No no no. You are wrong we all should build like Mr Andrew ST. Pierre White. Remember his builds are the builds we all should do and follow.....and only follow.
abazdarhon yes you should because he’s at retirement age and has money and owns a 90k 70 series. If he was budgeting he would of went something much different
@Steven Daly A lot will also come down to how much spannering you can do on it yourself and finding bits second hand or cheap. Interesting to do a total cost of ownership as well as a lot of the older rigs need constant maintenance or get to the point of not being worth the effort. My plan was to buy near new, do the mods I wanted and then do nothing more than routine servicing etc. See if it works. Lol
Im just echoing some posts before me when I say I love seeing these budget builds. Not only are they diy inspiring, they're reassuring. We all get a bit caught up in the latest ideas on the market and can end up disheartened when we realise it will take years to buy up and have stuff fitted. But vids like this remind us we don't need flash and fancy to get out and be in the bush to the fullest. Save your money for good tyres, good suspension and regular maintenance by using your noggin to make your own stuff out of bits and pieces. The Satisfaction of making your own is worth even more than the savings. Plus, rough n ready home made or modified to suit looks cooler than the polished and precise bought stuff. 🤟
such a good modified. The owner seems just as comfortable and presentable in front of the camera as Ronny does. Just seemed to flow really nice. Also a nice Shorty :)
Uppa the shorty's! Possibly the best combination of a 4wd out there. SWB frame. 4.2 6cyl diesel. Large tank capacities. Coil spring live axle. A plethora of GQ wagon accessories that fit. What a combo.
What an absolute beauty, achievable for most people. Keep this kind of content coming not everyone has tens of thousands to spend. This is one of your best episodes in my humble opinion.👍
The hat all the time is probably why you have receding hair. Let your head breathe a bit mate, your hair will thank you for it! Sweet ride! Sensible mods all the way.
This is probably the first modified episode that the owner doesnt have a debt and loan sunk so far into their car they still live at home with their parents. Proving you dont need all the wank factor to get out there.
@@k2svpete It doesn't look like an ARB bar to be honest. The ARB upright posts start at the top of the bumper and not the bottom like the one on this GQ. If it was ARB he would be able to replace the indicators and wouldn't have to hunt around. Plus there is a part number plate welded and then stamped on the inside of the bullbar, passenger side wing.
There's a really clean Safari (JDM Patrol +/-) for sale here in the US through a broker. It's an '86 with about 50k miles (80k km). They're asking $16,900 USD ($24,336 AUD). Crazy price for an old car for which we can't hardly get parts. It's still tempting though.
I really like watching the more budget build. This is very relatable to my build Facebook bull bar and side steps. eBay rear carrier and UHF good brands seccond hand. Love the na 1hz in the 105 with the good economy and being frugal I get to spend more time on the road. Because of that I have spent alot of traveling in the last year and seen some amazing parts of this county.
The trasharoo gear bags are the absolute best value for money rear bags on the market for sure, I’m also gonna be devils advocate and go against what every other person is saying, although the budget builds are great and I love them I also do love to see a phat 79 or GU or troopy with some coin dropped, both have their place
Good day Mates🙋♂️,, Great budget (Facebook)😂 build. I'm working on my project,(02 Mitsubishi Montero Sport) in the States, and always looking for fresh ideas. Such a classic rig. Does this GQ have lockers?,, it appeared so🤷♂️. Thanks again, PaydayGabe in beautiful Boulder City Nv. USA 🇺🇸. Cheers 🍻
Number1HeatRocka they do and they shouldn’t, the most reliable and slow vehicle I have ever owned was a factory engine 450,000 MILE Mitsubishi delica NA diesel 52bhp at the wheel, 3 minutes to 60 but the mileage sums it up lol
I haven't seen water bags since I was a kid. Late 70s my parents took me (then about 4 years old) around Aus in a little land rover that was stinking hot and noisy and gutless with two water bags on the front refilled from jerry cans. Always cool water and i remember the canvas taste still haha. We kept them into my early teens when we replaced them with cooler jugs. Haven't used one of them for a while either.
My grandfather used to tell me about my great grandfather using canvas bags as water "bottles" / coolers on the old open-air pto harvesters. Times have definitely changed, but maybe some of it is coming back full circle.
@@jacksonholmes1459 some old ideas are still good ideas. They just get buried under decades of new stuff. Cast iron cooking gear and standard old swags are still around. And that makes me happy haha
wondering why the facebook bullbar must also be as cheap as possible can. Everything on this mod nissan gq is cheap but what does he do at night in his shortbed.?
My grandfather had one of the water bags back in South Africa and I can still remember how cool it kept water. If this one work I would like to own one.
DAW 4X4 mines ARB and looks exact same even with the indicator holes on it, either will still be able to type in arb bullbar lights and they will fit, I’ve only ever seen one type of bullbar to have the inlet indicator screws and same as mine
One of the best modified episodes yet without all the expense an bling straight out wat u need to get by without the flash an overkill great truck slow an steady reliability wins the race. Last part Ronny said gu is that correct or was he talking about a Gu blinkers for that shorty GQ
Love these SWB GQ's. I would love to have one myself. Had a petrol MQ SWB many moons ago, good vehicle but always wanted a SWB GQ. Proof you don't need the latest & greatest of anything & still have all you need.
Hi I'm looking for cheap 4x4 to drive every day and sometimes go for camping, offroading what options would you suggest? Currently looking to jeep grand Cherokee 2004 2.7 diesel.
