I still feel like he'd be wise to wish for for just another inch of clearance eh, bloody hell that's pushing the limits of what ya can do in that truck before ya start doing a little damage eh
Skilled driving. It's an art to see someone 4WD like this. Beats watching all those idiots that just rev the ring out of their cars to get anywhere. Good work!
Really well done and I love how the spotter gave precise information to the driver... and the rolling rock on the last challenge just showing us how steep it really is
Impressive driving skills and also proves that Toyota has shown the world that their SUVs are most reliable and can go anywhere facing tough places climbing hills and rocks that no any other SUVs can do and not get stuck in deep muddy places.
Thanks! I used the inbuilt stabilisation features of the video camera - I think it was a Panasonic HDC-HS60. I now have a later model V720M with 5-axis stabilisation and it works noticeably better, which an be seen in my recent Amarok video.
The Landcruiser Prado is available in Australia, UK and south American countries. They are most popular in series 90 (Colorado), 120 and 150. They share components with 4runners, Hilux, Tacomas and the FJ Cruiser.
Nice to see someone actually using their Land Cruiser. I used to own an FJ Cruiser and was amazed at how well it crawled over terrain like this. It had a manual trans. which I feel works a little smoother than the auto as you can lug it down to about 400 RPM and it still moved where the auto has to be revved more. Great video and great vehicle. thanks for posting.
Nice video, I just bought the diesel auto version of this car and I'm liking it,, (coming from a dmax) very impressed with the climb without lockers. Now I'm looking forward to mods and crawling around W.A.
Thats impressive. Didnt realise these cars were so capable of extreme off roading. Guess that ladder frame chassis makes it a tough workhorse. They are expensive new in the UK but worth it, although way out my league currently :( Thing is, you cant imagine it ever breaking down.. Would last me for decades ! Have to wait for a few years before I can even attempt to buy one of these. It would have to be second hand though, but it would still last me a very long time. A car for everything, for all weather and all terrain.
As with any medium, the purpose of editing is to keep viewers entertained. If videos contained the full-length material, people will get bored pretty quickly. The missing parts are mostly the driver/spotter discussing lines or the vehicle reversing back down to try a new line.
Nice work mate I've got a lifted Kakadu with 18" cooper Zeons, snorkel lift etc and they still amaze me how good they are off road....if your game enough.
You should really consider lockers for that rig. It wouldn't help the lack of ground clearance, or articulation, but lockers would stop most of your wheel spin and greatly increase traction. And I agree with one of the comments. Good driving skills, in deed.
i know prado its a good 4x4 but trust me (sand and rock driver) the driver over here is an excellent driver he knows exactly how much power should the car give and smart user of diff lock .
Here in Australia it is available with a 4.0L V6 petrol or a 3.0L 4 cylinder T.Diesel . In the U.S , it is sold under the brand Lexus , under the name plate Lexus 470 LX
Those are all valid points about the Hilux, at least for old models (the newer models are quite low). However, Hilux's have a major compromise - leaf suspension. In this terrain, coil suspension far outperforms the Hilux's leaf suspension, providing smoother articulation and more stability.
From the video I can see the tyres are Yokohama Geolander AT/S. I am looking to change to 265/70R17 too and these are one option. My side steps are mangled just from going through sand LOL - I also made the mistake of getting my 150 in black - shows every scratch from the bush
In all my driving I've never seen a manual go smoother than an auto in this kind of terrain, so if you can honestly drive manual smoother than an auto over this kind of terrain, I commend you. Auto's have a liquid filled Torque Converter which allows the driver to adjust throttle and speed gradually and smoothly, whilst the clutch in a manuals tends to just be on or off. Of course extremely low range gears would eliminate these issues altogether.
That 4x4 did not have any protection installed, but it did have 2" suspension lift and upgraded tyre size (265/70R17). I would always recommend at least a suspension lift and upgraded tyres.
You use crawl control, or simple trackshion working? Rear axle lock? Because the active trackshion and crowl control and rear lock on 4.0, not found on 2.7, only simple trackshion, whether 2.7 will be as good or not..
