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4th October 2018, 10:25 PM
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First 4X4 Adventures
Hey all James here, very excited to do lots of reading on this site!
I bought my first 4X4 2001 Nissan Patrol series 2 GU 3L turbo diesel and I'm stoked with it so far only had it a couple weeks.
My plan is to do some touring locally for starters but my end goal is to travel to central Australia the Kimberlys and Cape York, to name a couple of bigger trips.
I guess I have a few questions to start with and would love to hear and see what you guys are doing with your patrols!
Firstly what sort of draws are you running in the back? I have ordered a fridge and I'm installing dual batteries (any tips or things I should do whilst installing please say I am confident doing all the wiring more so in relation to extra outlets brands of batteries mounts in the engine bay and whether it is worth going for a ctek charger?)
What are your most important mods for Engine/chassis? (bash plates exhausts gauges? heard lots about it don't know much at all)
What are your most important accessories? (awnings fridges lights?)
That should be enough to keep me going for a little while! Looking forward to hearing back from all of you and can't wait to start building up my own car.
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4th October 2018 10:25 PM
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5th October 2018, 06:54 AM
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Welcome aboard James mate and congratulations on your new truck!
There are many very informative threads throughout this great forum on all sorts of topics for your needs above.
Personally I’d be focusing firstly on NADS engine protection and good recovery gear like a winch etc....for your upcoming adventures.
Have fun, stay safe mate!
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5th October 2018, 07:07 AM
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Patrol God
Welcome to the forum mate.
In the words of a Dhuck "QUACK".
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5th October 2018, 07:34 AM
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Patrol God
Welcome to the forum James.
Enjoy mate..
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5th October 2018, 10:54 AM
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Travelling Podologist
Welcome to the forum.
Travel dreams can't be beat.
Check out my old & current blogs (links below) to whet your appetite. Previously travelled around Oz in a bus & have now been travelling in our Patrol (& Tvan) for the past 15 months or so. Currently north of Broome, up the top of the Dampier Peninsula.
Last edited by Cuppa; 5th October 2018 at 10:58 AM.
2006 4.2TDi ex-Telstra Remote area Camper. 425w roof mounted solar, 360Ah Aux batts, BCDC1240, Onboard hot & cold pressurised & filtered water, (25 litre hot water calorifier), ARB fridge, ARB freezer, Built in kitchen, heaps of easy access storage, 240v, 3” Genie exhaust + dynotune, 2” lift, 3900kg GVM upgrade, second glovebox, ROH Blaktrak steel wheels, Bridgestone D697's (now Toyo RT's), Redarc gauges/pillarpod, Hema HX-1, Icom 450 CB, dual rear view cameras, Onboard 30amp Victron mains charger, second glovebox, dual seat conversion, TPMS, Boss PX7 onboard air with 9 litre tank, 350w inverter, Steel bullbar, Harrop Eaton diff lock (front), Warn winch, Snorkel, Dual spares , 160 litre water tank, 180 litre fuel in two tanks (approx 1200km range) 2010 Tvan Tanami. (incl another 70 litre water tank) with matching wheels/tyres (& 3rd spare)
A Nomadic Life (Blog)
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5th October 2018, 12:03 PM
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Legendary
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5th October 2018, 01:19 PM
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Legendary
G'day mate and welcome to the forum. As others said, NADS is first thing and that will include a vacuum and EGT guage. Often a good idea to install these first so you can see what the engine is doing, then see the changes after NADS. Thre is tons of info in NADS here.
2005 GU IV ST 3.0. Snorkel. Roof rack. Awning. Spots. Welded I/C. Dual batteries & VSR. UHF. Barn door hinge extension. Roof top spot lights. Rear drawers. 2" lift. NADS. EGT and boost gauges. Trans temp and water temp gauges. Provent 200 catch can. Rear ladder
And crawling on the planet's face, some insects called the human race. Lost in time. And lost in space... and meaning.
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5th October 2018, 07:02 PM
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Administrator
Welcome to the forum mate and feel free to ask any questions.
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11th October 2018, 11:47 AM
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Welcome to the forum mate 
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