Gino's GU [Archive] - NissanPatrol.com.au Forum

oncedisturbed

28th March 2012, 12:06 AM

Well, thought it was time to throw up some picks of the rig after it's rebirth from ARB.

It's a 2009 GU 4.8L and thirsty as hell :)

On collection
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After pickup
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/oncedisturbed/IMGP1656.jpg
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http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/oncedisturbed/IMGP1662.jpg

Have installed a new stereo, spotties, awning, safety flag and UHF in between it's time at ARB
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Trial run in Collie Hills on the weekend with a few of the members from the 4WDA forum
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Clunk

28th March 2012, 12:17 AM

Nicely kitted out rig you have there mate..... looks good for a GU:p:p:smiley_thumbs_up:

Stropp

28th March 2012, 12:18 AM

Looks great mate keep ya broke with those bits!

nowoolies

28th March 2012, 12:19 AM

looking sweet mate
nice colour lol

oncedisturbed

28th March 2012, 12:24 AM

cheers guys, forgot to mention the gear not quite visible as I put in the 2" OME kit, 33's and a 145L long ranger tank as well.

It purred like a kitten through the Mt lennard track and some of the other hill climbs, got nicknamed the stealth patrol by the crew as they were used to their rumbling diesel tractors :)

Had to include the photo with the guard dog watching the troll lololol

Still got to get a rear worklight set up, more 12v plugs inside and some LED light strips for the awning as well

Tweakedoffroad

28th March 2012, 06:42 PM

Hey mate looks good well tricked up

growler2058

28th March 2012, 07:28 PM

Looks great mate especially in the second last shot! Only thing it needs now is a nissanpatrol.com.au sticker ;-)

Tappin N Crappin

Maxhead

28th March 2012, 07:31 PM

Yep, that looks pretty tough mate...how thirsty is thirsty. I was looking at getting a 4.8 but decided against it...LOL

oncedisturbed

29th March 2012, 11:02 AM

still trying to figure exactly as the original tank was approx 500 kms from 90L give or take, it has the 145L in there now but I have to fill up a jerry as a back up when I work how low the empty mark is just in case. it has the the normal delay before the fuel gauge starts to register fuel use which is around 230 kms, at the halfway marker it has done approx 530kms so I am hoping around the 700kms range before having to top up. May have to look at a sub tank to retro fit as the lat of the petrol subs for this model came out in 2006 which will give me close to 200L on board not including jerry cans.

Picked up a bush ranger wheelie bin (ripstop / pvc) for the spare yesterday. nice sturdy bag so I'm happy with that. got it when i took the Patrol back to ARB in Welshpool for the 500km suspension follow up to ensure ride heights and that they bedded properly. All I can say is the staff down there are excellent, big thunbs up to them. If any of the WA crew want the details of the staff I dealt with, pm me.

Going to start looking for some baintech plugs for the inside of the rig now.

Where do I grab a sticker from?

BEP120

29th March 2012, 11:48 AM

Good looking truck mate.

nissannewby

30th March 2012, 03:41 PM

Is the next mod a turbo?? more power plus with mild boost could give you better economy. 4.8's are great they haul ass just thirsty as you say.

oncedisturbed

30th March 2012, 05:27 PM

not yet, got to put more 12v sockets in the rig for fridge, lights etc, window tint. later on a better exhaust and a turbo is a possibility once I find the elusive money tree

nissannewby

30th March 2012, 05:36 PM

Yes i think we are all in search of that one and think it would be kept discrete if anyone found it.

Waka

30th March 2012, 09:42 PM

looks good mate. what (33s) tyres did you go for? Is that the ARB alloy rack? also what's that switch under the demister button on the dash? not seen one of those before.

DX grunt

30th March 2012, 09:57 PM

looks good for a GU:p:p:smiley_thumbs_up:

What you talk'n about Clunk??? lol

Of course it's the goods. It's a GU and it's from WA. What more could a man want.....apart from a GU ute from WA? hahaha

Nice truck bro. Us GU owners have to stick together. lolol.