Awesome...I'm about to buy one of these but at $60tk don't think i'd be game to take it on this track...but good to see someone do it.....I was cringing a bit. Did u get any damage underneath? what brand lift kit is it? What tyres are u running and was it a 3litre D4D auto....The ARB bar and snorkel look great...thanks for the show...great thanks
no you did not understand i meant how he feel on spphalt prado 2.7???if you can answer me please!i want to byu praod 150 new with engine 2.7 standart complectation or 4.0 engine prestige.i drive 90 percents on asphalt and it is very interesting
@GazDogNoosa G'day Gaz, OME lift, petrol engine. He bent the side steps a bit, scratched the aux tank bash plate and the front cross member a couple times. Nothing major unless you actually like side steps!! Don't know what AT tyres they are but pretty sure it's an upgraded size (265/70R17), and he's looking to upgrade to 255/80R17. BTW, it's a friends car (mine is an big silver 95 series) - to see his channel search for spitfireslw
Sorry I dont know what Steven (owner of that 150) was running on that trip. I've just been on that trail the other day with my 90's Prado and ran 17.5 rear and 21 front (with 255/85R16's). Unfortunately that killed another front CV, which again proves I shouldn't go lower than 22 on the fronts. Too much traction = something else must give way.
Thanks for the comments rcmaster1029 and NizR33. Of course this is an edited video. In real life there were a couple more failed attempts, particularly on the climb at 6mins.
Prado is a good vehicle in no doubt, but I never though it can go this far (I mean rock climbing). Nice work guys, you proofed what Prado capable of. Btw, is it diesel?
Yes the rear diff is an LSD and he definitely used traction control. I haven't heard of atrac so it's possible Australian models do not have this feature.
Ok, thank you. A-trac is just an offroad version for traction control which makes it more aggressive. Here in Panama it comes in all diesel versions of the Prado and does not come on the 2.7l petrol one.
This guy was calm, cool, collected and obviously experienced...nicely done!
I still feel like he'd be wise to wish for for just another inch of clearance eh, bloody hell that's pushing the limits of what ya can do in that truck before ya start doing a little damage eh
Skilled driving. It's an art to see someone 4WD like this. Beats watching all those idiots that just rev the ring out of their cars to get anywhere. Good work!
+robit28 Totally agree!
Excellent driving. Is it an auto?
Really well done and I love how the spotter gave precise information to the driver... and the rolling rock on the last challenge just showing us how steep it really is
Top driving! They are some killer rocks for near standard vehicles, the video doesn't give the steepness and size of the steps justice. well done!
Cheers mate. Definitely some good driving on his part! I don't know if I could take a new car like that through this stuff :D
Awesome video! I was very impressed that it got up that last part with such little fuss.
Fantastic vid. Great to see a couple of young blokes out having a bit a harmless fun in the Aussie bush. It'd great if there was more of it.
Nice Prado and superb driving and the Geolandars rock.
Impressive driving skills and also proves that Toyota has shown the world that their SUVs are most reliable and can go anywhere facing tough places climbing hills and rocks that no any other SUVs can do and not get stuck in deep muddy places.
Any other???
+Nik Marinkovic Glide in water
They should call it Jesus. They're not that great.
I could get an old stock V6 Isuzu Trooper up there
Davo george do it and put on youtube
Nice driving and nice Prado.
Nice video, good to see other 150 Series out in the bush & playing on the rocks. Seems to do with relative ease...... Well done
These new traction control systems are phenomenal
Excellent driving,
Excellent vehicle,
👍
Thanks! I used the inbuilt stabilisation features of the video camera - I think it was a Panasonic HDC-HS60. I now have a later model V720M with 5-axis stabilisation and it works noticeably better, which an be seen in my recent Amarok video.
The one of best of video of Prado! Prado is the best!!!!
The Landcruiser Prado is available in Australia, UK and south American countries. They are most popular in series 90 (Colorado), 120 and 150. They share components with 4runners, Hilux, Tacomas and the FJ Cruiser.
Nice to see someone actually using their Land Cruiser. I used to own an FJ Cruiser and was amazed at how well it crawled over terrain like this. It had a manual trans. which I feel works a little smoother than the auto as you can lug it down to about 400 RPM and it still moved where the auto has to be revved more. Great video and great vehicle. thanks for posting.
Great video, is nice to see nearly stock trucks over this type of terrain
Nice video, I just bought the diesel auto version of this car and I'm liking it,, (coming from a dmax) very impressed with the climb without lockers. Now I'm looking forward to mods and crawling around W.A.
Thats impressive. Didnt realise these cars were so capable of extreme off roading. Guess that ladder frame chassis makes it a tough workhorse. They are expensive new in the UK but worth it, although way out my league currently :( Thing is, you cant imagine it ever breaking down.. Would last me for decades ! Have to wait for a few years before I can even attempt to buy one of these. It would have to be second hand though, but it would still last me a very long time. A car for everything, for all weather and all terrain.
best prado off road video ever, cheers to all prado owner!!!
