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Originally posted by Milti 1974
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Nice! You'll certainly notice a difference in the rough stuff.[B]Declan[/B]: [SIZE=1]1997 GXL 4.5 Auto 80 series on [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], ARB bullbar, 2" OME lift, 32" MTZ, GME UHF, rear ARB locker, Kaymar spare wheel carrier[/SIZE]
[B]PLANNED[/B]: [SIZE=1]3 or 4" suspension lift, 2" body lift (maybe), winch, 35" MTZ + roadies, front locker, sliders, cylinder head rebuilt for [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], Garret [COLOR="#4499ff"][B]Turbocharger[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] -
What a great turn out and a great day. We even had a 4" lifted Patrol to provide the entertainment. The weather was looking a bit sh** to begin with but fined up as soon as I had driven the lower section of Mt Walker (that's right glen_ep
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Glenn and Mark had so thoughtfully each brought a cake, so after we had feasted under Jason's awning, Glenn and Jeff lead all of us to Mt Walker, where to aforementioned Patrol put on a fantastic display, bashing his front diff repeatedly on the rocks on the lower section of Mt Walker. I manged to skip some of the diff breaker rocks (which the Patrol gave up trying to climb) and got stuck on one of the last shale rock faces. I could have kept going hammer and tongs at the risk of having an undrivable vehicle at the end. So I was faced with the decision to either winch myself or got a free tow from the Patrol parked about 10 meters in front of me.
After being dragged slowly up the last rock step, we all stopped for lunch at the half way point of Mt Walker. I was first for the upper section and manged to get stuck again but without a Patrol in front of me. So the boys helped me setup the winch and I was up and over the rock step with too much damage to the Prado (oh glen_ep, do you still want your side steps?)
The Patrol had no issues getting up the final section of walker. The 4" springs allowing it to bounce its way up the rock steps. Steven then had a go at the upper section and the 150's traction control (and good driving) made short work of it.
As a teaser, here is a shot of the 3 vehicles that made it to the top of Mt Walker.
More pics to come.
Thanks to all who came along today.[B]Declan[/B]: [SIZE=1]1997 GXL 4.5 Auto 80 series on [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], ARB bullbar, 2" OME lift, 32" MTZ, GME UHF, rear ARB locker, Kaymar spare wheel carrier[/SIZE]
[B]PLANNED[/B]: [SIZE=1]3 or 4" suspension lift, 2" body lift (maybe), winch, 35" MTZ + roadies, front locker, sliders, cylinder head rebuilt for [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], Garret [COLOR="#4499ff"][B]Turbocharger[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]Comment
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WTF, you dared the lower section? :-O What have you been smoking?
Photos of that, ASAP!glen_ep - engineered, 4" lift, 33" 255/85R16, lockers, 4.88 ratios www.pradopoint.com.au/showthread.php?17237 www.youtube.com/user/glenep www.fb.com/groups/ToyotaPrado90Comment
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I'm in the middle of the multistage process of rendering, splicing, re-rendering, trashing and starting again on the videos I've got.
Soon.[B]Declan[/B]: [SIZE=1]1997 GXL 4.5 Auto 80 series on [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], ARB bullbar, 2" OME lift, 32" MTZ, GME UHF, rear ARB locker, Kaymar spare wheel carrier[/SIZE]
[B]PLANNED[/B]: [SIZE=1]3 or 4" suspension lift, 2" body lift (maybe), winch, 35" MTZ + roadies, front locker, sliders, cylinder head rebuilt for [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], Garret [COLOR="#4499ff"][B]Turbocharger[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]Comment
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Yes it was a great day, luckily the rain eased off & we had good weather for most of the day.
Plenty of action at Mt Walker both lower & upper sections!! Lots of pics of videos to come
Cheers,
Glenn
2002 GXL 3.4 auto with BFG AT's, Lovell's/Bilstein suspension, ARB steel bullbar, winch, towbar, diff lock, air compressor, GME UHF & AM CB radios.
[url=http://www.youtube.com/user/gh4wd?feature=mhum][b]Youtube[/b][/url] [url=http://www.panoramio.com/user/2941589][b]Panoramio[/b][/url]Comment
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Face lift 150 Prado V6 auto. No mods yetComment
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Face lift 150 Prado V6 auto. No mods yetComment
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Face lift 150 Prado V6 auto. No mods yetComment
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Yes, Glen he dared and the only thing I saw him smoke was his tires. A very impressive effort by the birthday boy.
Again, thanks all for a fantastic day and it was a pleasure to meet you all, hope to see you all on another outing.
Thanks Dave[B]Dave[/B] - 2010 Silver GXL Prado 150 TD Manual.Comment
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Face lift 150 Prado V6 auto. No mods yetComment
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Face lift 150 Prado V6 auto. No mods yetComment
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Face lift 150 Prado V6 auto. No mods yetComment
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looks like a cracker of a day, great turnout as well, looking foward to some vid when it happens, good news on the horizon we have a shift change at work that will free my weekends up for days like today, bring it on i say. cheers samo
had an 03 gx 120 with some gear now got a 2013 bt 50 GT auto some ARB gear.Comment
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Here is the film my dad took of me driving the lower and upper sections of walker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GywtE98Kt8c
[B]Declan[/B]: [SIZE=1]1997 GXL 4.5 Auto 80 series on [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], ARB bullbar, 2" OME lift, 32" MTZ, GME UHF, rear ARB locker, Kaymar spare wheel carrier[/SIZE]
[B]PLANNED[/B]: [SIZE=1]3 or 4" suspension lift, 2" body lift (maybe), winch, 35" MTZ + roadies, front locker, sliders, cylinder head rebuilt for [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], Garret [COLOR="#4499ff"][B]Turbocharger[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]Comment
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happy 21th dec . i would like to have come along , but had to work , and the prado is well overdue for service . been itching to do mt walker since i fixed the traction control . looks like a good turnout and a good day . looks like youve been to sidestep modification school too , still gotta straighten mine out . HAPPY BIRTHDAY .03 grande v6 , with added stuff that makes it go places . RTFM people !
founding member of the " you don't need all that crap on a prado association "
"you only use 15% of your brain " Einstein . " so why not burn off the other 85% " Cheech & Chong .
petrol , petrol ,petrol , you know it makes sense ! im kavpetrolbitchComment
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