Time for an update.
Let me first start with what cannot be seen with the naked eye.... I upgraded the diffs from 4:11 to 4:6, and honestly, apart from the turbo conversion done by Michael the diff ratio change was the best I could do. Firstly, the vehicle feels like a brand new vehicle on acceleration from stand still and when driving, overtaking in 5th is a breeze!! At 120kmh on the speedo, the GPS reads 116kmh, before the change 110kmh on the speedo was in excess of 120kmh on the GPS. The odo was 17,5% out, reading under, now there is less than 5km difference, still reading under than 100kms on the GPS. The rpm at 120kmh sit between 2700 and 2800 which I believe is in the power band, and the engine runs more silent with the EGTs in the region of 340 degrees.
My test with the ratio was the well know Rigel uphill direction south from Atterbury Road. I started at the bottom around Garsfontein Road in 5th at 115kmh on the speedo, EGT at 340 and on top of the hill as you pass the gantry and Hoerskool Waterkloof I was still doing 115kmh in 5th with the EGTs at 440... very happy with that performance and temps!!
Now to what can be seen..... a while ago the interest for flares was discussed and I ordered it for the Patrol. Having recently received them between my son and I fitted them over the weekend. It was a bit of a mission as we had to drop the Connan rock sliders for the fitment and had to make some adjustments to the fenders and in the end the front part of the pipe of the rock sliders to enable fitment.
- Fitment prep
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- Fenders fitted with rock sliders still off
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- Rock sliders back on
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- Rear view to show line iro tyre
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I also got bubbles and a stone chip protector from Tinus that we fitted while busy with the fenders.
- Bubble on front window
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- Bubble on front window
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- Stone chip protector
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My next update will be about a refurbished rear bumper I am very excited about
... this will come with
showing the refurbishment process
