navara d22 or hilux?

[davenmarcia]

i have a friend who is looking for a 4wd and as it says is looking at a hilux or navara d22 from 2006 and up. any known problems or issues with either car.

he has been offered a hilux exlease which has had the thrust bearing i think replaced 3 times under waranty is this common?

dave

[joshy]

what sort of wheeling? more mods and cheaper for hilux's. Navs will be much cheaper with less k's. Nothing out of the ordinary to really look for.

[Struth]

The D22 is built on the same platform as the D21 that started in the late 70s I think.

I would go Hilux over D22 simply because they are a better vehicle, but dollars can come into it as well.

Cheers

[ferrit]

ever going to carry someone bigger than a 6yr old in the rear seats?

If yes, get the lux. You need a 2nd knee once your over about 5' to get into the back of a D22 comfortably.

[davenmarcia]

thanks for the replies so far. it will be soft 4wding nothing to hard .
yeah have noticed the small rear legroom of the navara as his girlfriend who is only 5foot had problems.
he thinks the lux sounds good but worried its lower then a navara.

[TheOtherLeft]

I had to ride in the back of a D22 a couple of times. God it was a painful experience. Never again.

[bender4865]

Yeah, navara's are not good for back seat room, there will be a better availability of parts for the hilux, the only other thing that is worth checking is Spring\Coil\Torsion bar, in that year model hilux's I believe they had gone to coils, if the navara is still torsion bar I'd strongly suggest going the hilux on that alone.

Edit: I just did some looking and it looks like that model Navara is torsion bar (correct me if I'm wrong) so go the hilux

[joshy]

The navara is still torsion.