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stevemc181
8th January 2017, 07:26 PM
Hi All,

I should be the happy owner of a new Y61 GU Legend series sometime next week, so long as my financing goes ok :)
This will be my first Patrol, so I am a newbie on that side of things, but I have been an avid 4wd'er most of my life. I cut my teeth on Seismic and Geological expedition crews back in the 80's,so have worked in some pretty remote area's around Oz.

These days I am more into the touring type stuff with the missus and have just donated my well modded NW Pajero to her, as I want to get back into a live axle, ladder chassis vehicle. I'll pull a few of my mods over from the Pajero, like the Glind shower, Lifepo4 aux battery, drawer system etc and that will get me started on the modding path with this one!

First phone calls tomorrow will be hunting down a GVM upgrade and I may upgrade the rubber at the same time (Need to check the funds first) I actually went into the dealer to trade my Commodore in for a little Renault work van for the missus, and ended up doing the deal on a Patrol hahaha, couldn't turn down the price for the Legend series with the added extra's and I didn't like the price they were offering me for the Commodore as a trade on the little Renault. They doubled the trade price when I asked about the Patrol, so I am a happy camper. Added in the additional warranty to take it to 150k and 6 years and some tinted windows and now just need to wait for final approval and go and pick it up!
Looking forward to learning my way around the Patrol and becoming an active forum participant.

AB
8th January 2017, 07:31 PM
Welcome to the forum and congrats on the new beast!!

growler2058
8th January 2017, 07:34 PM
G'day mate welcome aboard. Gotta friendly mob here full O great info and advice

stevemc181
8th January 2017, 07:39 PM
Cheers for the welcome, I'm champing at the bit to get the new vehicle, hopefully she will all be good to go by late next week or early the next.

Hodge
8th January 2017, 07:52 PM
Welcome to the forum Steve. Lot of knowledge and laughter here mate. Enjoy ! Photos of this legendary Patrol would be nice too once you get it.

stevemc181
8th January 2017, 07:55 PM
Cheers, Yep I'll get onto some pics once I get her in the driveway. :)

Bigcol
8th January 2017, 08:15 PM
welcome to the forum Steve

4bye4
8th January 2017, 09:07 PM
G'day Steve and welcome to the forum.

stevemc181
8th January 2017, 09:36 PM
Looks like a few from WA on here! Cheers for the welcome :)

Dhuck
8th January 2017, 10:06 PM
welcome to the forum mate

DX grunt
9th January 2017, 04:29 AM
G'day mate and welcome to the forum.

Glad to see another Sandgroper on here. Lots of us around.

Take care out there.

Rossco

threedogs
9th January 2017, 09:02 AM
Hello Steve and welcome to the forum,,
jump in and enjoy

Avo
9th January 2017, 03:33 PM
welcome to the forum,good to see you have found a great car,only 300 of the legend series made...

stevemc181
9th January 2017, 05:04 PM
Cheers for the welcome all. Yep, she was the last Legend (Auto) that they had.
The good news is that she is finance approved. I just need to organise my GVM Upgrade which is in process, so hopefully this won't delay things too much because I am itching to get it now!

Tony's 4.8
9th January 2017, 05:39 PM
Welcome on board.

Corsta0211
9th January 2017, 09:27 PM
Welcome mate and congratulations on the new purchase.

Yetiman
10th January 2017, 04:44 PM
Welcome Nice buy...

Kami
11th January 2017, 10:31 AM
Hopefully u will be proud owner soon!!

stevemc181
11th January 2017, 09:02 PM
Cheers all, just playing the waiting game now until she is all ready. Been busy looking at some mods to do and will probably start with threedogs recovery points front and rear and also a rear wheel bag from Redback.

Has anyone had any luck trading the tyres in on a new vehicle in Perth? I think they were Bridgestone Duellers 275/65/17 from memory as standard, which doesn't excite me much.
I'll probably go for a set of 285/70/17 Mickey T ATZ P3's. If I can't trade them, I'll hang on to them and put em on the Pajero when she wears her current set out.
Are there any issues with going to the 33's that I should be aware of, Torque converter lockup problems etc?

Shiftyshep
24th January 2017, 03:44 AM
Welcome mate Lots of good info here!!!