Thread: New Ute Dilemma

Originally Posted by No.3

It's funny, my cousin is in a light vehicle 2nd tier assembly shop (think cab chassis conversions to minespec) out WA - they don't touch Rangers or Hilux's now even if the customer tries to insist. One of the main issues is electronic headaches trying to add systems on top of the CANBUS enabled utes, effectively the size of conductors in the new looms is not sufficient to supply a lot of the aftermarket parts. Another headache for them is the new vehicle structural components are so light now making up for it with design and higher spec heat treated materials that some mods require major inserts and reinforcing brackets which all add up to jack the conversion price right up...

Interesting comments, I’m currently working on a large WA mine site and probably 80% of vehicles on site are hilux’s , the remainder are 79 series land cruisers and management get around in prados.
The only vehicles that aren’t Toyota are light trucks that are either Isuzu or Mitsubishi.