Which GU Patrol?

Post by **mabsydney** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:44 pm

Just wondering if people prefer the ST or DX models as a touring fourby. Obviously most people will mod the vehicle anyway.

Post by **X-R-Cist** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:20 am

ST, has more creature comforts than the DX without the pricetag of the TI for the woodgrain finish

Post by **bogged** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:11 am

which Patrol do you mean?

Post by **mabsydney** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:47 pm

good point bogged, I mean the GU, have updated now

Post by AJ » Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:21 pm

ST for me

Post by **fatcatsam** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:27 pm

i have the DX, but i wish i had electric windows.

Post by **bogged** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 3:02 pm

fatcatsam wrote:i have the DX, but i wish i had electric windows.

Why? price the motors for them that phuck out with dust and shit, then winders are quite wonderful...

Post by **stool** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:00 pm

I love basic DX as its simple and with the extra coin saved {IF 4.2] slap a turbo on it .

Post by **morkz** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:31 pm

yeah you also for got to do ST-L

either way from when i was getting mine it was much diffence in price from DX to ST cause DX dont come standard with AIR CON and once u put in and stuff price is within or $1000 or so........ dont qoute me on it though..

ST is the best way to go, electics are nice carpet is nice everything is just nice you also get side steps with ST but i took mine off neway to put in simply your get nicer stuff with ST just the small things and u get alloys and if u dont want them sell them cause there damn popular and nissan sell them for around $800 a rim

Post by **mabsydney** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:43 pm

mmmm ok:

I was reading in 4wd monthly driver training article about leccy windows getting wet in water crossings and then being fekked. Dunno how likely it is......but it's a reason for getting manual windows

carpet I think is a mixed blessing.....nice when its new but if you get stuck in a water crossing as happened to me recently and you are there long enough for your seals to leak (approx 0.00000001 seconds in a defender!) the mud soaked carpets may loose their appeal.

I didnt forget ST-L or ST-S, I just kinda included them in ST, I know they are different, but dunno how many off roaders want leather and shit. Anyway I'll add them for the sake of completeness.

Whatever I get I am gonna replace the wheels with 16x8" steelies so I can run 33" tyres, true could sell the alloys from an ST.

A/C may not have been standard in the DX in the past but it is now.

Just wanna get peoples views cos I dunno whiich to go for. I am check out the 2005 DX and ST soon and I guess when I inspect them I will make up my mind.

Thanks,

Martin

Post by **XFACTOR** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:35 pm

We have the ST-L...it's good as it has leather seats, and trim so that if you get mud in the car you can just wipe them down...yet you can get manual/ diesel, unlike the TI..

Post by **muddyperils** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:52 pm

If you drive a PORCHE as a work car, DO NOT BUY A 4X4,If you drive a MERC., DO NOT BUY A 4X4, If you drive a SS or FTR, BUY A STi OR V8 CRUISER, If you drive a STi and you actually want to see this beut country without FERKIN it, Buy a no frills love it to deathDX, mud, sand, clay and black soup it will be your pride and joy after the first trip, clean and odourless in a fraction of the time of the carpeted YUPPY mobiles.........cost .....my 2bob.

Post by **mabsydney** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:33 am

and if I drive a Defender?

Post by **stuartcarr2002** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:37 pm

Go the DX, easy to clean interior, no side step to worry about bending, and the truck like feel of the car,
BTW get the wide wheel pack if you get the DX

Post by **silver dingo** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:53 pm

Horses for courses. As a younger and less silvery dingo I went for the basic dundee models and they served me well in my jaunts through the scrub in pursuit if the wiley boar and the yella belly. The cleanup at the end of the weekend was the main advantage.
These days i no longer test my limits in scrub sojourns and near all of my driving is on the blacktop. However I feel uncomfy in anything less than a 4b and Creature comforts are important to my tired old bones so the 4.8 litre T.I is just the ticket. Power to burn and more than enuff ability for anything i will attempt these days.
You just wait you young bucks. The day will surely come when you will feel the same.

Post by **bogged** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:48 am

mabsydney wrote:I was reading in 4wd monthly driver training article about leccy windows getting wet in water crossings and then being fekked.

It would have to be fuckin deep water as the motors are 1/2 way up the doors on the inside...
I've had mine over the bonnet with water deep quite a few times, and never stopped the windows working.. Other things have stopped them, but with 330k klms on the clock, and fair wack offroading, does cause some issues, but happens on winding windows too.

The problem is highlighted in Yellow.

Post by **phippsey** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:25 am

For my two cents I too ummed and arhed about DX/ST.

I went ST.

1. Seats are more comfortable - esp in back (extra adjustements)
2. Just that bit nicer inside
3. Better resale - average joe doesn't want poverty pack unless cheap

4. Little things like remote locking, CD, tinting, elec aerial,

I agree carpet can be a bad thing - if they had a ST without carpet I would take that! But carpet is nice when it's new!

Post by **GUJohnno** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:03 pm

I'd go for the ST,(and did!) for the above reasons.
I sold the rims with 2nd hand tyres for around $2,000 which paid for the new steel Rock Crawler rims and new 35" tyres

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