Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Hi guys!

Just thought i'd let you know, I had my Blitzpatrollie serviced today, and needed gas struts for the bonnet. Nissan phoned me and quoted R3072 for two. You can get these, with end fittings, Gabriel brand, at Bosch Service centres for R201 a piece, I bought today.

As a matter of interest, Bosch do brake pads as well. For instance for the Toyota Quantum, a set of front or rear pads costs R146!! Yes, correct, R1 4 6 only. I asked about patrol but he said he'd need a sample or part number to check price, but they all around there somewhere he said. They also do oxygen sensors, platinum spark plugs etc etc. Worth a look chaps, these dealers are grilling us here.

I was also quoted R980 to replace 6 globes on the vehicle, R1700 for V-Belts, R940 for wiper blades (he said it needs wiper blades but I put new F****n Durablades on YESTERDAY!!)

Anyhow, I wanted to let you know you can shop for some parts at Bosch direct and they are cheap, I never knew this until the guys at Campworld told me to find gas struts there.

Enjoy chaps :)

Gav

Gavin - Which dealer is ripping off at that scale ? Nege honnert en veertig vir BLADES wat by Midas en waar ookal nie eens 100 is nie ??

Ook - as jy B/pads vir n Trollie soek -- al wat ons sover kon vasstel wat werk is Mazda Etude se pads MAAR jy moet hulle so bikki fyl om te pas

Toe ek by BOSCH toendertyd gas stafies gesoek het vir Agarob se enjinkap, het hulle nie daardie grootte gehad nie -- ek het Road-Q /SCC gaan kry .. en dit was nie die Gabriels nie. Is goeie nuus as Bosch nou weer die Patrol se enjinkap gasstafies aanhou

Ferodo sells the front brake pads as standard, for the back you can buy the Mazda Etude's front bads and do n bit of modifying as oom Mac said. Safeline sells the complete set, front and back, but I have not tried this yet.

Another thing is I got Munroe gas lifts at Midas. They are a little bit shorter, but works very nice. The cost something like R280 for a set of 2.

Also see here for another thread on the struts

@Kagiso Dit was Produkta Nissan in Nelspruit. Ek sal moet begin uitvind of daar 'n Nissan spesialis ou is die kant wat my kan uitsort. Wens ek kon eintlik maar my eie onderhoud doen, maar SA Warranties...
Toe ek gevra het vir my struts het hulle net gevra vir die "fully extended" lengte, sonder die fittings oppie punte. 360mm as ek reg onthou. Die standaardes is 330Nm gepomp en dies wat ek gekry het is 400Nm, so jy moet bietjie pap eet om die bonnet toe te maak. Nee wat, mens kan nie die verskil agterkom nie :)

@Marino Don't Ferodo make standard pads for the back of the patrol? Would be interested to find out what Bosch says, maybe they have standard ones. Its also not a case of Bosch selling a Ferodo etc. pad, they actually make Bosch pads. Would be interested to see if they have. Anyhow, my car was done yesterday and no mention of pads needed, so will only know at next service.

@Stefan Thanks ek sal bietjie gaan lees wat se hulle... :)

Gavin, sekerlik as daai kar al uit waarborg uit?

Hi Peter,

No I took out an extended warranty on the vehicle through SA Warranties, since I didn't get any sort of dealer warranty on it. So I have to honour the rules for a while to make sure they'll come to the party if something goes pear shaped :)