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Hi all!
I must first give a huge thanks to everyone who has posted their thoughts and ideas on this site. Without everone's hard work and honest input over the numerous pages I would not have had the confidence to do any of these mods. Most things included here you will have seen before, but hopefully some of you will get a few ideas for yourselves, maybe learn from my mistakes or just enjoy browsing over the pictures.
Basically I've been busy chopping, cutting, drinking, welding, sawing, screwing, drinking, gluing, twisting, breaking, bending, drinking, taping, hammering, painting, drilling and basically injuring myself, my bank account and the Prado over the last 12 months. Anyhoo, here's the result...
2004 3.0 turbo diesel. Auto.
Bought it 2nd hand. Already had aluminium Soverign bull bar, tow pack, Rhino bars and old (and slippery) Cooper ATZ's.
I don't have a pic from day one, so here's my first stuck shot. Just put on IPF lights and GME uhf.
First job was to get decent tyres and a lift. Chose Cooper STT's and 40mm EFS suspension. Then windows tinted.
$360 per STT, $1200 for suspension, $360 for windows.
The obligatory nylon cutting board spacer for the 5th wheel.
Free!!! :P
Safari snorkle and DIY car bra (or as I call it, the 'H2O Bro').
Snorkle $600 fitted, tarp and clips $20.
I'll have to mod the car bra so the straps around the mirrors don't take the full pressure from the water hitting the tarp.
(Note the neighbour's cat about to get backed over!!!!!!!!!)
GME TX3200 (i think). I put it in the centre console to keep the cabin tidy. Just a few rivits and then power from the cig lighter up front.
$250 off ebay.
12,000 lb Raiden winch. Has anyone heard of 'Raiden?' I got it of ebay for $399. Import from China. I guess I'll just see what happens.
Had to get the winch cradle from Toyota ($230) and grind a little bit down so it'll fit. I'm still in the process of fitting the cradle onto the Prado.
Here's the solenoid box that comes with it.
I was sorta unimpressed with it so I fabricated a new one (pics to come later).
Dual battery system.
Piranha battery tray, Supercheap solenoid, Bosch deep cycle battery.
Solenoid placed up high in the engine bay.
After running the wires through from the engine bay into the cabin, run them down the side skirting panels and through to the back right panel.
I drilled a couple of holes for the two 12V plugs.
The good 'ol $20 bash plate! I tapered the front so that the front is about 50mm wider than the back. Just cosmetic really. I also put a recovery hook on at the front drivers side. Two high tensile bolts were used but I'll remove this later and replace it with the Outback Ideas recovery point. The hook has worked well in the past but I'd prefer something that could be stronger.
A bug catcher on the front of the grille. This was on when I bought it. Works well, but I've taken it off in the past and it does leave a mark/stain on the chrome finish.
Then came my biggest mod...
Rear drawers!!!! I went a bit overboard. Spent $550, but also took out 2nd row seats and made a shelf behind the driver and passenger seats.
A big thanks once again goes to all those who uploaded pics on this site. I've basically copied (quite badly in many places) many ideas and put in a few of my own. They're still in the product development stage, but I'm pretty much done. Still yet to do the drivers side hidey hole panel.
Put in a central divider.
Not the greatest welds. With a bit luck they should hold!
Anchored to the floor using the turn-buckle idea. Also two brackets for the 12v camp light.
Used bearings for drawer action.
Used the steel rod idea for side panel.
Just push down and it clips into place.
Then squeeze your fat digit into the hole, push the orange thingo underneath and it'll pop off again.
Then I made another little shelf for old times sakes!
It all works pretty well. No holes were drilled in the car at all. Even the cargo carrier (allbeit maybe illegal) was modified to fit without drilling. $101 off ebay.
That might do me for the time being, as I've got the ARB tradesman roof rack coming this week. Need to fork out $1150 for it!
Cheers guys and girls.
