Katrol, the 2nd

Seeing as I'm kinda back, thought I'd show ya my girl.
1999 GU TD42
Gas Injected
18 months of searching Australia wide, found this one 30 minutes from home.
Had no off road at the time. Mag wheels, A/T and lift kit was all she had.


Day of pick up, in Roofy's drive way.

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Changed alloy bull bar for steel one with winch.
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Added roof rack
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Jerry can/ spare wheel carrier on new rear bar

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painted body color
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Cant go past the cup holders !
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And our short stay accomodation
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With our longer term accomodation
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No major plans for her other than a drawer system is next.

Welcome back Kat!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bout bloody time!

G'day Kat! I suppose it's better than Steve's 4WD

Crying at the sight of the XR in the backgroung :(

Spouse the GU looks alright 2 *L*

Hey that looks like one of the cars I crossed the Simpson Desert with...... Wait a minute!! It is!!

Good to see you here again Kat.

Welcome back Kat, great vehicle and good to see you here again :)

Welcome back Kat

Welcome back:smiley_thumbs_up:,

Is that a powerful 4x4 rear bar ? If so how'd it go with the corrugations? And is the latch vertical or horizontal?

Good to see you back Kat.
Looks like you dont mind getting the new one dirty not like the Red GU LOL

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Originally Posted by growler2058

Bout bloody time!

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Blah, blah, blah, whatever !!

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Originally Posted by Winnie

G'day Kat! I suppose it's better than Steve's 4WD

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To be fair Winnie, he has more Nissans(11) than the other brand (4)

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Originally Posted by NissanGQ4.2

Crying at the sight of the XR in the backgroung :(

Spouse the GU looks alright 2 *L*

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Dont cry, Toddy. I made him get rid of that deathtrap, he swapped it for a MQ shorty

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Originally Posted by megatexture

Welcome back:smiley_thumbs_up:,

Is that a powerful 4x4 rear bar ? If so how'd it go with the corrugations? And is the latch vertical or horizontal?

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Yeah, it is. Went fine but if I had my time again I wouldnt waste my $$ on this bar......you get what you pay for. Which latch u referring too ?

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Originally Posted by Bob

Good to see you back Kat.
Looks like you dont mind getting the new one dirty not like the Red GU LOL

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I'm afraid this one doesnt get babied like the first. It's already been to the panel beaters once.

Yep I'm the same, we got ours under warranty after a rear end prang.

The old ones like mine have the latch pointing up and the catch is horizontally mounted on the rear bar, being horizontal and with corrugations the catch eventually breaks off.

The newer bars have been changed so that the catch is vertical and holds on without holding the load of the tyre.

Very nice good to see you here, great shed full of projects!

Great to have you back Kat...................even if it is only KINDA...lol

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Originally Posted by NissanGQ4.2

Crying at the sight of the XR in the backgroung :(

Spouse the GU looks alright 2 *L*

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What about the Mini? Love those little bricks. Nice truck too Kat. Where's the rear bar from?

Its a powerfull 4x4 bar,

Great to see you back as well. Need more girl power lol

After you story with getting Katrol2 so close to home I have been looking local but ssssshhhhhh don't tell Nev!

So where are the Katrol2 number plates?

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Originally Posted by snicko

Great to see you back as well. Need more girl power lol

After you story with getting Katrol2 so close to home I have been looking local but ssssshhhhhh don't tell Nev!

So where are the Katrol2 number plates?

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Haha, buy a silver one and Nev will never know. After all he cant even dress himself properly !!
I am so tempted with No plates, but I think drawers are more important ATM. And I just got $350 bill from mechanics !

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Originally Posted by megatexture

Yep I'm the same, we got ours under warranty after a rear end prang.

The old ones like mine have the latch pointing up and the catch is horizontally mounted on the rear bar, being horizontal and with corrugations the catch eventually breaks off.

The newer bars have been changed so that the catch is vertical and holds on without holding the load of the tyre.

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Mine is vertical, pulled the end caps off today to fit reverse camera and found the arms are full of rust !! Out with the drill tomorrow.

Your lucky it sounds like a newer bar then, not good news about the rust! I might have to look at mine also!