Thread: 2008 Hilux

Make sure the injector seals have been done. If they leak you'll end up with holed/cracked pistons or a seized motor. That's the short of it. Anywhere from $6000-15000 to fix a 1KD motor. If it blows any kind of smoke, don't touch it. And possibly check the clutch has been done. Other than that they're not bad. Mine cost me ALOT of money...it was a dog of a truck. I know a lot of guys who are having great runs out of 05> Hilux's. I also know a lot of guys who have had serious issues with their Hilux's. I eventually went to back to an older landcruiser and never looked back.

If you can get over the ugliness, a new base model Triton could be bought brand new for well under $40k. I priced up a top spec GLS with all the extras (lifted,snorkel,bars,etc etc), $43k incl gst. Everyone I spoke to who I know has one, said they take a thrashing and none have had issue with them. These trucks are farmers or contractors trucks and they get flogged. Why would you buy a 2nd hand hilux with 100,000+ kms and an unknown past for similar coin? They aren't that much better.

You'll get heaps of mixed reports about different trucks from a lot of people, often from people that haven't even owned that model or make of truck, but are happy to bag them out. Talk to people who have owned them. Look at a few, take them for drives, then make a choice.