Aussie Nissan Patrol

[miller_au]

G'day all...
New to the forum and thought id share my 2005 Patrol with you all. Ive had it for about 18 months now and been slowly building it up to what you see now..

Its a 4.2ltr intercooled turbo diesel, 5 speen manual
this is after i just got it -
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/DSC_0016.jpg

at that stage i had
TJM Alloy bullbar
IPF spotties
GME UHF radio
Snorkel and rhino roof racks

[miller_au]

Then came the 5" RidePro ROX lift
35" Mickey T MTZ's
front locker (already has rear lsd)
ARB on board compressor

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG_1467.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG_1468.jpg

[miller_au]

and as it sits now..
Lightforce XGT's
17" Procomp series 97 wheels
Rola/Rhino roof rack

These were taken during a recent trip through the Simpson Desert
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/0032.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/0233.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/Picture262.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/simmo003.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/Picture043.jpg

and a pic with my Dad's 3 ltr Patrol
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/0373.jpg

[Superu]

Awesome rig and great pics!

Thanks for sharing! :smiley_drive:

[gjackson]

Wow! Excellent stuff.

cheers

[norshor]

Great looking rig!!!

[spray]

Great looking truck mate


welcome along

[gary in ohio]

Is the flag on the back a dune flag or an antenna with a flag?

[mcm4090]

wow that is nice.

[mauricio_28]

What's the stock weight of a Patrol? I love my Navara, but wished only that it were more compact and lighter. How do you like the engine?

[Desertoutpost]

What part of OZ? Anywhere near SA?

[miller_au]

Awesome rig and great pics!

Thanks for sharing! :smiley_drive:

Wow! Excellent stuff.

Great looking rig!!.

Great looking truck mate


welcome along

Thanks guys!

[miller_au]

Is the flag on the back a dune flag or an antenna with a flag?

Its a dune flag mate, i usually have it on the front but the mount broke off after the second week of corrigations!


What's the stock weight of a Patrol? I love my Navara, but wished only that it were more compact and lighter. How do you like the engine?

Stock weight is 2334kg's i think... as for the engine LOVE IT! so glad i went for the 4.2!


What part of OZ? Anywhere near SA?

Im in Victoria, 8 hours from the closest SA border

[shortymav]

Nother victorian here :D

love the look of a series 4, ive got a series 3 4.2, never did trust the migthy handgrenade...i mean 3l patrol!

she looks great, how do you find the 5" lift? ive got only a 2 (OME) but im looking for something a bit bigger, fit 33's comfortably.


oh and if you havent blank off the EGR before it does nasty things to the motor, its next on my to do list and cost's bugger all

Cheers
Tim

[mauricio_28]

what kind of fuel mileage do you get unloaded?

[2K54X4]

Beautiful rig you have there! Those desert pics are awesome.

[olympiccop2002]

Very cool rig for sure! :wings:

Bjorn

[miller_au]

thanks for the positve feedback guys! great to hear!!

[Overland Hadley]

Nice rig!

[The BN Guy]

Sorry I'm late but very nice looking rigs! Man I wanna visit Oz sometime. Beautiful country for sure!

[bigdog]

the truck looks great, and that adventure looks like a blast!

[miller_au]

it sure was mate! thanks for the comments

[BriansFJ]

I missed this thread when it started. Soooo.....

SWEET! I like it!

[miller_au]

G'day all.. just thought id post some pics of the rear drawers and laptop storage system i built for our trip thru the simmo

had a ruff idea of how i wanted them but kinda built as i went i think they turned out ok

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG_2979.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG_2980.jpg

wing doors on the sides for small storage
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG_2981.jpg

drawers bolt up to the existing 3rd row seat holes.. did a great job over 1000's of ruff km's the only thing that has failed is the fridge slide which i purchased and rattles like buggery!

[miller_au]

I took out the second row seats for our trip. Wanted a sturdy and relativly dust free place to store the laptop so i could run live maps and back up photos etc..

this is what i came up with
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG_2976.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG_2977.jpg

also built in a small engel for cans along the way..
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG_2978.jpg


and the 8" screen.. all the usb ports are built into the dash so i can hook up the camera on the run without having to take out the laptop
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG_2971-1.jpg

[4Rescue]

That is truly an awsome build. Well done mate.

Cheers

Dave

[shortymav]

Looking good mate, im also in teh proscess of building some rear drawers for my GU, must say id never thought tomount my maglite there im gonna have to do that.

Also if you havent already fit a rear table to the back door, i had one on my Shorty GQ and it was one of the best mods, get abit of ply/mdf/ally what ever pianno hinge and some wire rope to hold the weight and you got a cheap and bloody usefull table

Cheers
Tim

[miller_au]

Looking good mate, im also in teh proscess of building some rear drawers for my GU, must say id never thought tomount my maglite there im gonna have to do that.

Also if you havent already fit a rear table to the back door, i had one on my Shorty GQ and it was one of the best mods, get abit of ply/mdf/ally what ever pianno hinge and some wire rope to hold the weight and you got a cheap and bloody usefull table

Cheers
Tim

yeah the maglite mounted there comes in hand coz u dont have to root around trying to find it! Im planning on a fold down table... but planning and actually getting around to doing it are 2 TOTALLY different things :D

[mcm4090]

Nice work. :bowdown:

[miller_au]

Thanks for the positive comments guys.. fitted up a new bull bar this weekend, ill put some pics up soon

[Creek]

yup, your rig kicks arse...well done sir

[miller_au]

Couple of pics with the bull bar off. The poor ol alloy bar has well and truely had its day!

