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First time Toyota Owner

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Good day all,

I just acquired a 2008 D4D 3.0 DC 4x2 Hilux yesterday. I must admit being a VW person, I love this bakkie! It has 174,000km with FSH by Toyota and she feels brand new. Current vehicles I own include an 89 MK2 Gti(16vt), Volkswagen CC 2.0T DSG.

Look forward to learning more about the Hilux and any possible issues/preventative maintenance I should look out for.
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Welcome to the forum and I am sure you wiLl really enjoy your hilux.At that mileage the engine has just been RUN IN.
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Welcome and congrats on the good choice :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Welcome aboard, Dineshen! Nice Hilux! :thumbup: :thumbup:
When your road comes to an end ...... you need a HILUX!.

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Welcome, you will not disappointed with your choice :thumbup:
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Thanks guys.
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Welcome Dineshen, Good Choice, Nice Hilux...
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Baie welkom
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:mexwave: :mexwave:
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you may aswell sell the other two as they will just rust away now.

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Welcome!!! You will in time be cured of your VW addiction driving a lux!!
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Welcome to the light, Dineshen

Once you go lux, you don't go bux :lol:
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2007 d4d 3.0 D/C 4x4 (Mar 2016 - July 2022) (Buraaq V)
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So guys, last year I sold my my beloved Hilux with apart for the injector issues and clutch replacement gave me a faultless experience. I was hooked from the onset. It went to a good buddy of mine who pestered me for the vehicle, so technically she is still in the family.

On with the new, i was really looking for a 4x4 Hilux but then stumbled across a mint 4x2 Dakar with 50k on the clocks. I fell in love.
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I could not deal with the standard sound system so the first mod was a sound upgrade, all done at home.
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In went full sound deadening material, a pair of kicker 6.5 splits and co-axials in the rear. Full kicker wiring. Kicker 4 channel and a kicker mono ruining an 8inch L7 square sub behind rear seats.

Sounds amazing.



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Looks very impressive. Must sound a heck of a lot better than the standard system!
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If only Toyota had fitted a better radio to the Hilux, and we would have been a whole lot better off. I still want to replace mine and add some sound deadening in the doors
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Mars wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2018 6:19 am Looks very impressive. Must sound a heck of a lot better than the standard system!
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pieta.swanepoel wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2018 7:03 am If only Toyota had fitted a better radio to the Hilux, and we would have been a whole lot better off. I still want to replace mine and add some sound deadening in the doors
yes Radio is the weak point. The sound deadening really helps, also gives the doors a more solid German feel.
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