Introductions

[Muddles Member Find all posts View Profile Close Muddles]

Hi All,

My name is Muddles i am currently going through the process of buying a new Prado.

I have my sights set on
D4D GXL Auto
Silver
Option pack 1
Sovereign Bullbar
Snorkel
Tow Bar
Possibly reversing sensors depending on veiw of people who have them

Any other suggestion welcome

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

Welcome to the forum muddles. have you considered fitting an ARB steel bullbar rather than a factory sov alloy bull bar. Better frontal protection for the same price. The arb bar comes with a rated front recovery point as well as protection skid plate for the radiator. Something for your to consider before signing on the dotted line.

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

Hi muddles. I have got reversing sensors and while they have saved me a couple of times, I think for around the cost of the reversing sensors you could upgrade the headunit to something like the polaris with a reversing camera and have a GPS system as well :lol:

Cheers,
Kevin

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

gday muddles and welcome to prado point...

joey

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

I agree with Kevin's comment. I went for the reversing sensors because they work really well on my E series but the Toyota ones aren't as good. I get spurious signals and if I fit my Treg hitch (no trailer) the things go beserk in reverse. For the $400 I would have been better off with an aftermarket head unit (which I am thinking of anyway) with camera, GPS etc etc.

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

Hi Muddles,
Welcome to the forum. I see you are getting a snorkle, so to me that indicates that you plan to be off road in water. Without scaring you, tyre upgrade would be your main attraction.
As you can see by the forum you can spend a squilion dollars and still not have everything. It all depends on where you hope to drive the chariot.

[Muddles Member Find all posts View Profile Close Muddles]

Hi Plucker,

I had thought of that. Going to run the vehicle in on the stock rubber supplied then looking at either Bridgestones or BFG's will see what i prefer when the time comes

cheers
muddles

[MDS69 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close MDS69]

Hi All, a newbie here.
I joined a couple of weeks ago but have been reading for a few months. Love this place, it has so much information. I would dearly love to buy a new 120 series but I am thinking we will not be financially ready unitl at least the end of the year. Already got the colour and basic first up accessories picked :lol: :lol: .
Have driven a new petrol and even the wife liked driving it :wink: . Also drove a new D4D auto and couldn't believe how well it cruises off from the lights. Would go the D4D but can't justify the extra up front cost for the amount of km's we would do a year.
Anyway you may hear from me time to time asking all sorts of silly questions to learn more about these wonderful machines.

Mark.

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

Welcome along Chris.

If you don't mind a 2009 delivery ...order a new D4D :lol: :lol:

If you want to get ya bum into a Prado sooner you may want to look at some of the great 2nd hand units around. There's even a few D4D's, with low K's on the clock, starting to turn up in car yards .... buggered if I know why - I certainly couldn't see myself getting rid of one. :shock: :?

Cheers
Chippy

Cheers mate, thanks for the welcome. I'm currently in an 06 Impreza STI & looking at a new Prado. Bit disappointed to be honest after reading about the delivery waiting period. I set myself today on a new black GXL petrol. Looks like now it's back to the used car dealers....

Chris, if you are after a petrol their won't be the wait like the diesel, we got ours within two weeks.

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

Welcome along Chris.

If you don't mind a 2009 delivery ...order a new D4D :lol: :lol:

If you want to get ya bum into a Prado sooner you may want to look at some of the great 2nd hand units around. There's even a few D4D's, with low K's on the clock, starting to turn up in car yards .... buggered if I know why - I certainly couldn't see myself getting rid of one. :shock: :?

Cheers
Chippy

Cheers mate, thanks for the welcome. I'm currently in an 06 Impreza STI & looking at a new Prado. Bit disappointed to be honest after reading about the delivery waiting period. I set myself today on a new black GXL petrol. Looks like now it's back to the used car dealers....

Chris, if you are after a petrol their won't be the wait like the diesel, we got ours within two weeks.

Cheers mate, I've been told the same thing by the dealer. Depending on colour of course (white or silver I could have this week). I want a charcoal grey one, will be placing the order tomorrow. Apparently worse case scenario I'll be getting into it early - mid April.

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

My Introduction

Hi there,

My name is Stuart Johnson. I live in Budgewoi on the NSW Central Coast (around an hour from northern Sydney and 30 minutes south of Newcastle). I work from home 3 days a week and 2 days a week I work up at Taylors Beach - which is just off Stockton Beach (no prizes for guessing what I do at lunch time!).

I bought my Prado new in 2006. It's my first 4WD and I'm loving it! My wife and I are active members of our local 4WD club, and we constantly do outings with other 4WD owners (usually to the Wattagans, Stockton, Myall Lakes and Gloucester/Barrington). Stockton is by far my favourite place, but I do like getting the car muddy as well.

So, to use the template designed in the first post of this thread...

Model: 120 Series GXL (Petrol)
Year: 2006
Colour: Dark Grey (won't be doing that again!)
Accessories: Factory bullbar, tow bar, 2x 170 LightForce, GME 3400, Mickey Thomson MTX, rhino racks & basket, GPS/Sat Nav (TomTom and OzExplorer), 240v inverter
Wishlist: Snorkel, locker, 2" lift kit

My wifes name is Jo (Joleen) and we have an (almost) 3 year old son, Alex. We all love getting out and exploring, driving and camping.

Hopefully I'll get to meet a few of you over the coming weeks and months. I'm trying to organise a Blacksmith Beach trip soon, so if you're interested in an easy day trip, give me a shout.

Thanks for reading!

Stu.

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

Welcome Stu.

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

welcome Stuart

[BJ7475 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close BJ7475]

hey everyone,
just picked up the new prado tonight hoping to get away tomorrow for drive excellent forum so much useful info can't wait to get km's under our belts

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

welcome aboard BJ7475, this is a great forum with heaps of good info, just remember to use the search button to look for info, before creating any new posts.

Enjoy you new ride, i promise, you will be in love tomorrow with your prado after a few klms under its belt.