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  • #16
    Originally posted by stevensr34 View Post
    I believe the above characteristics allow me to "diss" it as much as I want! I could have a new Prado and a spare for this money.
    Well yeah, but you would loose more than some rear shocks if you took your new Prado out of the show room straight onto the CSR.

    Give credit where credit is due. The G-wagon is a better off roader than your new Prado and its spare put together.
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    • #17
      Front tyres 265/60 R18
      Rear tyres 265/60 R18

      Those tyre sizes tell a bit of the story as to why the shocks failed, even if they were smart enough to run low pressures, a low profile tyre won't soak up the bumps as well as a higher profile tyre.


      Originally posted by williade View Post
      Well yeah, but you would loose more than some rear shocks if you took your new Prado out of the show room straight onto the CSR.

      Give credit where credit is due. The G-wagon is a better off roader than your new Prado and its spare put together.
      Now I should say that I know nothing about the off road ability of the Merc, but i would back a standard Prado to do the canning and make it in one piece. I know people that have done it in a standard Hilux and another in a standard Triton and survived without a single issue, the Prado is at least as good as those to IMO.

      My boss has an ML500 mercedes (pretend 4WD) and that thing is a piece of shit, and was over 120k when new I believe.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by AJ120 View Post
        Front tyres 265/60 R18
        Rear tyres 265/60 R18 ...
        ....low profile tyre won't soak up the bumps as well as a higher profile tyre.
        60 is hardly low profile. It's the same tyre as the kakadu has.



        Originally posted by AJ120 View Post
        My boss has an ML500 mercedes (pretend 4WD) and that thing is a piece of shit, and was over 120k when new I believe.
        Agreed, ML class is shit.
        [B]Declan[/B]: [SIZE=1]1997 GXL 4.5 Auto 80 series on [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], ARB bullbar, 2" OME lift, 32" MTZ, GME UHF, rear ARB locker, Kaymar spare wheel carrier[/SIZE]
        [B]PLANNED[/B]: [SIZE=1]3 or 4" suspension lift, 2" body lift (maybe), winch, 35" MTZ + roadies, front locker, sliders, cylinder head rebuilt for [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], Garret [COLOR="#4499ff"][B]Turbocharger[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]

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        • #19
          Originally posted by williade View Post
          60 is hardly low profile.
          Um, no. 60 IS low profile. 40/35/30 are ultra low profile.

          Agree that the G-Wagens should have had spare shocks, maybe they did, and they have been blown too? Rather than bring in replacement factory items they should have got some billies under there...
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          • #20
            Originally posted by williade View Post
            60 is hardly low profile. It's the same tyre as the kakadu has.
            I rest my case

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            • #21
              The tyres should have been 70 profile.
              Perhaps the FJ should have been the support vehicle.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by amts View Post
                The tyres should have been 70 profile.
                Perhaps the FJ should have been the support vehicle.
                most def ... LOL
                Ok, I now drive an FJ Cruiser but did have an 90 series Prado for 11 years and before that, 4Runners from 1985.

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                • #23
                  this would be REALLY FUNNY if the australian army hadn't just ordered a shipload of them. the article im reading from is an excerpt from my local rag but it says for the full report go to www.drive.com.au . oh and theyre really cheap too at $161,680 or $40,000 more for the diesel . there is a reason they call it toyota country .
                  03 grande v6 , with added stuff that makes it go places . RTFM people !
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by kav View Post
                    this would be REALLY FUNNY if the australian army hadn't just ordered a shipload of them.
                    Actually, if you read the article, the only one that didn't kill its shockers was the military spec one, so the Army should be ok.
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                    • #25
                      the ADF vehicles are very different to the road going versions.
                      2011 150series GXL

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                      • #26
                        imagine if you could get a military spec land cruiser or prado . how tuff would that be ?
                        03 grande v6 , with added stuff that makes it go places . RTFM people !
                        founding member of the " you don't need all that crap on a prado association "
                        "you only use 15% of your brain " Einstein . " so why not burn off the other 85% " Cheech & Chong .
                        petrol , petrol ,petrol , you know it makes sense ! im kavpetrolbitch

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by kav View Post
                          imagine if you could get a military spec land cruiser or prado . how tuff would that be ?
                          Well if Merc's interpretation of a mil-spec vehicle is a properly modified suspension:
                          It will be met by the only vehicle in the expedition to not suffer a failure - a military-specification G-Wagen station wagon with a modified suspension similar to the 1800 vehicles currently being delivered to the Australian Defence Force.
                          then many modded PP Prados in the rig build up section would be considered mil-spec.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by kav View Post
                            imagine if you could get a military spec land cruiser or prado . how tuff would that be ?
                            My baby is military spec ;p
                            Just waiting on the amts anti landmine calibur bash plates lol
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                            • #29
                              Good to see that they come with a really universally available tyre size: 265/60R18. I wonder how many of those are stocked at the Wiluna repair shop. Oh, that's right, Wiluna doesn't have a repair shop. You'll have to talk to the guy at Leonora and see if the dudes in Kalgoorlie can organize for some new tyres to be shipped up from Perth (ex Sydney).
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                              • #30
                                Completed at last ....phew !!!!

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