gqt
28th July 2011, 09:55 AM
hey everyone,
New member here. And new to patrol's, well new to the 4x4 world altogether. it's a 1996 gq patrol st lwb station wagon. rd28t and just gone over 357,000km's.
bought her on the 24/06/2011. got my license back after 26 months on the 07/07/2011.
car came with uhf, kenwood cd player, winch with both wired and wireless remotes (unsure of brand), arb steel bullbar, haymen and reece heavy duty towbar (needed this for work to), dual batteries, roolite spotties, maxxis buckshot's 265/75/16's (31.6"), 2" suspension lift with efs springs and ultima 0-2" shocks, turbo timer, and tailshaft already turned around 180 degrees.
before getting my license back i fitted up a few things i had laying around from old cars, fire extinguisher, boost gauge (found out it's broken and not doing anything), alpine cd player to replace the cheap kenwood one, mounted an xr6t intercooler in the front, hopefully have the piping finished for it by next weekend, had a fair wait on the silicone joiners, bought a boost controller (will go on after i have a working boost gauge and pyro gauge, also bought a brand new tradesman roof rack for $300 and fitted that up.
after getting my license and going out and getting stuck on my diff's a few times i went out and bought some brand new black 15x8 sunnies and 35" maxxis bighorn's. had the winch stuff up while bogged on diff's, long story short ended up needing to use the cable as a snatch to get me out of there. got the winch to work again, just to have the remote solenoid get stuck on in and wind the cable in till it snapped as it happened after i had just hooked it to the point on the bullbar to touch it in, so my fairlead is fair ruined now and also needing a new cable and hopefully get away with a service of the winch instead of needing to buy a new one.
overall, very happy with the car, very clean, only managed to spot about 3 tiny little dents and that's looking very closely to find them. no rust at all, not even surface rust. interior is like new, oh i also removed the 3rd row of seats as there not needed. love how the back seats fold up in it makes it perfect for having my dog's in the back without needing a cargo barrier.
here's a few pic's.
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0597.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0600.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0623.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0634.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0642.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0704.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0716.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0733.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0707.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0734.jpg
New member here. And new to patrol's, well new to the 4x4 world altogether. it's a 1996 gq patrol st lwb station wagon. rd28t and just gone over 357,000km's.
bought her on the 24/06/2011. got my license back after 26 months on the 07/07/2011.
car came with uhf, kenwood cd player, winch with both wired and wireless remotes (unsure of brand), arb steel bullbar, haymen and reece heavy duty towbar (needed this for work to), dual batteries, roolite spotties, maxxis buckshot's 265/75/16's (31.6"), 2" suspension lift with efs springs and ultima 0-2" shocks, turbo timer, and tailshaft already turned around 180 degrees.
before getting my license back i fitted up a few things i had laying around from old cars, fire extinguisher, boost gauge (found out it's broken and not doing anything), alpine cd player to replace the cheap kenwood one, mounted an xr6t intercooler in the front, hopefully have the piping finished for it by next weekend, had a fair wait on the silicone joiners, bought a boost controller (will go on after i have a working boost gauge and pyro gauge, also bought a brand new tradesman roof rack for $300 and fitted that up.
after getting my license and going out and getting stuck on my diff's a few times i went out and bought some brand new black 15x8 sunnies and 35" maxxis bighorn's. had the winch stuff up while bogged on diff's, long story short ended up needing to use the cable as a snatch to get me out of there. got the winch to work again, just to have the remote solenoid get stuck on in and wind the cable in till it snapped as it happened after i had just hooked it to the point on the bullbar to touch it in, so my fairlead is fair ruined now and also needing a new cable and hopefully get away with a service of the winch instead of needing to buy a new one.
overall, very happy with the car, very clean, only managed to spot about 3 tiny little dents and that's looking very closely to find them. no rust at all, not even surface rust. interior is like new, oh i also removed the 3rd row of seats as there not needed. love how the back seats fold up in it makes it perfect for having my dog's in the back without needing a cargo barrier.
here's a few pic's.
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0597.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0600.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0623.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0634.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0642.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0704.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0716.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0733.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0707.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/wpn_vl/gqt/IMG_0734.jpg