Disco4's 150 Altitude Build

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I bought my Prado in Mid February & received it on Friday 9th March.

It is a Black D4D Auto Altitude fitted with the following:
OME Suspension Lift with heavy springs at front & medium on rear.
Safari Snorkel
Mickey Thompson 265 x 70 x 17 4 Rib ATZ's
ARB Sahara Bar
Warn 8000lb winch
Lightforce Genesis Lights
Hayman Reece Towbar (new design).
ARB compressor
Toyota rubber mat set.
Toyota front window weather shields

Very happy with all of the above.
The lift is currently at 820mm from the bottom of the rim to the guard.
The rear is high but varies with fuel, load, passengers etc.
The lift has improved the ride & handling enormously.
Articulation off road is great.
The tyres are great with good grip both on & off road but do have a hum at 80km/h which disapears at higher speeds.
The spare fits in the cover.

Just about finished mods but plan to fit the following:
GME 3540 UHF
GME antenna
Traxide dual battery system with Ultima Yellow Top.
Plasma winch rope.
Tint to front windows

I would like to thank the forum for all of the advice which has made the above build easier.

Will post up photos tomorrow

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

Disco4.

Sounds like a great rig. Interested in how you go with the heavy duty suspension up front. On my 120 series I recently fitted the Kings all round but the front being a 'H' spring. This gave me a great ride, additional lift but settled with the bull-bar and I'm sure a little more when the winch goes on. Along with the Bilstein's the ride is suburb and handles itself well off road.

I'm staring down the the path of new tyres and after much research have decided the Mickey Thompson 265 x 70 x 17 4 Rib ATZ's

I'm very interested on your comments. If you have any more on these I would love to hear from youbefore I make my purchase.

Kind Regards
Hazza

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Hazza

I have two had sets of Mickey Thompson MTZ's on my D2 & D3.

This time I decided to go with the ATZ's and am very happy with both on & off road performance.

I was going to go with the 275 x 70 x 17 STZ's but the ability to retain wheel cover (strict instructions from SWMBO) pushed me to the ATZ's

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Is it your car I see on carsales right now disco?

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Is it your car I see on carsales right now disco?

certainly looks like it

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Yes it is.

Circumstances change quickly

Cheers

[BobTheMonkey Member Find all posts View Profile Close BobTheMonkey]

that's sad disco sorry you have to let go of your baby so quickly!

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That will be a great pickup for someone - it looks like a well setup rig.