Hey all, thought it was about time I made a thread about my Patrol. She is a 1989 ST Diesel 4.2 that I bought just over a year ago for a solid $5000. It had 420K on the clock it's now 431K. A bit of rust that I will be getting looked at hopefully next year, living in the country and away from the beach where I bought her it hasn't gotten any worse.
Being on a tight budget I haven't done much to her, done the services, had a new radiator and new front brakes (disks and pads) put in. Just got new 15x8 rims and new 33" tyres on her. UHF installed a while back as well as my old CD/MP3 player from my old Feroza. That is on it's way out so I'll be getting a new one probably next year sometime. A new steering wheel thanks to Warnie (from this site) which replaced my scorched one that came with the truck.
Plans for next year include a new copper radiator (I hate the aluminium one I got, needed it in a hurry so got what I could), engine rebuild, a 2 inch lift, snorkel, light bar to replace the spotties, pulling the bullbar off and giving it a sand back and paint, will replace it at a later date with a winch one and probably a few other things that I can't think off off the top of my head at the moment.
Plans for the weekend include an oil change and new DLR lights installed.
Some photos of the GQ:
Old Tyres and Rims: *With mismatched tyres.*
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New Tyres and Rims: *Note front mud flaps have been removed since this photo was taken.*
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UHF Install: *Being a non-smoker I don't need an ash tray.*
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Some Bling: *A dig at those Toyota and Mebitsrmissing drivers is always fun*
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The Original Steering Wheel: *Sun roasted and then some.*
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I'll post some more up after I do the DLR lights install this weekend.
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