Rogerthats VX D4D Prado 150

[michaelweare Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close michaelweare]

Mate, nice and shiny. Look forward to checking them out.

[VeeZeeSS Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close VeeZeeSS]

Finally had the new tyres fitted today, looks and drives great.

BFG 265/65R18's fitted, only got 4 but think I will order the 5th to fit to the rear. Happy as!

They look great Daniel... how is the road noise compared to the OEM's ?

[Rogerthatv2 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Rogerthatv2]

Thanks, noise wise - not that I have noticed, best of all neither has the wife.

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

BFG 265/65R18's fitted, only got 4 but think I will order the 5th to fit to the rear.

Did you have any issues with compliance fitting the larger tyres? I currently have the same ones but they are coming off tomorrow and having a stock size (still ATs) fitted; can't get VicRoads to say they are OK.

[mickmac_42 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mickmac_42]

Compliance? Bwahahaha! Take your potty mouth and strange ideas elsewhere sir!

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

Compliance? Bwahahaha!

I wish my insurance company would see it that way :-)

[JoshF Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoshF]

with the new NCOP rules in QLD he might be compliant?

[Rogerthatv2 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Rogerthatv2]

Suncorp had no issues when I rang about them before ncop came in, great tyre.

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

with the new NCOP rules in QLD he might be compliant?

If you read through the NCOP for Qld thread you'll see there's still a lot of uncertainty, especially where vehicles have ESC.

Suncorp had no issues when I rang about them before ncop came in, great tyre.

What they say verbally and what is in the fine print can be vastly different. RACV said "OK as long as VicRoads say it's OK" but VicRoads say no. I raised it with the dealer who sold me the Kakadu and they spoke to VicRoads who still said no. The end result is the dealer will be putting new ATs (should be Bridgestone D697 in the 265/60/R18 size) tomorrow. I'm not entirely happy to be going down to a smaller tyre but hey I do get new tyres and the BFGs are around 1 year old already.

[Rogerthatv2 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Rogerthatv2]

Finally got around to doing something tonight - installed an eBay special front grille mounted camera! Looks like the OE Kakadu camera however wider angle and adjustable.

Not a bad fit at all for $25 + $10 freight. Switch on dash to turn front camera on at any time. Should be handy on and off road.

Also the new all important PP sticker by Wozclean.


Oh and a shot from our weekend adventure with Craigm ad Hutch.



Cheers Daniel

[davidsford Member Find all posts View Profile Close davidsford]

Would you happen to have the eBay link for the camera?

Cheers
Dave

[Rogerthatv2 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Rogerthatv2]

Sure do Dave however they appear to have removed the listing - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/300856259...#ht_1083wt_922

[davidsford Member Find all posts View Profile Close davidsford]

Thanks. I have emailed the seller to see if they have any more for sale. Was the wiring straight forward?

[Rogerthatv2 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Rogerthatv2]

The wiring was ok however it would be easier on a GXL with the Extreme Electronics GPS system, the VX one is a little different so I had to wire up my own switch. Easy to do but.

This is where I mounted my switches, they are Narva 63012BL On/On switches.

1 - is the trigger switch to turn the cameras on and the second is the camera select - being front or rear.



I was surprised with the camera viewing angle and how much I get to see that I normally would not.




Have to say that I am happy with my little mod.

Cheers Dan

[Brains Find all posts View Profile Close Brains]

The wiring was ok however it would be easier on a GXL with the Extreme Electronics GPS system, the VX one is a little different so I had to wire up my own switch. Easy to do but.

This is where I mounted my switches, they are Narva 63012BL On/On switches.

1 - is the trigger switch to turn the cameras on and the second is the camera select - being front or rear.



I was surprised with the camera viewing angle and how much I get to see that I normally would not.




Have to say that I am happy with my little mod.

Cheers Dan

Great work, have you done it so that you can turn the back camera on at any time too?

Did you have to modify the switches to make them fit and if so what did you do?