Just bought a 2017 76 series and can't wait to start setting it up to tour this magic country. 2nd row seats coming out and modded to just escape. Gotta get out to your side of the world. Looks sensational. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Mick
Once you've had a sun visor you can't have another car without it. Sun visors help with driver fatigue, cab temperature and provide longevity of interior. Many people don't realise that despite the angle of the sun, most light comes vertically down from above. The sun visor stops this light coming in and giving you tired eyes. Sun visors are solid, they make no noise, they don't catch birds and they don't rattle. They are silent. A sun visor should be painted Matt Black underneath to stop glare bouncing and reflection. Where I work all our Toyota's are fitted with Hy Way sun visors. It's the authentic Toyota OEM maker - made in Australia.
Yeh goodwork Salty, Love your set up mate, for off the beaten track your set up would be awesome. We have our Troopy at work pulling our Van through WA at the moment from Darwin. Love your work for a great review with no rubbish and not pushing any sponsors gear, very refreshing. Looking forward to more big fella
Hell enjoyed the vid very informative like all yours, one point on this one is when you preview before posting check the sound. The water in the background was bloody annoying. Thanks regards Ge.
I've finally converted my Mrs to eventually get a troopy but agree the seats are horrible. Was looking at the stratos suspension seats they look the goods
Great video mate! Love the beast! I've got a dual cab 2018 model. If you look after it mate you won't kill it. Just be careful with those airbags in the rear. Big no no fitting airbags to leaf spring suspension as it changes and amplifies the load position and has bent or broken the chassis on many vehicles, especially on rough, corrugated tracks. My mate's 79 was one of them. He had them removed and had the chassis straightened and reinforced. You might get away with it as the 78 series troopy has less overhang than a 79. I'd keep an eye on it. Again thanks for sharing mate, i thoroughly enjoyed your review! Go the 70's!
Thanks for the video salty 👍🏽 the troopy looks bloody unreal, got me considering selling my single cab cruiser and upgrading to a troopy for the big lap around oz! Can’t decide haha
Nice one Salty! I appreciate the practicality of your build. Would you be able to do a video on your recovery gear? I know you touched on your winch, but I’m interested to know if you have anything else (tyre changing etc.). I am in the middle of a dual cab build and I’m up to recovery gear. So I’m looking for ideas.
I will mate, Give me about a week or two. As a heads up though I have 2 sets of tracks, a winch and also if im going soft beaches solo I have a sand anchor.
Salty Davenport Nice! I look forward to it. That sounds good. I was thinking of going for some tracks as my next purchase. I hadn’t thought of a sand anchor. I will look into it. Appreciate the reply too.
Would be awesome to get 1200km out of the two tanks. I have the single 130L tank in my dual cab (2018 with remap) and im pushing my 3.2T GVM. I tend to fill up at 600L when the light comes on but it still has 30L in reserve at this point. I’m generally running around 16L/100km with or without rooftop tent on. Tent doesn’t seem to make much difference when you have the aerodynamics of a tissue box, just makes it a slightly taller tissue box.
Thanks for the great video. Were you able to get the Toyota sun visor to work with the GXL chrome strips? Or did you use an aftermarket visor? My wife is demanding one😂
Hi, I’m retiring next year and my wife and I were wondering what drone and editing program you use so we can make some videos of our trip around Australia for my daughters and grandkids of our travels , any info would be greatly appreciated, thanks Laurie and Sabine from Darwin 👍😃
Mate, I love your Troopy. Just a quick question. Reckon you can put a baby seat in the back seats? A quick look on Google didn’t give me too much info.
I think you definitely could mate, they're similar to mini van seats. Best bet though would be to contact a toyota dealer and have then put it down in writing.
I think you need a bar fitted mate. My mate has a 99 and had to fit the bar. I have the dual cab and had to get Toyota to fit some anchors behind rear seat.
Hi mate. Great ride. Question. I have a 9'6 longboard. Do you think it would fit inside hanging in the roof centre. Just wanted your opinion. Thanks mate.
Hi Salty, Loved the review and jeez 80k. I bought my 79 around the same time as you as mine has only done 18k. Good comment about the locking of hubs as I do the same. Are you gonna get a new rear diff? I got the Jmac one and so far so good. Only have to carry one spare too. Keep the vids coming. Cheers Graeme
Gday Salty, love the channel mate.... did you sounddeaden your troopy at all, a lot of guys seem to, but I don't think you've mentioned if you had, I was just watching your ep5 and it didn't seem to noisy while you were driving and talking to the camera..?
