Gramps 05 GXL

[Razorback81]

Cheers, can you send me a pm with the details?

done PM sent

[foxclan]

Oops my bad.

Guess I can't do two things at once!

Thanks for the heads-up Tony.

2 E-Z
Regards
Fritz..

[Gramps]

Hey Gramps
i just found a really good detailer if your too lazy to do your own clean
he was her for nearly 10hrs and was $200 awesome job

Cheers, can you send me a pm with the details?

[Gramps]

Hi "Dave"
The extra effort put in rotating the previous rubber has paid off , clicking over 100k..
Gold Star mate!
Hope you get similar figures from the new set.
Cheers
Tom

Thanks Tom,
Because 5000k's comes around quickly, it was a good excuse to buy a rattle gun and compressor.
Any excuse will do I suppose.

[Razorback81]

Hey Gramps
i just found a really good detailer if your too lazy to do your own clean
he was her for nearly 10hrs and was $200 awesome job

[120D4D]

Oops my bad.

Guess I can't do two things at once!

Thanks for the heads-up Tony.

[foxclan]

Hi "Dave"
The extra effort put in rotating the previous rubber has paid off , clicking over 100k..
Gold Star mate!
Hope you get similar figures from the new set.
Cheers
Tom

[Gramps]

Not as extroverted as some. I can think of 1 member of the SA group that isn't backward in coming forward

What's your thoughts on durability of these tyres? I remember the AT's chipped easily when I was in the Flinders when they were quite new, hoping this set doesn't follow that trend.

[120D4D]

Nice work Dave, I've been running them on the new 150 for around 18 months and love 'em.

They're a bit squirmy initially but the settle down and a very smooth and quiet around town...

Mine have the white letters in though, so clearly you're an extrovert!

[Gramps]

New Shoes

Well after 5 years of ownership and 101,000km's it was time to fit some new tyres. I put the old BFG AT's on pretty much as soon as I picked up the prado in 2012, so to get 101,000km's out of them is a pretty good effort. I put the high mileage down to rotating all 5 every 5,000km's.

After ringing around a few dealers I jumped on to Tyresales.com.au and saw a bargain, BFG KO2 for $305 each. Thankyou, I'll take 5. They were shipped out to my local Tyre Plus within 2 days and I had them fitted this morning. The cheapest from a dealer was $315 and no-one could match the quoted $305. I'm really happy with the look and there is no noticeable noise around town.



Now she just needs a wash and polish.

[Gramps]

Forgive me Pradopoint, it has been 2 months since I posted.

So, the old girl just clocked up 200,000 k's. Still running beautifully.


Recently added a digital dual battery monitor in the centre console. Bought it off eBay and I think the buyer is a fellow Pradopoint member. Gotta say the item is top notch and the after sales service is beyond awesome. I had a couple of issues which were sorted out via a few emails with the seller.
This monitor just slots into one of the blanks with just a touch of filing.

[Gramps]

Thanks Troy.
It is a hell of a fridge, a lot of room for beverages. Will be testing it over the next week with an interstate trip so I'll see what affect it has on the 2nd battery.

[foxclan]

Good job Gramps
That ARB fridge is one big mutha!
Also looked at your above post about your rear door table, very nice.
Cheers
Troy

[Gramps]

Got around to finishing my rear setup. Just wanted to keep it simple and have the fridge next to the drawer. It's bolted down via 4 bolts in the floor and 1 bolt to the drawer using a T nut. In the future I will be making up a bracket to lock it into the 3rd row seat latch on the right hand side.
78L ARB fridge sitting on an ARB fridge slide. I'll get it carpeted at some stage, but for the moment, black will have to do.

Apologies for the 1st photo, it's rotated correctly everywhere I view it except here.

[Gramps]

Rear Door Table

Well, I finally got around to taking a couple of shots of my revamped table. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, just have to see how it goes with the fridge slide pulled out. If my measurements are correct, I should be ok.