Bloggsy

30th March 2012, 10:19 PM

Nice to see another WA 4.8. It was only the other day I saw this Patrol in a couple of YouTube clips.

Looks good mate.

oncedisturbed

31st March 2012, 09:57 PM

Nice to see another WA 4.8. It was only the other day I saw this Patrol in a couple of YouTube clips.

Looks good mate.

?? what you tube clips? only had the rig 6 weeks and it was owned by WAPOL prior to me as a traffic escort vehicle from what I understand

Haydog Havoc

31st March 2012, 09:57 PM

Nice looking GU indeed. What breed of draws are they?

Bloggsy

31st March 2012, 10:24 PM

?? what you tube clips? only had the rig 6 weeks and it was owned by WAPOL prior to me as a traffic escort vehicle from what I understand

Sorry mate it was actually a bunch of pics on a 4wd Action forum trip report. My mistake, although with all those pics you could make a movie outta them haha!!

oncedisturbed

31st March 2012, 10:59 PM

yup, that was me on the 4wda thread that you read up on, that was last weekend in the Collie hills with Miss76er, HDJ, Finchy260 and Smokescreen

Bloggsy

31st March 2012, 11:20 PM

That'd be the one.

oncedisturbed

31st March 2012, 11:55 PM

Nice looking GU indeed. What breed of draws are they?

HH, they are the outback series, work a dream

oncedisturbed

31st March 2012, 11:57 PM

That'd be the one.

it was a good weekend, annoyed them which was funny as they couldn't hear it coming so they dubbed it the "Stealth Patrol", went well through the hills etc

oncedisturbed

8th April 2012, 06:25 PM

Picked some 800 lumen LED light strip last week prior to going away camping and installed it in the awning. Holy mother of the bundy bear, bright as and fantastic to cook and chin wag under. Gonna set some more up for different uses.

Also managed to use the barby ute, twin butane bbq, can't fault it except like all butane burners when its cold, the pipes "freeze" up restricting the flow of gas.

ibs87

12th April 2012, 01:14 PM

are those LED strips removable?? or are they are permanent fix? look good tho...

GINOGQ

13th April 2012, 09:20 PM

great truck, awesome name..lol

oncedisturbed

13th April 2012, 09:34 PM

The strip is mounted with 3m double sided tape, just need to yank it off and put new stuff on if needs be.

Just installed some 12v sockets in the rear yesterday and rewired the spotlight switch to a narva rocker switch into a spare dash slot rather than being taped on with the crappy stuff the original switch came with.

When time permits i will be setting up some moveable LED camp lightstrips on some cheap bunnings tripods to be used arounds tents etc which will be a bonus.

Also picked up a 50L ironman fridge and mounted some brackets in the back for the straps to tie onto, basically rhe fridge will remain inthe back of the track.

Window tint is 1 of the next additions to the truck as well as a twin rear worklight mount and a lightbar.

Rip'n'Shred

16th April 2012, 10:43 AM

Nice setup mate. You have a few really good ideas there. Thanks.

Rusty86

16th April 2012, 11:05 AM

Great truck buddy, love the draws in the back they fit really well. What did they set you back if you don't mind me asking?

Cheers
Rusty

oncedisturbed

16th April 2012, 11:56 AM

They are the outback series from ARB but from memory I think they were around $1600 due to the side wing kits installed as well. The teoll us salary packaged through work so I didn't overly mind the price too much, if I bought it personally I more rhan likely wouldve gone with Ironman ones instead.

Rusty86

16th April 2012, 11:58 AM

Yep a bit pricy but they look very good quality. Nice one :)

oncedisturbed

16th April 2012, 03:49 PM

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Just installed an interchangeable ipad / iphone bracket in the troll. Made by arkon and heaps cheaper than ram mount but almost identical.

oncedisturbed

18th April 2012, 08:06 AM

Was checking out some batteries online to reset the 2 I have in the Troll. Looking at getting 2 x supercharge allrounder batteries (both hybrids and maintenance free). 1 is the mrv70 (normal n70 size) 760cca with 105ah and the other is the smaller mrv50 650cca with 80ah, total of 185ah between them and the manual isolator will allow me to cycle between the 2 batteries which will also help to maintain them as well. Hardest trouble has been to find a suitable replacement for the baby battery due to it's size.