Hey Chris, Thanks for the comment mate. I am yet to add any sound deadening work to the car but its definitely on the list. The new cruisers are much better than the last models with sound though.
You can run the tanks dry if you wish. Just keep driving after the warning light comes on. ( don't recommend it though) When touring with our V8 Troopy we find it does 12L/100km on easy runs and we run the tank till we hit 700km then switch over. On slower terrain we generally switch tanks when we hit 600km , where it uses 13 - 14L/100km . There's always been at least 6 litres left in the tanks. We know the car very well and have a good feel regards fuel usage. Our normal lazy mode is to switch the tanks at 500km. ( just a habit ) that way we know we have heaps in reserve but it's nice to know what it can do. Enjoy your troopy Scott. Best vehicle by far
@22:30 Salty, dude nobody at fuel stations is deliberately watering down diesel dude, it’s oil and oil + water doesn’t mix. The way you said it makes it sound like they are adding water to diesel to rip people off. Water cases havoc with the fuel pumps as well, the extra cost of maintenance on the pump would far out way any profit they might make even if they dreamed about doing it. Was a bit surprised you suggested this.
G'day Colin, I touched on the weight in previous videos, i'm sure it affects the performance of the car as would any weight (winch) over the front of the wheels. Luckily theres a lot of power in that engine to not notice it.
love your troopy and in the process of setting up my own. but wanted to know if your younger dog is a pure bred cattle dog or is he a kelpie/cattle cross. cheers.
Hey Salty, love your channel. Got a sandy taupe troopy on the way and tossing up between 33”s or 35”s. How do you find the 35”s for on-road as a tourer? Obviously you do a LOT of kms so you’d be able to give an accurate opinion.
Yes Toyota, seats and the bloody narrow rear axel. This model has been around for ages and its the same problems. Must have a warehouse of seats and diffs to work through... Nice bus Salty, red button clicked. Where did you film this by the way? I am not at the end yet so disregard if you do tell. Cheers!
Hey man! Love the car and love your videos! They're a great inspiration for our own camping trips! I love how you provide a lot of information on local aboriginal knowledge and facts. Do you read a lot of books on this subject and if so can you recommend any. I am interested in learning more? Keep up the good work!! Cheers!
Hey Mark and Zoe. I try and buy little book guides on flora and fauna within WA. Theres a collection of about 20 of them along with 1 on edible plants. Regarding the aboriginal and geological info, its all just study before I take off.
I know you said it doesn’t have the comfort / luxury of a 200 series .. but everyone hates the seats .. the basic interior, wheel track , extra spare .. by the time everyone spends all the cash 💰 doing the 70 series troopys , wagons up might as well get a 200? baffling..... I can understand if you love driving manuals . ..but otherwise it’s 200 series all the way for me ..
the solid axle of the 70's are appealing to some people, more mods to do on the 70's, pretty bush proof (especially the older ones). panels are cheaper, resale value of 70's are higher than 200 series, too many stock electronic features in the 200 series. (70's come with diff locks meanwhile 200's have a lot of other weird traction control garbage). Parts are more common to find for 70's (because theyre everywhere). Some old mods still work for the new 70's due to lack of design change. Just preference at the end of the day.
Toasty Toast I’m aware that a live front axel would be the biggest drawcard a I owned an 80 series for 17 years and driven troopies for work , Land Rovers series 2 , 3 and 110s and they are definitely superior 4wds ... but everyone complains about 70series and then proceeds to modify them to make them like a 200 .. my 200 is awesome... low range , traction control off .. low tyre pressure.. it’s unreal.. and all the extras are already there , auto , real wheel offset , coils , twin turbo great seats .. like you say personal preference I guess ... #200series for me
@@sand_shifter fair enough, 200's are more tourers though. 70's can be set up to tour (reasonably comfortable but at a cost) or can be set up as play cars. with a rear axle coil conversion etc. don't see many play 200's with massive lift, good approach/departure angles etc. 200's are well capable but 70's are more versatile. 80's are the best 4wd Toyota have ever made in my opinion. Comfortable with solid axle and coils - the 80's need to make a comeback.
