Well, I took delivery of a shiny new Prado on Friday 1/4. All’s been good so far.
The MaxTrax and CB have also arrived.
I was lucky enough to be able to get the new model MaxTrax in black, for a bit of a stealth look, instead of ‘steal me orange’. They should be a lot less conspicuous up on the roof racks now. What are MaxTrax? Well, hopefully they’ll get us out of any bother we find ourselves in. Most 4wding we’ll be doing on this trip looks like sand driving and MaxTrax make it much easier to get unstuck.
I’ve been busily trying to find someone that’ll do the work on the Prado, but they all seem a bit scared or want to charge an arm and a leg. Looks like I’ll be doing a bit of the electrical work myself. What could possibly go wrong?
The brake controller is the only real hassle. Normally this would be mounted low down on the left hand side of the dash, near the drivers left knee. The problem is that the car has a knee airbag and the brake controllers ideal location is right across where the airbag would pop out. I don’t fancy an airbag propelled brake controller to add to my woes … so I’ll need to find another spot for it. It *may* fit on the right hand side. I just need to blutac it there and see if its going to interfere with something else … like getting in and out.