2020 HILUX REVIEW, 18 months

2020 HILUX REVIEW, 18 months

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[bushcraftestonia]

Bought my own Hilux because of this series. Greetings from Estonia.

[ElevationEveryWeekend]

I have a Tacoma here in Colorado. I agree that swapping tires is an important first mod, I went up to a true 32” aggressive all terrain, and didn’t have to do a lift. Great capability upgrade with almost no negative impact. My build is very much lightweight focused.

[Mrjaytwentytwo]

Bought my hilux in 2021 just after all your hilux videos came out. Been watching you the last 18months, always good content, absolutely love it, got a arb accent canopy with 1.8m roof rack, the rest is stock, built a draw set for camping, I wouldn't change anything else its such a good ute for my family and work, and its worth 10k more than I paid in just over a year. 🇦🇺👍😁

[Poundy]

I had my Hilux on order from when they pretty much first announced the pricing of the model I wanted (Rogue), but only after watching your early reviews. Eventually (11 months after order!) it arrived, and I love it. I've used it around our small farm as a farm vehicle, I've used it towing with our trailer crammed full of stuff and also with our newish ~2.5t caravan, all with no worries. It's a great, great little vehicle and I am absolutely a fan. Great to hear your take on the good and bad. I'm far (far!) from a serious offroader, so the things that are significant issues for your usage won't be in mine.

[glenwillson]

Still going strong in my 2006 D4D 3.0 manual dual cab on 225/75/16 AT tyres. No large diameter tyre drawbacks, great fuel economy (at times very near mfg. claimed of 8.5l/100ks, mostly about 9.5l to 10l/100ks and less than 13l/100ks towing) - and best of all no virtually pointless high tech crapery. BLISS!

[yavuzalpay]

I am in love with my 2016 Hilux 2.8 A/T dual cab. I have made mild mods in time.
My recommendations for ownets, out of my own experience, in addition to yours would be;
17 rims and Good Year Duratrac AT s (265/65 R17 with a mild size increase, no scrubbing at any angle with stock offset and suspension), a quite aggressive all rounder, much better than BF's both off road and on wet tarmac, the only drawback is the lifetime due to the soft compound.
The only essential problem that needs a definite upgrade in stock version was the lack of rear recovery points.
I am not a tower, so I custom made 2 points for recovery with a steel bar, screw connected to the chassis, under the rear bumper, definetely a must have for anyone using it off road who doesnt have a tow hitch or steel bumper at the rear end.
Old man emu susp. upgrade is definetely worth the money, can be done for cheaper with the nitro charger shocks if corrugations are out of the box.
Love all your videos, wish the best ✌️✌️✌️

[Goggo_]

Mine is a 2021 Hilux and like Carl said tray, long range tank. Also suspension upgrade and towed a 2.8t off-road caravan 7000km around Queensland last year and couldn’t fault the vehicle. Good rig so far can’t complain. I also have a daily driver Hilux 2004 model that has just under 500, 000km on it. Cheers

[davidhandyman]

Thanks for this. I just bought a 2020 Hilux Dual cab, SR5 cab-chassis that was a demonstrator with 9644 km on it. As I am not intending to do really serious off-roading, I have only installed a bull bar, driving lights and winch as well as large tool boxes on the tray. I mainly bought it for driving on local roads that become 4wd only when wet. I am looking forward to enjoying my Hilux.

[JasonByrne-bfyt]

While researching reviews on the Hilux I found Project Luxy. I binged the entire series in 24 hours. The format is excellent with well executed and justified incremental additions and upgrades - just brilliant! I’ve learnt so much, thank you Ronny for an awesome journey of discovery and education with all the trials and tribulations along the way. I see a Hilux in my near future as a result,

[kellydrolet]

Interesting to see how this compares to our Tacoma. Similar pros and cons. Tacoma trucks are great all round rigs with a few mods. I stuck to the 265X65X17 tires. Gearing needs to be changed to 529 diffs to better suit the 6 speed with overdrives. Gets the engine into the power curve. Suspension/payloads are light - upgraded rear springs and better coils in the front to accommodate added accessories like bull bar and winch and canopy/camper in the rear. ARB kits work well. Lastly our fuel economy sucks with about 14 - 16L/100 km as we only have gasoline engine (3.5 liter). I used a Hilux in Africa at about 40 MPG - I wish we could get the diesel motors here! The Tacoma tows well as long as you understand the limits of the power train - my 12' enclosed Off Grid Trailer is well suited for my truck and if I behave on the throttle I can get very good economy too. Thanks for the opportunity for a comparison!

[michaelatkin]

Hey Ronny. If you found the wiring diagrams, you could give the stability control ECU a 'fake' low range engaged signal by push of a single button that you activate when off road. It will be quicker than going through the menus and a rocker switch will stay on even when you turn the car off. Just remember to turn if off when hitting the blacktop

[forester]

Greetings from southern Japan mate. Absolutely love your channel and now following you on Instagram too. Got my first Luxy two years ago as I own a touch of land here, needing a bit of muscle for helping me with logging and general farming chores. No real major mods just stuck on some m/t tires to battle the bluddy black volcanic soil. Yeah a touch heartbroken about some small dents, just like you said the bodies on these vehicles are pretty thin. Well I guess that's what the Hilux was made for so no use complaining.
As this is my first truck I'm still learning the ins and outs about the gear system. Keep on cruisin'. Respect mate.

[mud-dust]

I had a Hilux. What I liked about it is the IFS coupled with a bash plate and a skid plate. In the jungle, this thing was a sled. Now I own a LC79 (and still have my old FJ40), the solid axle doesn’t offer this continuous bash + skid plates. Of course, the tires are smaller on the Hilux and it has no front locker (factory). Finally I think the Hilux has also a better weight distribution.

[typhoon-]

I'm running a 2015 3.0 auto Invincible on 31.5 (31.7 to be exact) tyres. I can crack 400 miles from standard tank. I've run 33s before and agree with Ronnie. The torque drain and fuel consumption isn't worth the extra half inch of clearance. It just isn't. That clearance only comes into use once or twice a month at most but the fuel and power loss is constant and always.

Totally agree with Ronnie: anyone on 285/75r16, like I was, trust me and sell them to buy 265/75r16. The difference in driving is phenomenal. And it doesn't even look much different if that's your issue. They're still bigger than stock.

[tonymiller]

Agree with adaptive curise control. Had in in my subi, now have it Rav4 and each time I drive my 100 series on longer trips I miss that feture. With adaptive cruise control one can easily do 1000k a day and resemble a human after it. Drove Syndey -> Brisbane in one day couple times with it.

[dukefernando]

One of the last honest Youtubers. Keep up the amazing work Ronny!

[garyjackson]

We love our 2016 Hilux SR. Stock suspension, stock size BFG AT tyres, snorkel, bull bar and winch and it has taken us everywhere we wanted to go in the Vic high country and across Simpson Desert. Great economy and enough power.

Seats are uncomfortable on long trips and too narrow for three people in the back seat are our only negatives.

We've enjoyed the Hilux series Ronny👍

[sakarihannula]

This Luxi episodes have been awesome - many thanks! And unlike the 70 series, Hilux is also available here in Finland. (Not all models, especially mnot the top models🙁)

[barryw]

Did u calculate the fuel consumption using the vehicles figures or did u take into account the extra distance covered due to the larger diameter wheels?

[DstickSpearfishing]

Thanks heaps, Stay safe, have fun, enjoy life! 👍👌🍻