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

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.

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.

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. 🇦🇺👍😁

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

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 ✌️✌️✌️

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

Hey Ronny, This is one of the best Hilux Overviews ever made. I really enjoyed watching your content. When I saw your videos, i really want to drive with my lux in australia. Best regards from Switzerland - keep going!

Hey Ronny, big fan of the channel for a few years now. Learned a lot from watching your videos, not only in an off road sense, but even helping me film my own review on a Stabicraft boat. Have been particularly interested in this hilux series. For three years now I’ve owned a 2009 SR5 V6 hilux with 32” tyres and absolutely love it. I use it for day to day driving, beach runs, sand dunes and towing. It always seems to outperform diesel vehicles on the sand. The only beef I have with it is towing and fuel economy when towing. I do like the look of these new N80 hilux’s as a potential upgrade down the track. While it might be some time ago you owned a 1GR, I’m interested to know how you feel the diesel N80 compares to it on the beach and soft sand. Also if there’s anything else worth noting in comparison, I’d love to hear. Keep up the great work man 👍

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

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.

Great video Ronny, I’m learning so much with your comprehensive well explained content. Thanks again 👍🏼

I also LOVE the adaptive cruise control! Best thing about the Hilux? They look friggin sweet and you feel awesome when driving it! Loved watching project Luxy while waiting 7 months for my beast to arrive and I think this is a great follow up, tks Ronny!

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.

The tyre comparison was very informative, as usual great work mate a big fan👍

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.

Your videos made me consider a pick up for family touring and business use, I ended up choosing a SsangYong Musso Rhino solely for towing ability and warranty, but thank you for your videos in the Hilux. Keep it up Ronny. 👌

thank you for sharing a great detailed video a great setup tour around Australia still keep my Isuzu 5ton 300 NPS 75 4x4 crew cab as 17lite to 100km

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!

I love the adaptive cruise control in my car as well. It's especially good for city traffic as well with the start and stop. One question, how did you handle the front sensors with the bull bar?

thanks from france, all concrete, precise and clear! best wishes!

Got one with 37s and 4.88 gears also fitted an arb front locker.Fuel consumption is 13lt.Im happy.

Learning so much from these! Thanks Ronny

100% agree about modding options. Already had to compromise with some mods on the Triton and there are always the optons for Hilux, the list is endless for Hilux's.

Just about to install the Toyota snorkel, great to hear your experience with it, cheers

Always enjoyed watching your videos. I love it man.

Thanks Ronnie. I've been using this series to get ideas for my new BT-50.

Great video and totally agree with everything you said… all the way until the end anyway haha. I tow a 3.5 tonne machinery trailer every work day with my 2017 hilux and it handles much better then my 79 does, I have full confidence in driving it in the middle of the city to long road trips and off-road. I have recently purchased a 200 series which does tow it a minuscule better (eg going up the gateway bridge in Brisbane - hilux hits the top at 90kms from 100kms where as 200 series hits it at 95kms). However fuel wise I use 1/3 more fuel in the 200 then the hilux towing that weight so I can live with power loss. Reliability wise - I have work friend who tow similar weighted trailers in similar scenarios but drive rangers, v6 amarocks and bt-50’s, all have had trouble with gearboxes or rear diffs. Could not recommend lux’s more highly.

got my hilux just over a year ago I LOVE IT taking to down some decent track so much bush pin stripping :P but coming from a gu patrol but still extremely happy love the auto. love the cruise control on 33s our fuel eco isnt that bad tho lol we got 2 inch safari snorkel bar winch dual battery compressor behind the back seat and few other little mods but i really want front diff locker lol But the best mod i did was the bendix brake upgrade kit pads rotors and braided brake lines completely changed the braking in the ute :) :) love the vids thanks for the content

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!

