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Hey, my name is Allan. I bought a 2017 Hilux workmate about 1 month ago and have done quite a few mods since.

Ride height is 850mm RTG front and back. Only had the springs installed last week so they may settle 10mm or so in the next few weeks.

Mod summary:
- American Racing ATX Chamber wheels (no center caps) 17x9 +18 offset - stock is +20
- Mickey Thompson 32" (265/70R17) ATZ P3 tyres
- Super Pro 50mm spacer and blocks
- Pedders 7838 coil springs up front (+60mm) increased front from 790 to 850mm RTG.
- Ironman commercial steel bullbar with rated recovery points
- Ironman side steps
- LED headlights and DRLs
- Window tint

Stock as a rock at delivery:


The very next day after installation of Super Pro spacer and wheels:




Side steps installed:


Bullbar Installed:



Pedders springs installed:


Before and after:




Finally, I purchased a provent 200 and attempted to fit it however the 2017 hilux 2.4 engines appear to be different from the '16 models. Can anybody tell me what the metal pipe on the crankcase vent with a return is? The older models simply had a hose that could be easily disconnected and re-routed to the provent. Not so much for the '17 models.

I like your wheels. Most of that sort of stuff today has those stupid fake bead locks or stupid polished alloy bits, look like they belong on a Mardi-Gras float! Those are nice and plain looking. I tried for ages to find a plain black wheel for my 2011, ended up with black painted 17x7.5 120 Series rims.

HK1837 wrote:I like your wheels. Most of that sort of stuff today has those stupid fake bead locks or stupid polished alloy bits, look like they belong on a Mardi-Gras float! Those are nice and plain looking. I tried for ages to find a plain black wheel for my 2011, ended up with black painted 17x7.5 120 Series rims.

I was gonna go a set of black steelies like dynamic, kings etc, however I didn't want to run into any vibration issues as you generally can't fit hub centric rings. Also the ATX alloys wheels weren't expensive at ~$200 each.

Got a 19" led light bar that I'm going to fit when my toyota OEM style push button switch arrives. Will be mounting it on the bullbar.

Do you have a pic of the push style button??

squireocallaghan wrote:Do you have a pic of the push style button??

heaps on ebay. about $5 each but takes a month or so to come from china.


Also, they sent me the wrong light bar. So I sent it back and ordered the correct one from another seller. Will post some pics when I get it.

New lightbar. Tested it with a 9v battery to check that it works. Keen to see it running at 12v.

Got a Stebel compact truck horn ready to go in.

Installed the stebel horn and led light bar today. Routing the cable for the switch through the firewall was a massive PITA.




Horn sound sample:
https://youtu.be/he7US4IOcfY

been a while since I last posted, so thought I'd fix that. A camry rear-ended me a few months ago which resulted in a small dent in my rear bumper and the camry front end being completely smashed in.





I got insurance to pay me a cash settlement and upgraded to a MCC rear jack bar. Also added a max tub liner so I can chuck stuff in the back without worrying about paint damage, rust etc.