You can buy a 200 GX for less than a 78 or 79 NEW without the need to soundproof, replace seats, brakes, rear diff, stereo, centre console, door cards the list goes on. A stock 200 will return as good a resale in percentage terms as any 70 series. I've owned 8 cruisers all with live axles and lockers give me the 200 twin turbo and comfort for 1400km day trips across the Barkly any day.
c10 you’d be pretty stupid to buy a brand new 70 series tbh. unless you’re stacked 💵 best just to buy a second hand one that’s reasonably new and that’s had a few mods already been done to it.
Just bought a 2017
76 series and can't wait to start setting it up to tour this magic country.
2nd row seats coming out and modded to just escape.
Gotta get out to your side of the world. Looks sensational. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Mick
Once you've had a sun visor you can't have another car without it.
Sun visors help with driver fatigue, cab temperature and provide longevity of interior.
Many people don't realise that despite the angle of the sun, most light comes vertically down from above. The sun visor stops this light coming in and giving you tired eyes.
Sun visors are solid, they make no noise, they don't catch birds and they don't rattle. They are silent.
A sun visor should be painted Matt Black underneath to stop glare bouncing and reflection.
Where I work all our Toyota's are fitted with Hy Way sun visors. It's the authentic Toyota OEM maker - made in Australia.
Nice review, Salty. Love the dogs wrastlin' in the background 😂
Keep the vids coming.
Hahaha i didn't think the Mic would pic up that much!
Man I want a trophy so bad! that mutt slipping up the rocks made my day lol imagine having so much energy
Yeh goodwork Salty, Love your set up mate, for off the beaten track your set up would be awesome. We have our Troopy at work pulling our Van through WA at the moment from Darwin.
Love your work for a great review with no rubbish and not pushing any sponsors gear, very refreshing.
Looking forward to more big fella
Hey just about to order the tuff bar set up I asked if it was like salty Troopy and the reply was 👍🏼 so can’t wait
Hey mate! I saw you in Osborne Park a month or two back. I tried to catch up to wave hello but I had to turn off (I was working). Love your videos.
Nice review mate, i'll keep a look out for ya down in the south west
Hell enjoyed the vid very informative like all yours, one point on this one is when you preview before posting check the sound. The water in the background was bloody annoying.
Thanks regards Ge.
Glad I found your channel. Subscribed. Keep going. Legendary. 👍🏻
My favourite.part was the dogs 😍
Mind you each to their own ... all the best
I've finally converted my Mrs to eventually get a troopy but agree the seats are horrible. Was looking at the stratos suspension seats they look the goods
Your dogs stole the show , beautiful troopy
Saqib Khan haha nah no need. All about the dogs 😆
Great video mate! Love the beast! I've got a dual cab 2018 model. If you look after it mate you won't kill it. Just be careful with those airbags in the rear. Big no no fitting airbags to leaf spring suspension as it changes and amplifies the load position and has bent or broken the chassis on many vehicles, especially on rough, corrugated tracks. My mate's 79 was one of them. He had them removed and had the chassis straightened and reinforced. You might get away with it as the 78 series troopy has less overhang than a 79. I'd keep an eye on it. Again thanks for sharing mate, i thoroughly enjoyed your review! Go the 70's!
Thanks Jimbo,
I'm hoping it will be ok, I inflate them to about 20psi at most which only takes a slight bit of pressure out of the shocks.
@@SaltyDavenport sounds alright. As long as the suspension is doing most of the work.
Thanks for sharing! Cool truck - awesome it's still rolling well!
great review champion 🍺🇦🇺
Great review! Nicely done
Thanks for the video salty 👍🏽 the troopy looks bloody unreal, got me considering selling my single cab cruiser and upgrading to a troopy for the big lap around oz! Can’t decide haha
haha tough decisions.
Nice one Salty! I appreciate the practicality of your build. Would you be able to do a video on your recovery gear? I know you touched on your winch, but I’m interested to know if you have anything else (tyre changing etc.). I am in the middle of a dual cab build and I’m up to recovery gear. So I’m looking for ideas.
I will mate, Give me about a week or two. As a heads up though I have 2 sets of tracks, a winch and also if im going soft beaches solo I have a sand anchor.
Salty Davenport Nice! I look forward to it. That sounds good. I was thinking of going for some tracks as my next purchase. I hadn’t thought of a sand anchor. I will look into it. Appreciate the reply too.
Would be awesome to get 1200km out of the two tanks. I have the single 130L tank in my dual cab (2018 with remap) and im pushing my 3.2T GVM. I tend to fill up at 600L when the light comes on but it still has 30L in reserve at this point. I’m generally running around 16L/100km with or without rooftop tent on. Tent doesn’t seem to make much difference when you have the aerodynamics of a tissue box, just makes it a slightly taller tissue box.
