Media GX460 / Prado150 pic thread (8 Viewers)

[Guaragno]

New to us 2017. Started with wheels and tires and moved the box over to the roof rack. I have an antenna delete kit on the way, it just barely touches. I am thinking about doing a lift and front bumper in the spring but for now happy with how it looks! First time going with bronze wheels and I really like them!

 

[Bang Bang]

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New to us 2017. Started with wheels and tires and moved the box over to the roof rack. I have an antenna delete kit on the way, it just barely touches. I am thinking about doing a lift and front bumper in the spring but for now happy with how it looks! First time going with bronze wheels and I really like them!

Dark color + bronze wheels =

 

[120mm]

All stock for right now. It feels good to be back in a GX!

I remember you from another forum. Sumthin' about Lightfighters.....

 

[Stickgunner]

I remember you from another forum. Sumthin' about Lightfighters.....

Guilty as charged good sir, and a few others as well.

 

[Miller413]

Thank you goodtogo. I apologize for the late response - it has been a very busy month for me. The front is the ARB Summit bar. It only comes in black here in the U.S. but I went ahead and had it powdercoated to match. If you have a Knights Armor Pearl GX I can send you the powdercoat supplier and code. I ordered mine through Southeast Overland and they gave me a great deal - talk with Steve Springs over there. The following is what I ordered:
ARB Summit Bar for Prado 150 VX/Kakadu - 3421830
Winch Installation Kit - 3500720
Hawse fairlead spacer kit - 3500600
ARB fog light - 3500590
Auxiliary Fog Light Loom - 3500530
Clear fog light cover - 3500680

If you have the Luxury version you will also want to order the front camera relocation kit. I don't have the part number handy.
Also, the Safari snorkel is: 2009+ Prado 150 4.0L Petrol - SS189HF. It fit great, and has better flow design through the fender than the Ironman or Amazon ones.

The install is a bear, primarily because of all of the different hardware that comes with it that is mixed together; I spent a few hours just sorting and identifying the hardware. Some of the instructions aren't very clear either (like the wiring diagram and instructions for the fog light loom), but I was able to figure out most of it using a few videos online of installs for Prado 150s.

You have to trim the front bumper cover. A LOT. The templates (meant for the 150) are worthless, so you have to install the bumper then try to use measurements and lots of repetitions to get the trimming where you need. They also don't give you nearly enough edge trim, so I ordered some more Trim-Lok from Amazon. And you also need to add capacitors for the LED turn signals that for some reason don't come with the kit.

I installed a Warn 10-S Platinum with a Factor 55 FlatLink E on the bumper with the wireless range extender kit, and it fit like a charm. the fairlead fits in the recess behind the swing-up license plate (part of the winch installation kit). Overall I've been very happy with the entire thing, and my wife loves it so much she wants the exact same thing for her 460. I will try to get a build page going on all of my mods, but until I get the chance to feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.

Can't thank you enough for this reply you posted, been searching for the part number for this bumper for weeks.

 

[Stickgunner]

Junky cell pic from out on the property...

 

[r2m]

Interesting perspective...

 

[K Dub]

I've really got to get out more in 2023. The truck needs its exercise, and so do I.

 

[K Dub]

S'more pics from last weekend at Chimney Peak off of Walker Pass. This first one is where we turned back, less than 2 miles from the highway, due to a large drift that hadn't been crossed yet. I certainly wasn't about to be the first to punch through, and with a storm rolling in it would have been a bad time to get stuck.

The first flurries starting to fall.

Where's Waldo.

 

[r2m]

S'more pics from last weekend at Chimney Peak off of Walker Pass. This first one is where we turned back, less than 2 miles from the highway, due to a large drift that hadn't been crossed yet. I certainly wasn't about to be the first to punch through, and with a storm rolling in it would have been a bad time to get stuck.

The first flurries starting to fall.

Where's Waldo.

You were up by Topaz lake off HWY 395? Beautiful up there.

 

[K Dub]

You were up by Topaz lake off HWY 395? Beautiful up there.

No, too far for me this time. Walker Pass is just east of Lake Isabella. Quickly becoming by regular stomping grounds, at least in the winter. There's a nice road from Canebrake to Kennedy Meadows that's not plowed but mostly passible. I thought we were sure to make it until I came to that snow drift. The Chimney Peak wilderness is on one side, Domeland wilderness on the other. A lot less traveled than Sierras further north, but I sure love it there.

We sat on this ridge and ate lunch while the storm rolled in.

 

[offroad47]

A Long Empty Texas Beach.

 

[r2m]

A Long Empty Texas Beach. View attachment 3250871

Haven't seen you on here in a while. Must be spending a bunch of time on empty beaches enjoying your rig!
Wish we had beaches we could just run on. The only one is Pismo Beach and they're threatening to shut that down in a couple of years.

 

[offroad47]

Yes we have been busy beating my Gorgeous Wife’s colon cancer. She is now cancer free. Any who reads this over 45 get your colonoscopy done before it’s too late.
We did do a lot of traveling visiting friends and family . 13000 plus miles in the RV .
We towed the GX to Nor Cal twice to see the grandkids.
Glad to be working on the GX again.

 

[Acrad]

@offroad47 So happy to hear about your wife!

Wife and I have always been on top of your advice as well.

 

[BNTN]

New to me 2016 Premium. Lift, wheels/tires, sliders are incoming but had to go and play today. Ga Traverse is always a good time!

 

[r2m]

Yes we have been busy beating my Gorgeous Wife’s colon cancer. She is now cancer free. Any who reads this over 45 get your colonoscopy done before it’s too late.
We did do a lot of traveling visiting friends and family . 13000 plus miles in the RV .
We towed the GX to Nor Cal twice to see the grandkids.
Glad to be working on the GX again.

Glad to hear that your life is getting back to some sort of norm again! We love our road trips.
My wife beat breast cancer about 12 years ago and (praise God) has been cancer free since! Scary stuff.

 

[calibrationx]

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New to us 2017. Started with wheels and tires and moved the box over to the roof rack. I have an antenna delete kit on the way, it just barely touches. I am thinking about doing a lift and front bumper in the spring but for now happy with how it looks! First time going with bronze wheels and I really like them!

Nice, what tire size did you go with?

 

[Specialeyes]

In Costa Rica for the week. First time seeing a LC Prado up close.

 

[re_guderian]

In Costa Rica for the week. First time seeing a LC Prado up close.

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Aside from the raised roof rails, looks like a Lexus, but probably doesn't have ventilated front seats, which would come in handy in CR.