Great video man! Good driver and great car! Looking at getting a prado and good to see it can still do the tough tracks :D Cheers!
Respect in utilising what these things are actually capable of, instead of most people who just use them to go to Westfield.
Very impressed with the Prado and crawling traction control. I know this track well and is no easy task..
As with any medium, the purpose of editing is to keep viewers entertained. If videos contained the full-length material, people will get bored pretty quickly. The missing parts are mostly the driver/spotter discussing lines or the vehicle reversing back down to try a new line.
Svaka cast! Odlican vozac, odlicno vozilo!
Thanks mate! Hope to see you on the tracks again soon.
very nice video, displaying just a little of what a mighty prado can do :)
Lexus GX460!! 🇺🇸
awesome vehicle... saw one upside down ... lying on its roof... but absolute minimal damage... strong vehicle
Thanks, We do too...I,ve got my Bullbar, winch & Mickey Thompsons MTZ's I just need a 2" lift & a snorkel & I will be good to go almost anywhere.
Another nice vid, enjoyed it!
you guys are insane! nice wheeling!
haha glad you enjoyed it !
He loves the power. I'm pretty certain most people are very happy with the 150, for on road and off road driving.
Agreed! Manuals do have advantages, but not on rock steps. Auto's allow a very smooth delivery of power to crawl and climb steps.
Nice work mate I've got a lifted Kakadu with 18" cooper Zeons, snorkel lift etc and they still amaze me how good they are off road....if your game enough.
You should really consider lockers for that rig. It wouldn't help the lack of ground clearance, or articulation, but lockers would stop most of your wheel spin and greatly increase traction. And I agree with one of the comments. Good driving skills, in deed.
Right now I can only dream of doing that. But you did some credible job.
Very good throttle control, and wheel placement can get most vehicles through unlikely places
i know prado
its a good 4x4 but trust me (sand and rock driver) the driver over here is an excellent driver
he knows exactly how much power should the car give and smart user of diff lock .
Here in Australia it is available with a 4.0L V6 petrol or a 3.0L 4 cylinder T.Diesel .
In the U.S , it is sold under the brand Lexus , under the name plate Lexus 470 LX
Those are all valid points about the Hilux, at least for old models (the newer models are quite low). However, Hilux's have a major compromise - leaf suspension. In this terrain, coil suspension far outperforms the Hilux's leaf suspension, providing smoother articulation and more stability.
After watching this video I realized that the car Prado will not let me down Thanks Liked
In most countries of southamerica they are called Totoya Prado Sumo. They are available in 5 door and 3 door with several engine choices...
Awesome video!! Very good driver.
thanks sinchi
Nice work!!! Good control and not tearing the arse out of the bush and giving the sport a bad name.
Cheers mate, absolutely agree
Good driver!! He knew what he was doing!!
Great video 🚗
From the video I can see the tyres are Yokohama Geolander AT/S. I am looking to change to 265/70R17 too and these are one option. My side steps are mangled just from going through sand LOL - I also made the mistake of getting my 150 in black - shows every scratch from the bush
Great work -just wondering what tire pressure you guys recommend for this type of run in the Prado 150?
In all my driving I've never seen a manual go smoother than an auto in this kind of terrain, so if you can honestly drive manual smoother than an auto over this kind of terrain, I commend you. Auto's have a liquid filled Torque Converter which allows the driver to adjust throttle and speed gradually and smoothly, whilst the clutch in a manuals tends to just be on or off. Of course extremely low range gears would eliminate these issues altogether.
That 4x4 did not have any protection installed, but it did have 2" suspension lift and upgraded tyre size (265/70R17). I would always recommend at least a suspension lift and upgraded tyres.
Nice work guys. Even with the auto, it is still very hard to be consistent with the throttle.
Thanks. Yes smooth can be tricky on rock steps especially when traction control kicks in. He done a great job of it that's for sure.
try it now . very different beast than those days .
You use crawl control, or simple trackshion working? Rear axle lock?
Because the active trackshion and crowl control and rear lock on 4.0, not found on 2.7, only simple trackshion, whether 2.7 will be as good or not..
beast piece of machinery
How do the 150 series compare to the 90 series LC? Off road & on road.
The audio/video speed was not edited. Your computer may be having trouble playing back the HD video.
