Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Hello patrol community,
Thank you very much for having us here.
Together with my wife, I am on a southern africa trip, started in October 2020. We will have approx. about 6 months to explore Africa.



Name: Full Name (Nickname/Registered Name)
Timo D. „Roads2africa“
2. Birthday and Age:
28.08.1983 37
3. Town and Country of residence:
Koblenz Germany
4. Home Language:
German
5. Occupation/Business:
Automotive Industry
6. Family status:
Married
7. Membership - Other 4X4 Clubs and Forums:
None
8. Current 4x4:
Patrol Y61 GU4 3.0Di 2009
9. Current Mods:
Oil Catch Can, Separ Diesel Prefilter with Waterseparator, Upgraded Turbobearings, King Brown 3‘ Exhaustsystem from Turboback, Dual Batterie System,285/75 16 KO2, OME 2‘ Lift, Panhards with Johnny Joints front and back, Coil Tower brace kit, Upgraded gross mass from 3200kg to 3500kg, DBC 4000 T3 Brake Discs, Winchbumper with removable Bullbar, 12000LBS Winch, Steelbumper with Tyrecarrier. Self made Drawersystem
10. Mods on wish list:
Shorter Axle ratio, more Power, less weight
11. Vehicle on wish list:
;-)
12. Previous 4x4's:
Y61 Swb
Landrover Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE
Iglhaut Sprinter
13. Last 3 offroad or overland destinations:
France
Romania
Italy

14. Your favourite destination:
World
15. Other hobbies:
Diving, My Dog
16. GPSr and Map Data used:
tracks4africa, OpenStreetMap and Google
17. Rate your 4X4 and overlanding experience:
Good
18. Online Photo Site:
Instagram: roads2africa
19. Photos of you and your Vehicle:

Welcome Timo

I would like to ask a question or two about the Johnny Joints if I may? I had not heard about them before, and have just watched their promotional video on Youtube, but it would seem tm there there would be little reason to install them on the panhard rods, unless they also improve positional accuracy (which the maker doesn't specefically claim)?

Safe and happy travels!

Welcome here, have save travels in Africa!

Good looking Patrol you have there.

Herzlich willkommen

Du hast ein schönes Auto.
Hier finden Sie viel Hilfe von den Patrol-Besitzern

Tschüss

Hey thank you for all our welcome greetings!
@Peter we installed HD and adjustable Panhards.
Wr have had the option to choose between Poly Bushes or the Johnny's.
The advantage of the Johnny's from my point of view: rebuildable and greasable, that's it. The surcharge was quiet small, so I decided to go for it.

Cheers Timo

Thanks Timo

Sorry for not replying to yiur PM's. My boxes are full. I asked somebody to send you a PM, hope between you you can sort out the problem.

Timo - welcome.

Fantastic looking rig. Please let me know if you're ever in Pretoria during your travels.

Peter Connan wrote: ↑21 Dec 2020 17:27 Thanks Timo

Sorry for not replying to yiur PM's. My boxes are full. I asked somebody to send you a PM, hope between you you can sort out the problem.

Peter,

I think you should be able to send messages at the moment. I have temporarily increased the limit whilst I get the capability of deleting PM's working properly again. Give it a bash, and let me know if there are issues.

Hello Peter,
Yes thanks for forwarding, AF contacted me already.
But my answere is stuck in the outbox and it looks like it is not send yet