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Question about safari's
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:25 pm
by 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?
Re: Question about safari's
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:41 pm
by 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
Re: Question about safari's
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:01 pm
by Dirtydog
no i mean the 90's models compared to the 05's etc.
Re: Question about safari's
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:23 pm
by coxsy
still mostly the same chassis
Re: Question about safari's
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:58 pm
by Dirtydog
cool, cheers for clearing that up, are they the same running gear aswell?
Re: Question about safari's
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:01 pm
by 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,
Re: Question about safari's
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:20 am
by Dirtydog
what sort of refinements?
Re: Question about safari's
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:41 am
by 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.
Re: Question about safari's
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:42 pm
by Dirtydog
lol i cant see why they had to go wider, but i might keep that in mind for later