Thread: Toyota Prado 1996 (ish)

Originally Posted by Pointer

get the solid axle ones bro, best of both worlds, comfy highway use with coils, pretty good articulation with soild axle and coils. Cheaper and more reliable too!

Eh are you taking the piss... You mean Patrol? I've got my heart set on one of those 4.2lt Turbo 1999 ish ones but I cant afford them haha and people on trade me want stupid money for the old ones (ie more then ln106's)


Cheers Stu#, I wouldn't mind auto if its turbo (more grunt) --- A couple of lights you say.. that's pretty rough hah! I might do a bit more looking around


(ah are you talking about the old school ones pntr?

They are holding their value as you cant import them anymore. The low mileage ones are pushing $20k+
Just regular oil changes (as any diesel) and rountine servicing.

I've raised mine a bit and fitted some aftermarket suspension as the springs were shot at about 200k

Rest is "as new" lol

The do suck a bit of fuel as any 3.0 monster would but there's a large 90 litre (?) tank.

I would definitely PM Cambo though - he'll give you the good oil I'm sure

Hi timmay,

Both these prados you are looking at are turbo, They are a reliable vehicle but they do have there problems.
Firstly they crack heads, not every one, but we would do one every couple of weeks in our small toyota dealership. And not just vehicles that are not well serviced.
Then the rear shocks leak, the front brake hoses perish,and the steering rack bushes flog out and if you are really unlucky the glow plug tips fall off and can make a bit of a mess.
The majority of these items are run of the mill service items but will need doing if not already done.
Cheers

Originally Posted by Timmay

Eh are you taking the piss... You mean Patrol? I've got my heart set on one of those 4.2lt Turbo 1999 ish ones but I cant afford them haha and people on trade me want stupid money for the old ones (ie more then ln106's)

(ah are you talking about the old school ones pntr?

Yeah mate. Not too sure on specs, the Toyota guys will know, but there was one that came out with hilux diffs and coils front and rear - in Oz the SWB ones were called a bundera. I've only seen jap import LWB ones in NZ but they are bloody good off road and easy to modify. I can't tell you about the exact specs or reliability, I'd say Titan or Cambo will give you the inside info on them. They are cheap, so are older safaris

But yeah the late 90s GU patrol, awesome!

Yea pointer not sure which model you are on about there.

the hiluxs don't have solid front end and coils.

2.4 early hilux Ln65 have leaf springs over solid axle.
89 on 2.8 Ln106 have leaf springs over solid axle.
98 hilux Ln167 with 5L has torsion bar on front wishbone suspension.
2000 on hilux kzn165 1kzte also has torsion bar over wishbone.
2005 hilux on Kun26r has mcpherson strut with wishbone.

Could be a option overseas ??

Timmay another option would be a 96- on surf which is 2wd normally and 4wd is engaged manually when needed , this still has the same 1kzte engine and can be bought in intercooled or non intercooled options. They are also usually cheaper than prados to. 15k would easilly buy you a tidy one.

Just my 2 cents.