Question about safari's

[Dirtydog]

Just looking at some pics of the new safari/patrols and noticed that they use the same shock/spring toweres as the GQ?

Are they the same chassis just with different gear?

[coxsy]

same thing,different model names, patrols are 12v safaris 24v
patrols are the name for nissan sold in nz and aussie
safari are japan models and other countries

[Dirtydog]

no i mean the 90's models compared to the 05's etc.

[coxsy]

still mostly the same chassis

[Dirtydog]

cool, cheers for clearing that up, are they the same running gear aswell?

[coxsy]

no at some stage dropped down to a 3 litre turbo, first ones tended to blow up in the engines, newer one have the bug fixed
have a lot of refinements in suspension,

[Dirtydog]

what sort of refinements?

[Lawrence]

The Gu's are a bit wider in the front and also feature stronger CV's. It is common for the inch challenge and comp trucks to put a Gu front housing in there Gq;s.

[Dirtydog]

lol i cant see why they had to go wider, but i might keep that in mind for later