Bacho's GU6

Hey guys, been around for a while now but thought I should probably get around to putting together this ride thread.

This is my 2008 GU6 3.0L, current mods include: nissan steel bull bar, safari snorkel, lift kit, 33" muddies, roof rack, rated recovery points front and rear (thanks 3dogs), cb radio and rear draw system.

Future mods include: light bar, winch - hopefully for Christmas (but still undecided on what winch to buy), compressor, EGT / boost gauge, 2.75" exhaust and a dual battery system down the track for extended touring duties

Patrol as I bought it

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Bit of camping out with the family at a property around Narbethong

Some photos from a recent trip into Bunyip state forest with my brother and a mate (excuse the Toyotas!)

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nice pics mate and a capable looking rig.

Bloody nice stance to your rig, it ok to go out with Toyotas drivers.
Its great listening to them crying all the time "Should've bought a Patrol boo hoo " yeah right

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Originally Posted by Stropp

nice pics mate and a capable looking rig.

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Thanks mate, its a great platform to work off!

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Bloody nice stance to your rig, it ok to go out with Toyotas drivers.
Its great listening to them crying all the time "Should've bought a Patrol boo hoo " yeah right

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Cheers TD, the 305/70/16 MTZ's make a huge difference to the stance IMO - even compared with the 285/75/16 BFG's that I had on my previous GU.

Yeh my mate wasn't too impressed me taking the photo getting ready to snatch the 75 series out!!

So after the trip out to bunyip park last weekend, I noticed that the tyres were struggling to hold pressure. Anyway get home Friday night, only to notice that the the back right was completely flat, sitting on the rim at the other 3 weren't looking great either!!

Spent the rest of the the night swapping over the tyres to put the AT's back on and going over and checking the tyres, howeverbut couldn't find any cuts or snicks that would lead to all 4 tyres going down.

The only thing I can think of is that when letting some more pressure out of the tyres 1/2 way up a track that the valve didn't go back in or properly and it has been slowly releasing since.

Has this ever happened to anyone before?

Any suggestions on how to fix, is it as simple as getting the deflator and screwing the vauvle back in properly?

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Originally Posted by Bacho86

So after the trip out to bunyip park last weekend, I noticed that the tyres were struggling to hold pressure. Anyway get home Friday night, only to notice that the the back right was completely flat, sitting on the rim at the other 3 weren't looking great either!!

Spent the rest of the the night swapping over the tyres to put the AT's back on and going over and checking the tyres, howeverbut couldn't find any cuts or snicks that would lead to all 4 tyres going down.

The only thing I can think of is that when letting some more pressure out of the tyres 1/2 way up a track that the valve didn't go back in or properly and it has been slowly releasing since.

Has this ever happened to anyone before?

Any suggestions on how to fix, is it as simple as getting the deflator and screwing the vauvle back in properly?

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It's possible that if you have been in muddy ruts mud has got between the rim and the tyre. This happened to me on a few occasions on an older set of tyres. Since I changed the tyres I haven’t had a problem. I had to have the tyre re-set on the wheel on a few occasions. Depending on how much mud gets in depends on how quick it goes down. It can take between several days to a number of hours before I noticed it.