N80 HILUX RIG RUNDOWN | BUDGET TOURING SETUP | JOSS AND ELL
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2021
- We've been getting a lot of questions regarding the setup of our N80 HILUX. We've made this video walking through the build and how we've set it up for touring and doing the lap of Aus.
I really enjoy making my own things and we've saved thousands by doing most of the work ourselves.
We hope this video gives you a few ideas for your own touring setup as well as the confidence to have a crack at things yourself.
Apologies for the poor audio, I don't have a mic and this was our first proper video so we'll improve the future ones.
2 things that I forgot to mention on the build was the ProVent 200 oil catch can under the bonnet and the fire extinguisher bracket I made that utilises the front bolt holes of the passenger front seat.
If you have any specific questions on any part of the build, ask away in the comments below or message us on our socials @jossandell.
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Joss + Ell 
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Great setup. Clothes storage super simple, and always overlooked!!
Thank you! Yes we agree, we wanted to avoid filling up the back seats and cluttering inside of the ute so having a spot for everything was super important 👍
Well thought through , I’m am setting up a Ranger at the moment
and you have given me some ideas
to think about . Great job.
Thank you Rod, glad to hear we've given you a few ideas! Hope the build goes well for you 👍🏼
Great video Joss & Ell. Such a good ute!
Thanks heaps Julz! It's served us so well and we hope it continues to for many more years to come 🤞🏼
Good bunch of DIY in there guys 👍🏽
Thanks heaps mate! 👍🏼
got the same ute, and I chose the SR instead of the SR5 for the vinyl floor. makes it so easy to clean
100% it does, so easy to wipe it out when it gets dirty 👍🏼
One of the smartest set ups I’ve seen , well done on a great tourer .👍
Thanks heaps Luke! It’s been an awesome Ute and still treating us well 2 laps around Oz later 🙌
An easy simple cost effective set up👍
Thanks heaps Andy, thats what we were going for and it’s still going strong 😀
That's a sick lux man, great run down.
Thanks heaps man! 🤙🏼
Sweet setup, everything is well thought out...
Thanks heaps, it’s been a great setup and makes touring so much easier and organised 👍
Nice set up guys. well done!
Thanks heaps Chris!
Epic setup!
Thanks heaps mate!
Thanks for the review Joss & Ell - I’m starting my fitout of a 2010 Hilux dual cab and found a second hand 1800mm alu tray on Gumtree for $700 ($3500 new) and used that saving towards a 1600mm stand off alu canopy from VIC that has the same spec and price as your AP boxes model - bought a lithium battery for true power capacity and weight saving - now wiring in Redarc, Engel, Renogy system components and noted some of your great ideas for the kitchen - still waiting for 23Zero RFT due to Covid shipping delays -John in SA
No worries John, thanks for checking it out. That sounds great, good score! And smart choice putting that saved cost towards the alu canopy 👍🏼
Great choice going lithium too, worth the extra bit of money. Sounds like it'll be a great setup John, glad you were able to pull a few ideas from our build also.
All the best,
Joss + Ell
Hi,
Just reading yr comment and thought you might like to look at my videos for ideas.
Cheers
Out There Touring
@@ottouring OK thanks OTT I’ll check them out - in addition to the Darling River run during lock down I’ve returned to SA from a TAS to west QLD Carnarvon Gorge trek and it’s been a great opportunity to work out more changes to my build - I’ve moved all heavy items to the front for better weight management, fully insulated and carpeted now and almost finished wiring looms for dual battery system - I managed to keep all wiring from engine bay to canopy inside the vehicle running it under the plastic skirts including heavy duty battery cables.
Insane rig mate, defs a bit of truck envy haha
Haha thanks so much mate appreciate it 👍🏼
Joss + Ell
Great video 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Thanks heaps mate 🤙🏼
Great set up mate
Thanks heaps mate, it's served us well 👍🏼
Clever setup, Joss. Great rig and kit without spending a fortune.
