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Have had a few 4wds in my time, Pajero, 2 X Challengers, Range Rover and moved over to my 2004 Prado, petrol, auto, 120 series in 2009.
I bought her second hand and she only had around 64,000 k's on the dial. She was an ex doctors car, never been offroad and they had seat covers installed the day it was picked up, totally immaculate! Better yet, it had never missed a service!
When I picked her up she had nothing on her, and I mean NOTHING! Well she had a window tint but that was all. So along came the wish list.
Stage one - bull bar. I bought this second hand for $300 from a guy called Joey off this site! Bargain!
Stage two - spotlights - which are 3 x IPF 900XS. This brings us to this point:
Stage three - electronic rust proofing. I know there is a lot of articles that say its great and some that say its not, but hey I thought I would give it a go!
Stage four - touch screen head unit. Got this one through a note on pradopoint a while back. Great unit, bluetooth, DVD, sat nav etc.
Stage five - Cargo barrier. Great for camping, more so for stopping my dog from sitting on the back seat!
Stage six - better speakers. Went and picked myself up some new Kenwood speakers for the doors. Got 6 x 9's for the front and 6's for the back. Did custom builds on both with MDF to make sure they were nice and secure, plus adds for slightly better bass.
Stage seven - Safari Snorkel.
Stage eight- Old Man Emu shocks and springs. Wanted to articulate my wheel travel a bit better! Had these fitted by UV4X4 in Brisbane. Much better ride and gave it an overall lift of around 2 inches at first, 1.5 inches when settled.
Stage nine- UHF radio. Went GME for this one.
Stage ten- New tyres. The standard tyres just don't cut the mustard. Have whacked a set of Cooper AT3's on there. Great tyre, not too loud but plenty of grip. Did the build out with the chopping board for the spare tyre carrier as well!
Stage eleven- Brown Davis under body protection. Arrived today! Fitting tonight (I hope). Front under body protection grille and transmission protection.
Stage twelve - roof cage + lights. Waiting on this to arrive. Full roof cage with another two sets of IPF 900XS. The bull bar will now have a pencil, spread, pencil config. The rack will probably have spread, pencil, pencil, spread. I know this is overkill but you must admit it looks pretty sweet.
That will do me for now (yeah right). Future plans are for a dual battery system, winch, rear drawers, air compressor, awning and HF radio for when we go bush.
I didn't really decide to do these in any real particular order. The more mundane changes were made earlier in the cars life, suspension, under body protection and snorkel have all been more recent items to get it set up for extended travel.
Pictures will follow of the above!
Have had a few 4wds in my time, Pajero, 2 X Challengers, Range Rover and moved over to my 2004 Prado, petrol, auto, 120 series in 2009.
I bought her second hand and she only had around 64,000 k's on the dial. She was an ex doctors car, never been offroad and they had seat covers installed the day it was picked up, totally immaculate! Better yet, it had never missed a service!
When I picked her up she had nothing on her, and I mean NOTHING! Well she had a window tint but that was all. So along came the wish list.
Stage one - bull bar. I bought this second hand for $300 from a guy called Joey off this site! Bargain!
Stage two - spotlights - which are 3 x IPF 900XS. This brings us to this point:
Stage three - electronic rust proofing. I know there is a lot of articles that say its great and some that say its not, but hey I thought I would give it a go!
Stage four - touch screen head unit. Got this one through a note on pradopoint a while back. Great unit, bluetooth, DVD, sat nav etc.
Stage five - Cargo barrier. Great for camping, more so for stopping my dog from sitting on the back seat!
Stage six - better speakers. Went and picked myself up some new Kenwood speakers for the doors. Got 6 x 9's for the front and 6's for the back. Did custom builds on both with MDF to make sure they were nice and secure, plus adds for slightly better bass.
Stage seven - Safari Snorkel.
Stage eight- Old Man Emu shocks and springs. Wanted to articulate my wheel travel a bit better! Had these fitted by UV4X4 in Brisbane. Much better ride and gave it an overall lift of around 2 inches at first, 1.5 inches when settled.
Stage nine- UHF radio. Went GME for this one.
Stage ten- New tyres. The standard tyres just don't cut the mustard. Have whacked a set of Cooper AT3's on there. Great tyre, not too loud but plenty of grip. Did the build out with the chopping board for the spare tyre carrier as well!
Stage eleven- Brown Davis under body protection. Arrived today! Fitting tonight (I hope). Front under body protection grille and transmission protection.
Stage twelve - roof cage + lights. Waiting on this to arrive. Full roof cage with another two sets of IPF 900XS. The bull bar will now have a pencil, spread, pencil config. The rack will probably have spread, pencil, pencil, spread. I know this is overkill but you must admit it looks pretty sweet.
That will do me for now (yeah right). Future plans are for a dual battery system, winch, rear drawers, air compressor, awning and HF radio for when we go bush.
I didn't really decide to do these in any real particular order. The more mundane changes were made earlier in the cars life, suspension, under body protection and snorkel have all been more recent items to get it set up for extended travel.
Pictures will follow of the above!
. cheers samo
.....Work in progress.
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