Nice looking GQ. It must be one of the cleanest looking original one in AUS. 👍 Where you have your First Aid kit, is where I have my fire blanket attached. I have my First Aid kit mounted above the rear seats against the rear barrier. And I'm like you, I prefer to keep things as original as I can and don't like hacking into anything, particularly drilling holes into metal of the car or cutting any plastic trims in the dash. Essentially for me to make changes, I should be able to reverse it without any obvious signs it's been modded before. If I can't do that, then I don't do the mod.
The Patrol has come up a treat. It’s good to see you have thought about the mods you need and added accordingly. Bloody neat job. And quality parts at a reasonable price. 👍🍺🇦🇺
I have great respect for you son. You do impeccable work taking such pride in it. I wish you all the best with continuing your build and proudly driving your creation for hopefully years to come.
Another great no BS video, I tell ya what fellas it's awesome to see some people still in possession of commonsense even though many will have you believe doesn't exist. Dan, as an 80 series owner I'm not even gonna bother with the "Pootrol" type comments, this is a great looking vehicle mate, congratulations. You guys all obviously know your shit and for an old fart like me, very encouraging to see young fellas with the brains and confidence to do stuff yourself and not buy into the advertising that tries to sell you stuff you don't need. Good, reliable, commonsense advice on all the videos I've seen on this channel so well done lads, keep it up, you've definitely got another subscriber, even a dad/granddad "back in my day" one like me. Outstanding boys.
Dual zone fridge freezer is better, frozen vegies and icecream is out without and frozen meals. few things u might like or missed are snake bandage, snatch, blind spot mirrors, reverse camera, dash mat.. but essentially comprehensive and ideal
Good tip is to use 5 or 7 core trailer wire for running accessories, you can get some decent 20 or 30a rated cable and its all nice and neat, and only 1 cable running. That way you will have spare wires to hook up if needed.
Nice work Dan. I really respect and appreciate your attention to detail. One suggestion from my experience - Cut that ciggy plug off the fridge lead and replace it with an Anderson plug. It's not just that the ciggy plugs come loose easily, they often don't make a very good connection which causes them to get hot, which wastes a lot of energy from the battery, and eventually melts your ciggy plug.
Nothing budget about a GQ these days. Paid 3 grand for a mint maverick TD42 only a couple years back sold it for 8500 with a good turbo set up and some touring fruit. These days lucky to get a petrol TB42 for under 12-15k
Ive got muddies atm. Maxxis. I dont find them loud at all btw. I wasn't going to get em on my new ute but did for some reason? But my theory for the last few years is that only people driving in the top 10% harshest conditions ever really use thier potential. No matter how hard I think I go off road, the truth is I never actually "need" muddies. Eg, I have a mate that bought a new hilux and is going to wear out its factory road tyres before he goes a/t's. He has taken it wheeling with us a few times and had no real major traction issues. He even made it over/through obstacles in one go that took a nav and a dmax multiple attempts with muddies or all terrains. Its mostly the driver 99% of the time. Im sure the road tyres are not ideal for off road but my tl;dr story demonstrates that muddies in particular aren't essential or even really necessary for most people. Haha grats for reading through this if ya did 🤙
Up the ocam gear. Been running my rack for a few years and have hammered it, literally backed it into trees, had a bunch of people standing on it, loaded up etc and it's still absolutely fine. It's light as hell too as alloy and has enough clearance to easily clean the roof under it unlike some roof racks which have fuck all clearance to clean which makes zero sense
Would love to hear more on that 12V system really struggling to get my head around particularly the landcruiser walkthrough this one seems a lot more practical and relevant!
Nice simple setup. Well done. Never run muddies so can't comment on the noise. But in 25 years there haven't been many times I've thought "wish I have mud tyres".
I fitted Hankook RT03s on my old prado after running BF AT KOs, the muddies were same noise level. I am now running Hankook ATs on my Amarok, with a set of cheap muddies for play... but as your mate said, except for toolangi... or Bunyip or pretty much anywhere in VIC after some rain
Agree on the Mud Terrain argument. An aggressive All Terrain is good for all seasons and if you do get stuck then the winch or a snatch to get you out of the bog. But hey, like you said each to their own.
Great car, been looked after well. If you wanted to improve it looks wise cheaply you should use some trim and bumper gel, which will take your plastics back to a pretty deep black.
I agree with your point about at vs mt but you'd probably find a good mt will be quieter than those cheap windforce at's. main benifit of mt over an at is generally a stronger sidewall. thick mud and bog holes any tyre is ging to struggle and should probably be avoided anyway.
