Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Hi all

Does anyone know where a guy can buy weather shields for a GU Patrol (2000 model) ?

I've tried the usual suspects like Autostyling, etc but no luck.
I don't feel like going through the hassel of bringing them in from Oz.

Hi Dustin,

Please excuse my ignorance, but what are weather shields?

Stefan die seker daai plastic goedjies wat jy bo die vensters sit sodat jy die vensters effens kan oopmaak sonder dat dit inreen.

My Gramps had weather shields on all his cars and 4wd's, hahaha, i remember one was even that see-through purple/blue tint,....eish man.

I contacted Speedworld in Bloemfontein for my 1998 4.5 Gl and for the front windows the Jeep Cherokee fitted nicely and for the rear a Toyota Hi Lux D/C did the trick.

While on this shield subject, these plastic shields that are fitted over the front of the bonnet, do they work? If they work does anybody know where to find and at what cost?

My concern on these shields are that it takes quite a bit of speed to move a drop of water on the bonnet, thus according to Koos.

Die intercooler fan , dit is n baie slegte ontwerp van die Japanese om die intercooler bo die enjin te sit.Geen wind kom daarin nie tot en met 90 km/u. So maw jy het dit nodig om windbeweging te veroorsaak deur die scoop. Voordeel daarin, jy sal ontmiddeilik voel daars meer wringkrag teen lae spoed. Myne hardloop permanent.
Dit kan glad nie n waarborg belemmer nie!
Koos

Translated

The intercooler fan, this is a very bad design by the Japanese for the intercooler above the engine sit. No wind coming therein to 90 km / h. So in other words, you need it to air movement caused by scoop. Benefit it, you'll feel immediately theres more torque at low speeds. Mine run continuously. It can not guarantee interfere!

This is Googles translation not mine!!!!!

So the question after all this is will this type of shield not interfere with the airflow into the scoop?

IJM

Izak hoekom toets jy dit nie, dis nogal maklik.

Plak stukkies watte met Prestick vas waar jy wil sien hoeveel lug vloei, en dan ry jy bietjie rond. Jy behoort te kan sien hoeveel lug daar vloei.

Jammer, daar skryf ek weer in die verkeerde taal.

Izak why don't you test it, it is quite easy to get an idea of how much air is flowing. Take a few balls of cotton wool and stick them on where you want to know what the air flow is doing, using prestick, then go for a drive. It is quite easy to get an idea of how the air is flowing.

Or stick short pieces of string / wool with cellutape , then you can see the direction of the flow as well

But what about the shield??

Izak Op you avatar lyk dit of jy reeds een het?