04 Prado Bonnet
Submitted: Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 20:53
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andyroo
Hi all,
My wife and i just purchased a 04 gxl prado really happy with it. Just a question abou the bonnet it seems to rattle a little when driving. Not so much a noise but you can see it moving a little. The clip doesnt seem to be holding? Has anyone had any experiences or heard of this happening? Any possible solutions?
Reply By: Member - 120scruiser (NSW) - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 21:05
Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 21:05
Yeah its commong.
If you lift the bonnet and have a look in the front corner on either side you will see a round rubber piece. If you grabe this piece and screw it out a turn and then close the bonnet. That should secure it for you. These are the bonnet stops or rests what ever you want to call it.
Hope this helps
Scott
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Follow Up By: andyroo - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 22:32
Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 22:32
thanks for that.
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Saturday, Nov 03, 2007 at 08:40
Saturday, Nov 03, 2007 at 08:40
yep if you dont and travel alot of corragated roads the catch will flog out and fail
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Reply By: Muddy doe (SA) - Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 00:12
Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 00:12
When you say the bonnet is moving..... is that in relation to the bullbar (if you have one that is!)?
On our prado we have the alloy factory bullbar and it does move around quite a lot on rougher roads and at first it did look a bit like the bonnet was moving up and down a bit.
Cheers
Muddy
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Reply By: traveller2 - Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:40
Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:40
The later model Prado's are also prone to body and chassis cracks when fitted with bullbars and
winches, especially if used for what they were 'designed' for.
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Follow Up By: Member - 120scruiser (NSW) - Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 20:22
Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 20:22
I think you will find its more the
suspension set up than bars and
winches. I have had an ARB steel bar with 9500 lb winch fitted from new and have had no cracks. I do run lovells and bilsteins which seem to do the trick.
Stock
suspension are the ones that crack.
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