@@tomhoare1207 I'd love to compare that. A maxxis or nitto mt vs the windforce at. I'm really curious which one is louder and which will last longer. I'd personally prefer a goof quality at or rt tyre as they will last heaps longer assuming you manage to avoid puncturing the sidewall.
I always use muddies for my gu, I do have road tyres for it but they came with it. That 10% you need the muddies is all the excuse I need to run them all the time
Nice Video I have too say crypto is life I started trading with Mr LInda Ewalt Doing the pandemic lockdown, which greatly affected the economy even at that i was still make Good Huge profit from crypto.
I also started trading with Mrs Ewalt,she's the best at what she does. With an initial investment of $5k I made up to $7K profit in just a week of trading with her, her strategies are mind blowing.
Heard so many great reviews about Mrs Linda ewalt and decided to invest with her. I'm definitely shocked that She is So Good at This (investing and trading) on crypto currencies, how do I reach her please?
Have to say I'm short of word it haven't been long i started trading with Linda and ever since then she has made about $14,700 on every $6,500 I invest in 1weeks
anyone looking to use an optima as a secondary you're probably better off going with a blue top marine style. exactly the same battery but has some extra terminals to help tidy up your wiring
Honestly love the 12v on a budget videos, but I strongly reccomend in investing in a dc/dc charger over a vsr, you won't look back. No matter how good your vsr is it won't charge your second battery 100%
good stuff, I own a GQ also, tough as nails mate, lovin it, yep did this, smacks hands together, did that smacks hands together, thinking bout this, smacks hands together, lol
So the spare fuse box.. the main power wire goes into the regulator. Then two wires come out. One to the rear battery and one to another fuse box. And that means that the other fuse box is now only pulling from the rear aux battery? Thank you
Dan seems like such a good bloke. Head screwed on, thinks about what he does and says and refreshing to see. Keep it up mate, love the content.
Love the way Dan explains his reasoning for everything, very well thought out!
Great rig.
Most underrated off-road/camping accessory -- The milk crate!
Nice looking GQ. It must be one of the cleanest looking original one in AUS. 👍 Where you have your First Aid kit, is where I have my fire blanket attached. I have my First Aid kit mounted above the rear seats against the rear barrier. And I'm like you, I prefer to keep things as original as I can and don't like hacking into anything, particularly drilling holes into metal of the car or cutting any plastic trims in the dash. Essentially for me to make changes, I should be able to reverse it without any obvious signs it's been modded before. If I can't do that, then I don't do the mod.
It looks like the first aid kit is attached to his fridge in the boot
The Patrol has come up a treat. It’s good to see you have thought about the mods you need and added accordingly. Bloody neat job. And quality parts at a reasonable price. 👍🍺🇦🇺
Great looking GQ Dan. I love the way you think things out and rationalise every thing you do and aren't swayed by what other people think. Well done👍
This has to be one of the cleanest and most simple GQ patrol setups ivd ever seen, keep up the good work !
I have great respect for you son.
You do impeccable work taking such pride in it.
I wish you all the best with continuing your build and proudly driving your creation for hopefully years to come.
Another great no BS video, I tell ya what fellas it's awesome to see some people still in possession of commonsense even though many will have you believe doesn't exist. Dan, as an 80 series owner I'm not even gonna bother with the "Pootrol" type comments, this is a great looking vehicle mate, congratulations.
You guys all obviously know your shit and for an old fart like me, very encouraging to see young fellas with the brains and confidence to do stuff yourself and not buy into the advertising that tries to sell you stuff you don't need. Good, reliable, commonsense advice on all the videos I've seen on this channel so well done lads, keep it up, you've definitely got another subscriber, even a dad/granddad "back in my day" one like me. Outstanding boys.
Another great vid, I love these tutorials. Dan is one of the smartest, easy going, knowledgeable and most likeable blokes on TH-cam
Love what you've done with her! Keeping it all clean and not going over board on modifications is where it's at! Top job bloke 👌👌
Dual zone fridge freezer is better, frozen vegies and icecream is out without and frozen meals. few things u might like or missed are snake bandage, snatch, blind spot mirrors, reverse camera, dash mat.. but essentially comprehensive and ideal
Good choice on the fridge, I've had that exact one running in my Pajero for just on 2 years now and it hasn't missed a beat.
Good tip is to use 5 or 7 core trailer wire for running accessories, you can get some decent 20 or 30a rated cable and its all nice and neat, and only 1 cable running. That way you will have spare wires to hook up if needed.
One of the best, honest review of products and mods. Really appreciate mate. Thoughts on tyres was spot on.
for the guard, maybe see if Al from The Skid Factory wants to swap a guard instead of putting a hole in a good one
Nice work Dan. I really respect and appreciate your attention to detail.
