Tuesday, Jan 16, 2007 at 14:05
Yep, the body lift is fairly easy on TII:s:
Use Patrol 2 inch body blocks, first remove front and rear bumpers or your front bullbar, then you need to modify the rear bumper by welding 2-inch extension brakets to it, same with the front bumper if you have the original one, then raise the intercooler scoop by adding a square 2 inch section of aluminium channeling onto it available from hardware shops.
That's all we did. 4WD systems in
Adelaide quoted $500 three years ago for a similar Terrano II 2-inch body lift inc. body blocks and labour minus the bumper work, I heard, so it's not too bad moneywise, and definitely worth the effort... and it looks really wicked with the chassis rails clearly visible after the bodylift.
The honourable Esq., expert ale-meister John Rooth did an excellent review on Terrano II:s, October 1999 issue, 4X4 Magazine did a road test on a TDI TII, number 697, Overlander did a comparison test against the Cherokee turbodiesel in 1999, all excellent reviews, praising the vehicle to the heavens. Some of these mags might be available second hand on Ebay.
But oddly, according to a Nissan sales exec I had a yarn with, only 500-600 were ever sold here, probably due to its odd styling. In Europe, different story, the TII is and was amongst the top sellers at least in the UK and Germany.
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