My 2001 Patrol

[Leighw85]

My new baby
picked it up today, cant wait to get out in it.
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7921/patrol3.jpg
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[Clunk]

nice tidy looking rig you got there mate...... gotta love the whities

[Leighw85]

Yeah love the white. after my last 4x4 and the paint starting to peel, i thought stuff it im going white :)
Picked it up today, pretty bloody happy with it. Alot of extras already on board so its ready to go.

[growler2058]

Nice whitey mate

[twisty]

G'day leigh, nice truck. Tinted, air deflector, weather sheilds and a bit of chrome. Very good, and a sun visor will top it off ;-)

[Dark 1]

Top ride mate, can't go wrong with a GU.

[DX grunt]

G'day Leigh.

Congrats and welcome on board. Love the pics.

If you're interested in joining a 4wd club, try www.westernpatrolclub.com

Take care out there.

Rossco

[big_fletch]

Very nice looking troll mate, very nice starting point

Fletcha

[Bigrig]

Nice and tidy indeed mate - sooooo .... what modifications do you want us to start spending your money on first??!! lmao ..

[Leighw85]

cheers for the comments fellas.
loving me troll had it for 2 days now and just want to drive it everywhere lol.
had to go the white, love them. And with paint issues ive had with my previous 4x4 i went the simple color that wont peel.

So first mods i have in mind, by just reading the forum is, pyro and boost gauge. Already have a boost gauge that was in it when i got it, but will get the pillar and wack the 2 gauges in there.

Im looking into building a draw setup for the back. The same height as the seats are when folded down, so can use it as a bed for a quick trip. (if i cant swag it) As a cabinet maker this should be pretty easy to do :)

thats about all i have thought of at the moment.

The car came with the Diesel Gas Injection, which i have read is a good thing for power and economy.
Does anyne have any thoughts on that?

[Leighw85]

Getting the first of my NADS done next week :) getting the EGR mods done and a catch can fitted. :) it has begun......

[katwoman]

It may of begun, but now, will never finish !!
Nice truck, BTW

[Sir Roofy]

as above where does it end ==nice rig mate

[nowoolies]

g`day Leigh
welcome on board mate
heaps of laughs and bucket loads of info here enjoy
nowoolies
Paul
p:s piccies we luv piccies
where in Perth are you mate ???

[Leighw85]

Hey
Your telling me Kat. I've got my eye on alot of gear, but the car itself has put a dent in my bank account hahaha.
Yeah haven't been out yet to get pics so will hopefully get out this weekend.
I'm in Seville Grove mate, near Armadale :o

[Leighw85]

Guages now ordered for the Boost and Pyro. Next on the list, a 2 guage pillar.

Drawing up my plans to re-do the drawers in the back.
At the moment there is a space for a fridge. Mine oes not fit there but.
And its just a lift up top. Im looking at knocking up a fridge opening and 1 drawer. Underneath the fridge opening im going for a small slide out bench :)
will draw it up and ill see what you guys think

[Leighw85]

Got my EGR mods done today, with the dawes valve and catch can fitted. Pretty happy now.
Figuring out where and who will do my EGT gauge now is a different story :(

[Leighw85]

2 and a half inch dump pipe installed today. With my pyro gauge fitting :)

Looking forward to my gauge install tomorrow now :) will post pics when I have them in !!!

[Mark S]

Nice GU mate look forward to the pics

[Dr Drift]

Nice one and you are really moving along with those mods... How did you find it performance wise so far?
and yes the white is a very easy color to keep clean IMO... black is damn hard

Dr Drift...

