G'day All,
I used to have a 2007 Hilux SR5 dual cab with all the gear. But my father decided to upgrade to an LC200 GXL so off went the Hilux and I aquired his 2007 120 GXL instead, as it had less km's than the Hilux and a Prado was what I was after lately.
Anyway, after many distractions, I'm finally getting into the fitout. Nearly everything that was in the Hilux is going to go into the Prado. I soon discovered that the Prado isn't as radio-friendly as was the Hilux, in regards to where to put things. But, here I go...
From here, I've been doing my head in...
It's booked in next week at an ARB dealer to have a colour-coded deluxe bar, dual batt and front & rear OME suspension fitted.
Beyond that, I intend fitting:
ARB Compressor
Lightforce Genesis driving lights (halogen - as HID's are not HF friendly)
Codan NGT & 9350
Icom IC-F1010 and RFI CD28
Icom IC-F2010 and Polar 317GC
Icom IC-2820H and Comet SBB5
Motorola Syntrx and RFI AP454
Motorola Spectra W3 and Polar 315CU
Engel 32L fridge
Redarc 360W inverter
Nokia carkit
And so it goes...
In the mean time, I've been finding some places to put things. Firstly, I decided to install the IC-2820H in the roof sunglasses enclosure...
Then where the heck to install a few more control heads...
And the first antenna is born - an RFI AP454 - tuned for 440MHz...
I'm currently doing the joinery and radio transceiver/brick install. More pics tommorrow.
And in case some of you tech heads are wondering, the main DC feed from the planned aux batt is 10mm2 twin and nearly all antenna feeders will be Huber Suhner RG223.
Cheers,
I used to have a 2007 Hilux SR5 dual cab with all the gear. But my father decided to upgrade to an LC200 GXL so off went the Hilux and I aquired his 2007 120 GXL instead, as it had less km's than the Hilux and a Prado was what I was after lately.
Anyway, after many distractions, I'm finally getting into the fitout. Nearly everything that was in the Hilux is going to go into the Prado. I soon discovered that the Prado isn't as radio-friendly as was the Hilux, in regards to where to put things. But, here I go...
From here, I've been doing my head in...
It's booked in next week at an ARB dealer to have a colour-coded deluxe bar, dual batt and front & rear OME suspension fitted.
Beyond that, I intend fitting:
ARB Compressor
Lightforce Genesis driving lights (halogen - as HID's are not HF friendly)
Codan NGT & 9350
Icom IC-F1010 and RFI CD28
Icom IC-F2010 and Polar 317GC
Icom IC-2820H and Comet SBB5
Motorola Syntrx and RFI AP454
Motorola Spectra W3 and Polar 315CU
Engel 32L fridge
Redarc 360W inverter
Nokia carkit
And so it goes...
In the mean time, I've been finding some places to put things. Firstly, I decided to install the IC-2820H in the roof sunglasses enclosure...
Then where the heck to install a few more control heads...
And the first antenna is born - an RFI AP454 - tuned for 440MHz...
I'm currently doing the joinery and radio transceiver/brick install. More pics tommorrow.
And in case some of you tech heads are wondering, the main DC feed from the planned aux batt is 10mm2 twin and nearly all antenna feeders will be Huber Suhner RG223.
Cheers,
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