The ULTIMATE SUSPENSION UPGRADE to our Nissan GU Patrol! We did it ourselves || $10K lift kit
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2022
- The Patrol gets a complete Superior Engineering Suspension upgrade.
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That mullet was the best part of this video!! Patrol was good, but that mullet was next level!!
Great choice in suspension and so good buying everything in one go 👌. Couple things, firstly take the bloody wheels off first, makes it so much easier working around the suspension. And secondly I used the Boss rear coil tower brace kit, it bolts in on the under side of the tower and back to where the bump stops bolt up. Much easier install than what it looks like you went through!
You'll love the superior kit too!
Haven't seen the "Feral Kid" from Mad Max for years, good to see him doing well.
Toss him the little wind up music box to make his day
I thought it was the pet shop boys
Mullets are haircuts of champions mate 👍
That’s is a beast. I know comparing the Nav and the GU each vehicle has it’s place , but this is fast becoming my favourite being a Ute owner myself.🙄😂
I feel the poor old nav will be forgotten as the enjoyment on your face from the patrol upgrades takes over
The episode I’ve been waiting for!! I’ve recently also got a tb48 patrol with low Kay’s watching your build has given me so many ideas 🤙🏽
Car looks amazing and after owning 4 Patrols myself and a heap of other 4WD's you can never ever thank a bunch of guys like that, that give up all there free time to help out a fellow mate/4WDriver to help get the job done. Well done to all the fellas your effort are priceless!!!
The young blokes did a great job , well done fellas . The beers 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 are on Tyler .
Wow thats a huge job. Lucky you had so many people willing to help. Looks great now mate well done. I look forward to seeing it in action
Wow mate, the amount of travel you have now is exactly what you need. It look sick standing still and flexing up. Nice job and those boys really helped you out, good on em.
Thanks mate!
Love the number plate. Very well thought out!! The rig is looking great too!!
Awesome vid mate. Working on cars in the shed with mates is the next best thing to being out camping with them !
Fantastic. The guys who helped, amazing, so good of them. I'd consider using the shock boots to protect the shafts and seals. You could undo the clamps and move up to check/clean the bottom and down.... Better that than dust, silt etc. wearing your seals and having to replace them earlier. No biggie. Actually, you could make/source plastic protectors for the leading edges of the shock (inspired by what you see on MX and enduro bikes).
Wow What a job. Looks like she will go almost anywhere. Looks great
good job on explaining it all to us. I didn't know a whole heap before watching and now I know alot more thanks Tyler mate :D
Looking great, gotta love a Patrol with flex 😍 and lockers unstoppable 💪
Really magnificent, hope things go well
Awesome build man, you are so damn lucky to have some real mates to work on your rig. Appreciate them. Well explained. Very well enjoyed the video.
Quite the job. Good to have friends. Bet your Patrol will be unstoppable now.
patrol dream build! lovin it keep it up
Loving the build on this thing dude. Looking absolutely epic ✌️
Thanks mate!
How good is it to have great mates like that!!!
What an awesome set up you’re running now 👍🏽
Hi Tyler
Looks great Mate, like you said great to see the other Boys came into help.
Great to see that happening, boy that really has some flex in it now.
Great job stay safe Cheers
i think the 3i and 35s are perfect setup for anything. both on the 105s and patrols
its amazing how much a simple lift will change a car and its capabilities.
Awesome. Can’t wait to see that weapon tackle some tuff stuff
Looks like a epic job. Great to see your mates or now x mates helping. It's a beast now with the double diff locks. It will be hard to stop.
Cheers mate 👌
Awesome. Great amount of travel now
Awesome upgrade.
Your GU has come along way in a very short amount of time. It's looking like a track weapon now. 👍
Beast mate well done
Lucky guy. There is only 1 guy that would pull up for my build if I needed them.
Well done Tyler and the boys for helping you ☺️ I hope you had some beers after
I keep reading the plates as “twin turbo tb48” . Loving this build series!
What a monster. Cannot wait to see some track vids with this.
Thanks for taking the time to show us how it's all done.
Would love a contact or better youtube channel other guys that came in to help finish it all off, they seemed to really know what they were doing in the upgrading.
Ty take care guys.
Another great vid mate. Brilliant to see all those guys pitching in and giving you a hand 👍
Amazing products by Superior Engineering, Amazing mullet by Jackson and Amazing socks by you on night one !!! (Yeah, I saw them 😂)
Keep up the great work 👏
Thanks 👍
Looks great. Mate great job guys 🤙🇦🇺🙏
Great work. I miss my old 4.8 with superior 5 inch kit. Was an awesome rig. With the shock tower kit can you jack front body up to access bolt.
