Happy new Prado owner - new shocks and new Muds!!
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:37 pm
Nou ja - daar is hy !! After hopping around on the internet and listening to advice/input, I finally took the plunge into financial obscurity!!
Got the shocks fitted by the local Supaquick in Mosselbaai - Monroe 4x4 Adventurer shocks with a 3yr guarantee (but extended to lifetime guarantee by paying R50 per shock xtra!!) . They couldn't believe when they took out the original Prado shocks with 403 000 kms on the and not even leaking oil yet !! But ja - hulle was murtu!! If I drove over a R2 coin I would be able to tell you if it was heads or tails !!
Then today got the GT Radial 265/75/16 Adventuro MT's from Tyres & More in George (great bunch of guys!) who also alerted me to wear on tear on the steering rack ends - they sommer replaced them as well, and then completed the "gratis" wheel alignment ! En ja - hulle sing mooi soos n swerm "angry" bye, soos n MT moet !!
With the new shocks and muds the Prado gained an average lift of +- 20mm! (although this was never really the intention - ek sukkel klaar genoeg om in te klim soos dit is !)
Nou is dit eers klaar "gespend" !! Nou spaar ons vir petrol om vroeg in volgende jaar bietjie te gaan kamp - dalk eers sommer net hier naby in die Bontebokpark vir n "langnawekie" en dan hopelik iewers na die einde van Maart bietjie n 9-10 dae trippie iewers in die Karoo in - en daai gaan beslis weer n besoek aan die Hel insluit !!
Groete van n bankrot Daan!!
Got the shocks fitted by the local Supaquick in Mosselbaai - Monroe 4x4 Adventurer shocks with a 3yr guarantee (but extended to lifetime guarantee by paying R50 per shock xtra!!) . They couldn't believe when they took out the original Prado shocks with 403 000 kms on the and not even leaking oil yet !! But ja - hulle was murtu!! If I drove over a R2 coin I would be able to tell you if it was heads or tails !!
Then today got the GT Radial 265/75/16 Adventuro MT's from Tyres & More in George (great bunch of guys!) who also alerted me to wear on tear on the steering rack ends - they sommer replaced them as well, and then completed the "gratis" wheel alignment ! En ja - hulle sing mooi soos n swerm "angry" bye, soos n MT moet !!
With the new shocks and muds the Prado gained an average lift of +- 20mm! (although this was never really the intention - ek sukkel klaar genoeg om in te klim soos dit is !)
Nou is dit eers klaar "gespend" !! Nou spaar ons vir petrol om vroeg in volgende jaar bietjie te gaan kamp - dalk eers sommer net hier naby in die Bontebokpark vir n "langnawekie" en dan hopelik iewers na die einde van Maart bietjie n 9-10 dae trippie iewers in die Karoo in - en daai gaan beslis weer n besoek aan die Hel insluit !!
Groete van n bankrot Daan!!