Mark's 150 GX

[Westcoast Mark Member Find all posts View Profile Close Westcoast Mark]

I had the day off today, so got stuck into my rear aerial/work
light mount.

She's all welded up and ready to paint.

Here it is getting a final test fit



With spare wheel bracket in place.



Cheers,

Mark

[maat Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close maat]

looking good mate!

[Westcoast Mark Member Find all posts View Profile Close Westcoast Mark]

Thanks mate :-)

[Westcoast Mark Member Find all posts View Profile Close Westcoast Mark]

I spent most of today working on the rear work light/aerial mount.
Managed to get it all mounted up and the light and aerial fitted and their respective cables threaded through the car.
Just need to join the coax and wire up the light and they will be done.



I ran the wire and cable through one of the grommet holes in the rear door.







Also got the wires and coax threaded up the A pillar to where my console will go.
With any luck I'll have the console in and uhf going in a day or two :-)

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Got my roof console all wired and screwed in to place yesterday :-)





I'm not 100% happy with the upholstering, but it was fabric I had on hand and it's functional.

Now it's back to working on getting things ready on the trailer for our trip next month along the Holland Track :-)

[Mattfunk 120 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mattfunk 120]

Nice work Mark

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[Westcoast Mark Member Find all posts View Profile Close Westcoast Mark]

Cheers Matt! :-)

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Just back from a six day trip through the WA goldfields and wheat belt. First trip with the trailer I made and a chance to actually use the Prado as it was intended!
I'm thinking the next mod will be new suspension, the ride was ok but the rear was a bit low with the trailer on and she scraped her rear a few times going through some ditches.

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Gave the old girl a lift this weekend with a new suspension kit. Went with an EFS setup with airbags in the rear coils.

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What are your measurements? Pics????

[Westcoast Mark Member Find all posts View Profile Close Westcoast Mark]

Very good of you to ask :-)

She still had the original suspension, so after nearly 140,000 km it was time for an upgrade. I opted for 100kg springs on the back with airbags to give a softer ride around town and I can add some air when I have the trailer on.

Measurements were taken from the ground through the centre of the hub to the bottom of the guard.

Before: FR 858mm FL 860mm RR 913mm RL 902mm
After: FR 910mm FL 908mm RR 965mm RL 960mm. So about 50mm of lift.

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Are those numbers to the ground? Typically we are measuring from the lip of the rim (17") to the underside of the guard. Front around 800 and rear around 830.

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Yes from the ground as mentioned above. It shouldn't really matter where it is measured from as the margin will be the same unless I changed wheels or altered tyre pressure after fitting?

Anyway, it sits higher then before and thats all that matters :-)

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Just hard to compare to others and it varies greatly with tyre pressure.

[Westcoast Mark Member Find all posts View Profile Close Westcoast Mark]

Fair enough, tyre pressure makes sense. I really only did the measurements for my own interest and doing from the ground was the easiest way :-)

Will take it for a spin tomorrow on some dirt tracks, get a wheel alignment done, then next month we are off for a weeks camping so it will be good to see how she sits with a full trailer.