Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

I was feeling a little bored this morning, and not been able to get out offroading or camping due other brainless social crap. So a trip to Sharjah industrial areas always relaxes me. Sharjah is about 30-40 minutes from Dubai, and there are areas of sharjah industrial area which specialise in car/truck scap, which is used to re-export parts, or repair insurance write off vechicles from the US/canada. Luckily patrol's are not sold in US/Canada and a lot of auctioned off Japanese patrols end up in Sharjah for parts.

I read about the spot in Sharjah.

To be honest, I was planning a trip there when I'm stuck in the emirates for two weeks later this year... :)

Thats very cool tp have that on your doorstep.....iam looking for the switch unit on my co driver seat do you think they will have?
Have they got a website or something? ?
I can see a lot of td42 motors in your pick

So sad to see so many patrols being chopped but than agian helping to others on the road....

hey Ian let me know when you are down here, and we can have a look together if I am free.

The switch unit is for electric seats on a y61? They may have it, if possible. Sadly they do not have a website, the guys who run these places are nearly all from Afganistan/Pakistan especially the Toyota/Nissan scrap yards. There is another couple of smaller places in Abu Dhabi that I know that allowed me to get a catalytic converter for almost 1/6th price of a new one from Nissan.

Yes a lot of 4.2 diesels here, seems the diesel engine was more popular in Japan.

If you see a black one of those switches on a 4.8 grx y61 i will be very happy nissan sa wants 6k for it

vanhack wrote: <snip>hey Ian let me know when you are down here, and we can have a look together if I am free. </snip>

Great. I will do so. Probably only be in early July though. Will keep you posted.

That looks like Patrol heaven

The real shame is import duties on whole vehicles.

I gather those vehicles standing there are all left hand drive? - in which case it is almost impossible to import to SA.

NO they are not Left hand drive, they are from Japan, and Japan is Right hand drive. Do you want one?

Tinus lotz wrote:If you see a black one of those switches on a 4.8 grx y61 i will be very happy nissan sa wants 6k for it

Still not sure about the switches....can you post a picture of you what you mean, or a part number please. I can ask Nissan here as well for the price of a new one. I can call the scrapyard and ask if they have the item, and a picture will help them understand over whatsapp.