Thread: Toyota Prado 1996 (ish)

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.