One suggestion from my experience - Cut that ciggy plug off the fridge lead and replace it with an Anderson plug. It's not just that the ciggy plugs come loose easily, they often don't make a very good connection which causes them to get hot, which wastes a lot of energy from the battery, and eventually melts your ciggy plug.
Thanks mate had a few people mention that, I’ll get onto it 👍
just a touch of ocd Dan, nothing wrong with that. just love the fact u kept the big girl stock with a few simple upgrades n no extra holes. very cool.
Excellent job going to mitre 10, a proper hardware store and not another wasted trip to bunnings...
Nothing budget about a GQ these days. Paid 3 grand for a mint maverick TD42 only a couple years back sold it for 8500 with a good turbo set up and some touring fruit.
These days lucky to get a petrol TB42 for under 12-15k
Ive got muddies atm. Maxxis. I dont find them loud at all btw. I wasn't going to get em on my new ute but did for some reason? But my theory for the last few years is that only people driving in the top 10% harshest conditions ever really use thier potential. No matter how hard I think I go off road, the truth is I never actually "need" muddies. Eg, I have a mate that bought a new hilux and is going to wear out its factory road tyres before he goes a/t's. He has taken it wheeling with us a few times and had no real major traction issues. He even made it over/through obstacles in one go that took a nav and a dmax multiple attempts with muddies or all terrains. Its mostly the driver 99% of the time. Im sure the road tyres are not ideal for off road but my tl;dr story demonstrates that muddies in particular aren't essential or even really necessary for most people. Haha grats for reading through this if ya did 🤙
Up the ocam gear. Been running my rack for a few years and have hammered it, literally backed it into trees, had a bunch of people standing on it, loaded up etc and it's still absolutely fine. It's light as hell too as alloy and has enough clearance to easily clean the roof under it unlike some roof racks which have fuck all clearance to clean which makes zero sense
Would love to hear more on that 12V system really struggling to get my head around particularly the landcruiser walkthrough this one seems a lot more practical and relevant!
That things like the dream budget build!! So clean and professionally done. 👍
Nice simple setup. Well done. Never run muddies so can't comment on the noise. But in 25 years there haven't been many times I've thought "wish I have mud tyres".
Small drop down table on the inside of the back door is easy, light 3mm aluminium sheet, and so handy to have an extra flat area
VERY well thought out and set up rig, nice job Dan.
You know if Dan is in the thumbnail, it's going to be a good episode
I fitted Hankook RT03s on my old prado after running BF AT KOs, the muddies were same noise level.
I am now running Hankook ATs on my Amarok, with a set of cheap muddies for play... but as your mate said, except for toolangi... or Bunyip or pretty much anywhere in VIC after some rain
recommended you change the 12v cigarettes lighter plug to a Anderson plug on the fridge as they vibrate lose
So good Dan. Always very clear on what you are talking about. Even I can understand you
She's a beast buddy, clean n tidy a definite standout
Nice rig mate 👌 have you got a video on how you did the second battery set-up and brackets thats some thing I need done 👍🍻
This is by far the cleanest GQ and cleanest set up I have seen top job
Agree on the Mud Terrain argument. An aggressive All Terrain is good for all seasons and if you do get stuck then the winch or a snatch to get you out of the bog. But hey, like you said each to their own.
Simple mods but they add character to the Patrol. I adore your rig mate 🤙🏼🤙🏼. It’s very cool 👏🏼👏🏼
Yeah great work Dan. Well thought out and executed. And the patrol isn't too bad either. Keep it up mate.
Looking really good mate, should also look at a fold down table off the back door.
More Dan please 🙏 Love this kind of content. Keep up the great work 💪
Ol Dan nearly has Shauno covered with confidence behind the camara lol like he’s been doing it for years
Awesome vid as always. The only thing missing from your set up is a travel buddy under that second gull wing!
I like your videos mate, you are always very smart on the way you do stuff.
Great car, been looked after well. If you wanted to improve it looks wise cheaply you should use some trim and bumper gel, which will take your plastics back to a pretty deep black.
Awesome just knocked work great Sunday sesh
thats one clean patrol... needs draws for sure haha
I agree with your point about at vs mt but you'd probably find a good mt will be quieter than those cheap windforce at's. main benifit of mt over an at is generally a stronger sidewall. thick mud and bog holes any tyre is ging to struggle and should probably be avoided anyway.
An AT is still probably gonna last longer
@@tomhoare1207 I'd love to compare that. A maxxis or nitto mt vs the windforce at. I'm really curious which one is louder and which will last longer.
I'd personally prefer a goof quality at or rt tyre as they will last heaps longer assuming you manage to avoid puncturing the sidewall.
awesome clean old rig. nice build
8:47 really good thinking!