[Leighw85]

The performance is great, did get a bit more power once i changed the dump pipe. Enough to notice anyway.
Love the white :)

[Leighw85]

Ok so installed my gauges almost 2 weekends ago now. Finally got a couple of pics to put up.
Went with the Autometer Cobalt gauges look great.
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Also got myself a new stereo. The original Deck didnt play MP3's or coudnt put my ipod in it.
So went out and got a stereo of ebay. pretty cheap and easy to install with a few extra plugs.
Plays DVD's which will probably never get used, but the ipod can ge controlled through the deck which is great.
and NO SKIPPING OF CD'S when on the bumpy terrain :)

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[Clunk]

excellent stuff Leigh........... good to see things are taking shape mate. Nice looking head unit too - does it take a thumb drive or sd card????

sorry to hear the code thing didn't work for the airbag light........... I just saw it when i was googling, thought it might help but I haven't a clue when it comes to the tech stuff.

[Leighw85]

Yeah mate the deck takes a USB/thumb drive. It's pretty handy!!!

As for the airbag it needs fixing. Bloody annoying flashing light. And you just don't know what will happen with an air bag! Don't want it to go bang while I'm driving!

[Leighw85]

Oh and it also takes a sd card :)
All for $250 :)

[Clunk]

Yeah mate the deck takes a USB/thumb drive. It's pretty handy!!!

As for the airbag it needs fixing. Bloody annoying flashing light. And you just don't know what will happen with an air bag! Don't want it to go bang while I'm driving!

yeah probably one best left for the dealers to look at mate........

[Clunk]

Oh and it also takes a sd card :)
All for $250 :)

bargain at half the price mate............ oooooh I forgot to ask...... is it GPS too and would you happen to have the web address for the sellers ad to post up????

[Leighw85]

Nah I didn't get the gps one mate. I just got myself a new Garmin gps. And I don't really like having to look down at the deck when seeing where to go. But you can vet them with the gps I for about an extra $100.
It's a eanon brand. Just search that on eBay the Xtrons ones look ok to :)

[Sir Roofy]

Looking good mate your build must be nearly complete

[Leighw85]

Cheers mate. Apart from a roof rack and my exhaust I'm pretty much ready.
I want to make a new drawer setup for the back. But I build cupboards all week, so finding the motivation to do It is hard hahaha

[Leighw85]

OK here is a snap of the cupboard/will be drawer system that came with the car when i got it.
I have plans to used all of this still but make a few modifications.
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Ok so what looks like a drawer is not a drawer, but it will be when im finished. The unit is built around a steel fram which is nice and solid.
On the other side next to the drawer, i am going to make my own fridge slide. My 50ltr Waeco won quite fit between the back of the opening and inside the doo by about 60mm (not happy) so i have to make the cutout a little bigger.
Some nice 700mm drawer runners will do the job.
the little flap on the other side will be quite handy when i have the drawer made. As i can still get my longer tools and things in there. and its easy to get out.

Cheers

[pcpitstop]

Looks like a good truck

[Leighw85]

Got myself a bargain yesterday. Picked up a second hand (well used once, so pretty much new) ironman rooftop tent for $900.
Don't have any piccies yet as I have not yet got myself the roof rack to install it.
The price was to good. As it was the exact tent I had my heart set on buying.

Pics to come soon :)

[Leighw85]

Ok so i went with Rhino Racks for my rooftop tent. i got 3, just for piece of mind :)
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Now to fit the tent on the weekend, and set it. See how i go.

Never ending the list of things to but. BUT I LOVE IT!!!! :P

[Leighw85]

Finally fitted my Rooftop tent to the rhino racks.
Only pulled the tent out, i didnt set up the windows and everything. Just wanted to see how to pull it out and set it up. Leave the rest of until i go away.
Here are some pics of the setup.
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ready for a christmas trek now. Probably head down the beach for a few days, for some fishing, drinking with some mate

[lochie75]

nice, i love white trucks .... you dont get bush pin stripes as bad lol

[twisty]

Nice one Leigh :clapping: Did you get an annex as well?

[Leighw85]

Yeah got the annex to! Going to set the whole thing up properly next weekend probably. :)

[Elmar]

looks very nice... nice front end... tent looks amazing and the boxes inside are cool...

[Clunk]

not a bad looking tent at all mate, looks like ya got yourself a good buy there!!!!???