I must first give a huge thanks to everyone who has posted their thoughts and ideas on this site. Without everone's hard work and honest input over the numerous pages I would not have had the confidence to do any of these mods. Most things included here you will have seen before, but hopefully some of you will get a few ideas for yourselves, maybe learn from my mistakes or just enjoy browsing over the pictures.
Basically I've been busy chopping, cutting, drinking, welding, sawing, screwing, drinking, gluing, twisting, breaking, bending, drinking, taping, hammering, painting, drilling and basically injuring myself, my bank account and the Prado over the last 12 months. Anyhoo, here's the result...
2004 3.0 turbo diesel. Auto.
Bought it 2nd hand. Already had aluminium Soverign bull bar, tow pack, Rhino bars and old (and slippery) Cooper ATZ's.
I don't have a pic from day one, so here's my first stuck shot. Just put on IPF lights and GME uhf.
First job was to get decent tyres and a lift. Chose Cooper STT's and 40mm EFS suspension. Then windows tinted.
$360 per STT, $1200 for suspension, $360 for windows.
The obligatory nylon cutting board spacer for the 5th wheel.
Free!!! :P
Safari snorkle and DIY car bra (or as I call it, the 'H2O Bro').
Snorkle $600 fitted, tarp and clips $20.
I'll have to mod the car bra so the straps around the mirrors don't take the full pressure from the water hitting the tarp.
(Note the neighbour's cat about to get backed over!!!!!!!!!)
GME TX3200 (i think). I put it in the centre console to keep the cabin tidy. Just a few rivits and then power from the cig lighter up front.
$250 off ebay.
12,000 lb Raiden winch. Has anyone heard of 'Raiden?' I got it of ebay for $399. Import from China. I guess I'll just see what happens.
Had to get the winch cradle from Toyota ($230) and grind a little bit down so it'll fit. I'm still in the process of fitting the cradle onto the Prado.
Here's the solenoid box that comes with it.
I was sorta unimpressed with it so I fabricated a new one (pics to come later).
Dual battery system.
Piranha battery tray, Supercheap solenoid, Bosch deep cycle battery.
Solenoid placed up high in the engine bay.
After running the wires through from the engine bay into the cabin, run them down the side skirting panels and through to the back right panel.
I drilled a couple of holes for the two 12V plugs.
The good 'ol $20 bash plate! I tapered the front so that the front is about 50mm wider than the back. Just cosmetic really. I also put a recovery hook on at the front drivers side. Two high tensile bolts were used but I'll remove this later and replace it with the Outback Ideas recovery point. The hook has worked well in the past but I'd prefer something that could be stronger.
A bug catcher on the front of the grille. This was on when I bought it. Works well, but I've taken it off in the past and it does leave a mark/stain on the chrome finish.
Then came my biggest mod...
Rear drawers!!!! I went a bit overboard. Spent $550, but also took out 2nd row seats and made a shelf behind the driver and passenger seats.
A big thanks once again goes to all those who uploaded pics on this site. I've basically copied (quite badly in many places) many ideas and put in a few of my own. They're still in the product development stage, but I'm pretty much done. Still yet to do the drivers side hidey hole panel.
Put in a central divider.
Not the greatest welds. With a bit luck they should hold!
Anchored to the floor using the turn-buckle idea. Also two brackets for the 12v camp light.
Used bearings for drawer action.
Used the steel rod idea for side panel.
Just push down and it clips into place.
Then squeeze your fat digit into the hole, push the orange thingo underneath and it'll pop off again.
Then I made another little shelf for old times sakes!
It all works pretty well. No holes were drilled in the car at all. Even the cargo carrier (allbeit maybe illegal) was modified to fit without drilling. $101 off ebay.
That might do me for the time being, as I've got the ARB tradesman roof rack coming this week. Need to fork out $1150 for it!
Cheers guys and girls.
. Easy to install, took only 30 mins.
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