Hahaha spot on.
Love yah videos. And just a quick question where did you get them boots from I really like them aye. Nah good work awesome
Hey ledge, They're Redwing boots, expensive but last a very long time. I bought mine on special.
@@SaltyDavenport thanks dude
Thanks for the great video. Were you able to get the Toyota sun visor to work with the GXL chrome strips? Or did you use an aftermarket visor? My wife is demanding one😂
Hey mate, mine was straight from Toyota with the chrome trim on it already
@@SaltyDavenport Did it fit easily? Toyota site says it only fits on the workmate models.
Hi, I’m retiring next year and my wife and I were wondering what drone and editing program you use so we can make some videos of our trip around Australia for my daughters and grandkids of our travels , any info would be greatly appreciated, thanks Laurie and Sabine from Darwin 👍😃
Do you get much body roll?
Mate, I love your Troopy. Just a quick question. Reckon you can put a baby seat in the back seats? A quick look on Google didn’t give me too much info.
I think you definitely could mate, they're similar to mini van seats. Best bet though would be to contact a toyota dealer and have then put it down in writing.
I think you need a bar fitted mate. My mate has a 99 and had to fit the bar. I have the dual cab and had to get Toyota to fit some anchors behind rear seat.
Hi mate. Great ride.
Question. I have a 9'6 longboard.
Do you think it would fit inside hanging in the roof centre. Just wanted your opinion. Thanks mate.
Aren't offsets >25mm illegal? What's the go with that?
Hi Salty, Loved the review and jeez 80k. I bought my 79 around the same time as you as mine has only done 18k. Good comment about the locking of hubs as I do the same. Are you gonna get a new rear diff? I got the Jmac one and so far so good. Only have to carry one spare too. Keep the vids coming. Cheers Graeme
Thanks mate, yeah crazy amount of km's on the clock. I havent thought about a new diff yet, is that what you've done?
@@SaltyDavenport Yeah, I got the JMac diff that corrects the front and rear wheel alignment. It is apparently stronger than the factory diff too.
'Toyota, change your piece of s**t seats' as a closing sentence, you Legend! xD
Best 4WD in the country. So tough mate!
how many lift up 2 inch? 4inch?
Gday Salty, love the channel mate.... did you sounddeaden your troopy at all, a lot of guys seem to, but I don't think you've mentioned if you had, I was just watching your ep5 and it didn't seem to noisy while you were driving and talking to the camera..?
Hey Chris, Thanks for the comment mate. I am yet to add any sound deadening work to the car but its definitely on the list. The new cruisers are much better than the last models with sound though.
Use the radio for that. Gets rid of all types of noise, wheel bearings, big end knock crunching screaming pedestrians.....
Hi salty I Have a v8 troopy as well 2010 model do you find with your 90 litre fuel tanks that you only get 75 to 80 litres out of them
You can run the tanks dry if you wish. Just keep driving after the warning light comes on. ( don't recommend it though) When touring with our V8 Troopy we find it does 12L/100km on easy runs and we run the tank till we hit 700km then switch over. On slower terrain we generally switch tanks when we hit 600km , where it uses 13 - 14L/100km . There's always been at least 6 litres left in the tanks. We know the car very well and have a good feel regards fuel usage. Our normal lazy mode is to switch the tanks at 500km. ( just a habit ) that way we know we have heaps in reserve but it's nice to know what it can do. Enjoy your troopy Scott. Best vehicle by far
@@e210dall3 thanks for the information I will try that my troopy does the same fuel km as your troopy
I run my reserve dry occasionally and still only get about 85L out of it while the main tank I make sure there is always about 5-10L left.
okay
@22:30 Salty, dude nobody at fuel stations is deliberately watering down diesel dude, it’s oil and oil + water doesn’t mix. The way you said it makes it sound like they are adding water to diesel to rip people off. Water cases havoc with the fuel pumps as well, the extra cost of maintenance on the pump would far out way any profit they might make even if they dreamed about doing it. Was a bit surprised you suggested this.
Sorry mate, completely agree. It's not the way I intended it to be received.
What about the weight of that barwork on the front of your vehicle, especially in sand?
