Introductions

[mjrandom]

Welcome guys.

[Cass]

Hi Guys,

Nathan here from the NSW Riverina.

Model: 2004 120 VX Diesel
Colour: Gold
Accessories: NIL - Toyota Alloy Bullbar, Toyota Roof racks
Wishlist: Lift, UHF, Winch, A/T tyres, Bar work (front, side and rear) GPS and update the head deck.

She is pretty much standard and picked her up interstate. Transferring was a bit of a nightmare but I thought I got a good deal so still think it was worth it. I have since learnt all about seat belts and extractors as I had to clean the middle ones up to get the blue slip passed. I am a total noob when it comes to cars so pulling away interior panels and all was very exciting and also nerve wracking. I am looking forward to learning as much as I can from this forum and taking on as many upgrades as I can myself.

With a brand new Pioneer Camper Trailer on the way in December we have a big trip to Perth and back planned for January. Will get some basic safety gear and communication upgrades done before getting into the suspension, lift and bar work.

We have a 7 month old daughter and figured the best upbringing any Australian kid can get is that of as much outdoors and Australian exploration as possible.

The wife and I have travelled the world so now we are excited to travel the our very own Australian Backyard.

Looking forward to what our 4x4 and this forum brings!

[Mattfunk 120]

Nice one Ben . You Must be excited. Welcome

[Bschotty]

Hi all,

Ben here from Sunshine Coast QLD.

Picked up my stock standard 120 series GXL last week. Nice clean car. Pretty basic at the moment. Poor thing's been restricted to a life of trips to the grocery store from the looks of it. Time to liberate it! Should be a weapon by the time I'm done with it!

Model: 2007 120 GXL V6 Petrol
5 speed auto
Colour: Dark Grey
Accessories: Absolutely nothing...yet!
First purchase was a set of BFG KO2 A/T's yesterday. 265/70 R17's.
Phillips Xtreme Vision Plus 130 halogens going in tonight.
Booked in for ARB deluxe bar and rear air locker in two weeks, all ordered but they had to ship the bar up from Melbourne.
From there hoping to get EFS 40mm lift kit (100kg) in the next few weeks.

That'll get things started. After that I'll be chipping away at my wish list:
- Alloy Trade Rack
- Korr LED bar
- ARB underbody guards
- side rock sliders
- Runva winch for the bar
- Awning
- Cargo barrier

Had the prado a week now and love it! Been waiting a long time to get a 120. First true 4wd I've had for a few years and can't wait to get back off road!
Looking forward to getting the family over to Fraser and Moreton!

Big thanks to those running the forum, seems like a great community!

Cheers,

- Ben

[Rusty62]

Hello Bec
Please update your location and vehicle details. Qld is a large state.

Rusty.

[rooboy]

Hey Bec, welcome to the forum.

I am a 120 owner myself and have found so much information on this site. Ask away and someone will give you the right advice i'm sure.

Enjoy

[ntp]

Bump.

For all new members - introduce yourself here and welcome to the best forum around.

[Bec2002]

Hello fellow prado lovers...

Hey everyone, just signed up so I suppose I should introduce myself...

Name- Bec

Model: GXL Turbo Diesel
Year: 2006
Colour: Black
Accessories: NIL
Wishlist: Lift, Awning, UHF, Bullbar, GPS and update the head deck.

She is pretty much standard other that some Mickey Thompson AT33's

Have plans to do a lift pretty soon and maybe get an awning up too.

Look forward to seeing you all around the forums

[Goggo]

Hey Dean from Narangba, Qld
Model: Prado 150 GXL D4D
Year: 2010
Colour: Graphite
Accessories: ARB deluxe bulbar, TJM gold 2 inch lift kit, Great White led lightbar, Cooper AT3 tyres, Rhino Pioneer platform, Hema HN7, Uniden 8080 uhf, Glind shower, 2 x 40ltr Engel fridges, Red arc dual battery system, snorkel, ARB awning, shovel holder on roof rack, rear drop down table.
Wishlist: more cool stuff

Cheers Dean

[ILLO]

Hello from Spain,

After nearly a couple of years lurking and learning I thought it was time to say hello to everybody down under.
My name is Javier, I live in Madrid, and I am the proud owner of a 2003 Prado 120. The specs here are a bit different. Mine is the KDJ120 VX auto 3.0 diesel 163hp with no rear air suspension. It has 95.000km on the clock and in 12 years it has given me nothing but joy and happiness.

