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General Information

Name
Evie
Year
2003
Make
Nissan
Model
GU Patrol III
Color
Metallic Grey
Packages
ST
History
4th owner; Car was originally owned by a 4wd enthusiast who treated the chassis for rust and looked after the car well. Second owner was a rural real estate agent who drove it on the road around the country. 3rd owner was a SAS serviceman who fitted it out to tow a huge caravan. I have full service history and the car has been looked after well.
2003 Nissan GU Patrol III (Metallic Grey)

Extensively modified by myself for extreme touring in style and comfort.







I've been through several sets of suspension (still swapping bits out) to get it perfect, redone many different modifications as I've gotten more experienced and was never happy with the old ones and keep on improving every aspect of the vehicle.

Modifications

Drivetrain
-3.0L ZD30DDTi completely rebuilt by RMR Diesel
-Eaton Elockers front & rear
-Gturbo G250 performance Turbo
-Fabwitz 3" stainless intake & airbox (DIY fitted)
-Fabwitz 4" stainless snorkel (DIY fitted)
-PDI Front Mount Intercooler (DIY fitted)
-RMR Diesel high flow Injectors
-Bespoke remap/tune by RMR Diesel
-Provent 150 Catcher Can (DIY fitted)
-EGR Blank (DIY fitted)
-Custom four core Aluminium radiator
-Airflow mods around radiator
-Fabwitz radiator cover
-Upgraded cylinder head studs
-Dawes Valve plus solenoid valve control, turbo tuned
-3D Printed bracket in engine bay for electrical breakers (DIY Designed, printed and fitted)
-Waterproof 5 gang fuse block for main battery in engine bay (DIY fitted)
-100A Isolating circuit breaker for auxiliary battery (DIY fitted)
-Under bonnet mounted LED's turn automatically when bonnet is opened (DIY fabricated & fitted)
-AVM manual locking hubs

