08 td Grande Arrived

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Finally got my 2008 TD Pearl Grande last wednesday and what a great car it is, very happy.
5 month wait, was worth every minute

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

glad to hear it.
so what's happening first to it (mods)
come on, share

[D4D-GXL Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D-GXL]

I bet that the first mod will be the Hilux washer jets. For under $40 it just makes sense.

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2nd item, prado point sticker (for under $2) :?:

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Pics Pics Pics!!!!

Give us waiting for ours somwthing to dream about!

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mods

Have, fitted dual battery with redarc solenoid, fridge wiring, sov bar, cooper atr's, hard spare cover, tinted all windows, headlight bonnet protect, all matts, rear dust deflector.
To be fitted, tow bar and 2 way radio.

I have a GME TX3440 where is the best place to mount this, not much room around

Black widdow draws to go in around 6 weeks.
The vehicle has the Tan interior, what do u guys recommend the grey or the tan draws ????????

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Black widdow draws to go in around 6 weeks.
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Hi Scott, congratulations on finally getting your new Prado. I am sure you will thoroughly enjoy it Re the draws - are you getting the half cargo barrier too? Having recently fitted Black Widow drawers and half cargo barrier to my 08 GXL, I give the following advice:

Make sure you (and your partner) only ever want to use a standard size 40 L fridge (length wise that is) otherwise that shiny new 60L Engle or 80 Litre Waeco will not fit. I Just had the cargo barrier moved forward about 100 mm to fit in the fridge that SWMBO had to have (60L Engle).

Also if you are considering the top storage shelf and center dividing barrier then be aware that this will impact on the height of any fridge you may want to put in the back of your Prado.

cheers,

Jim

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Black widdow draws to go in around 6 weeks.
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Make sure you (and your partner) only ever want to use a standard size 40 L fridge (length wise that is) otherwise that shiny new 60L Engle or 80 Litre Waeco will not fit. I Just had the cargo barrier moved forward about 100 mm to fit in the fridge that SWMBO had to have (60L Engle).

cheers,

Jim

Interesting Jim,

Our 50 litre waeco fits on top of the black widow drawers with the half barrier and some room to spare, (05 TD Prado), wonder if its the fridge the drawers or the car that's different.

Congrats Scott, glad its worth the wait :!:

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Draws

Nah, im getting the standard 2 draw set up with no cargo barrier.
Should i get the tan or grey ???
I have the ivory leather

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the tan might get dirty quicker.
and down the track, if you don't need it, it's probably easier to off load a grey then tan.
it's your new truck, but i think the tan would suit the truck better.
good and bad both ways you look at it.

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Hey Scott,
Keeping in mind the Grande's luxurious interior, it would be a shame to whack the UHF right in front of that sparkling new sat nav screen!
I put my GME UHF in the centre console.
Connect the power from the cigarette lighter, run the wires uder the panelling to the centre console, drill a hole under the base of the console for the wires, pop rivet the cradle in and bob's you're auntie! If you have to take it out in the future it shouldn't leave too much of a mark.

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Pat,

I have a grande and put mine like most people on the fire wall and and remote head under ash tray looks great there.

New GME just has mic so even better.

BIG POINT! Grande has cooler in centre console so i would not put it there. :shock:

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Found a good spot under the steering colum

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Oh yeah, the TX3440 has the remote head so you can put it where you like!
The downside of putting the UHF in the centre console is that you can't do that trick with the storage basket. Oh well...