Timbo
31st May 2010, 08:17 PM
Hi all,
Thought I'd share some pics of when I rolled my GU Patrol about 2 years ago. I was out 4wd'ing with 2 other mates and their Patrols as well. Was an awesome day for wheeling with perfect weather.
This is how my day started..
My car was overheating about 20mins from my house on the way to out destination. Turns out the top hose of the radiator was having trouble staying on the outlet pipe. The outlet pipe had snapped off (plastic) and only had about 10mm to grip too. I got it as tight as I could.. and I made the decision to keep on traveling.
We got to our destination and got stuck into some tracks. Came across a bog hole and decided to have a crack. Got stuck half way and needed some help getting out. Had a mate try to snatch strap me out off the bull bar. Bad idea! Ended up bending my bull bar out of shape on one side. It's my fault for being lazy. We did it the right way, got muddy and connected the strap to the recovery point (under the surface of the muddy hole) lol.
Nearing the end of our trip, we started to head back to sealed roads. We had a pretty damn scary track to navigate on the way back. It was steep, slimey/slippery mud and on one side was a drop off hundreds of feet. Of course, as my run of luck would have it, I tried to a corner and ended up sliding straight ahead... ending up with the left side of my car hanging over the side of the drop off. We spent hours trying to winch my car out of trouble. Using snatch blocks off trees, winching from the rear, front, side.. all failed. We actually broke a snatch block trying! In then end, I bit the bullet and drove out. I thought to myself "I'm either gonna make it, or I'm going down in a big way". Pretty stupid, but it paid off.
By this time it was dark, around 7:30pm. We were meant to be home at around 4pm. We finally hit flat dirt tracks which end up leading onto sealed roads. I was last int he convoy, and was copping all of the dust, blinding my view of the road. Next thing I know I'm on my roof! Apparently, there was a slight bend in the road that I didn't see.. The rest is history.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/7.jpg
The morning after. Spent all night on her roof. Gearbox oil soaking my head lining over night. Took my 35" Claws off in case anyone was around.. didn't want them stolen after all.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/8.jpg
Me putting on shitty wheels to get it on the tow truck.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/9.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/10.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/11.jpg
Car totally stripped, getting ready for new roof and panels.
tp://i47.tinypic.com/502u6p.jpg
Roof off!
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/12.jpg
Roof on! A mate of mine welding it up. He is a pro panel beater.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/13.jpg
This was the shell I bought to take the new roof and panels from. Also came with brand new headlining and other bits and pieces.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/14.jpg
Some interior pieces ready to go back in. I re-sprayed everything to freshen it up. Colour came out slightly darker than factory. I used Cobra base coat with some hardener in it. You aren't supposed too, but it's a little trick I was taught when I was spray painting. The harder obviously hardens the paint, but also give it a touch of gloss.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/15.jpg
New windscreen! Ahhh... coming together finally.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/16.jpg
..and here she is, drivable. After about a years work almost every weekend. This isn't the latest pics of her, but I've only just replaced the grey quarter panels on each side within the last few months. All I need to do now is get a cheap respray of while and she is done.
I forgot to mention, when I bought the 4wd, it ended up having 17 cracks in the head! Needless to say, I fought with the car dealer and got $2500 toward an engine rebuild which cost $7500. The 2.8's aren't cheap to rebuild at all. Still, I have a really strong motor and 4wd now!
Hope you enjoyed reading about my misfortunes as much as I hated living it!
Thought I'd share some pics of when I rolled my GU Patrol about 2 years ago. I was out 4wd'ing with 2 other mates and their Patrols as well. Was an awesome day for wheeling with perfect weather.
This is how my day started..
My car was overheating about 20mins from my house on the way to out destination. Turns out the top hose of the radiator was having trouble staying on the outlet pipe. The outlet pipe had snapped off (plastic) and only had about 10mm to grip too. I got it as tight as I could.. and I made the decision to keep on traveling.
We got to our destination and got stuck into some tracks. Came across a bog hole and decided to have a crack. Got stuck half way and needed some help getting out. Had a mate try to snatch strap me out off the bull bar. Bad idea! Ended up bending my bull bar out of shape on one side. It's my fault for being lazy. We did it the right way, got muddy and connected the strap to the recovery point (under the surface of the muddy hole) lol.
Nearing the end of our trip, we started to head back to sealed roads. We had a pretty damn scary track to navigate on the way back. It was steep, slimey/slippery mud and on one side was a drop off hundreds of feet. Of course, as my run of luck would have it, I tried to a corner and ended up sliding straight ahead... ending up with the left side of my car hanging over the side of the drop off. We spent hours trying to winch my car out of trouble. Using snatch blocks off trees, winching from the rear, front, side.. all failed. We actually broke a snatch block trying! In then end, I bit the bullet and drove out. I thought to myself "I'm either gonna make it, or I'm going down in a big way". Pretty stupid, but it paid off.
By this time it was dark, around 7:30pm. We were meant to be home at around 4pm. We finally hit flat dirt tracks which end up leading onto sealed roads. I was last int he convoy, and was copping all of the dust, blinding my view of the road. Next thing I know I'm on my roof! Apparently, there was a slight bend in the road that I didn't see.. The rest is history.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/7.jpg
The morning after. Spent all night on her roof. Gearbox oil soaking my head lining over night. Took my 35" Claws off in case anyone was around.. didn't want them stolen after all.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/8.jpg
Me putting on shitty wheels to get it on the tow truck.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/9.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/10.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/11.jpg
Car totally stripped, getting ready for new roof and panels.
tp://i47.tinypic.com/502u6p.jpg
Roof off!
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/12.jpg
Roof on! A mate of mine welding it up. He is a pro panel beater.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/13.jpg
This was the shell I bought to take the new roof and panels from. Also came with brand new headlining and other bits and pieces.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/14.jpg
Some interior pieces ready to go back in. I re-sprayed everything to freshen it up. Colour came out slightly darker than factory. I used Cobra base coat with some hardener in it. You aren't supposed too, but it's a little trick I was taught when I was spray painting. The harder obviously hardens the paint, but also give it a touch of gloss.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/15.jpg
New windscreen! Ahhh... coming together finally.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/16.jpg
..and here she is, drivable. After about a years work almost every weekend. This isn't the latest pics of her, but I've only just replaced the grey quarter panels on each side within the last few months. All I need to do now is get a cheap respray of while and she is done.
I forgot to mention, when I bought the 4wd, it ended up having 17 cracks in the head! Needless to say, I fought with the car dealer and got $2500 toward an engine rebuild which cost $7500. The 2.8's aren't cheap to rebuild at all. Still, I have a really strong motor and 4wd now!
Hope you enjoyed reading about my misfortunes as much as I hated living it!