Rubber piece on GU's inner front wheelarches

Those rubber flaps were on my Rodeo as well. They seem to keep out mud that gets flicked around. You should be able to buy the clips that hold the rubber on as I use to replace the odd one every so often on the Rodeo. The Patrol ones are still in place.

Leroy

Roachie, Keep on posting mate I am learning an absolute spitload about GU's, just please help me out and post all ideas together as running out to the driveway and checking something and coming back and finding out something else is sadly keeping me fit! wink wink nudge nidge

The one's on mine, sorry ours also came of but they didn't tear so easy to fix. I'd keep them to stop mud & sand from motor. Try washers & self tappers .

Hi Roachie,
My GU is the same,I used black silicone to glue it back into place,I also use the silicone to remount the rear bumper tailights when they get knocked out as they do.
Hope this helps.
All The Best In Health And Wealth
Jeffrey (AKA JD)

I bought some of the plastic "Christmas tree" pugs from SupaCheap and cut myself a new set of rubbers from some cheapie rubber car mats. Then I could use the existing holes withouth drilling any new ones. Also gave me a chance to modifiy them slightly to fit the body lift. Result . . . a little cleaner in the engine bay. The factory put them there, so they must be good for something. Just my opinion

Roachie
Those rubber things and plastic pieces are a pain, because at Easter i picked up a stick and it went straight through the plastic piece at the back of the front wheel arch it and left a good hole.
Now i have to work out how to patch it so it doesn't look like crap
cheers Tim

Roachie,

Happened to my 100 series before I converted to GUIII last year.

I fixed it using electrical ties. Make sure you use the black ones that are UV protected and then put it through the hole in the placky bit and then through the screw hole. Pull it tight and 'WALLA'. When you get the car real filthy its easy to get them off and clean all round the botton and cheap as chips.

Of course, you could always just stay on the bitumen. I keep getting told thats all my Nissan's good for. Fools................

Dave

Roachie,
In my former days building cars, the apron fender area you mention is designed to keep all the rocks / mud / sand and other crap from getting into nooks and crannies where it can: 1/ put dints and paint scratches everywhere, and 2/ get into panel joints where it will cause rust. In a normal car, they are steel because they are a stressed member of the chassis. Manufacturers then spend ,000's spraying all sorts of deadener / rust proofing over the panel to stop the damage / rust. As the Patrol has a separate chassis this is all unecessary, (and expensive). To save costs on material/labour we therefore have the piece of rubber, which stops both 1/ and 2/ above at an economical price and is easily replacable when broken or worn out. It does have a use and I would be extremely reluctant to remove it. If you want to see how efficient, (read: cheap), an apron fender can get, look under the front of a new Hilux!
Rolande

Hi Roachie,

Same thing happened to my GU - left hand side. I figured it was worth while replacing to stop mud, water, etc splashing onto alternator, power steering pump, etc. I got a price from Nissan dealer - horrendously expensive @ ~ $70 pr for what is simply a piece of rubber sheet.

I purchased some rubber sheet from Clark rubber (~$5), except I purchased material three times as thick as std Nissan fit. The right hand side looked the same, so I removed it and used it as a template to make two new ones. Used a hole punch to make holes for the clips. The existing clips (that remained in place) held the new rubber in place. No issues since.

The left hand side was slighlty different but only for one hole at the base, due need to cut back the sheet a little for a flat fit. Right hand side covers the steering linkage which sticks out a little, so left hand side trimmed in one point to take up the slack.

Regards,
Hugh