Hunty

18th April 2012, 06:33 PM

Love what you've done with the truck.
Well set up

Chappa

21st April 2012, 08:09 PM

Really nice looking bus mate, i like wat you've done with it and im hearing ya about the thirsty part!

Rossy7

26th April 2012, 11:10 PM

So what's next?

oncedisturbed

5th May 2012, 04:38 PM

Not much has been done lately except putting quite a few scratches on it up in Wilbinga last sunday, stumbled across literally a goat track that hasn't been used for at least a year with nowhere to turn around....oops

Stickers from Taslucas came through at the start of the week and put them on today.

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oncedisturbed

22nd May 2012, 03:14 PM

The new ram mounts for the phone and ipad came in today and just finished fitting them to the dash, noice and sturdy now.

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Thirsty

22nd May 2012, 06:46 PM

Great looking Truck mate. It seems we have the same idea with LED's under the awning. All you need is Lockers and thenshea go everywhere truck. Love it

oncedisturbed

22nd May 2012, 06:53 PM

Cheers Thirsty, lokkas down track is a pssibility, got tinting next on the list and hopefully change the exaust and put extractors on and maybe a turbo but not sure on the coin at this stage :(

oncedisturbed

31st May 2012, 07:12 PM

Not much been happening lately but picked up my LED worklights and 20" LED lightbar, just need time to fit the bar and pickup a rear mount from The Ferret for the rear lights

nissannewby

1st June 2012, 11:12 PM

Bring on the turbo and turn her into a lambo belter :). Where did you get your iPhone/iPad mounts from? Wouldn't mind one for the mrs GQ

Clunk

1st June 2012, 11:28 PM

Bring on the turbo and turn her into a lambo belter :). Where did you get your iPhone/iPad mounts from? Wouldn't mind one for the mrs GQ

You can get them HERE (http://www.southerninsight.com.au/category.php?id_category=499) mate

Clunk

1st June 2012, 11:29 PM

Not much been happening lately but picked up my LED worklights and 20" LED lightbar, just need time to fit the bar and pickup a rear mount from The Ferret for the rear lights

So where's the piccies then OD?

oncedisturbed

4th June 2012, 10:01 PM

will do some pics over the next few days, got to move my uhf aerial so I can mount lightbar on the bullbar, worklights I will do once I get some more free coin to get the rear light mount.

Just ordered a 3" cat back exhaust that is being installed next friday as well :)

oncedisturbed

10th June 2012, 02:02 PM

Still no piccies yet but the 3" zorst was put in and drives heaps better and more power to boot :) Will need to use a few tanks to work out the economy now

oncedisturbed

14th June 2012, 02:16 PM

Turns I was guven the wrong lightbar feom a bulk order, just waiting for it to be swapped so I look at installing it.

Put the hi lift jack holder on the rear wheel carrier today, bit of a pain to fir but makes it easier to access the jack instead of on roof racks.

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oncedisturbed

17th September 2012, 05:03 AM

Haven't updated for awhile bbut as most know, had the motor go POOF and had a new 1 installed. Mods on the rig have been a bit slow lately.

I have managed to rewire the spotties and mount the LED lightbar but need to move the Wich control box back a smidge for the lightbar to fit properly.

