Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

David Marais bought one from Nissan a few years ago. Said it made a big difference.

Was rather expensive though.

I think what's done is done.
I would change the fuel filter but I don't think you need to change anything else.

Dankie Jonathan.

Dalk het hulle.
Veral omdat die een stel bure nou 'n kleuterskool oopgemaak het. Gelukkig was dit 'n naweek-dag.

At that price and mileage, I smell a rat.
But if you have the budget for an engine rebuild (probably including a new head), it could be a good starting point. I have no idea what a known "good one" would cost now.

Fanus dit gaan dalk uiteindelik die monteerpunte vir 'n spaarwiel-swaaiarm wees, maar dit kan dalk ook "barwork" dra wat bo om die spaarwiel na die rock-slider gaan (amper soos Tyler Thompson op Youtube se GQ). Of dalk soos Des voorgestel het, montering vir die toilet-stoel! :rolling: Die ...

Dankie Alex. Ek is heeltemal gelukkig om die bumpers te verkoop, maar ek is nie bereid om aan ander ouens se karre te sny nie. Lank gelede toe ek dit begin oorweeg het, het ek by Oom Jan van Quantum 'n kwotasie vir die corner chop aangevra. Die prys was heel billik, so dis wat ek sou voorstel as iem...

And it's done...

The next step was to complete the welding on the bumper pieces, and then prep for paint. After that all I had time and energy left for was to cut cardboard templates for the filler plates. This morning I started by painting the bumper corners. But I ran out of paint and had to dash to Builders for s...

Yesterday morning at 06h00 I started dismantling. Renoved the old bumper, the rear wheels, removed the tail lights and removed all the interior bits giving access to the corners. Then the scary bit: chopping the corners. Never ground on a car's body before. Tijmen gave me a good idea here. Apply 25m...

Of course I got my timing wrong and had to wait until this week to get the parts due to year-end shutdown, but the bumper is tacked together.
Now comes the scary part. Chopping the corners...