Introductions

[Thistledo Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Thistledo]

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Model: Prado
Year: 2001
Colour: WHITE
Accessories: Alloy bull bar, quad billet breathers, and Cage roofrack

Hi I am new to 4wd and I have just put a deposit on Prado and will be colecting it from the yard this week

while waiting I have just orded off eBay a Quad breather kit and a Cage roof rack to get me started

I am thinking of fitting a compressor (from an old aircon in a old car I have) reading on the net it seems a good idea

Let me know what you think



Wishlist: compressor, snorkle 40m lift airlockers and the list goes on

[dhula Member Find all posts View Profile Close dhula]

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Well it seams I have been very rude and not introduced myself

My car
Model: KZJ 95
Year: 2002
Colour: Bronze
Accessories: ARB bar; Warn HS9500 winch; milford cargo barrier; rear shelf; snorkel; suspension (combo of RidePro, Bilsteen and Pedders ATM); Yokohama Geollander 11+ tyres; Duel batteries (both are delcor now); ARB air compressor (which I think has carked it as of this weekend jsut gone )Toyota tow pack
Wishlist: More underbody protection;diff locks front and back
a few pics






Having moved to Perth (waikiki) about a year and a bit ago with my beutiful wife and our 2 kids, we are slowly getting to see some of what is here closer to Perth. I'm hopeing to see more now that I'm settled and not working quite as long hours

Anyhow, cheers for now.

[Chippy Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chippy]

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Hi Dhula

Nice looking setup ... I thought I had seen it around.

You know you're surrounded :lol: :lol: :lol:

Rockingham / Mandurah .......... Pradopoint capital of the world !!! :roll: :shock: 8) :lol:

Cheers
Chippy

[fishfinder Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close fishfinder]

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Welcome Duhla -- another 95 series and nice looking truck living south of the river has some disadvanteges as most the good places are north of the river . Looks like Prado point capital of The World are all Mexicans . :lol:

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[joey Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close joey]

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Welcome to the site all the new prado pointers!! 8)

joey

[fishfinder Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close fishfinder]

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Looks like one of those south of the swan locals :lol: :lol: :lol: very quick Chippy

[garystockton Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close garystockton]

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Hi all,

After lurking here for ages, finally joined up! Unfortunately, I'm based in not-so-sunny Scotland after growing up in Zimbabwe and living in South Africa for ages. Been very lucky to travel most of South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia in an 80 series GXL 4.5 - but having moved to the UK we had to 'downsize' a bit - but certainly not in terms of vehicle ability!

So the wagon:

2005 LC120 'LC5' D-4D 5-spd Auto
Colour is Argenta Silver, with grey leather trim
(the LC5 is the UK equiv. of a Grande, with TEMS and air suspension and all that brings...)
Land Cruiser (we don't call 'em Prado's - just 'Land Cruiser' :lol: )
The euro model has a rear under-slung spare instead of the 2nd fuel tank, so only 87 litres on-board and bum ground clearance due to the spare being underneath - mom's taxi's have no problem - I do :twisted:

Mods to date:

Cooper 265/70x17 STTs
Howling Moon 'Tourer' roof tent
Waeco 40 litre freezer
Rear door table (thanks, PradoPoint, for the inspiration!!)
Safari Snorkel
Home-made 3rd battery system to luggage area (the LC120 in the UK comes std with twin batteries in the engine bay, but retains 12 volt starting)
ASFIR skid plates
Billet Racing Diff Breathers
30mm wheel spacers
munched-up side steps - now removed :?
President Walker CB
Home-made 'car-puter' and navigation system (back in bits again ...)

To come (starting this Saturday!!)
40mm body lift (Saturday!)
Custom slider / step / hi-lift jack point replacement for the munched ones.
Darren's now world-famous suspension solution for the Grande :wink: - hopefully another 40mm lift there ...
TJM Type 17 winch bumper, Goldfish winch. (Bull-bars are outlawed in the UK - too dangerous to pedestrians :shock: :twisted: ) so it has to be a 'winch bumper' :wink:
2,4m roof rack - probably a Patriot or FrontRunner expedition rack
Decent cargo barrier (probably a Milford, if I can get one out here for a decent price)
Custom rear drawer / packing system.

We're planning a North African (Morocco) trip for hopefully this time next year for a month - so I need to extract digit on the mods!

Thanks for an excellent site - has been an inspiration, and probably will continue to be so!

Cheers

Gary

[OldGreyGuy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close OldGreyGuy]

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I'm based in not-so-sunny Scotland

Hey Gary, welcome to Pradopoint.com

I'm always happy to see how folks not in Australia see the Prado (LC5, whatever) and how they adapt them for the local laws and conditions.

I was in Skye and Orkney last year and some of the roads would have been great for the capabilities of the Prado, BUT would have barely fitted on some of the roads

Hope you have great fun kitting out your rig.

Cheers OldGreyGuy

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Welcome aboard Gary!

Sounds like a great setup you have there!

[rodw Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close rodw]

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Hi Guys

Hope you don't mind me droppping in on you. Sorry my Rig is not a Prado, but a close relative (well a Toyota with a D4D diesel anyway)

Curiosity has finally got the better of me and I decided to drop over here from http://www.newhilux.net where I waste too much time to own up to, just to see what goes on. After all, I am pretty keen to pinch a few parts off the Prado to finish off my build up (eg. Brakes and Diffs) But anyway, this is what I drive:


Pretty well kitted out now with compressor, pressure pump, hot water, 100 litres of water, custom drawers, Car PC and all the other stuff. She's set up for touring and sports 265/75 R16 Dick Cepek Crusher tyres.

[two+four Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close two+four]

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Welcome aboard Rod and all the others who have joined recently.

Nice looking rig, what size Oztent is that?

Neil

[rodw Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close rodw]

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Welcome aboard Rod and all the others who have joined recently.

Nice looking rig, what size Oztent is that?

Neil

Thanks for the compliment Neil, the tent is an RV4. I bought it when I had a Suzuki, sometimes sorry I did not get the RV5, but this one is plenty big enough for the missus and me. We finally found some right sized cross legged stretchers and it is very quick to set up camp now. About 20 minutes but that will get faster with a few more ideas for the back I have got planned.

[teza h Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close teza h]

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Hi my name is Terry, currently drive a 90 series RV6 Prado,pretty much got all the mods that i need for touring,exept the winch which is still on my shed floor,must fit it one day soon. I'v been into 4x4's for many years now and owned several of them, all shapes and sizes, any way i'm enjoying the Prado right now, it' go's pretty good off road and is comffy to drive. Well hope to see some of you out there soon....Teza.

[ntp Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close ntp]

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Hi my name is Terry, currently drive a 90 series RV6 Prado,

Welcome Terry... that looks a pretty capable set-up you've got there. 8)