I always use muddies for my gu, I do have road tyres for it but they came with it. That 10% you need the muddies is all the excuse I need to run them all the time
Nice 1 Dan, its coming along well
10/10.
EXCELLENT.
WELL Done.
THANK You.
Nice Video I have too say crypto is life
I started trading with Mr LInda Ewalt Doing the pandemic lockdown, which greatly affected the economy even at that i was still make Good Huge profit from crypto.
I also started trading with Mrs Ewalt,she's the best at what she does. With an initial investment of
$5k I made up to $7K profit in just a week of trading with her, her strategies are mind blowing.
Heard so many great reviews about Mrs Linda ewalt and decided to invest with her. I'm definitely
shocked that She is So Good at This (investing and trading) on crypto currencies, how do I reach her please?
Have to say I'm short of word it haven't been long i started trading with Linda and ever since then she has made about $14,700 on every $6,500 I invest in 1weeks
i will see to that
tradewithewalt >>>TO HER HANDLE.
Nice Patrol .... the Y60 is such a handsome beast .
Mickey thompson baja atz p3 tires are most reliable best all-rounder 4x4 tyres on market not cheap though
Nice tastefull mods Dan.
Muddies arnt just for mud. Strength and grip for rocks ect
anyone looking to use an optima as a secondary you're probably better off going with a blue top marine style. exactly the same battery but has some extra terminals to help tidy up your wiring
Honestly love the 12v on a budget videos, but I strongly reccomend in investing in a dc/dc charger over a vsr, you won't look back. No matter how good your vsr is it won't charge your second battery 100%
Add solar and it will
Dan is so genuine, gotta get rid of that ugly alloy bullbar mate, very nice GQ
The reason I subscribed to the channel your attention to detail is amazing
Great job on the second batter setup mate love it would be awesome to try do it myself but not as good as you haha
I run lakesea extreme mts and I don't find them loud as with others which have done my head in in the past. But yeah I know what you mean mate
Please do a video like this in Liams GQ too. Miss that thing in the videos 👍🏽
Great decision on going with all terrain
Great vid Dan
Haha saw dan goin past in the gq today thing looked mint as
CLEAN rig and quality mods selection.
Don’t cut a hole in the guard run a bonnet entry or buy another guard and paint it
good stuff, I own a GQ also, tough as nails mate, lovin it, yep did this, smacks hands together, did that smacks hands together, thinking bout this, smacks hands together, lol
Very clean just need to get rid of the ugly bull bar and some new suck headlights recommended don’t have to
*sick
Tyre noise can be very tiring, good point on that. 👌😁
Very smart set up! Well done!!!
Such a neat set up.
Should try and find another guard from another vehicle and keep that one perfect.
Is anybody else having issues with patchy audio?? Cracking videos boys keep them up!!
When are the lockers coming?
I’ve been in a rollover and heartily second the statement about not having heavy shit unsecured in the cab.
Great tip with the tyres
Wow Dan it looks great.
Very helpful tips.
It's looking sweet. Very Noice! 👍👌
Dan is the best 20 something year old in a 50 year old mindset. Good job.
Now can you please put the heat gun over those guards brother
Would love to buy one of these and mod it the way you did
Neatly setup rig.. Great explanation!
good stuff mate, great setup.
So the spare fuse box.. the main power wire goes into the regulator. Then two wires come out. One to the rear battery and one to another fuse box. And that means that the other fuse box is now only pulling from the rear aux battery?
Thank you
mud tire drone worth it all day
Great vid guys putting out decent content 👌 ive got an efi setup for a tb42 if ya want it 🤙
Great job, such a nice vehicle
Love his work. What external trans cooler did dan go with. Looking for one for my 4wd
Sweet ride bud
Love it
Please find an already cut guard!
100% mate finding patrol guards without a hole cut in them are getting harder and harder to find especially a GQ one haha
Loving the look of the old girl now 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Super clean build
hey mate your rear pop up window where did you get that done? the emu wing?
Dan what size tyres are they?
Great rig I like keeping it simple
Hey mate they’re 33x12.5r15s
Cheers 👍
Very ice car mate Well thought out and set up congrats mate.
Wheres the videos of them installing the roof rack.. okay I'm gonna guess that they haven't came out yet
why did you put the awning on the driver's side and not the passenger ?? or is it when your parked up with your mates you can join up ?
I was wondering the same.
1 closer to the fridge that way 😂
2 if I build something like shelving in that side it doesn’t effect vision when changing lanes ect.
@@dantheman7647 or you can put it in the property side and get a camera to see behind.
Hey Dan what sort of rims are those as I am interested on putting them on my px ranger ?
Oh no! Holes 🕳 on guard !!!!!