Introducing the Patrol ‘MYRIG,’ who was our faithful adventure tour guide!
The tourer was kitted out with pretty much everything you can imagine. She got us from town to town, pulled us out of trouble, housed the mini workshop, kept us warm and dry (cool in summer) and towed our home behind her.
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see our disclosures here.
4.8L STS Nissan Patrol (2005)
Motor & Gearbox
- TB48 – 4.8L 6-cylinder petrol
- 5-speed manual gearbox
- NPC Viper Heavy Duty Clutch Kit with Billet Flywheel
- 2 1/2″ Full Beaudesert Exhaust System with Beaudesert Exhaust Extractors
Accessories
(Many of the following items can be found on eBay)
- ARB 3/4 Roof Basket
- ARB Twin Motor Air Compressor with 15L Air Tank, 20m Air Hose & all Air Hose Accessories in an ARB Cargo Barrier Storage Organiser
- Long-handled shovel found on eBay.
- Ironman 60″ Highlift Jack
- Kaymar mounting brackets for shovel and jack
- 2 x Dirty Gear Bags
- 2 x Roadsafe Recovery Points
- BushSkinz aluminium Bash Plate
- Front & rear mounted camera’s with separate screens
- Clearview Towing Mirrors
- Millweld Rear Bar with LED Tail Lights
- 2 x Swing-away Spare Wheel Carriers (customised to fit 2 x 35″ tyres)
- Millweld Rock Sliders
- Millweld 4″ Stainless Snorkel
- Millweld Bullbar
- Warn Highmount 8 hp Winch (control box relocated to engine bay and in-cab controls) with 40m Dyneema Rope
- 30 Second Awning
- Custom rubber Mud Flaps
- 3.5 tonne Tow Bar
- 40L Engel 40th Anniversary Edition Fridge/ Freezer with cover (hardwired into car)
- 100 watt Portable Solar Panel (to maintain charge in auxiliary battery when fridge is running and we’re stopped for a few days or more)
- Miscellaneous spare parts for caravan and patrol
- Tyre Repair Kit
- Maxtrax Recovery Tracks
- 4WD Recovery Kit
- Digital Tyre Pressure Gauge
- Staun Tyre Deflator Set
- Kwiky Tyre Deflator
- Uniden Handheld UHF
- SUV Doorstep
Underbody/ Suspension
(Many of the following items can be found on eBay)
- Amada Xtreme Steering Dampener
- 2 x Amada Xtreme 5″ Remote Reservoir Shocks
- 2 x Superior Engineering 2.0 5″ Remote Reservoir Shocks
- Superior Engineering Adjustable Drag Link
- Superior Engineering Adjustable Panhard Rods (front & rear)
- Superior Engineering Tower Brace Kit
- Superior Engineering Adjustable Upper Control Arms
- Superior Engineering Extended/ Strengthened Lower Control Arms
- Superior Engineering Superflex Arms & Locating Links
- 2 x 4″ Dobinsons Coils (front)
- Airbag Man Full Air Suspension (rear)
- Airbag Man On-board Air Control Kit
- Dual air valves fitted to rear bar
- Extended & adjustable Sway Bar Mounts (front & rear)
- Adjustable Steering Rod
- Aftermarket 4.88 Diff Gears
- ARB Front Air Locker
- Shimmed LSD Rear Diff
- 4 Block Breather Kit: charcoal one-way filters, mounted & fitted in engine bay (front & rear diff, gearbox and transfer case)
- Slotted & Dimpled Rotors
- 145L Long Ranger (long range fuel tank) + Sub Tank
Wheels & Tyres
(Many of the following items can be found on eBay)
- 4 x 17 x 9 Mickey Thompson Classic Alloy Rims (4 x 35″ Nitto Trail Grapplers)
- 2 x Procomp 17 x 8 Steel Rims (2 x 35″ Maxxis Bighorn tyres) – spares
Interior
(Many of the following items can be found on eBay)
- ARB Outback Drawer System
- ARB Outback Cargo Barrier with ARB Storage Shelf & ARB Divider
- ARB Fridge Slide
- ARB Outback Roof Console
- Custom Fold-down Rear Door Table
- Fishing Rod holders fitted to ARB Cargo Barrier
- Solarscreen Window Sun Shades
- LED Maglite with holder
- LED Interior Lights
- Option Audio Headrest TV/ DVD Players
- GME UHF & Antenna (6.6 dBi gain)
- GME UHF TX4500
- Extra 12 Volt Outlets throughout interior
- Polaris Universal Maxx GPS & Head Unit (built-in TomTom Navigation & 2 x Reverse Cameras)
- 4 x 6″ Speakers Polk Audio (doors)
- 2 x Tweeters Polk Audio
- 2 x 8″ Subwoofers Polk Audio (need a good stezza for the road!)
- Amplifier Pheonix Gold
- Projector Digital Dual-battery Monitor
- Redarc Tow-Pro Elite V3 Electric Trailer Brake Controller
- Rocker Switches x 8 (Winch Control, Bullbar LED Light Bar, Roof LED Light Bar, ARB Compressor, Front ARB Air Locker, Rear Worklight Bar, Side Worklight Bars)
- Tow Secure Brake Away System Bluetooth
- USB Charging Station
12 Volt Electrical
(Many of the following items can be found on eBay)
- Mick’s HID Headlights
- 20″ Light Bar dual row (bullbar)
- HID Lights Downunder 42″ quad row Light Bar (roof)
- 2 x 6″ 4WD Supacentre dual row Light Bars (left & right roof cage)
- 20″ 4WD Supacentre dual row Light Bar (roof cage rear light)
- 4WD Supacentre LED Strip Light in rear storage area
- Aftermarket Series IV working tail lights
- Rear-mounted 60 amp main Anderson Plug + auxiliary Anderson Plug
- Lumin 12-pin Towing Plug
- Ultima Extreme AGM Starting Battery, 110 ah (engine bay)
- Yellow Top Optima Deep Cell AGM Battery (95 ah) with Billet Battery Holder (rear of cab)
- Redarc Dual Battery Management System with Jumpstart Kit
Setting Up Your Vehicle
