Newbie Canuck

[canucksafari]

Hi, I came across this forum via Patrol4x4.com where I go by Canuck (same on Outerlimits). I 'm from Abbotsford, British Columbia, which is about 70 kms from Vancouver. I have a 1991 naturally asthmatic Nissan Safari LWB which I have had since July of 2006. There are still very few safari or Patrols in Canada. I haven't done a whole lot in the way of mods since I got it - thanks to a rebuild of the IP eating up my mods budget. I did pick up a winch bar but still am looking for an 8274 winch. In the next month or so, I will be doing a 2 inch OME springs with Procomp or OME shocks. Hope to put 33s under it this summer for trail tread and if needed a 2" body lift. I am currently running studded 31" Nokians for winter roads and trails (to come off today) and Sport King ATs for spring, summer and fall. Below are a variety of pics of wheeling around here. Would have more summer stuff but they all went with my lap-top when someone nicked it. Cheers, John

[coxsy]

welcome to the forum, you will need a lift with 33'' tyres mine rub a lot on the guards, wiil be fix soon looks like a lot of fun driving out there, is your truck left or righthand drive ?

[canucksafari]

Thanks for the welcome. My truck is RHD. Actually, this is what I prefer now, even in a LHD environment.

[DaveM]

Good to see we belong to the same sites there John
Looks too darn cold for my liking over there though.

I found even with a 2" lift on my old GQ I would rub the factory mudflaps on full travel with 33's, so just pulled them off.

Dave

[canucksafari]

Hey Dave, don't know what i would have done with out all the help I have gotten from you guys on the forums. BTW, you get use to the cold. You just never get use to the bloody heating bills in the winter. It also means that you need to have two to three sets of tires. But you can have a lot of fun driving on hard pack or ice. The Nokian tires are real treat to drift at high speed. Drifting on snow and ice is a lot easier on the driveline and suspension then if you did the same on dirt or gravel.

The mud flaps are going to be coming off. I have almost ripped them and the flares off a few times now backing up in muck under full spring compression. The flares are bent from the weight of ice and snow build up while highway driving and pitted from rocks and sand. Seeing as they are basically plastic, I figured I would cover them by gluing on a sheet of black rubber for now and think up some other ideas for flares later. I need to figure out how to do up some quick detach mud flaps. You have to have them on public roads here but they just get in the way in the bush.

John

[Taz]

The mud flaps are going to be coming off. I have almost ripped them and the flares off a few times now backing up in muck under full spring compression.

John

I managed to almost rip all of mine off in one afternoon the other week. Got some garden edging to throw on there instead but haven't gotten around to it yet as I have to drill some new holes to replace the stupid pot rivets.

Welcome to the forum also. Always good to have another Safari owner around