Thread: Ute upgrade

Toyota cabs are very small inside, if you are slightly larger in height or width in my case (shoulder width I find particularly tight and the seats just aren't as comfortable as the Ranger I have) you might struggle with them. If I have to drive one and have an adult behind me in the double cab I feel like I'm wearing the thing rather than driving it. I have to uncoil myself out around the steering wheel if I can't shift the driver's pew back before getting out. The shape at the back of the cab is slightly more comfortable for passengers I'm told, never been in the back of one.

I find the Rangers a LOT more comfortable inside to drive or ride in - but the Rangers all have soft crap suspension and go a lot better with a suspension upgrade or at the least supplementary airbags. The 2L bi-turbo version does not do well with heavy towing in the twisty back roads with a lot of up and down in comparison to the 3.2L models, best effort I've heard of is 9000k's for a set of front rotors and pads with the pads down to the metal backing and ripping the rotors to crap. No experience of the V6 but I'm told it does a lot better. The new Ranger is apparently similar to the Amarok but slightly cheaper if that's possible.

My experience of the Mitsi's is quite happy with the design and interior fitout, they go OK but heavily let down by electrical gremlins. I'm told the new model is better but again no direct experience.

Isuzu and mazda version, of the new model no direct experience but the previous Isuzu didn't impress on suspension. Once upgraded much better.

For context I'm an industrial user of the things, not a city soccer mum type who ponces them about. They are used to access worksites at load and towing a fully loaded trailer in 4wd and often using heavy machinery to drag them back out after the things have been parked in the spot for a few days. Not light useage and I've seen a few breakages and failures from it...