My Arabian Nissan Patrol 1997 Y60 (GQ)

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Greetings from Dhofar, Oman (Arabian Peninsula).

in Salalah, Dhofar, Oman

This won't be my only Nissan Patrol, as I'm considering another Patrol but a Y61 (GU) model (2005-2009) after selling my Infiniti M45 2007 to use it as family/city/spare 4x4. My "Xploration" car is this Y60 in any case. Might buy a 3rd, SWB Y60 patrol with 34" sand tires for desert trips and beach sand fun if there is enough money, even though this one with the mud tires has no problem with sand but when lifted can roll over easily.

The car has done 330,000+ km (205,000+ miles).

Factory specifications: (Kingsroad model)

- TB42E 4.2L I-6 petrol engine, fuel injection (not carburetor). (more details)
- Rear Diff-Lock.
- 5-speed manual.
- 7 seats.
- 2 coolers.
- Front + middle + rear A/C.
- Rear JerryCan.
- Flares.
- Chrome side foot-steppers.
- 16x8 rims.

Modifications:

Now:

- Aftermarket 2.5" exhaust system (Al-Suwaidi exhaust system, UAE).
- Aftermarket air-intake.
- Raised redline to 6000 rpm.
- Custom 3-channels radiator.
- 2 custom Nissan Maxima cooling fans directly connected to the battery.
- Rear view camera + LCD screen with switch.
- Garmin Oregon 550 GPS with birdeye + Oman & UAE off-road + city maps.
- Red carpet + black leather roof + black & red doors & sides (interieor).
- 35x12.5x15 Cooper Discoverer STT (5 tires)
- 15x10 inches with -44 offset (backspacing: 3.75 in) GT Wheel rims (set of 4) with bead locks.
- Black leather coated side mirrors, door handles, with black paint for nearly everything.
- UV protection tint: 30% front, 40% front sides, 60% middle sides, 80% rear sides & back windows.
- Rear spotlight.
- Osram Silverstar Headlight H4 Bulbs.
- Custom chrome 3.5L JerryCan (painted black later).
- Aftermarket taillights.
- 4 Custom 3.5" iron flares.
- 2-3" Body + suspension lifts (with new shocks).
- Hi-Lift Jack.
- DVD/CD-R/Navi+ system, mounted above.
- Rear camera, 10 Mega Pixels.
- Steel ARB front/rear bumpers (secondhand).

Next:

- Pro Comp Xtreme Rock Crawler Series 52 Black Wheel, 15x10, 3.75" backspacing (-44 offset), 6x5.5" bolts for spare. (in progress)
- Portable Warn winch (model?).
- Safari snorkel.

Future plans:

- TB48DE 4.8L I-6 petrol engine (VTEC) or VK56DE 5.6L V8?
- Warn winch (12,000 lbs?)


Dhofar collection 2009-2012

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanfari/collections/72157622596692610/

Nissan Patrol set

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanfari/sets/72157624582477083/


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Bought the car for about 4200$ (1600 Omani rials) in 2010.

This is how it looked: (4 custom rims, 16x8 inches)

 

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After that I made it black Paint job was very cheap! About 120$, and this kind is illegal as it's not like the regular matte color and used by military because it never shines.

The car was still registered as "green" and it was extremely illegal to be driven with no permission *_^ but I only use it in the mountains (3 km away from my home) for 7 months and never got caught!

 

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As it's not fun to get caught and pulled by police, I painted it black again. After I done the legal part I added some red stripes and stickers + tint:

Rear cam

Custom leather in the interior

- Roof leather: 80$
- Doors and sides leather: 170$
- Rear cam + LCD: 130$
- Red carpet: 117$
- Nealon protection for carpet: 47$
- Gears red leather: 31$
- Black fur: 47$
- Black fabric cover for seats: 26$

Front bumper leather: 52$

With 3-channel custom radiator + daul Nissan Maxima fans. This is after a 1 hour trip, engine is always cool!

Some "tools" for negotiation >_<

 

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Some photos around my place

Monsoon season started

Remember this place, you'll see it in green later!

Back off :costumed-smiley-007

 

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With the baobab tree

11 km from the last location, 1300 m high

 

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Gates closed for safety, as if you slip it's about 900 m straight to death!

This is how the place looks with no fog:

With Garmin Oregon 550 installed showing birdeye maps, helpful when fog is around:

 

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300+ years old tamarind tree

 

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After this tour I started to think seriously about mud tires

 

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Fog gave us a break this day ^_^

Well, after reaching this place, I barely returned home! It was very slippery there >_< blame my 32" A/T's

 

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Here I installed 32x11.5x15 Cooper Discoverer STT's with the 15x10 rims

 

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This is the place I told you to remember *_^

Road was blocked with fallen trees

Even with L4 + 2nd gear at speed of 10-20 km/h + front/rear Diff-Locks I was barely driving and could've smashed a lot of trees!

 

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