Ronny, regarding seating position when off roading. In slow speed side to side movement. Lean forward, get your back off the seat which allows you to flex at your hips. If you keep your back against the seat you will get thrown from side to side with the car. Changing to Light Truck construction tyres will always use more fuel, add increase to overall size and you’ll be hurting as you said. I went increase in size but kept Passenger construction. Fuel usage and looks are great but I stress the whole time when I’m off-roading lol

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🙁)

ronny glad u discussed the power / panel strength vs 79. I have had both vehicles like you (2020 hilus / 2019 VDJ) and you just cannot compare the love for the 79. The hilux gets the job done but you just cannot love it like you do the cruiser. The cruiser has character.

Love the honest feedback, a fantastic video, interesting facts about the tyre size and fuel consumption. Is part of the increase in consumption also due to mods done/weight increase

Recently upgraded to a new Prado and hell yes, adaptive cruise control is a winner. On the Prado a press and a 5 sec hold on the traction control buttons disables all the safety electrickery for off road, I am surprised the Hi Lux is not the same.

I’m had my New Hilux for about 3 weeks now and yep it sure has. I’m looking for more adventures in it to come.

good video very detailed with tire tests is excellent thanks for sharing 😍

Nice video! I have a 2021 Hilux SR HD with the 2.8 engine. I mostly use it for commuting since I work weekly shifts. I like it alot, good comfort, nice versatility and quite capable in any weather. The fuel milage is great, with my driving I get 8 to 8.5l/100km on the highway and about 10l/100km on mixed drving, my Hilux is stock. But what irritates me alot is the constant DPF-regeneration, it atleast happen twice a week, but that may be my light foots fault. But all in all, I love my Hilux :)

Thank you very much for the videos you made. From your videos, I learned very valuable knowledge and techniques. Taiwanese fans thank you! driving the hilux cheers

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👍

Hi Ronny, have you considered reversing the intake on your snorkel? I turned the snorkel intake on my 2019 lux to point to the rear and improved my fuel consumption by approx. 1lt per 100km.

Great round up again. 👍

Good honest review. Well done mate 💯🙏

Telling it as it is / makes a good video top notch 👌

Always on point Ronny, keep it up!!

I have the 2018 model. Got it tuned for towing. Long range tank. Lift . snorkel. Tray. winch Awesome Ute for all round for sure. Keep up the great work

Great review Ronny, I echo your love for adaptive cruise control, it's always used in the FX4. Cheers and looking forward to the Q&A. My question would be do you have the fuel figures for towing with the different tyre sets? 🍻

I agree with you on everything you said the other thing I have found is when you turn traction control of it still kicks in even tho you have manually turned it off, also the adaptive cruise control is Awsome, haven’t got around to putting any mods on yet but theye are quite capable on the standard atz until the ground gets wet lol 😂

Thnaks for your ongoing committments in providing these videos! Very informative and interesting. Could you please advise what your normal vehicle weight is?

After watching the project lux build and rolling my ranger I have now ordered a SR hilux

Hi Ronny, great vid and being a fellow N80 driver I'm agreeing with pretty much all of that. Mine is twin locked and lighter than yours so I'm doing tracks at a bit higher level. Splitting hairs here but I did ask the dealer who handed me my new car how many litres he got into the empty tank and he told me 81L (had receipt). Don't know if its all usable though. I run two sets of tyres, the same 33' MT772's off road and stock tyres for work in between trips. I get 11.0L stock tyres and 13.1L with the same 33' tyres (5% extra circumference distance not factored in) but as I said I'm lighter and don't have the roof cage/rack or awning. Your 33' actual distance is 1050km, not 1000km

Hey Ronny quick question with the fuel calculation with the tyre sizes is that with or without diff gears to match the tyre sizes or not? Great video and thanks for the content

Missed this when it came out. But such a good, down to earth (No BS) review. I was thinking of changing my luxy. But I'm now thinking more I'll keep it. Keep up the good work. Also in case I've missed it somewhere, I'd love to know what your numbers say & mean.

