Thread: Urgent Advice - Would you buy this 4WD?

Originally Posted by Mitcho

Hey guys,

For anyone interested, we got a 2006 Prado, petrol, auto with 105k kms. Absolutely love it. In mint condition apart from some cracks on the dash… no towbar and never had one, and according to the mechanic it doesnt look like its ever been off-road.

Continuing on the theme above, what mods do you consider crucial? We need roof racks for storage, but aside from that, what do we need to be doing given we just want a really capable vehicle that can take us all over the South Island camping… the more opportunities to go deep off road, the better.

Thoughts?


Cheers,
Mitch

Put some decent tyres on it, and use it as is for now. You will soon find out the limitations of the vehicle and yourselves. Then you can fit whatever you have discovered you need to push past those previous limits, safely.
All the modifications in the world won’t help you if you make a poor decision through inexperience.

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Thanks… I like that advice.

Below is a poc if the current tyres on there… any suggestions on what I should go for? A good mud terrain tyre?