

In every version there is manual 5 speed gearbox.
Some times (america or rpa) you can find automatic transmission 4 or 5 speed.

HILUX LIFT KIT

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If you want to lift your Hilux, there is plenty of ready kit's for every of model and generetion of Toyota hilux.

Try to find your kit here:

Toyota Hilux Lift kits - custom spec and pricing

Remember to use professional parts, when you want to cheaply lift your car, please don't do that!! THIS IS YOUR SAFETY!! and other people!!. Just safe more money or borrow from the bank to buy best parts!.
You gonna thank me for that tip.
Anyway look at this and don't mount parts like this if is really necessary. Those parts lifting your car in about 20mm 1 Inch 1" or little more but then your wheel geometry sucks:

When you buy professional kit, you need to change also shocks, springs, mountings. When you buy super lift kit you gonna get new frame for that - but this is really awesome, this is gonna lift your car about 3 to 4 inches. (3" - 4" , 30-70 mm). And you gonna get safe, high, and good driving car.

This yellow frame in pictures you get with other parts. In front and back. Just google it.
Ebay or allegro or finn. You can also buy from another country.
Just DO IT RIGHT!!! Thank YOU :)

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Turn ordinary Hilux to offroad

How Easly You can modify your normal Hilux in to nice offroad racing machine?

Here You've got answer, just check out these photos:

And then when you have little time and possibility to tune your undercar:

Yeah it's the older model but hey, how cool is that?

Start to browse best parts for your car:

Toyota Hilux Performance tune parts