Toyota Hilux
The Hilux Dual Cab Ute is a super economical , affordable vehicle - It can carry a decent load too without fuss...
For fitting up touring gear like tents and Pole less awnings the Hilux Dual Cab gives you 1650mm of space over tub and 1250mm roof space over the cab.
Rooftop tents: what's the best rooftop tent for the Hilux?
The best roof top tent for the Hilux Dual Cab
As per our reccommendations elsewhere on the website are listed here - "Roof top tents'​
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Organising combinations of roof top tents and Pole Less awnings...
When Fitting Hard Shell tents to the Hilux please note Its BEST PRACTICE to fit awnings directly to the roof top tent.
This Puts Awnings up High enough to stand under, It also gives the Awning the right width to mount on ... The Awning to Roof top tent Brackets you'll need to do this are listed here
This also Means Fibreglass Tents are USELESS if you intend to also to run a pole less awning. (Because you can't bolt a 30Kg Awning to a plastic tent) Tents with Bevelled Sides are also more difficult to fit awnings too....
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Standard 1650 Tub or Tray vehicles wishing to install a full size pole less wing awning:
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If you want to fit a full size wing awning Like the Ostrich 270 Wing awning directly to any Dual Cab Ute running a 1650mm Canopy - You can fit them using our ''Flexing awning brackets"' - More on these Mounting Brackets here.
We have listed our picks of top performing awnings (For Victorian/SA weather conditions) here.
SHORT /SMALL 270 AWNING OPTIONS
If you wish to run a Pole Less Wing awning on short canopy Utes without bridging the awning across canopy and Cabin on Dual cab utes - The Choices are limited due to the short mounting lengths available on either cab or Canopy.
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Ostrich Wing manufactures a smaller 270 wing awning to fit straight onto standard 1650mm canopies - more on this here -
https://www.toughtouring.com.au/product-page/ostrich-junior-270-pole-less-wing-awning
All Hilux's on the Page are fitted with Tough Touring Over cab Roof Top Tent Racks
RPS - Renewable Power Stations for the Hilux
Tough Touring Builds and prefers to install Renewable Power Stations for Tub Tray Utes and Canopies over Traditional Dual Battery Systems, They have huge benefits over built in Dual Battery Systems. More on these here - RPS
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