Thanks heaps mate! Exactly, we wanted to build something that is functional and has everything we need but still affordable 👍🏼
Greatest canopy set up I have seen so many great ideas
I really need to know how you attached the carpet pockets if you can share please
Looking forward to more of your videos
Thanks heaps! It works great for us. I’ll send you some photos of how I did it if you can message us through our instagram account @jossandell 👍
Cheers,
Joss + Ell
Tune!
Great set up
Thank you David 👍🏼
Great setup.
Thanks heaps 👍
Great touring setup on the Lux! You've pretty much got everything covered there - enjoy your travels
Thanks heaps Ross! Looking forward to getting back on the road soon, take care 👍🏼
RUNAMUK Represent! Yewww!!
Yew!! Got it the NT at the Mindil markets 🤙🐊
Nice mate! I have a very similar setup but still tinkering and not quite happy yet. Have you got a good system for storing the jack-off legs for big trips? I can fit most of mine in the trundle drawer and then chuck the rest in the storage side of the canopy, but looking for other options.
Thank you Ryan! That's awesome mate you'll get there. I usually take the jack off legs apart and store the top half (heavier part) flat on the canopy floor and store the rest of my gear on top and then I stand the bottom half of the legs up in the canopy and they just fit. With my setup that's the best way I can come up with to fit them haha
Love the little drawer and table,
Happen to have any drawings or more detail?
Thanks heaps mate! I don't think I saved any of the drawings I did, I'll have a dig for them though. I can certainly take some measurements for you if you like?
Thanks for the content. I;m shopping for a canopy and interested to know how yours has held up. Cheers
Hey mate, all of our APB gear has held up awesome. We’ve done two laps of Aus with it now and still going strong. Definitely check out their website.
Cheers
@@jossandell Great to hear that. Shame they're in NSW as I'm in VIC. Cheers.
@@cyclemoto8744 I’m pretty sure they offer freight as well. Cheers
Where did you get those marine carpet pocket things on the inside of your canopy? Dope little pockets I rate them
Hey mate, I designed and made them up myself. Send us a message on our Instagram and I can show you how I made them 👍🏼
Lookin smick jossy
Thanks heaps Simo, hope you've been well mate 👍🏼
I was looking for a way to mount the Big W boxes. Thanks heaps
No worries at all mate glad this helped!
@@jossandell Don't bother, I worked it out. Thanks again.
Also nice workmanship on the canopy.
@@CombatMosquitoTrainer glad you sorted something out. Thanks again mate I appreciate it.
Awesome set-up! Just wondering how you are going with weigh?
Thanks heaps mate!! We love it and it works great for us. With the ute fully loaded full of fuel, water, gear, it's right on gvm (3000kgs) so if I were to go all steel for the tray and canopy it'd be way over gvm.
awesome setup! exactly what I'm wanting to do with my nav. for audio infront of the camera have a look at the rhode wireless go will bring your production value up just that little bit more :)
Hi mate, thanks so much for the feedback that's very helpful! This was the first proper video we ever made and with no mic the audio was definitely garbage. Will definitely look into that Rhode mic, thanks heaps. All the best with the Nav build 🤙
@@jossandell just noticed the date, will take a look at some of your later videos when I get the chance. Love the energy!
@@jeremysalter4027 thanks mate we really appreciate it! You'll have to check out our caravan reno series 🙂
Hi mate, I was just wondering if you have any problems with the front tyres scrubbing when you turn. And if you did what did you have to do to stop the scrubbing.
Hi mate, don't have any problem with scrubbing and didn't have to do any modifying which was good. When I very first put my first set of 32" BFG Ko2's on the ute, they did just make contact at full compression and full lock with the plastic inner guard right at the bottom but only just. Wasn't bad by any means and I didn't have to do anything to fix it, it kinda just wore down the couple of millimetres of plastic it was touching and never did it again.
hey mate, how did you fix and position the bladder behind the seat, want to do the same thing. cheers
Hey mate, so it’s really easy, the bladder actually sits on it’s own weight (not suspended) and then I just used cable ties to cable the top to where ever I could (to the seat mounts I think) just to keep it in position and that’s it. Hope that helps 👍
Nice build mate, do you own a pan brake to bend ally?