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/DeniUteMuster2008027.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/DeniUteMuster2008029.jpg

more pics to follow

[spray]

looks like a good time to clean out the radiator:hehe:


those alloy bars carnt take to many hits

[taco chaser]

What type of bullbar you going with this round?

[miller_au]

Yeah had the radiator cleaned!! it was chockers!! haha

got a nissan bar, its basicly a ARB winch bar rebadged

http://www.nissan.com.au/patrol/images/a_accessories_02.jpg

[The BN Guy]

Dumb question but the hood scoop...does it actually feed into something?

BTW, nice looking rig. Aggressive and sick!

[miller_au]

Dumb question but the hood scoop...does it actually feed into something?

BTW, nice looking rig. Aggressive and sick!

Thanks for the comment.. its feeding fresh air to the top mount intercooler

[The BN Guy]

I've thought about doing one on my Frontier but couldn't really come up with a valid reason to do it. Extra cooling maybe. But then again I plan on painting the hood soon to reduce glare.

[miller_au]

Its a factory scoop with the intercooled patrols, i just realised the D40's dont have one.. the D22's do though.

[hovenator]

Beautiful truck mate! Very well done and looks like everything is easily accessible. Very nice set-up!!!

[miller_au]

Couple of updates...

* Reversing camera
* Fold down LED lamps for inside the rear door
* Materials for fold down table on the rear door

all yet to be installed... oh and....

A G60!!

http://i14.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/17/a2/4679_1.JPG

pick her up saturday!! cant wait

[miller_au]

A new photo from a recent high country trip.. new bullbar on is great! Got a new ARB full length roof rack with high lift and shovel holdfer on the side..also a pic of my G60 work in progress!
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/Dargo2008004.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/Dargo2008024.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG_3001.jpg

[UK4X4]

I just bought a petrol one here in Oman with the 6cyl 4.8...gas is cheap

Now I know what it would look like lifted.....

I chucked on my 33's and they went on with no adjustment required, they don't even look big......

Now I've looked in the back of mine to see what height my cabinets will be...........................I see your engel almost touches the door top

So how big a ladder do you take with you to access your fridge ?

as yours must be at least 4 " higher than mine and mines easily over head height and I'm 6ft ?

My wife would require a fall harness to get me a stuby

[Rev]

Your Patrol is beautiful. :drool:

[miller_au]

yeah i do have small stool to pull out so the good lady wife can get some cold ones from the fridge. i would get one of these is they wernt so pricy!!

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/4WD113_53_Platinum2.jpg

[miller_au]

Got a new spare tyre spacer today.. You can mount 2 work lights and extra arials etc off the top as well.

pics...
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG00002-20090306-1835.jpghttp://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG00003-20090306-1842.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG00005-20090306-1845.jpghttp://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG00007-20090306-1859.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/IMG00006-20090306-1858.jpg

now with the big flood lights i can remove the little one from the centre of the wheel

[axr]

nice car mate.. love those XGT :)

[shortymav]

looking good mate, How do you find the MTZ's on the GU im getting a set next week.

did you make your rear light pole, or get it of patrol4x4? if you made it mind telling me how far out you spaced it from the door?

Cheers
Tim

[miller_au]

looking good mate, How do you find the MTZ's on the GU im getting a set next week.

did you make your rear light pole, or get it of patrol4x4? if you made it mind telling me how far out you spaced it from the door?

Cheers
Tim

MTZ's have been great! awesome off road and behave very well on road also.
The light pole is from Marks Adaptors, not sure how far it is exactly but ill measure it up and let ya know.. hows your GU comin along?

[mcm4090]

yeah i do have small stool to pull out so the good lady wife can get some cold ones from the fridge. i would get one of these is they wernt so pricy!!

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/4WD113_53_Platinum2.jpg

You guys in OZ get all the cool stuff.:Wow1:

[pint]

Sweet build! You guys get all the cool stuff...

[02TahoeMD]

Nice rig, sorry I missed the start of this thread. Love the way it is turning out. It looks like you have a small....."critter" being held captive at your rear hitch? :elkgrin:

Great truck, will keep an eye on it.

[RgrBox]

That's the Patrol I was working to own until two motors went out on it.. very nice looking 4x4 my good man..

[TNxterra]

You aussies get all of the cool stuff... What do we get in america that you guys wish you could get?

[BlackX]

Great looking truck :drool:

[miller_au]

Some updated pics of the Patrol from a recent Aussie 4WD magazine shoot..


http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/johntim-163.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/johntim-275-1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/johntim-30.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/johntim-42.jpghttp://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/johntim-447-1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/othymiller/johntim-490-1.jpg

[jpvm]

Sweet Gu mate !! Very nice buildup ... your "colleague" JP

[Frankspinz]

Very nice truck ! I wish we had those Patrols in Canada ...

[RgrBox]

I still miss my Patrol. How is your doing? I blew the engine twice in mine.

BTW. Good looking vehicle..

[grimbo]

Nice patrol, digging the centre console setup for the laptop. Hope you had fun on
The 4wd monthly shoot when's it out. Will have to get one of light brackets from Marks as well

[miller_au]

Thanks for the comments guys.. Grimbo the photoshoot was a good day except for the me screwing the front end. I straightened the panhard rod which turns out is pretty hard to do! The article was printed last July from memory.