Might look at taking off the Narva's and ordering a set of HID's or possibly look at the LED spotties.....they look the BOMB :)

Something along these lines -
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TWO-x-12V-51W-3600lm-17-LED-WORK-SPOT-LIGHT-4x4-OFFROAD-VEHICLE-CREE-LAMP-/200817843840?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2ec1ad1e80
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TWO-x-12V-54W-3780lm-CREE-LED-WORK-BAR-SPOT-FLOOD-LIGHT-4x4-OFFROAD-VEHICLE-LAMP-/200819897418?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2ec1cc744a

These would be sweet

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TWO-x-72W-5040lm-CREE-LED-WORK-BAR-SPOT-FLOOD-LIGHT-12V-24V-4x4-VEHICLE-LAMP-/190726791628?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c6833e1cc

The lightbar

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/oncedisturbed/A360B2B8-72F7-41EA-941D-C000FCA3E554-33102-00002B213B78F632.jpg

snewin

17th September 2012, 08:26 AM

Looking good!

healy

17th September 2012, 12:52 PM

Nice rig mate very impressive

GUtsy ute

17th September 2012, 03:47 PM

Gets better every time I see this thread.
Well done on a good looking rig.

oncedisturbed

17th September 2012, 05:10 PM

Cheers guys, next thing on the cards is to fix up the dual battery system if I get time before I go on leave

Tap, Tap Taparoo

ku4er

17th September 2012, 05:36 PM

What wheel are you running?

Stropp

17th September 2012, 06:40 PM

Jason, how did you go with warranty?? hope they came to the party with that.

oncedisturbed

21st September 2012, 11:30 AM

What wheel are you running?

33's - 285/70/17 on standard nissan rims - Maxxis A/T's

oncedisturbed

21st September 2012, 11:31 AM

Jason, how did you go with warranty?? hope they came to the party with that.

Commerce have stated that my claim was valid but unable to pursue the stealership to pay up, have to go magistrates court to file a claim...ggggggrrrrrrrrr

Stropp

21st September 2012, 05:47 PM

dont you hate that when they try to rip you for warranty, look how much bs i had to go thru to get the dash replaced and yours is a whole lot more than that so even tho it will be a pain it will be worth it in the end, good luck mate.

oncedisturbed

24th June 2013, 01:34 AM

**Due to some skanky twat ripping copies of my patrol off here and used as advertisements for their own business and financial gain on Flea Bay adn their own personal business website, I will know longer be posting any photo's or write-ups in this build thread or elsewhere.**

Stropp

24th June 2013, 10:45 AM

WHAAAAAT, dob the bastd in to flea bay mate.

Hodge

24th June 2013, 11:21 AM

This happened to me in 2 occasions with my navara . pics taken off the nav forum. One of them was used by a reputable seller who also have an eBay store. What's worse is they didn't even go to the extent to hide my plates. Sent them an email and was removed within an hour.

Sent from my Samsung S4 using Motorculture app

oncedisturbed

24th June 2013, 06:38 PM

Fleabay dont care as apparently it's not a breach of their policies. Have already IP logged their domain registration and located their shop front. Emailed them with all this plus the original photo side by side. They responded in 2 hours that it would be removed, that was back in March and nothing has changed and no responses back. I am trying to find any legislation covering unauthorised use of digital images but having no luck so far.

Never underestimate the power of the Tap.

Stropp

24th June 2013, 07:03 PM

name and shame mate thats the only course left.

fracster

24th June 2013, 07:17 PM

I am trying to find any legislation covering unauthorised use of digital images but having no luck so far.

Dunno about Aussie law, but over here ,the person who takes the photograph holds all copyright and useage rites. Maybe be worth looking at similar over there?

Hodge

24th June 2013, 08:01 PM

Dunno about Aussie law, but over here ,the person who takes the photograph holds all copyright and useage rites. Maybe be worth looking at similar over there?

Maybe in the old ages. This is the www we're talking about. Once something is on the net, you've crossed the point of no return. It's out there so very few laws apply.

fracster

25th June 2013, 07:56 AM

Sorry to disagree mate, but if somebody uses YOUR photos,especially to promote thier business, then you send them an invoice for useage.

If they fail to pay ,or remove the photographs,then it goes to the small claim court of whichever country you live in.

Using other peoples photographs is copyright infringement and is theft,simple as that mate.That is international law,not country dependant.

oncedisturbed

25th June 2013, 08:54 PM

Have just located the sections of the Copyright Act that apply so will see what happens from here

NissanGQ4.2

25th June 2013, 09:15 PM