I found by jacking body even to remove gear box made job easy
Awesome brother
What a beast it's becoming Tyler very cool👍✌
Mate i wish i get so much of a crowd around installing this stuff, good on ya all. One day i will do something like that on my 4.8. Which we all confessed we love )))))
looks great Tyler, money well spent on Superior suspension you wont have any problems with there gear
Looks awesome flexing
Mmm, me thinks the GU is the vehicle of choice...👍🙂. Awesome suspension set up, nice flex. It's getting to be a track weapon.
Jackson, that mullet!!!!
damn TT, thats an awesome suspension upgrade for the Patrol. look out trax, here comes the Patrol.
Love watching the build. The patrol is going to be a very capable vehicle.
Cheers mate!
@@TylerThompson90 love how you’re putting the price up. It keeps it honest and real. If possible would you be able to do a total cost so far after each episode?
Well done boys !!! I need an army of friend mechanics like that :-))
Good set up mate.
I got superior 2 inch in my Nav, with 4 inch rear shocks, drop cones and retainers. the rear end flexes like a beast now
It would be good to see a vid on the process of approval for the engineering. Nice work, well done Tyler!
it will probably be part of a build episode, fingers crossed
Good to see you have been converted to the GU. And your co-driver will take over driving so you can exhaust yourself setting up cameras :)
Front & rear coil Patrols are great off road toys.
4.8 good trucks if u watch the feul consumption. You have transformed the GU it looks good .iv been using superior gear for years no complaints.
Love superior product worth it
Wow this thing is going to be sweet mate 👍 🏴didn't have a clue what you were taking of or putting on but does look tough
don't forget longer mudflaps are needed !
hey tyler hopefully you do an indepth video of the engenering side of things to show others what the proccess of engenering a 4x4 is . also anther great video
Sick
Great video enjoyed
Cheers Pete and Pip nz
I'm in an '88 Mitsubishi J23, so I can empathize on the rusty, brittle fastener thing. GU's turning into a beast though! You have great mates, even if some have really weird ideas about hairstyles. I'd have fitted the shock gaiters though.
Flexy boy!
Looking pretty sweet, the patrol flex so well even on a standard 2 inch, yous will out drive the nav without even trying😁 just hope you get to drive it🤣
Wow, looks nice, congratulations bro, look sick, by the way I live in Colorado USA, I’m Nissan fan and I’ve been following for I think for a year keep doing videos and I’m keeping watch them 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Awesome! Thank you!
Wow super set up for of road... The navs has done tonnes of off road and has been bloody reliable. The patrol done pretty much nothing so lets see how it stacks up later... 😀
Awesome job, if you haven't done it yet, don't forget the brake proportioning valve on the rear diff needs to be extended.
The extension bracket was plainly visible in the video.
Look perfect
Just started watching your channel. Great viewing. I live in north east Victoria and just got myself a 4 WD I did Buckland Valley yesterday. 👍
Thanks mate!
Love the 'Chinese Work boots'.
Yep.....converted.....Wagon life, you will never look back mate.
Comfortable..capable and way cooler 👍👍👍👍
It’s worth spending the money on decent suspension. You may pay more but you get value and quality so definitely a smart move!
Agreed. I got EFS shocks once because they were very affordable. Supposed quality, but really priced. I found out the hard way that quality is definitely diminished to make products cheaper than everyone else’s. Every single one of the EFS supplied rubber shock bushes disintegrated within 12 months. Crumbled to bits like crushed up biscuits.
Well done mate good to see someone showing the capabilities of a Nissan instead of guys banging on about Toyotas.
Excellent job Tyler, I am surprised that you didn't put airbags in the rear to assist with leveling out the vehicle when fully loaded. I put them in the rear of my 80 and it definitely made great improvement to the ride, handling and level.
Anyway maybe in the future hey mate. I'm looking forward to your impression of the capability when you get into some narley tracks.
Happy new year mate.
Cheers mate!
@@TylerThompson90 you're welcome brother, please concider the airbags mate. I understand that you get many messages on how to set your rig up but the airbags do such a great job and having the ability to adjust your shockies and airbags it definitely will be a gun unit.
OMG Tyler, this rig is the number one now and the Nav plays second fiddle. Well the Nav has the better camping setup though.
Huge job on the suspension. Didn't spare the expense on the parts thats for sure. I’d hate to think what it would cost if all the labour was being paid for. You’d be spending the purchase price of the Patrol over again for that setup. We’ll done. Hope you have many years of safe & comfortable wheeling.
Nice one , that’s one massive job. Lucky for some helpers because it’s bloody hard by yourself 😂😂.
And without a hoist 😂😂
@@TylerThompson90 yeah man , it sucked 😂😂🤦♂️
hi, good job man
I’d definitely swap those shocks out for a 2.5 shock mate, dobinson make real nice 3 way adjustable shocks, you’ll notice an amazing difference in the ride. 2.0 shocks are simply just to small for a patrol
wow ! good job ! I definitely feel as if you've now bought shares with superior !! your setup is slightly different to mine in some ways .. interesting tho !
your going to have to make an engineering process video now and explain as to why it needs it ?
