Nissheads GU8

[Waka]

Geez i hope it's ok...I've ordered mine with 33s and am installing a 2" lift straight away. I'll let you know for sure in a couple of weeks. I received a phone message today from Nissan which i'll return tomorrow. hopefully it's to say my new GU8 patrol is ready...but i doubt it.

I hand the muched loved GU7 over to its new owner on Monday and i will be sad to see her go.

Hopefully the new one will be as faithful

Waka

[Maxhead]

Geez i hope it's ok...I've ordered mine with 33s and am installing a 2" lift straight away. I'll let you know for sure in a couple of weeks. I received a phone message today from Nissan which i'll return tomorrow. hopefully it's to say my new GU8 patrol is ready...but i doubt it.

I hand the muched loved GU7 over to its new owner on Monday and i will be sad to see her go.

Hopefully the new one will be as faithful

Waka

Good to hear mate, whats the plan for the new girl???
I wouldn't worry about the 33's and 2", she'll fly...LOLOLOL

[Waka]

Good to hear mate, whats the plan for the new girl???
I wouldn't worry about the 33's and 2", she'll fly...LOLOLOL

The plan is to have it ready for the next boys weekend trout fishing. we're heading up to the Blue Mountains late April so I hope it's ready in time. The Nissan dealer said the car will be with delivered to them next week but it needs to spend a couple of days at ARB getting some bits and pieces added. Apparently they are booked out for 4 weeks! business must be good in the 4wd accessories industry...

you've probably already seen this but it impressed me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxv2NFMuiuU

how's yours going?

[Haydog Havoc]

Just wondering what breed of snorkel you fitted and how the stereo was going as i was looking to purchase a simular item for my project.

[Maxhead]

Just wondering what breed of snorkel you fitted and how the stereo was going as i was looking to purchase a simular item for my project.

Mate, sorry for late reply . The snorkel is a Safari, I don't like the airtek ones at all. The stereo is heaps better then my old one, lots more user friendly but one thing...I can't get into windows explorer . I only tried once so need to have another go at it. Other wise great unit for the price.

[teno45]

The stereo is heaps better then my old one

Hahaha, was wrong with my one?

[rusty_nail]

mmm nice new and shiny! enjoy washing all the mud off her regularly, shes a beaut!!!

[TimE]

Cheer Tim, Yep running OziExplorer on it now. The supplied SD card is 4gb and IGo8 is about 500mb so heaps of room to put maps on. I have all the Hema 250k maps and all NSW 25k topos on it and still have room left. As it uses the SIRFatlasV chip its very quick at start-up. The iGo8 navigation software is one of the better ones I have used. It's absolutely brilliant .

The sound is very crisp even with the sh1ty Patrol speakers. The best part is the screen and videos...bloody nice!! User-friendliness is much better as my old one so very easy to use. USB is easy as, you just plug in a stick and it automaticly switched over, same with songs on SD card. I would recommend it to anyone.

Took about 10 minutes to install but you will need an ISO adaptor and I found the Holden Rodeo or Mitsubishi Triton fit mine. These will depend on which model Patrol you have as they changed depending which stereo unit was installed. $14.95 from Repco, they have heaps of different ones. I think autoban sell them as well.

The only issue I had with install I found the constant 12v and switched 12V where wrong way around, so it wasn't holding its channel memory and would do a long start-up every time. 5 min fix.


If you do get one and need a hand, just yell out mate and we'll have it sorted no time.

Well I bought one Kris, hopefully it should be here in a week or so. I'll give you a holler if I need any help or advice. Cheers

[Maxhead]

Well I bought one Kris, hopefully it should be here in a week or so. I'll give you a holler if I need any help or advice. Cheers

Anytime mate....no stress.

[TimE]

Well the multimedia unit turned up this morning and is now installed and working fine. Things don't usually go that smoothly for me

I own a GU IV built in 2005. The adapters I bought from Repco were Double diverysity lead Aerpro AP 348A ($12.99) to convert the Nissan aerial lead to "normal" male aerial plug and an ISO adapter APP0120 ($14.99).

As you mentioned the 12v wire for ignition volts and memory volts where a about t. The ISO adapter had one plug with the power leads fitted with bullet connectors, I simply swapped the yellow and red leads at the bullet connectors and all is now well, no memory loss (stations and other settings). Pity it isn't that simple to restore my own memory

I have OziCE up and running, my reverse camera attached via the Aux video in cable, and the DVD "off except with hand brake on" disabled by earthing that wire to the body of the unit.

Thanks for your advice.