Suspension:
3" Dobinson heavy duty coils (Front)
3" Toughdog extreme heavy duty coils 300Kg constant load (Rear)
3" Superior Engineering 2.0 adjustable monotubes (rear) (DIY fitted)
3" Superior Enginering 2.0 adjustable monotubes (front) (DIY fitted)
Superior engineering rear coil dropout cones
Superior engineering rear coil retainers
Toughdog adjustable panhard rods
Heavy duty drag link
Heavy duty tie rod
Hardcase 4X4 diffguards front & rear (DIY fitted)
Profender RTC steering damper
Extended braided brake lines
Superior engineering hybrid superfelex radius arms with castor correction
Superior engineering superflex rear swaybar with quick disconnects
Superior engineering superflex front swaybar
Superior Engineering brake proportioning valve extender
Interior
-Horizon Touring center console with Waeco CF11 fridge/freezer and dual USB charging points (DIY Fitted)
-Fourby Fitouts Touring Unit (minus water tank & cutting board)
-Custom 304AH Lithium battery setup with DC switchboard
-105 Liter water bladder (DIY fitted)
-Hot water shower that uses dual water supply combined with a Glind heat exchanger for engine coolant (DIY project)
-Trufit Auto Vinyl flooring with waterproof underlay (DIY fitted)
-Custom made roof console with 2X narva map lights, 6 gang switch panel and housing for car PC (DIY designed & fitted)
-Compartment above passenger glove box converted to a lockable electronics bay with breakers, fuses and control systems housed within (DIY designed, fabricated & fitted)
-Winch controls permanently wired to roof console with safety switch (DIY Project)
-Custom laser etched blue led illuminated carling rocker switches for accessories X20 (DIY designed & fitted)
-3 position rocker switch for reverse/camping lights; automatic reverse on/off/on (DIY designed & fitted)
-Seat covers
-Seat organizer
-Mounted 300Lph air compressor concealed in rear draw wing with wireless remote start/stop control mod (DIY project)
-Dual A-Pillar 35mm Gauge Holders (DIY fitted)
-ProSport Pro series LED Boost/EGT Gauges with inbuilt alarms (DIY fitted)
-Autostrada Electronic cruise control (DIY fitted)
-Glow plug timer mod (DIY fitted)
-GME 5W 80 Channel CB Radio DIY fitted)
-Modified ARB Turbo Timer (DIY modified, LED's changed to blue to match colour theme)
-Dual 30L Draw fridge/freezers mounted in touring unit (DIY fitted)
-Stainless barn door table modified with automatically activated LED lights, dual USB chargers & a high current cigarette lighter socket (DIY)
-Victron BMV-12 Smart battery monitor with bluetooth and audible alarms mounted in the passenger side barn door (DIY fitted)
-Victron Orion 30 Amp DC/DC charger
-Enerdrive 2000W Inverter
-Victron SmartSolar 20A charge controller (auxiliary for solar blankets and loud output,
mounted on passenger side barn door, DIY fitted)
-Victron Smart solar 50A charge controller (main charger)
-Gas strut mod for passanger side barn door (DIY fitted)
-Extension mod for passanger side barn door hinge (DIY fitted)
-Cel-fi 4G phone repeater with 4G whip antenna mounted to roof rack on folding bracket with custom 3D printed support bracket (DIY fitted)
-All interior and instrument lights converted to LED. Dashboard lights changed to blue in line with color theme (DIY fitted)
-Various high current USB charging points fitted around interior (DIY Fitted)
Exterior
-30 Second wing awning - stormchaser with smart remote controlled dimmable LED strip light mod and canvas walls (DIY fitted)
-OCAM hard shell rooftop tent (modified with sirocco fan, fast USB charger, hardwired dual colour touchlamp & power deflating sel-inflating mattress) (DIY fitted)
-MCC Rocker Bar (Sand variant) (DIY fitted)
-GME AE4705B/4704B Detachable 6.6DB/2.1DB Antennas (DIY fitted, hot swappable depending on terrrain)
-RFI 6.6DB gain antenna for 3G/4G phone signal on a folding bracket (DIY fitted)
-Kut Snake wheel arch flares (DIY fitted)
-Blue Maxtrax X2
-Custom made tube style rock sliders (DIY fitted)
-Custom made rear bar with super heavy duty wheel carrier and Jerry can holder (DIY fitted)
-Kings Domin8r Xtreme 12000lb Winch; mounting plate modified to accommodate intercooler (DIY fabricated & fitted)
-3X 200W Atempower flexible shingled solar panels (DIY fitted)
-Rear door mounted reverse lightbar bracket (DIY fitted)
Audio
In place of a regular head unit I am running a Custom built car PC solution: (DIY Designed & Developed, & Fitted). See my blog: https://patrolpc.blogspot.com/ also avaliable on this forum
-(Intel Core I3 4360, 8GB Kingston low profile ram, Asus Z97L Plus Motherboard, 250GB Samsing 850 Series SSD, Purpose built 125W PSU for car PC's, VoomPC Case)
-Xenarc HD Capacative Touchscreen in place of normal head unit (DIY custom mounted)
-Can play steam games on the PC with an Xbox or Play Station controller
-Full bluetooth connectivity to play music with phones, tablets ect
-External volume knob with push to mute to control volume
-SiRF STAR IV High Accuracy GPS Module for navigation
-Bluetooth 4.0 module
-Onboard dual band AC Wi-Fi with external antenna
-Connects automatically on start-up to the engine's ECU via a DIY custom adapter and displays gauges of teemperatures, pressures, ect in real time. Has inbuilt audio and visual alarms for battery voltage, coolant temp ect.
-3.5MM Aux in
-Android auto integration (DIY project)
-Bluetooth 5.0 audio via adapter connected to amplifiers

Audio & Speakers

Pioneer quad-channel 300W amplifier
Pioneer 800W mono block amplifier for sub woofer

-4X 3 Way Pioneer Satellite Speakers in the doors
-Kicker 12" compact sub woofer in box
Lighting
-Custom made LED headlights with ptojector lenses, CCFL rings and wi-fi controlled RGB LED halo accents
-6" slimline llightbar (rear)
-Narva park/indicator lights (bullbar)
-Aurora dually 6" combination driving lights
-6" Lightbar (front)
-30W LED fog lights with blue angel eyes
-All exterior lights including indicators & parking lights replaced with high output Cree LED's (DIY)
-Rear indicators, & stop/brake/reverse lights wired up to make all of them work (DIY)
Exhaust
Custom 3" Stainless steel turbo back exhaust
Wheel and Tire
35X12.5" Maxxis Razy MT772
15X8" Sunraysia Rims (-22 Offset)
Likes: JakeWild

Gallery

Comments

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nissan
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Nice looking rig mate....lot of work gone into this one!
 

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04 GUIII ZD30 Manual
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This thing is insane... Awesome build 👌
 

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That's a great build mate, well done!
 
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