Ute or Patrol??

Post by **Danny148** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:08 am

Want to sell my d22 navara ute its a 2006 and was looking at a 1994 shorty patrol? should i sell it and buy the other one?? Really keen on getting the patrol but still the navs a good ute. Shorty patrol any good? or bad news about them?

cheers

Dany

Post by **chimpboy** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:38 am

SWB Patrols are great. They are definitely better off-road than the Nav would be but they are not really the off-road weapon in stock form that some people will tell you they are.

Be warned they are not too practical at all with two doors and not a lot of space, I ended up getting sick of my lack of cargo space and got a LWB even though the SWBs look heaps better and are more manoeuvrable. And faster too, the petrol shorties are actually fairly quick although they're still a bit thirsty.

If you find you use your ute a lot as a ute then you'll get frustrated with the SWB Patrol. But if you use the ute more like a car and don't carry stuff with it a lot, you will find the patrol fine. Just my thoughts, others will have theirs

Post by **Danny148** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:57 am

Will got rid of the navara and bought the patrol. So far as i was driving the car i like it

Bit weird after the ute but still its pretty good

Will have some actions shots up soon.

Cheers

Danny

Post by **Danny148** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:29 am

My new Ptrol, 3inch body lift 3 inch suspension lift, winch, spotties, rancho shocks, 2.8 turbo

still clean... for now

Post by **big red** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:13 pm

2.8 turbo ?
diesel, petrol ?
grey import?

Post by **Danny148** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:15 pm

yea mate. 2.8 turbo with 180 horse power and yes import

Post by **stool** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:39 pm

Are you sure about 180hp out of a 2.8t ??

Looks like a good rig with plenty of mods all the best.

Post by **money_killer** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:44 pm

looks tuff. 180 hp ?

Post by **grimbo** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:51 pm

so you had no interest at all in hearing what people had to say.

less than 24 hours after first post you bought the Trol

But look slike a good purchase, have fun

Post by **Danny148** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:08 pm

thanks fellas and yup pretty sure 180hp because the previous owner added the hp for the patrol and also meddled with the turbo

and yea couldnt resist the trol

Cheers

Danny

Post by **Danny148** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:39 pm

well been driving the patrol around and its pretty good, one thing i have a hard time getting used to is the power steering, it comes back so slowly, probably becuase of the steering damper, but my question is it good or bad if i take out the damper??? And if i do the power steering should be normal again right??

Cheers

Danny

Post by **J0RDY** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:40 pm

well with my limited experience, i would advise you to get a damper with a coil spring around it, (return to center damper?) they help with controling the bigger tyres.

Post by **Yom** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:31 pm

J0RDY wrote:well with my limited experience, i would advise you to get a damper with a coil spring around it, (return to center damper?) they help with controling the bigger tyres.

That will fight him turning the beast as well.

The poor steering return to centre is probably more a solid axle thing when comparing the Patrol to a Navara.

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