Awesome...I'm about to buy one of these but at $60tk don't think i'd be game to take it on this track...but good to see someone do it.....I was cringing a bit. Did u get any damage underneath? what brand lift kit is it? What tyres are u running and was it a 3litre D4D auto....The ARB bar and snorkel look great...thanks for the show...great thanks
Was the center diff even locked. At some points it looks like it wasn't. Otherwise, good job.
no you did not understand i meant how he feel on spphalt prado 2.7???if you can answer me please!i want to byu praod 150 new with engine 2.7 standart complectation or 4.0 engine prestige.i drive 90 percents on asphalt and it is very interesting
Very good video.
thanks
@GazDogNoosa
G'day Gaz,
OME lift, petrol engine. He bent the side steps a bit, scratched the aux tank bash plate and the front cross member a couple times. Nothing major unless you actually like side steps!! Don't know what AT tyres they are but pretty sure it's an upgraded size (265/70R17), and he's looking to upgrade to 255/80R17. BTW, it's a friends car (mine is an big silver 95 series) - to see his channel search for spitfireslw
Nice job ! I have one too and people doubt how handy they are offroad..I also have a GU patrol for the haters
and that you can say about prado 2.7 is it goog in mountain(medium).there are not many mountains in my town but,,,,
anwser me please.
Never been off road, excellent condition
بصراحه سياره ماعليك أي اعتراض وخاصه أن البرادو ياباني 100%
والسواق برضو كانت قيادة ابداع👍👍👍👍👍
great video, should really consider getting some air lockers in it ;)
Sorry I dont know what Steven (owner of that 150) was running on that trip. I've just been on that trail the other day with my 90's Prado and ran 17.5 rear and 21 front (with 255/85R16's). Unfortunately that killed another front CV, which again proves I shouldn't go lower than 22 on the fronts. Too much traction = something else must give way.
Thanks for the comments rcmaster1029 and NizR33.
Of course this is an edited video. In real life there were a couple more failed attempts, particularly on the climb at 6mins.
Awesome, great job guys
just a question is this gxl come up with Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System (KDSS) ? because this goes really well thanks
thank you very much!
Very nice video without an annoying music! We'll done!
El motor es un diesel 3.0 ?
looks like the traction control system did a decent job of keeping things together, but i bet lokkas would have made life a bit easier!
beautiful !
The 2.7L (3RZ-FE) is a great engine and trusted for reliability. There is also a newer 2.7L (2TR-FE) engine which should be quite good as well.
Nice driving
No KDSS in this case. It was just driver and traction control :-)
did you put a underneath guard?
I wonder if some modification is needed against the stock GXL prado?
как дорабатывалась подвеска? или это в штатной комплектации у неё такой ход??
Gotta say nice driving thats a well designed vehicle even if it is a yota... lol jk! Never heard of this rig till today I like em!
Prado is a good vehicle in no doubt, but I never though it can go this far (I mean rock climbing). Nice work guys, you proofed what Prado capable of. Btw, is it diesel?
Thanks Phil. This one is a petrol
is that crawl control, isnt it
Well done! What mods have you done to the Prado?
Does this shorten the lifetime of the car in the longterm?
You are awesome!!!!!!!
Nicely done, were you using the A-trac button or just the normal always on traction control? Also, does that Prado has Limited Slip differential?
Yes the rear diff is an LSD and he definitely used traction control. I haven't heard of atrac so it's possible Australian models do not have this feature.
Ok, thank you. A-trac is just an offroad version for traction control which makes it more aggressive. Here in Panama it comes in all diesel versions of the Prado and does not come on the 2.7l petrol one.
Which tyre size are you using? Any lift kit installed?
Prado 150 with 2" lift, 32" AT and traction control
very smooth camera work... did you use some kind of image stabilisation feature?
I got here from those uphill crash videos.. So this is how you do it right?
Hey just wondering does it have a lift kit or is it standard? Nice rig anyway and great driving. I'm looking at buying one soon.
it's KDSS suspension
Is that a diesel or petrol
Did the prado 150 have the height adjustable suspension or was it replaced? Also, did you use crawl control?
Aftermarket suspension, not adjustable. No crawl control on that particular model.
glenep What about KDSS?
mftgdeserteagle
No KDSS on this one
Yeah lockers make it easier, but in that case, you can try harder lines with lockers :D
Nice video... any lockers fitted to this prado and what it is if ? I just acquired same model
non equipped KDSS, MTS & crawl control model?
The Prado 150 had 2" lift, 32" AT's and he got by with traction control.
no lockers
Блокировки похоже обе ARB, хороший танк ! Главное чтобы приводы выдержали.
and can you show us prado 150 with 2.7engine??please
where is the exit? did you just go back once reaching the end ?
Yes this track is one way in, then return
glenep really good work man. thanks for your sharing