Thanks heaps mate, no I don't I wish I did though. At work we've only got a little magnabender which struggled to bend the 2mm and 2.5mm ally so I had to score it before I made the folds.
The mudguards were the only thing I didn't bend up myself. The magnabender just wouldn't do it and I didn't want to score it too heavily incase it cracked along the folds so I got my uncle to bend them up on a CNC press brake 👍🏼
Nice setup! Got a good simple 12v setup. How has the inverter held up, are you happy with it had no problems? What appliances do you run of it?
Hey mate thanks heaps! It's worked so well for us. The inverter has been unreal. We usually run our little pop up 240v kettle, pod coffee machine, toaster, charge the laptop and drill batteries. A few times I've ran a circular saw, and even an 1800W drop saw and it still ran it haha.
@@jossandell thanks, that's unreal! I've looked at getting those pop up kettle?
@@nicholashamblin6856 yeah it's great! Uses probably 4 or 5% of the battery boiling water but doesn't take too long for solar to replenish that. By using the inverter to boil water it makes my gas go further by not having to use the gas stove to boil water 👍🏼
When I go camping for longer than say 10 days, I have 900mm canopy, bolted on. Where can you get clamps for it?
Hi Sam, I think you can purchase them off eBay and places like Dunn and Watson 👍🏼
what are your zip tie's holing onto for the water bladder
They're just tied onto the brackets beside where the seat locks into. They're just to keep the bladder it place, they're not bearing any weight at all, the bladder rests on the floor 👍🏼
do you reckon the water bladder could tare or something or is it pretty strong
They're pretty durable, the material is 900GSM. It would only tare if it was running against something sharp repetitively
How you liking that water bladder? The back of my collie is too tight on space for a dual battery set up so would be a good use of space
Hey mate, it's been in the ute for a few years now and still working well. It's awesome for the fact that it's pretty slim, holds lots of water and is pretty space saving but even though it's BPA free I cannot for the life of me get the 'bladder' taste out of the water. I think if I had a 12v pump attached to it and ran some sort of inline filter it might eliminate the plastic taste a bit better.
@@jossandell yeah that’s fair, I think it’s a good idea to fill that unusable space. Does it slosh around much when not completely full or empty
@@CJFranciss it definitely is a great use of dead space. Yeah it does slosh a little bit when not full but doesn't really bother me at all. Don't normally notice it that much, only if there's no music playing.
Missed some of your talk the sound was muted as you tend to keep talking while turning your head away from the camera. Very interested in your rear suspension setup, would the addition of an ironman load plus cover your requirements when fully loaded? the trouble with the airbag addition is that when in use it transfers the load to one point on the chassis which is not designed to take that load. You guys have set this ute up really well and given me some good ideas to work on. Loved that water bag behind the back seat.
Hi, yes I know sorry about that, first time making a video like this and didn't have a microphone either so next time I'll improve the sound quality, thanks for your feedback.
I looked into the load plus kit but wasn't sure how how it would perform over serious corrugations and how the articulation would go off-road. I wanted something a little more permanent which is why I went a constant load leaf pack. I'm aware of the fact that chassis aren't designed to have the load in one point as it can cause the chassis to crack or bend. That would be the case if the air bag was the only component doing the work however I would say my leaf pack would be doing 70% and air bags are there to 'assist'. If my air bags failed for whatever reason my leaf pack alone would still get me out of trouble. We went over the Gibb River Road and plenty of pretty badly corrugated roads and washouts and never had an issue with the airbags or the chassis 👍🏼
The water bladder is an excellent use of dead space, glad you liked it and got some ideas for your own build 🙂
@@jossandell Cheers for the reply, I only know about the airbag issue because I am looking at putting one in my Hilux. I have a 2019 SR5 and even Toyota says they drive bumpy. So I thought the airbag might mitigate that a bit. I have only recently come around to the thinking of setting up like you have so good to get your ideas, which are right up there with the best I have seen. If you haven't guessed I am a Kiwi so things that work well over there might not be so good here because of weather differences. My rooftop is very similar to yours, I open it to the back so I can work off the tailgate in the annex if it is cold. In my experience on RUclips people like you soon become very good at putting out top-quality stuff so good luck and thanks.
