Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Looks llike the Coopers All Terrain Extremes and no they are not very noisy, see different size side rubber nobbs that reduces road noise very much , pity they do not come in a 15" else I would have bought some last year

Shalom

Beautiful!!!! noisy tyres meen grip - I will just borrow a cd from Cedric - His music will kill any other noise.
That setup in the boot must meen duel batt sys. What will front and rear steel bumpers rip me. The rtt and awning must be 18k of extras.

David

Steel bumpers can make you bankrupt
Custom bumpers can be much less, but without certified airbag compliance.
Airbag compliance cannot be tested / verified with a custom bumper, unless you want to reinstall an airbag after testing it.

Clem wrote:What tires are those? They look pretty aggressive and I imagine are probably quite noisy on tar.

Clem the best all terrain tire is a muddy come and listen to my km2 at 140km is beautiful. ..or your radio is to shoft....lol

They are Kumho Road Venture MTs.

Hi,

what is your opinion of the 4.2 liter TDI 1999 model, the turbo makes a huge difference in excelleration, fuel economy up to 8.5 liter per km.

Cheers

sorry ....still drooling at those Kumho's...... WWW WWW WWW

@ Arriewarrie...

The 4.2 with turbo is a great donkey, with a little oomph from the turbo. If set up correctly.... and EGT's are monitored, it will take you places you never thought possible. I've pushed mine onto the 140Km/h mark, but then firstly its a lot more thirsty, secondly with the roofrack and Kumho 33" KL71 muddies you loose a bit of power and exponential fuel consumption ( I would guess 1L/100km each). So if you want to speed around at 140-150Km/h everywhere then a 4.8 is your best bet ( and a big bank account for fuel), but if like me, you are happy to drive at 120km/h, then the 4.2 is perfect. Yes, you will have to work it on an uphill a bit.... it is an "old school motor" with ZERO electronics, and the turbo is more of an altitude compensator than power delivery turbo. ( only boosts 0.5 bar), although does give some nice excelleration...

The TD42 motor is unbelievably strong and over designed, but was for N/A set up. once you have a turbo fitted and the motor is not the "Silver Top" model ( early GQ model patrols as far as I know), you MUST have a EGT monitoring device fitted purely for monitoring these temps.

Div, if you are still in the hunt, I posted my GQ in the marketplace - For Sale.

Ivor