2018 Prado

[Snouto]

never an issue, fine brush and touch up paint, cannot even notice, when i had the dark car i lived in hell.... lol

Hergy

I suppose what i'm getting at is: what's the difference? I can just as easily touch up dark paint as light paint. Any more light you can shed on this will be useful to me, cheers

[REN470]

the only thing worse than a DPF issue is watching that wankers video - how annoying.

[bigowenb]

Does the new prado have a manual DPF burn button?

No......but they now give you a colourful laminated card with the Owners Manual on what to do if the warning light comes on (drive at least 60kms/h for 30mins). If this doesn't work go to a dealer. The wife's Hilux is now 10months old with 15,000kms on the clock and we've had no issues, probably because it gets a good run a few times a week.....i've heard many times that a blocked DPF is a symptom, not the problem! An interesting video to watch is this one https://autoexpert.com.au/posts/the-...s-dpf-problems by John Cadogan on the issue.

[Snouto]

That's exactly what i was thinking you'd say as i wrote the post......my humblest apologies.

Hah it’s all good, the big K was just a tad out of my price range so nothing I can do about it. It does sound a lot better though

[prado R83D]

Does the new prado have a manual DPF burn button?

[Corigator]

You mean LED highbeam is worse than the previous helogen? I saw some lc200 bi-led headlamp, that's very close to an aftermarket spotlight.

Are you sure its a weak high beam - or is the low beam so bright that the high beam has little extra to offer? I fitted LED to my 120 and that seems to be the case with it.

[hergy]

Surely with stone chips you'd be hitting the primer and revealing a dark patch on a white car? Either way we live in the big bad city so hopefully not an issue.... for now.

never an issue, fine brush and touch up paint, cannot even notice, when i had the dark car i lived in hell.... lol

Hergy

[bigowenb]

I wish you hadn't told me this....

That's exactly what i was thinking you'd say as i wrote the post......my humblest apologies.

[bigowenb]

is the nudge bar very solid??

Hergy

Yes, very solid......in the past the Toyota Nudge bars have been alloy and mounted at one point on each side......these new ones have 2 mounting points each side using good sized steel brackets and large diameter Stainless Steel tube. As i've mentioned before, the only thing i'm disappointed with is the way the parking sensors are installed and lack of some sort of cover over the original number plate position on the bumper.....both these problems i've already worked out how i'm going to fix.

[Snouto]

Had my first play with the Kakadu's Driving Mode Select today. Mindful of only having 300km's on the clock decided to try it out. There are 3 buttons with 5 selections.....Comfort, Eco, Normal, Sport S & Sport S+......didn't bother trying the Comfort(softens suspension) or Eco(maximises low fuel consumption). Pressed the Sport S button(maximises engine and transmission response) and WOW!!! It's like cracking a whip, completely different Prado to drive, it's incredible the extra acceleration response from the engine and transmission! Then pressed the button again and it goes into Sport S+(maximises engine, transmission, steering and suspension response)......BLOODY HELL!! now that's FUN to drive!!! Driving Mode Select + KDSS......makes it worth every cent spent on the Kakadu, only criticism is it defaults back to Normal mode after every re-start.

I wish you hadn't told me this....

[Snouto]

scratches, stone chips, will be a major issue, i been there and done that, and bloody regreted it. Now we always buy white, or crystal pearl......

Hergy

Surely with stone chips you'd be hitting the primer and revealing a dark patch on a white car? Either way we live in the big bad city so hopefully not an issue.... for now.

[bigowenb]

No. Married for 36 years, just sensible...lol...... Black will be ok for the urban jungle, take the car bush and you will see what i mean.....

Hergy

Opps.....you've beat me by 2 years...lol

[hergy]

Yes we live out of town and do a lot of rural driving also, i've always avoided a bulbar, don't really like them even though i've had a lot of close calls with the roos......that's why some decent driving lights are on the Chrissy wish list now.

is the nudge bar very solid??

Hergy

[bigowenb]

cant wait till i get mine in February, altough the high Beam issue has me concerned, we do alot of country night driving.

Hergy

Yes we live out of town and do a lot of rural driving also, i've always avoided a bulbar, don't really like them even though i've had a lot of close calls with the roos......that's why some decent driving lights are on the Chrissy wish list now.

[hergy]

Scratches and dirty, yes?

scratches, stone chips, will be a major issue, i been there and done that, and bloody regreted it. Now we always buy white, or crystal pearl......

Hergy