Thread: 2inch lift kit for Hilux

^^^ This.

The question you have to ask yourself @Forestry, is why are you doing the lift / tyres?

Looks
Off road performance (as in proper off road)
Something else?

I’m old school and don’t like taller, wider tyres as it screws with the vehicle’s drivetrain. They also make for a worse tyre off-road - google contact patch of narrower v. wider tyres for explanation.

I have a 2” lift from new on MY14 Hilux but mine was all about load carrying capacity and towing on rough Outback tracks, so hence the Lovells GVM upgrade. The truck has been into no mans land and beyond on that setup. On 225/75R16 LT. There’s been zero reason to change the tyre height, and only a 20mm increase in width from Aussie OEM spec.

But it’s a rough ride, unladen, on NZ roads. And it will lift a wheel when in opposite front to rear max articulation more readily that a vehicle setup for big moguls and ruts. But I tow heavy dual axle trailers of dead stock for pigs up steep Ruapehu farm tracks no bother, and go pretty much anywhere I like. The best addition you can make is diff lock(s) and onboard twin tube compressor.