Picture of old and new rear screens. Note the deep etching on the old, non-heated glass. Well past it's best. It'll certainly keep the cabin dry...
Some of the unwanted holes have had steel welded in place. I had a couple of larger pieces of steel stamped out. These are to weld into the bed...
Bed caps can seriously scar your cabin, as I found out. The worn down paint at the rear of my cabin came from years of fitting and removing the...
It wasn't all doom and gloom though - I've been on the hunt for a heated rear screen for my single cabin truck. As I stated earlier, UK-spec...
And compare with OEM Toyota items. Again, the flares at the top are for the front, nice finished ends. Note the flares for the rear are split,...
These are the glass fibre Chinese copies. Note the front flares at the top of the pictures, where it would meet the bumper. Very chunky, and...
Sometimes, you learn hard lessons. Cheap is seldom good, especially when it comes to knock-offs. I got bitten by the very thing I warn others...
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Mini update! I dropped into the bodyshop this arvo, to see how things were progressing. The base frame for the custom rear hydraulically-operated...
Some pictures of my truck as I left her yesterday. I'll be popping in during the week, between work and other obligations. And I'll definitely be...
Saturday the 28th June at 09:30 hrs, I loaded my truck with all the stockpiled parts, and drove off to the bodyshop. 6 hours later, she was...
Owners in Oz were lucky enough to have heated rear screens on single cabin 5th gen Hilux's! UK-spec trucks were plain, or tinted, but no heated...
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For the custom hydro-electric rear deck lid, I needed hinges. Of course, I could have used any hinges, after all they won't be visible. But I want...
I arrived home from work one day, early June, to see a rather large box had been delivered to me, carrying a Tokyo postmark. Yep - my Toyota...
Current 2KD-FTV turbo diesel engine makes a paltry 101 hp and 260 Nm. A good work horse, but not fun to drive. [IMG]
Another aspect of the Toyota Hilux KDN165 I don't like, and have decided to change... ...the pesky rear fog lamp in the lower panel, beside the...
And pictures of the rear tub and tailgate with the look I'm after. The gold truck is a Japanese / Thai model, pretty similar to UK-spec Hilux. The...
My Toyota Hilux is the Single Cabin, 4WD EX spec. So this means the rear tub has the hooks at the top, for tying down a tarpaulin tonneau cover....
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