Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

. Name: Full Name (Nickname/Registered Name) Koos Best

2. Birthday and Age: 8 June 1964 / 44 yrs

3. Town and Country of residence: Mtunzini, Zululand Coast

4. Home Language: Afrikaans/English

5. Occupation/Business: Self Employed, furniture manufacturer

6. Family status: Married to Fay with 2 sons

7. Membership - Other 4X4 Clubs and Forums: SA 4X4X COMMUNITY, NISSAN4X4,PATROL.COM,LAND ROVER

8. Current 4x4: PATROL GRX 2003 3.0D

9. Current Mods: EGT GAUGE,DRAWER SYSTEM

10. Mods on wish list: SUSPENSION UPGRADE

11. Vehicle on wish list: DEFENDER PUMA 110

12. Previous 4x4's: PATROL GQ 4.2D,DEFENDERS TDI ,V8 & 2.5P, HI LUX 4Y,LANDY FWD CONTROL 1968, SER 3 1981

13. Last 3 offroad or overland destinations: BAVIIANSKLOOF, NAUDE,S NEK, NOSSOB TRAIL, LEBOMBO TRAIL

14. Your favourite destination: BOSVELD, SAN PARKS ADDICTED

15. Other hobbies: KAYAK FISHING, CAMPING IN STYLE

16. GPSr and Map Data used: ONLY FOR FISHING, CAN READ A MAP

17. Rate your 4X4 and overlanding experience: CAN HELP MYSELF

18. Online Photo Site:

19. Photos of you and your Vehicle:WILL POST SOON

Hi Koos,

Did you do the drawer system yourself?

Another Zululander!

Welcome Koos

Welkom Koos

Yes us Zoeloes are going to rule the Patrols

Yes Len, with 12mm ply with heavy duty ball bearing runners, only 2 drawers approx 200mm deep , my engel freezer i mount on top secured with bottle screw slips.I also in my GQ had a net under the ceiling at the back you I stored all the families jackets , jerseys hat ect , work wonders.
I also made my dual bat system myself, very easy.
Regards Koos
The headlight protector is on its way to me, thx again

weskus_surfer wrote:Hi Koos,

Did you do the drawer system yourself?

Hello Koos and welcome! Good to have another Zululander on the forum. I hope to meet you soon.

Gerrit Loubser wrote:Hello Koos and welcome! Good to have another Zululander on the forum. I hope to meet you soon.

Hi Jules, dankie vir jou welkom woorde. Thx to you John as well.
Dankie Gerrit, hoop om jou te ontmoet.
Len re. the drawer sorry they 200mm high and about a meter long or deep.
I make all my equipment self. Get all my tips from forums around the world.
Also fitted an EGT gauge in my 3.0 d , by going to instrumentation guys in Dbn and sourced the gauge and thermo couple.
I can only insist you guys by giving advise on making stuff out of wood ect , and keeping a vehicle in good shape
Regards Koos

Hi Koos,

Welcome to the forum. I'd love to see photos of your mods. Where did you source your headlight covers?

KOOS BEST wrote: I can only insist you guys by giving advise on making stuff out of wood ect , and keeping a vehicle in good shape
Regards Koos

Check out this nice mod utilizing the space between the body and the rear side panels:

http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30701

Should work quite nicely in the GU since it has a wider body/wheel arches.