Dust deflectors

Submitted: Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 06:45

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Member - GeeTee (NT)

Just picked up our 2007 Nissan Patrol on Friday. Looks like being " the goods ". Did a quick run down the Stuart Highway to Adelaide River and noticed when we got home quite a bit of dust on the rear doors and spare. It is a sealed road so it supprised me. The vehicle is white so I guess it will stand out.

As we are doing the CSR in July I have thought about a dust deflector on the rear. Any one with practical experience of these and do they work ?

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Reply By: Teabag (Queanbeyan) - Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 06:53

Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 06:53

Mate,

I have had them on both my Patrols and they do work but don't totally stop it......They will reduce it by a fair margin though a roof rack can affect how good they work......

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Reply By: Coolman - Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 07:09

Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 07:09

I have one on my Pajero. Definately worth it. They do not totally stop the dust but heaps less.

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Reply By: Member - GeeTee (NT) - Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 07:24

Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 07:24

I forgot to mention that I do not have a roof rack yet, on the way and should be fitted later in the week. I gather from comments so far that this will have a bearing on the effectiveness of the dust deflector.

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Follow Up By: Teabag (Queanbeyan) - Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:33

Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:33

Towing also affects it operation.....Due to the dust off the trailer....Other benefit is when it is raining it helps with water coming in the rear of vehicle, a little anyway.....

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Reply By: DavidT - Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 08:16

Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 08:16

I washed my GU 4 on the weekend don't you just hate the painted flares stone chips and small scratches show up majorly and i would love my old rear step from my 2002 gu the painted one is a pain and the stone chips show up, compared to the series 3 model i don't think they are as tough.

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Dave T

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Reply By: Member - Troll 81 (QLD) - Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 08:23

Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 08:23

I have one and I think it works okay..but it does not stop it all as per the other posts

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Reply By: Gossy - Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 09:22

Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 09:22

I saw two identical patrols at Coongie lakes the other year (brothers kitted up the cars exactly the same). The only difference was one had a dust deflector. Both had exactly the same amount of dust on the back windows (I remember pointing it out to my wife when they stopped near our tent).

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Reply By: Peter McG (Member, Melbourne) - Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 09:30

Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 09:30

IMHO it works well and SWMBO thinks it worth the money.

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Reply By: Montereykeys - Saturday, May 05, 2007 at 16:33

Saturday, May 05, 2007 at 16:33

I am about to take delivery of a 2007 Patrol as well. I just noticed on the Nissan website that Free Satellite Navigation and Reversing Cameras are being offered on ST Wagons. I think this offer has only just been added to the website as I didn't notice it before. As a matter of interest did you receive this as part of the package. The dealer hasn't mentioned anything to me about this yet.

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