Radar cruise control is so good. probably one of the best updates cars have gotten in awhile

Question. We do know that by changing the tyre size of a vehicle we also introduce errors in the odometer and speedometer by sometimes a significant amount. How much of that error has been accounted for in the fuel consumption readings aside from other factors like gear ratio alterations and weight mod additions in comparison to stock specs?

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.

Good review, the tires and rim combination is very interesting, I sense a bit of regret with putting on 33s and having to go to the expense and effort of cutting up the car to make them fit only to revert .. that said when you do do you believe the cut and weld would still be required for 31.5 inch tires? Also you suggested going back to ATs, what do you have in mind?

Thank you very much for very much needed info i was looking for. As I've prado 150 VX and I was thinking should i get 32 or 33. specially prados not so great on fuel as it is.

I love the body kit, sure does spit in the face of an almost perfect model of a series.

Hi Ronny, i follow your videos for a while know. Good stuff!! . Fun fact at 17:40" you stated "Any vehicle with a 4 cyclinder motor i won't be towing any caravan with." Says who that now owns a 76 series.

Love your channel. Hello from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

Nice information, and would be even better if you would comment on options for re-gearing your Diff Ring & Pinions to suit the bigger diameter tyres.

What a cool down to earth non bullshit review/channel. thank you

I’ve got a n70 Hilux with half canopy roof rack all the bar work, winch and all recovery gear including a tool kit and get about 630km to a standard tank and that has 33 inch tyres with a tune

Miss the 79 so much with the old music !

My Landcruiser 200 gxl seats give me back pain. I have to do the same thing with the seat to make it comfortable. I usually readjust once off road for better visibility. I'm about 6'1.

Was given a 2017 Hilux for work and I travel over 1300km a week and I agree with you, the seat is only comfy reclined. Every 6 months it goes in for a service and when I get it back, it feels like the mechanic has put the seat at a 75 degree angle towards the steering wheel XD Plus the steering wheel to foot pedals length is so weird

Great vedios,,just got my Rugged x 2022 👌

Hi Ronny, are you thinking about installing a swing out bumper system? For an extra tire and jerrycans? Love to see your videos, I am learning a lot from your experience. Best regards, Stefan

Interesting your comments on the seats, my wife had the exact same issue with the seats after a trip from Brisbane to Melbourne return via the snowy mountains. I would have thought Toyota would have sorted this in the newest version of this Hilux.

This series started the same time I ordered mine. For 9 months this was the closest I can to a hilux.

Great video. Would you consider re-gearing it for the taller tires? Meaning a shorter gear in the front and rear diff's. Some have seen better mpg and towing because it keeps the transmission working where/how it should be.

Ronny, thanks for the excellent content...Gotta get "RHINO HIDE" here in the USA for the Tacoma 🇺🇸

Love the Hilux vids! Can I request you do mpg as well as L per 100. Im from UK and have no idea what L per 100km works out as. Thanks buddy

Isn't it easier to disable all safety features in 4H with the double press on the button while stationary?

Our 90 series came with 33s. Really keen to drop down a few sizes, but it's not cheap to do 5 tyres at once. Definitely hoping to see some better fuel economy. Ditching the screaming muddies will be nice too.

2017 hilux here and 32.2 inch Tyers tjm alloy bull bar dodinsons remote shocks ikamper roof top tent resting on a ozroo Ute frame, winch tmax snorkel safari, trailblazer 70 ltr fridge and unichip and I’m getting 9.6 ltr per hundred all day long with lone ranger 127 ltr tank . Hella hid spot lights.

Have two of them and love them

I got my 2021 hilux 3 months ago. Beast

My Dad got a red rouge. It's an absolute beast of a machine!

Hi mate, Like this video on the 2020 hilux, we have a 2018 and have spent some money on it. We have done the kimberleys twice the tanami twice to get up to the kimberleys as we live in ceduna SA. I would like to send a picture of it. It's about to get BP51 ome on it soon. I'm with you on the seats. We pull the back seat out and come up with some fancy stuff for that as we could buy nothing to bolt in as our dogs come with us. like fuel consumption, we run 265/65/18 Cooper Max St but can't get any at this point .