Cheers mate! Yep I'd say Ill do a video when I get it done 👌
Reflecting from your compliance video, thank you. Are you legal now post lift kit?
GQs, GUs and 80 series are another animal compared to dual cabs and modern IFS 4wds. They really don't make them like that anymore, looks like an incredible setup.
Let us know how it drives before and after! 100% put your rubber shock boots on or void warranty. I’ve had mine on for years no issues with them holding mud in.
Now we need a video of it on some full on tracks like Yawal monkey gum. 🤙🏼 looks mint mate
Yep definitely keen to do some harder tracks on it mate
@@TylerThompson90 if you ever end up heading down south coast please let me no as it would be a honour to tag along with you mate and grab some Merch
Maybe I missed it, I know you thanked g works for their shed hoist etc. and “thanks to the boys that helped” I personally would of named them as they slaved over your car for free labour for 10+ hours
It's looking sweet 👍 I'm currently undecided between the Superior Engineering & Terrain Tamer remote reservoir suspension kit for my LC80. Though I'm only looking for a 2" lift kit, as it'll be more for overlanding than rock-crawling, and mud bogging.
Superior has more steps of adjustment over the Terrain Tamer ones, so can fine tune them whatever terrain you are traversing.
Is Dobinson any good?
Dobinson’s coils are great, but I’ve found their shocks to be substandard personally.
@@Vanadinit3 I'm ex-Dobs for a short stint, had them in my previous 4WD and they weren't bad.
They're not manufactured in Australia and I've heard mixed reports of the longevity of the MRR/MRA setups.
Some people swear by them, some people don't. 🤷♂️
I know that I will be eventually putting a full Superior Engineering setup in my 80 series when the time comes as I find Superior Engineering have a more professional approach when ordering parts and keep you in the loop on the ETA for your order.
Im glad you went with the correct rear upper control arms for your application after our email exchange, checking over what you were ordering and suggesting you go that way for the long range tank application. Future proofing it for later down the track when that goes in along with going with the superflex over the hyperflex was the best outcome.
How does it drive on the road? I assume you're not constantly correcting steering input to get it to track straight, which is what you would be doing with a hyperflex kit.
Cheers mate! Little bit of roll on the road but still waiting on the parts for the front sway bar plus needs the extra weight on it to match the coils
@@TylerThompson90 yeah that will make it hold the road better for sure. At the moment the ride would be a little harsh due to no bar/winch.
Big coin mate, 3 inch lift and drop boxes a bit cheaper with reputable dog brand adjustable shocks too. There pretty good.
Now that’s a mullet…8:25
Looks great, but please put somenpaint on that front bumper, quick raptor job will look super!
won't need to now ;)
How go with boys in blue ? Looks good I do same to my 4.8 but the boys in blue mite say different.
Let me know what you think of the Drop boxes
Mine pulled bad to the left and found it had a vibration because of the sharp uni joint
Also found it dropped the front off the gearbox 5 mill
I took them out and went for the offset camber business and was much nicer to drive
Just an Fyi the Hyperflex kit is easy as to engineer in NSW, I got the 4" kit 35x12.5R17 engineered only difference is I run Fox remote res shocks as I wasn't happy with the superior remote res but engineering is easy as mate you should piss it in
Cheers mate!
Yep, mate of mine with a GU sent the same remote res back for checking
Hey Mate who was your engineer in NSW? I want to get my patrol done
My hyperflex drives awesome on the road.
Yeah I heard a lot of mixed things so just ended up going super flex, wasn't too sure which way to go
@@TylerThompson90 they're all good
@@TylerThompson90 what's next for the Trol? Reduction gears, lockers ...
Bit more then springs and shocks to do it properly after going more then 2 inches
All I can say is: "you have great mates".
Nice video! Who are you gettting the engineering work done by? My understanding was that you couldn't get this type of work engineered but i guess it's different between states
Adult Nappies you may need them. because when you manage to lift a wheel. you will need a nappy.
Awesome job mate,GU is coming along nicely.Just wondering what bushes are in the radius arms ? I had a 5 inch lifted LS1 sitting on 35's and when I bought my kit years ago they said they had genuine Nissan bushes,but found out later they were cheap made in China bushes.I was experiencing big wobbles in my front end once I hit bumps on the road and after a good night 4wding.I ended up putting a touch dog adjustable steering dampener and replaced all my bushes through the entire suspension set up to genuine Nissan bushes and after that never had a problem..Id say the kits are alot better now seen as I did mine 16 years ago and my kit was a snake racing kit not superior so fingers crossed you won't experience what I did,take care and enjoy your Awesome truck mate..
Thanks mate, appreciate it! According to superior they use Nissan factory bushes on all their arms etc
Hey mate, absolutely wicked video, may I ask what you do for work brother, cheers
I was a school teacher but decided to make this my full time job!