Thanks heaps mate I appreciate that!
New Zealand is amazing, I did 2 weeks in a campervan there in the South island, it's on my bucket list to take the ute there one day and tour it again in a 4x4.
In my experience they've been an excellent addition to the ute providing you use them correctly and sensibly. I think people have issues with them when they run a standard leaf pack and then run 60psi in the air bags to carry the additional weight. Providing your leaf pack is doing majority of the work, air bags work great.
Thanks again for the kind words, all the best setting up your SR5!
Hi,
Just reading yr comment and thought you might like to look at my videos for ideas.
Cheers
Out There Touring
@@ottouring I will thanks, Your ute on the main page looks great.
Cheers
Does the road chef oven get hot. Resulting in the entire canopy getting hot
Not really actually, definitely doesn’t seem to make the canopy hot, it’s warm to touch on the outside but overall it’s excellent 👍
Nice ved legend im wonder what offset you have
Thanks man! My sunnies are 17x8 with 0 offset 👍🏼
How did you manage to fold your back seats forward as it is not a stock feature
I didn’t fold the back seat forward as you can’t with the n80. I just moved the back seat out of the way to mount up the bladder and the when you mount the seat back int position there’s is just enough room for the bladder to be filled.
Nice setup , just a quick one , what fuel consumption are you averaging with that setup?
Thanks heaps mate, we're averaging around 12L per hundred and get around 600kms to a tank. The best we got on our lap of Aus was 630 to a tank before we emptied the 20L jerry can in. I only have the standard 80L tank 👍🏼
@@jossandell thanks for that , way better than my ranger 👍
No worries at all mate, what do you get in your ranger?
@@jossandell with roughly the same weight , maybe slightly lighter 500 to 530km for 80 odd litres.
Auto 3.2.
@@nowisthewayforward6252 a little bit heavy on fuel, not the worst though
Hello there, may ask what is the particular brand and model of your bullbar, it appears that it seemlessñy fit to the contours of the edge of the fender of your hilux.
Hi there, our bullbar is the Ironman commercial deluxe bullbar. It's a direct bumper replacement and fits really neat 👌
@@jossandell thank you so much for the info. Other bull bars have gaps or appear to be a mismatch as the edges do not match to the contours of the fender.
@@golong1343 that's what we liked about the Ironman bullbar, has a pretty good approach angle too 👍
Hey mate did that wheel and suspension set up pass a roady ?
Thanks mate, because my ute is a 2017 and is less than 5 years old, I haven't needed to do a pink slip yet (I will have to next year though) but have never had an issue or been pulled up about it. As far as I know it's all legal, I haven't gone any higher than 2 inches in lift and my wheels have gone from a 265/65/17 to a 265/70/17.
@@jossandell legend thanks mate, in the process of getting a 2017-18 sr and just curious what I can get away with.
@@nathanniclair7246 sweet as that sounds awesome. Pretty positive you'll get away with a 32" tyre and 2 inch lift without any hassles or having to need any engineering certificates etc.
What’s your fuel consumption like, with this set up mate?
Hi mate sorry for my late reply! When I had the roof top tent on our previous lap like in this video, I was averaging around 12.4L/100 and getting around about 600kms to a standard 80L tank.
hey what actuion did u buy the car from
Hey man, I didn’t get it at an auction actually. I bought it from a dealership in Homebush. I think pickles auction or greys online often sell ex-government utes and things though.
Where did you buy it from
Where did I buy what from exactly? The Ute itself or the canopy etc?
Nice video but what is it with the music being so loud?
Just turn it down a little bit haha. Na I think the music is the right level, it's just that I didn't have a mic so my voice is super quiet and when I turned my head away from the camera it was hard to hear. First time doing a video like this so I'll improve it for future videos 👍🏼 thanks mate.
Sick video bro but please invest on a mic!!!
Thanks heaps mate! Yes I know, need to get one!! Apologies for the voice being so quiet. First time doing a video like this so lots to improve on for next time 👍🏼