Just picked up my new Rooftop Tent Roofrack today....
GU PATROL 2011 Ti, with goodies...
Looked in the glove box for the spare axle seal after my mates snapped an axle and chewed it out. Poor old girl needs a day off the lswn
Grrrrrrrrr........ Spent all day stuffing around doing a job I had thought would take a couple of hours max. Fitting the factory wheel arch flares & the non factory mud flaps. If I had been willing to pay the crazy money Nissan wanted for their wide wheel pack mud flaps the job would have been all over & done in an hour, but instead I have had to fabricate brackets to mount the flaps. The factory flaps mount with three fasteners each, two of which are plastic 'scrivets'. Of course the bloody scrivets supplied with the flares are too short for the aftermarket flaps which are thicker. Twice I attempted to stick some plastic inside the flares with you beaut Loctite 406 & 771 primer. All looked good until I was screwing into it & it fell off inside the flare. I lost count of the number of times I had the flare on & off. Loctite and epoxy putty finally got things sorted. Hope so, 'cos once the flares are stuck on with the supplied double sided tape there will be no access to their inside.
My arc welding has improved & good enough for the brackets, (which will provide stronger mounting than the factory set up) but determining hole positions was a bit harder. Having to cut the metal strips out of old scrap laying around took a bit of time too.
The light beat me tonight so I have left the brackets, screw heads & washers painted & drying overnight. Hopefully I'll get it all together tomorrow morning & be able to get into town to have the new wheels & tyres fitted.
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2006 4.2TDi ex-Telstra Remote area Camper. Patrol Sold after 11 years of ownership Replaced with 2006 OKA NT Expedition Truck. Cummins, Allison & lots of goodies
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DX grunt (6th June 2013)
Its not that bad lol theres nothing wrong with some bling for the street mate haha a 3" lift sounds good tho...
I have good car wash mate its got Carnauba wax in it![]()
I know secretly, deep down inside you, you want one for your trol lmao
Today was supposed to be New Tie Rod day but due to a balls up by the courier, my parts got sent to another workshop and vice versa with their parts so it gonna be another long day tomorrow between nightshifts putting the troll in to get them replaced
2009 GU ST 4.8L AUTO WAGON, 2" OME LIFT, 33" A/T'S, ARB DELUXE BAR, WARN XD9000 WINCH, NARVA 170 SPOTTIES, SCRUB BARS / SIDE STEPS, LONG RANGE TANK, DUALL BATTS, REAR DRAWER SYSTEM, ARB AWNING, KAYMAR REAR WHEEL CARRIER, 3" ZORST
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nope, all ordered. the wrong parts were on the desk when I picked up the troll. touchwood it is sorted tomorrow
2009 GU ST 4.8L AUTO WAGON, 2" OME LIFT, 33" A/T'S, ARB DELUXE BAR, WARN XD9000 WINCH, NARVA 170 SPOTTIES, SCRUB BARS / SIDE STEPS, LONG RANGE TANK, DUALL BATTS, REAR DRAWER SYSTEM, ARB AWNING, KAYMAR REAR WHEEL CARRIER, 3" ZORST
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Boat is loaded, car is loaded we're now spending the weekend out there.
Hopefully not too much rain up in BEER-EYE, like there is in Melbourne this morning.
2011 GU8 ST 3.0 CRD, ARB Bullbar with IPF spotties, scrub bars and side steps, Snorkel, Dual Battery system, Waeco fridge, Turbo Timer, ARB Roof Rack with 5 IPF spotties across the front, Custom full Leather Bucket seats, DPchip, 3" Taipan exhaust, ARE Intercooler & scoop, Autron EGT/Boost and dual volt gauges, ARB front locker.