2018 Prado

[krypto]

Without doubt most of my use will be on tarmac but there will be plenty (hopefully) of times driving up and down beaches. At some point when I dont care about damage I'll take it to the interior of Fraser Island, but that'll be a couple years down the line.

Standard rims on the GXL are 17" - is there going to be a tremendous difference between those and the 18" on the VX & Kakadu?

The tyres on 17" rims bag out better for use on sand than 18".

[bigowenb]

Think i've extracted just about as much as the dealers are prepared to give.......Kakadu in Crystal Pearl/Black interior for $85,182 drive-away with the following Toyota accessories fitted.....Tow pack, Nudge bar, Aero roof bars, rubber Cargo mat, carpet front and middle row mats, Bonnet protector, tint 2 front windows and slimline number plates. Pretty happy with this considering RRP including accessories is $95,000+ and model was only released last week and is in short supply. Delivery early next week

[Phs]

Bigger rims mean your tyres will also cost more, a large cost factor over the life of the vehicle.

Yup, they Surly are painfully expensive and come with a lack of options, even less if you want somthing with a rim protector
420 a corner for STMaxx in a 265/65r18 ( 31.8" ). One outting with 18s factory rubber cost me a rim, no chance buying a new one from Toyota there like 1400 each.

But I am persevering with 18s in the size above, hopfully that tyre rim protector does the job

[Snouto]

Where are you getting these prices from? My local dealer is quoting us $67990 drive away GXL, that’s a huge difference, please tell us which dealer??

I'll happily divulge once I've secured my motor at these prices!

[Snouto]

It really depends on what you are buying the Prado for. Any driving on rough corrugations, dirt, rocks, sand and general 4WD use will benefit from high profile tyres.

Just looking at the 4WDs in the carpark at the 4WD show this weekend, many of which have never been off-road, it seems that a lot of Prados are bought for general driving and 18 inch tyres are fine for that. Along the same line I have seen a 200 series in my area running 22 inch mags and low profile tyres so I guess its horses for courses.

Without doubt most of my use will be on tarmac but there will be plenty (hopefully) of times driving up and down beaches. At some point when I dont care about damage I'll take it to the interior of Fraser Island, but that'll be a couple years down the line.

Standard rims on the GXL are 17" - is there going to be a tremendous difference between those and the 18" on the VX & Kakadu?

[Spaej001]

$62990 before haggle for a gxl with metallic, $73000 for a vx with metallic. Those are me quotes to date

Where are you getting these prices from? My local dealer is quoting us $67990 drive away GXL, that’s a huge difference, please tell us which dealer??

[krypto]

It would presumably mean a slightly lower profile on the tyres for 18”, and for serious off road you probably want as much rubber as you can get (but like you I’m not experienced in the matter, just seems logic to me). Dunlop ATs are fitted on the new models, 265 width but I didn’t check the profile between vx/Kakadu and the gxl.

It really depends on what you are buying the Prado for. Any driving on rough corrugations, dirt, rocks, sand and general 4WD use will benefit from high profile tyres.

Just looking at the 4WDs in the carpark at the 4WD show this weekend, many of which have never been off-road, it seems that a lot of Prados are bought for general driving and 18 inch tyres are fine for that. Along the same line I have seen a 200 series in my area running 22 inch mags and low profile tyres so I guess its horses for courses.

[Snouto]

I can see how the 18" would be better for city/hwy driving, but not ideal for offroad I would have thought. Although I am not very experinced in this, so I could be very wrong.

It would presumably mean a slightly lower profile on the tyres for 18”, and for serious off road you probably want as much rubber as you can get (but like you I’m not experienced in the matter, just seems logical to me). Dunlop ATs are fitted on the new models, 265 width but I didn’t check the profile between vx/Kakadu and the gxl.

[Snouto]

Did anyone get out on the weekend to dealerships and discuss drive away prices? Cheapest so far Ive heard of is $62,900 drive away for GXL in Silver.

$62990 before haggle for a gxl with metallic, $73000 for a vx with metallic. Those are my quotes to date

[Snouto]

Bigger rims mean your tyres will also cost more, a large cost factor over the life of the vehicle.

True but how much are we talking about, $100 extra for a set of four?

[Rorz]

Did anyone get out on the weekend to dealerships and discuss drive away prices? Cheapest so far Ive heard of is $62,900 drive away for GXL in Silver.

[Mushie]

....., and when you consider the nicer alloys on the vx ......

I can see how the 18" would be better for city/hwy driving, but not ideal for offroad I would have thought. Although I am not very experinced in this, so I could be very wrong.

[prado R83D]

Bigger rims mean your tyres will also cost more, a large cost factor over the life of the vehicle.

[Snouto]

I've no doubt you'll be very happy with the VX......that auto fading rear view mirror is worth its weight in gold!!...they're brilliant. Don't believe there's any after market version of the KDSS, if there is it would be expensive!

That’s what I thought would be the case. Some form of uprated shocks will have to do for me further down the line, when the car is at least a couple of years old and I’m less concerned about bumping it around off road!

[Snouto]

Would you buy the VX over an optioned GXL ?
I'd think for the coin it's a leather optioned GXL or KAK

I would, and in fact I plan to. The gxl with leather isn’t as good as the vx with leather IMO (see my earlier post), and when you consider the nicer alloys on the vx plus the other extras, spending the extra $11k to the vx is not such a bad idea. Obviously if you can afford the Kakadu it’s the one to go for, but it’s quite the financial jump from a gxl.