Tuesday, Oct 14, 2003 at 09:36
Hi Jester,
You are where I was about 2 and a half years ago.
Got my 98 DX Patrol and it came with the same stuff as yours and 129,000k's.
I went for the wider wheels first, 16x8 ROH Trek II's with 265/75/16 Cooper S/t's.
The Coopers have over 60,000kms and are still going strong.
I bought my flares from a mob in QLD called FRP for $550 delivered to
my home in
Sydney. They are fibreglass and need to be painted then fitted so i think they cost me about $1100 by the time they were on the truck :( should have gone genuine for the price. Fibreglass is a worry when you have to go close to rockfaces or trees as it tends to break rather than bend. So far i have only scratched them up a bit but i am sure its only a matter of time.
I bought a 6-week-old set of factory steps for $250 from a guy on the Nissan Patrol list who had replaced them with
rock sliders, but that is a rare piece of luck. They are probably twice that much from Nissan.
I began then to build my recovery gear, starting with a snatch strap and rated shackles. a good capacity bottle jack, and progressed thru to a compressor, UHF etc as funds permitted or equipment became available at irresistable prices :)
I also had a
suspension job done, OME 2" longer springs and shocks, because the original coils were sagging to one side and the truck looked a little drunk...at least i think it was the truck...hmmmm
My truck has just passed the 215,000 Km mark and is going
well, The only major work I have had done to the mechanicals was to have the injectors serviced at about 192,000k's cost around $700. They are supposed to be done at 120,000k's but i don't reckon Freight Corp would have done them 9000k's before they offloaded it.
Congrats on the new purchase, I am sure you won't be disappointed with it.
Now you can join the ranks of the poverty stricken 4WDer's,
and love every minute of it.
Cheers
waynepd
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Tuesday, Oct 14, 2003 at 14:03
Tuesday, Oct 14, 2003 at 14:03
Good point on the bottle jack, people lift their cars with
suspension and tires, but keep the stock jack, UNTIL they need it!
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