Lift Kit for 2011 Hilux.

[brickpaver]

Ive just returned from a dirt road trip 550 klm’s east of Kalgoorlie, to Kybo station and back again yo Kalg, over 1100 klm’s of dirt road in my 2011 Hilux dual cab 2WD and while it performed exceptionally well over dirt roads that varied between very good to very rocky and ‘slow’, I stopped short of my intending to go on down the 160 klm’s south of Rawlinna / Haig, down the Cocklebiddy track to the Eyre Highway, because of the multitude of various size surface rocks on the ‘road’ itself and absolutely no phone contact should I break down.

For future trips like this, I need one or two things...I either trade my 2WD for a 4WD with additional lift clearance,..... or I take the cheaper option of just fitting a lift kit to my 2WD, which at 129,000 k’s V6 and running like a well oiled top, would serve me just as well, as long as I keep out of deep water, mud,.. or bulldust. I could/would also need to fit bigger wheels and tyres,..perhaps 16” or 17” with tougher tyres.

Could anyone give me some thoughts on my lift kit idea being a practical one or would I be creating a new problem fir myself?    Also what could it cost to supply and fit a new lift kit.

  Thanks     

Lance.