G'day Colin, I touched on the weight in previous videos, i'm sure it affects the performance of the car as would any weight (winch) over the front of the wheels. Luckily theres a lot of power in that engine to not notice it.
love your troopy and in the process of setting up my own. but wanted to know if your younger dog is a pure bred cattle dog or is he a kelpie/cattle cross. cheers.
Pure bred stumpy tail heeler :)
@@SaltyDavenport I love the growling of the dogs. Much better than music...actually the dogs are music to my ears.
Hey Salty, love your channel.
Got a sandy taupe troopy on the way and tossing up between 33”s or 35”s. How do you find the 35”s for on-road as a tourer? Obviously you do a LOT of kms so you’d be able to give an accurate opinion.
What did you go with?
My biggest issue is brakes.. i think its almost criminal on my brand new 79.. u upgraded ya booster at all?
I haven't legend however it's on the list to happen soon.
140km review. Still dope.
Yes Toyota, seats and the bloody narrow rear axel. This model has been around for ages and its the same problems. Must have a warehouse of seats and diffs to work through...
Nice bus Salty, red button clicked. Where did you film this by the way? I am not at the end yet so disregard if you do tell. Cheers!
Cool. Does the sun visor hurt fuel economy through bad aerodynamics?
Not that I've noticed at all, the air can still flow between it and the window so i cant imagine it would trouble the fuel economy
Hi mate if U want to test it in deep water come to the Pilbara after a cyclone has been throw mate
What brand/model is your hat?
Hey mate. Its from 'crazy horse collective' he makes them all one of a kind on the East Coast of Oz.
Hey man!
Love the car and love your videos!
They're a great inspiration for our own camping trips!
I love how you provide a lot of information on local aboriginal knowledge and facts. Do you read a lot of books on this subject and if so can you recommend any. I am interested in learning more?
Keep up the good work!!
Cheers!
Hey Mark and Zoe.
I try and buy little book guides on flora and fauna within WA. Theres a collection of about 20 of them along with 1 on edible plants. Regarding the aboriginal and geological info, its all just study before I take off.
is that front bar legal???
In all States of Australia
anyone notice the rac add hes in ?
shhhhhh haha
I know you said it doesn’t have the comfort / luxury of a 200 series .. but everyone hates the seats .. the basic interior, wheel track , extra spare .. by the time everyone spends all the cash 💰 doing the 70 series troopys , wagons up might as well get a 200? baffling..... I can understand if you love driving manuals . ..but otherwise it’s 200 series all the way for me ..
the solid axle of the 70's are appealing to some people, more mods to do on the 70's, pretty bush proof (especially the older ones). panels are cheaper, resale value of 70's are higher than 200 series, too many stock electronic features in the 200 series. (70's come with diff locks meanwhile 200's have a lot of other weird traction control garbage). Parts are more common to find for 70's (because theyre everywhere). Some old mods still work for the new 70's due to lack of design change. Just preference at the end of the day.
Toasty Toast I’m aware that a live front axel would be the biggest drawcard a I owned an 80 series for 17 years and driven troopies for work , Land Rovers series 2 , 3 and 110s and they are definitely superior 4wds ... but everyone complains about 70series and then proceeds to modify them to make them like a 200 .. my 200 is awesome... low range , traction control off .. low tyre pressure.. it’s unreal.. and all the extras are already there , auto , real wheel offset , coils , twin turbo great seats .. like you say personal preference I guess ... #200series for me
@@sand_shifter fair enough, 200's are more tourers though. 70's can be set up to tour (reasonably comfortable but at a cost) or can be set up as play cars. with a rear axle coil conversion etc. don't see many play 200's with massive lift, good approach/departure angles etc. 200's are well capable but 70's are more versatile. 80's are the best 4wd Toyota have ever made in my opinion. Comfortable with solid axle and coils - the 80's need to make a comeback.
You can buy a 200 GX for less than a 78 or 79 NEW without the need to soundproof, replace seats, brakes, rear diff, stereo, centre console, door cards the list goes on.
A stock 200 will return as good a resale in percentage terms as any 70 series. I've owned 8 cruisers all with live axles and lockers give me the 200 twin turbo and comfort for 1400km day trips across the Barkly any day.
c10 you’d be pretty stupid to buy a brand new 70 series tbh. unless you’re stacked 💵 best just to buy a second hand one that’s reasonably new and that’s had a few mods already been done to it.
No I don’t agree with you that’s not a city car 😅 I commute in a troopy 😄😄😄
Seats have always been shit