Well

We did it, never thought i would go to the other side, but the patrol is going and the Prado comes in a few weeks.

may even send some pics hooked up to the trakkie when it arrives

wooo hoooo

Congratulations on your new tug.

The LC150 D4D is a nice drive.

One of the little issues to consider, is the fitment of UHF. The 150 has no space or 'hole' in the panel to fit a 'black box' The two units of choice are Icom IC440 and GME TX3340. These units have a mike/speaker/controller hand piece and the 'black box' can be mounted under either front seat.

Check out the following website:http://www.lakecomm.com.au/uhf.html

Some good info is available on the Pradopoint Forum
http://pradopoint.com/index.php?sid=5090e4db00cba8f0a66e3bc8f16c6cea

We have just clicked over 1000kms and first tow planned in a couple of weeks.

Ours is Super White 2 GXL D4D Auto

Cheers,

Cheers,

rvator2

I have been looking at the Uniden, Icom and Uniden, i am ok with the unit as it can go under the seat, i am more concerned were i put the aerial.....no ARB bar as yet

As for LCT i paid $790 and had the T/bar, tint, brake controller, seat covers weather shields all fitted as we novate lease the vehicle

the other goodies come later

Ours is graphite and the accessories will involve lift, dual batteries, ngt codan, uhf, snorkel, rear draws, b/bar and xd9000 winch

Then an empty wallet

regards

Hi Fish 71,

Toyota Bullbar due out Feb 2010, but no date yet.

Be wary as to what brake controller is Dealer Fitted.

Our last Prado had a Hayman Reese electronic unit fitted by the dealer, it was cheap but it was nothing but trouble.

I replaced it with a Tekonsha Prodigy, absolutely brilliant.

Put the H R unit back in before I sold the vehicle.

http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv206/tartrekka/PRADOBULLBAR.jpg

Hey Tar

The prodigy 3 is being installed, a perfect unit which I current have in the patrol. At the same time the installer will be fitting the 4 b and s cable for to charge the batterey in the van and the 50 amp anderson plug.

The dealer on Saturday said the same to me, so i will wait and see what it looks like before i do the deal with either ARB or Genuine, i do want a winch compatible bar though.

Just Ordered the Icom 440 via the net through prestige in Perth, seem to be rather cheap.

We are getting itchy feet ready to take it on its first trip

We may need a wdh for the trakkie...will wait and see

cheers

Just a quick heads up on the LC150 when fitting a bull bar.

Be mindful that the turbo inter-cooler is now fitted to the front of the D4D and not on top.

Therefore placement of driving lights to bull bar needs to be considered for adequate airflow.

No doubt others that are more technically qualified to comment on this issue, will post their thoughts.

Anyone that fits a genuine tow-bar and uses a HR WDH will have to bevel the edges, so it will fit the genuine bar receiver. The LC150 bar is a new design and looks more like a HR bar than the LC120 bar........albeit it hangs a bit lower. No more cast receiver.

Cheers,

hey Ken

so very true about the intercooler, thats why i am going to wait and see what ARB and toyota come up with.

I have just bidded on a WDH from ebay

cheers