My '04 is coil spring and the Hilux was available in '04

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Understood, I wasn't sure about the Hilux surf as I've only had experience with the regular Hilux.

Out of interest what engine does the that gen surf come with?

It had a couple of options, including diesel.
I have the interior options catalog too. Among all the various color light replacements and seat options there's a step that is at the rear bumper. I would assume it's for the 3rd row seat.

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Maybe this would be a solution to the wheel camber? The guy in the video has a different problem, no camber on his wheels, but if the bearings are shot this might cause the poblem I have with my T4R.

Anyone has experience with that?

see changing wheel bearing rear axle T4R: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvQybhW_nbI

I was thinking the same thing!

For the OP: check your bearings, if you have a lot of "wobble" it could very well change your camber.

But if that's not it then I would say a bent axle. I'm sure it could be straightened, but I don't know how accurately. Considering that there are shops that can straighten a car frame: why not an axle?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PHwLcgfnO8

So I found out what caused the uneven waer of my rear tires. It sounds freakishly strange, and if it had not happened to me, I would not believe that this is possible.

The last time I changed tires, the tire shop did not fasten the fasteners on the rear left side properly. I drove with a loose wheel for many thousand miles, with the fasteners coming off more and more. I was puzzled why the rear tires were extremely worn down on the inner side and could not find the reason. Then the wobble got so bad that I stopped on the highway and noticed that on the left rear wheel only two fasteners remained, both of them very loose. The other four had come loose and had fallen off.

It is weird, I know and I expect all kind of comments like "this is not possible". But this is what happened.

So I took off one fastener from each of the three remaining wheels, fastened it to the wheel where fasteners were missing and made it back to the mechanic.

The mechanic just had to put new fasteners on, and did not even have to change the bolts.

The main damage was one bearing that had to be changed, since it got damaged by the wobble. But that was all!

My conclusion: I will NEVER EVER trust a tire shop again! I will always carry my manual wrench with me in the car and check the wheels manually after changing tires.

Thanks for the update, very annoying someone messed up your vehicle but at least there wasn't an accident and the axle is OK.

Don't trust dealers either. My son has a Highlander and when he left the dealer after a state inspection, on one rear wheel all of the lug nuts were loose.

He heard the noise immediately, stopped and tightened them down. If he didn't hear it, it would have been a real problem later on down the road.

No damage happened but it shouldn't have occurred at all.

On the evening news from time to time you will see a video of a vehicle that had loose lug nuts and the studs snapped off, the tire rolls down the highway and slams into another car, killing the occupants.

EVERY tire shop I have ever been to in all my years of driving will not put the lugs on properly; either too loose or too tight. I have a torque wrench and I loosen and tighten each one to Toyota specs any time my wheels are removed. (Clean the studs and lugs but never oil or grease them.)

Alloy wheels should be checked periodically as they can loosen on their own. Your owners manual probably has this caution in it in the section on changing a tire.

Are you rotating tires at 5k miles/8k kilometes?
Could those rear tire have been on front of truck?
Are the wheels/ rims checked for issues?
Tires are easy to change. Why not just rotate sooner and buy tires better for long wear with sufficient grip for your actual driving?