Who still has their 90 or 95 series prado

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

My 2000 GXL has done ~ 390k and is still grinding along.

No speed demon anymore and the long slow hwy hills kill it but it's still a weapon the tracks in low range ;-)

[nikthebest3 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close nikthebest3]

ahh thats good to hear! 475k is alot of kms! just wanted to see how many people have their prados still, not many people post threads anymore, and also like im a mechanic at toyota here in Perth so parts are cheap as chips for me... thinking of doing a dual-battery system on my v6, but the time and parts...

[lindamc Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close lindamc]

We have ours, bought 2 years ago. It's a 98 petrol auto, and has 200k on the clock. We love her very much It had 110000k on it when we bought it.
We have had our mechanic change parts that needed doing ie tie rods, radiator, and we have also added EFS suspension, roof rack, dual batteries, snorkel, uhf radio, spotties HID, and a light bar.

[nikthebest3 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close nikthebest3]

ahhh not bad at all!! I love my car too, just when i turn it off, and sortof go underneath the car when i just turned it off, i can smell fuel, dunno if thats normal or not..

[Walky88 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Walky88]

Owned my 97 Prado V6 for about 4 months and just drove to sydney and back to brissie without skipping a beat.

I have done a lot of repairs myself (mechanic) mainly for reliability not cosmetic. It is the wifeys daily.

But the cosmetics begin soon

[JKAF Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JKAF]

Bought my turbo diesel in 2000 brand new. Fast approaching 370,000km and still going strong.
It's my daily commute as well as getting off road as often as I can.

[nikthebest3 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close nikthebest3]

Ahhh thats good, glad to hear that people! dual battery mod is what ill be doing shorty, but first i have to fix my leaking diff

[baders Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close baders]

Still have my old girl. Bought it new in 1996 and it has just over 180K on the clock. As you can see from signature, she's a bit different now compared to when it rolled off the line Been over a year and still love that supercharger whine :evil:

Build thread here;

http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...Build-Up/page3

[nikthebest3 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close nikthebest3]

Nicely done Baders!! Should do that with mine once the used car warrenty runs out, lol

[andyroo54 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close andyroo54]

Im thinking of buying one a 1997 GXL I'm just worried because I read when they crash tested the drive shaft punctured the fuel tank and made a massive leak.. now I'm reading that the ball joints fail and cause the suspension to collapse!!!? Sounds like a deadly mixture to me?? The recall for ball joints doesnt seem to mention 97 models only 2001-2001?

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

Im thinking of buying one a 1997 GXL I'm just worried because I read when they crash tested the drive shaft punctured the fuel tank and made a massive leak.. now I'm reading that the ball joints fail and cause the suspension to collapse!!!? Sounds like a deadly mixture to me?? The recall for ball joints doesnt seem to mention 97 models only 2001-2001?

Never heard of the driveshaft puncturing the fuel tank.
With the ball joint setup. Most cars on the road would suffer catastrophic steering failure if the bottom ball joint were to collapse. Most cars support the lower suspension arm off the lower ball joint, Falcons, Commodores, Camry's etc just to name a few. (I see broken Falcon ball joints on a near daily basis)
Prado's are no more prone to breaking ball joints than any other vehicle, and certainly a lot less prone to than most.
I hope that alleviates your fears a little.

Regards, Jason.

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

Yeah I wouldn't worry about it so much. My rig is still running on original lower ball joints and it's pushed hard. I did replace the uppers once but it was easy to detect the wearing issue before anything drastic occurred.

[nikthebest3 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close nikthebest3]

Yeah, they did have a rear axle shaft recall and balljoint recalls for the 90 series prado, 2000 models and before...
I work at Toyota so i know all this

[Ken in Cairns Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ken in Cairns]

Yep still have mine, and it's going strong since I gave it some TLC
Total rebuild of the suspension new everything.
New front CV's.
New cam belt and service work.
Rebuild all the brakes, stops like a champion now.
Still a bit to do though isn't there always
Just gone over 190,000 klicks LOL

[St3veC Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close St3veC]

Yep! 2002 Rv6 @ 345,000kms and still going well.