Well, the children are growing up and I have more time for myself. So I thought I would make it off road worthy and enjoy it with my mates. The build up is still VERY BASIC but it will hopefully start looking like a proper 4x4 very soon. For that I might need your expert advice...
Here it is:

General Grabber AT 265/65 R17
3mm aluminium Hoffman spacers
8mm aluminium skid/bash plate
4x 10,000lb rated recovery point
NTDD power chip. Now 196hp
Rhino Rack bars
TTI881 cb radio
Front suspension spacer lift. Now front 770mm and rear 780mm
2x fire extinguishers
Viair 400p
TREDs 1100
2x spare tires
Hand made awning
Tinted windows
Trasharoo bag
Jerry cans and water can
Kinetic ropes an shackels
Diff breathers
...
...

Earlier this year I took a trip to Morocco and needless to say I can not wait to go back. I realized that I need a snorkel and a new suspension. So I got a Safari snorkel and I am getting a complete OME 2" suspension very soon. Not quite sure wich one. Will ask you very soon

Well, that's enough from me. Just new at this but if I can help with anything else I will be only too happy to do so.
I have had the pleasure to visit Australia many times, Perth, Brisbane, Sidney and I love it.

Cheers,

Javier

[mjrandom]

Welcome guys.

[Benno1000]

Hi All,

I am new to the forum. I recently purchased myself a new Prado, which I take delivery of next week (very excited). It was time to part with my trusty Landcruiser 80 series as she was getting tired. I have recently been viewing posts on this forum and kept coming back more and more. So I figured I would join up.
We (myself and my wife) are heading up to Queensland for a road trip over the Christmas holiday period from Victoria and will be looking for pet friendly places to stay along the way. I'm also hoping to put a few accessories on the truck before we go. I have already organised an ARB Deluxe bull bar through the dealership I bought the truck from, had a towbar fitted, rubber floor mats all round, cargo mat and canvas seat covers front and 2nd row fitted. Now i'm depleted of funds !!

Model: GXL T/D
Year: 2015
Colour: Glacier White
Accessories: Arb deluxe bar, All Genuine Toyota items - rubber mats f/r, rubber cargo mat, canvas seat covers f/r, bonnet protector, headlight covers, towbar
Wish list:
-Dual battery system
-Snorkel
-Driving/Spot Lights
-BFG all terrain tyres (because I have had a really good run out of them on previous truck)
- 2 inch lift
- roof rack
- uhf radio
- Secondary fuel filter ( I hear conflicting things about this)
I really could keep going here.........

I am open to views and opinions about all of the above mentioned, including good places to stay.

Look forward to hearing different feedback

Thanks !!!

[Froggy84]

Hi all,

Just joined this great forum but have been visiting for a few weeks now. It was interesting joining in the same week that a new PM was elected. The confirmation question I have to answer when registering was "what is the surname of the current Australian Prime Minister?" according to pradopoint its still Tony Abbott

Anyway, my wife and I just had our first baby and my 2 door Hilux won't cut it any more for holiday trips so I naturally decided to move to a Prado Here's the details:

Model: Kakadu Petrol
Year: 2009
Colour: White Pearl
Accessories: Toyota tow bar, 3D vinyl mats, 'Wet seat' covers, booter cargo liner
Wishlist: Dual Batteries/battery box, roof racks, ARB Sahara bar, intensity LED Driving lights, AT tyre upgrade

I've been driving the car for three weeks now and am really happy with it. It gets better fuel economy than my hilux so can't complain. First beach trip is next weekend! I'll have a go at putting a picture below but not sure if it'll work.



Cheers

[StevenD]

Hi Ian , thanks for your welcome

Am in Highfields too !

[Losso]

Oh yeah, and some spotties. and probably a UHF to listen to truckies and lollipop men when I'm bored. Probably a snorkel for reasons, and if it fits in the garage, IF (just barely now) ... a roof rack.