prado2004's 120 TD Prado + Custom Camper build

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Picked up some second hand 265/70/17 maxxis bighorns this week, so will be getting them put on my spare prado set of rims and put them on the trailer soon. It should dramatically help with ground clearance (not that it had a problem before) and also having a spare on the trailer and spare on the car will mean when touring I will have 2 spares. Good thing is too its a full set of 4 muddies so can throw them on the prado for play weekends which will be good! win win

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New rubber installed on the trailer with prado alloys. Going to paint strip them back and 2-pak paint them black as I bought these like this and the paint looks crap.

Rubber is 265 70 17 Maxxis Bighorn, got a set of 4 so they will also be play tyres for the prado on weekends.

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Nice build Brenton, you're certainly not sure on modifications to both the trailer and your prado!! Good to see you get out there mate.

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Nice build Brenton, you're certainly not sure on modifications to both the trailer and your prado!! Good to see you get out there mate.

Cheers Matt, good luck with the sale of your 150

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TJM have a sale on at the moment, $550 for their steps and brush bars which was an offer I couldn't pass up. Quick phone call to TJM Brendale and they arrived. Fitted the steps up on the weekend but haven't done the brush bars as of yet. Was doing it outside yesterday and it started raining so will do the brush bars another day.

Sorry AJ I was saving up for yours but these were just too well priced to not take up the offer.

Happy with the quality and also happy with the fitment, was very easy. They are chassis mounted and all 50mm steel tubing with checker plate top so much better over the factory steps.

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No idea why they are upside down, thats never happened before.

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Will be making up a steel rear bar for the old girl in the next few weeks, I am sick of hitting the back plastic bumper and it has seen better days. I do not need another wheel mount or jerry cans because the spare on the camper is interchangeable with the prado and I have jerry can holders on the trailer, so it will simply be a replacement bar to look as much like factory mad of steel. I will try and make it slightly shorter and higher to help departure angles but we will see. I also bought a set of aftermarket flares for the old girl and am thinking of 2pak painting them black to give it a two tone look. My bar, side steps are black and rear bar will be so i think the flares will tie it all in.

Might even throw a scoop on it while I am spraying everything else, I have a wrx one in the shed from a previous vehicle and I reckon it just may look the goods....

Will keep everyone posted.

[rorza Member Find all posts View Profile Close rorza]

What year WRX scoop? Funny, I was thinking the exact same thing about it looking the goods just the other day.

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What year WRX scoop? Funny, I was thinking the exact same thing about it looking the goods just the other day.

its off a 2002 wrx, I upgraded to an sti scoop when I owned the rex a few years back and the OEM one is still in the shed. Like this one

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-16-2012_2.JPG

[rorza Member Find all posts View Profile Close rorza]

I think that'll look good. Shame you don't have the STI one still laying about, something about that extended top lip that I think just looks spot on.

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I think that'll look good. Shame you don't have the STI one still laying about, something about that extended top lip that I think just looks spot on.

Yeah the sti one was nice, but I think the lower standard one will be a bit more subtle on the prado.

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Yeah they do stand pretty tall now that I think about it. The semi-intergrated ones on the new STIs look pretty sleek.

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Well it was pretty wet friday but I decided to bite the bullet and head to double island anyway. And I am glad I did because the weather turned it on!

Trailer pulled well with new tyres and new bearings, much better clearance with the 265/70/17s on it.

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Took some snaps of the trailer on the weekend

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Had a spare hour on the weekend so fitted the TJM brush bars that came with my sidesteps. I have flares to fit on the guards so once they're fitted and painted the gap wont be so big in between the brush bar and the body so it should look nice.