2015 Pathfinder to Kimberley?

There is only one Gibb in the Gibb River Road and pretty much any car (2WD included) can be driven along it if treated appropriately.
I was serving fuel at Kalumburu in 2006 when a BA Falcon pulled into the bowser. The young French bloke leaned out of the window and asked "Is this Kununurra?"
I replied "No, you missed it by about 600km" He said "Bother" (or something similar, in French), refuelled it, turned around and headed south.
He was having no vehicle problems at all..... :)

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome.

Go for it,

When you get there and see some of the cars the young people (I hesitate to call them backpackers anymore) drive you will wonder why you were worried.

Cheers

It's all bitumen now from Kununurra to past the El Questro Turnoff.

However the track in to El Questro is very corrugated usually, and there is a river crossing just before reception .

You should be careful in the river crossings as there are large stones in the Pentecost and at El Questro.
I can recall seeing a pathfinder on a flat top near Boulia which had attempted the Plenty Highway and from the oil trail had broken its sump. Maybe a sump guard would help as would a snorkel but really should be OK if you are careful and always think of the clearance between the wheels. of course new or newish tyres that are deflated a bit are recommended.
Regards Philip A

How's your gearbox and front end? It seems to be a question of when rather than if with that model.

I honestly wouldnt go off a forum on your specific vehicle is capable of such trip.
No one knows if your the original owner or 2 , 3 or even fourth owner.
I would find a decent mechanic shop that deals with offroad gear.
Like mitchel bros in sydney... ask a tour operator where is a decent place to get a vehicle going over.
Your suspension could be tired , or been upgraded let alone anything else on the vehicle.
Oil leaks or old heater hoses or radiator hoses could possibly be on their way out.
Its all an unknown as not knowing your driving style or vehicles previous history let alone the kms on the car and how hard of a life it has had.
If a turbo diesel i would seriously look into a 2nd fuel filter and making sure your insurance covers bad fuel.
Also are you planning on night driving or just day stuff...
How far off the beaten track you want to go...
A good inspection on the hoist will tell you whats needed and a great shop will tell you what is really required than a group i went to cape york with...
One went all out and spent over 15k on engine mods just soo his 4.2td patrol would drive on 35inch tyres and 200kw at the wheels.
Yet at low rpm the engine had serious turbo lag...ha ha

If it was my first big trip
Do the bare minimum upgrades required.
Going via a shop advice for reliability and if you keep on doing these trips...then look into the bigger expense of suspension. .. chips..barwork ... bigger fuel tanks...as you might not like the pathfinder after the first trip.
Lots of questions and options....

We have done the GRR 3 times in an ST Pathy - a '99 then an '01 model. The only mod was red poly bags in the rear springs as we were towing. Otherwise it was stock standard. Although it had LPG so 60 L of gas plus 75 of ULP gave us a nice safety margin. May is a nice time with some fun water crossings at March Fly Glen and the Pentecost. We ran on the 16 inch rims it came with with plain old ordinary Bridgestone Duelers 693 which are 245/70 x 16. So the comment re low profile tyres being riskier is valid. Go into places and check out all the GRR pix to see what you'll see...... W