Recovery Points on New Prado

Not 100% sure but I think ARB in Perth make a set of bolt on recovery points for Prado

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Perth
66 Collingwood Street
Osborne Park WA 6017
Tel: (08) 9244 3553

Try them for starters

Cheers
Greg

See http://www.lcool.org/technical/120_series/recovery/recovery_points.html

I have added these to my Prado .. they were pretty simple to install. I purchased them from the guy in adelaide who developed them (David Sheridan - dsheridan@cmv.com.au, 0418 820349) for about $100pr

Note that i have never been totally convinced they are actually any better than the factory ones which are a steel loop welded directly to the chassis (is it the weld that is the weak point?).

Hi Guys,
You are correct, ARB in Perth do have front recovery points. There is a bit of labour to fit them (removing radiator as stuff) and involves the fitments of some sort of plate. For the pleasure I was quoted $400, still saving up for this mod.

Rgds

Jeff

Hi Longreach

I fitted a pair of davids recovery points to my Prado nearly 12 months ago.

It took me all of 30 min to fit (i have a roo bar not that that makes any diff when fitting) I am not macanical in any way but I am willing to learn.

The instructions were simple and all i did was follow them. I think the most inportant part is getting the right bolts (hitensile)

No problems pulling me out of the sticky stuff.

The welded ones that are on the prado now are tie down and the danger is that they are not rated for recovery and if used they will be the part that rips throgh the recovers back window (and hopefully not his head)

That's my 2 cents anyway

See ya out there

Trevor

Drew,

The original factory hooks are tie down and emergency towing points only. They are hoops welded on to the chassis ehich in effect is very thin. The chassis will tear the hook of if used for a decent recovery which is very dangerous. I have also seen the chassis torn from rocks coming into contact with the hook bending it down and tearing it back.

Longreach,

I bought mine from John at outbackideas@three.com.au, these are also available from TJM stores.
if you want some more advice you could contact John on 0402 267 571

Thanks everyone for your help.