Great balanced review

@Ronny Dahl, Your merch segment just reminded me that I a m yet to hear back from you regarding the 2nd prize for your January competition. Looking forward to being contacted... Cheers

I actually have thought/ said pretty much exactly what you've said. I've got a 2019 done 70,000kms. It's before tech pack so haven't had to deal with pre collision. Atrack with the rear diff lock is annoying. Drivers seat I find uncomfortable for longer drives. But all round a great ute

Regarding fuel consumption, did you really measure with stock tires AND the lift? When was the lift added? When the 31.5" was introduced? I'm getting 9-9.5/100km with 265/65 -17 AT , a canopy and 450kg in the tray.

🤔what do you think of the grand cherokee wk2? When I see the video, a lot of things seem familiar to me with the advantages and disadvantages… ;) for me it is the perfect overlander and daily🙌🏻

Hi Ronny! I know you already sold the Luxy some time ago, but I was watching your video and regarding the tire size… could a narrow 33” provide all the goods off-roading without reduce as much the fuel range? I guess so. I have a 2019 Nissan Navara (auto twin turbo 190hp) i’m running AT 255/75-17 (32”), and it’s way better off-road than with the stock size (pretty much the same of the luxy) and it does not reduce as much the range. Now I’m think on mount 33”, 255/80-17 always AT, I don’t need a MT. The look of the car with 285s is awesome, but thinking on performance and fuel consumption, I’m confident that 255/80-17 will provide an excellent balance performance/consumption. 285s for this cars maybe have too much rolling resistance for this cars. I really would appreciate your feedback. Thanks!

When you had the 31.5 inch tyres, did you have the 2 inch lift at the same time to see if they scrubbed with the 2 inch lift?

Hi, I've watched quite a few of your videos on modifying vehicles for off road, however, where rim and tyre size is concerned I don't recall seeing anything with regards to gear ratios, could you cover this subject at some point please?

Been subscribed for many years now Ronny. Love the videos. Just a thought. You probably already know this. But I noticed that the ARB bullbar sticks out quite a bit. Just wondering if you might change to something else that would improve your approach angle?

Did Ronny ever do the final weigh bridge with the hilux loaded and unloaded to sum up how light he was able to make it. Can’t seem to find it and that was a big part of the series. To build a lightweight 4x4.

I like your series, i have bought a 2018 hilux that has a dobinson suspension and the tyres that are on it are 285/75 17 which rub on the foot well side only whats the bedt way to fix thus or do i need to drop tyre size down.

I think a 33 all terrain would be more interesting to see a compairison in fuel consupsion. Thanks for another good video

Thanks One question how is the 4x4 I'm in Botswana driving the smaller 2.4 doing farming and outdoor trips with my family but the 4x4 is useless this new electronic system got me stuck a few times don't want to go into 4x4 and once drove 250km in 4x4 low because it got stuck

Keep the 33s and regear you axles to somthing mild like 4.10s and get your milage back

Re: Economy - Just wondering if you catered for "the extra distance covered" with the bigger tyres or did you just go by your Trip Meter (Odometer)? I realise running bigger tyres will increase the fuel usage but to get an accurate fuel figures, u need to take into account the extra distance covered by running the taller tyres...

Another GREAT VIDEO Ronny. I just wonder though. Why haven't you tuned the Luxy yet?

Cruise control for the 70 series is available from perth Diesel performance in Australia. I have ordered one, and it's on its way to Saudi ..

good call on turning off the Pre Crash System, (does say so in manual which i didn't read) had same issue after a week on Fraser, last day, slight soft sand, side to side "wiggle" and up pops the PCS warning, stays on dash until Toyota cleared at $350, said wheel alignment sensor got knocked but think just cleared code. Annoyed that warning stays on so no digital speed display, not great when have 1500Km to drive home !!

excellent content. you are objective and I think that Toyota owes you a lot on the part of use in real conditions. Toyota engineers should start with your videos.