The canvas bags sure jogged the memory. We had them in Canada too. That reminds of cars with a rubber strap that dragged on the road -for the radio I think.
Hey Ronny? How you going? Big fan! Got a Gq patrol for a future episode that you'll be interested in! This video, the chap with the unknown bullbar. Well I'm pretty sure I have the same bull bar and in the same boat! Apparently it was an arb bullbar that was a factory option when they sold the Gq from the dealership and apparently with the lights, they're the stock front bumper lights, they just take them out and put them in the bullbar. But catch 22, the light has no serial or part number what so ever and they don't make the parts anymore! Been searching for a couple years now to find it! TJM has blinker lights from one of they're bullbars. With some slight modifications, they'll fit right in! Hope it's helpful
I had a GQ trayback n/a for about 7 years, fantastic old truck. Went everywhere, never had to be towed out of anything, and apart from a few batteries and a water pump, never spent anything on it. Always wanted a shorty tho..
Bar looks almost identical to factory Toyota bar that was on my hdj they where made for Toyota by both arb and tjm to Toyota's specifications wich included the weird indicator cutouts replaced mine with bumper lights from a parado perhaps Nissan did the same Thing?
Funny, I've had no probs going where bigger, more powerful rigs on muddies go for the last 80,000km & on sand I can always go further. No issues on road in the wet but I've set my suspension up properly. Most likely if you have grip issues in the wet, your suspension is set up poorly.
@@gqwarrior6694 I've had KO2s for the last year, stock suspension and carrying essentially no extra weight that would require suspension work. They're shit on wet roads, I have to crawl through roundabouts. Pretty decent off road, but I won't be sticking with them when I have to change
@@penguinchampion Stock suspension is your problem. Vehicles come from factory with suspension & tyres designed for road use. The moment you go to a tyre designed more for offroad use, the suspension can't deal with it properly. Some tyres will show up the issue worse than others but putting an offroad touring suspension set up in your rig would solve 60% of the issue & changing to a thicker front sway bar would solve the rest but you may not be willing to do that so a more road oriented tyre may be a better choice for you. Personally, even in my 29yr old rig with a heavy old diesel up front, I have to brake really late to load up the front end & push it hard into a corner to get it to let go. Straight line braking is limited by my rigs brakes rather than the tyres & I need a lot of right boot to get the rear end to let go. For me, they are a great tyre. So good in fact I'm putting a new set on tommorow with about 20,000km tread left on the old ones.
You can spend $1000 a light and the first roo that goes through the bar will destroy them 🦘💥💰. Or you can buy second hand IPF hids for $100 on gumtree. Don't get fooled by the expensive light hype
Favorite episode and first comment on your channel. I dig the guy, I dig his rig and his attitude. Most of my parts are Facebook found and I’m able to purchase more within my budget.
That bullbar looks identical to the ARB one i had on my fj62, including the indicator cuts and mounting tabs. It accepted the factory indicators from a 60 series. Maybe those will fit yours?
I like the budget builds its its something more people can afford
Can’t agree more
No no no. You are wrong we all should build like Mr Andrew ST. Pierre White. Remember his builds are the builds we all should do and follow.....and only follow.
abazdarhon yes you should because he’s at retirement age and has money and owns a 90k 70 series. If he was budgeting he would of went something much different
@@jimmyhendrix3457 not 100% true
I managed to find mine cheaper then alot of wagons going around
@Steven Daly A lot will also come down to how much spannering you can do on it yourself and finding bits second hand or cheap.
Interesting to do a total cost of ownership as well as a lot of the older rigs need constant maintenance or get to the point of not being worth the effort.
My plan was to buy near new, do the mods I wanted and then do nothing more than routine servicing etc. See if it works. Lol
Im just echoing some posts before me when I say I love seeing these budget builds. Not only are they diy inspiring, they're reassuring. We all get a bit caught up in the latest ideas on the market and can end up disheartened when we realise it will take years to buy up and have stuff fitted. But vids like this remind us we don't need flash and fancy to get out and be in the bush to the fullest.
Save your money for good tyres, good suspension and regular maintenance by using your noggin to make your own stuff out of bits and pieces. The Satisfaction of making your own is worth even more than the savings. Plus, rough n ready home made or modified to suit looks cooler than the polished and precise bought stuff. 🤟
This is a much more realistic build... most people out there don't have $10k to drop on a storage system and a $20k suspension.. great stuff !
This was 100 times more interesting than the majority of the “I can spend more money you can” builds.
such a good modified. The owner seems just as comfortable and presentable in front of the camera as Ronny does. Just seemed to flow really nice. Also a nice Shorty :)
Uppa the shorty's! Possibly the best combination of a 4wd out there. SWB frame. 4.2 6cyl diesel. Large tank capacities. Coil spring live axle. A plethora of GQ wagon accessories that fit. What a combo.
Budget builds is what I’m all about great vid Ronny
I like the idea of spending money where needed and keep other things budget. Well done done mate 👍
What an absolute beauty, achievable for most people. Keep this kind of content coming not everyone has tens of thousands to spend. This is one of your best episodes in my humble opinion.👍
Probably the best modified yet, the bloke was super cool and honest, great basic but ready setup!
More like this please Ronny
The hat all the time is probably why you have receding hair. Let your head breathe a bit mate, your hair will thank you for it! Sweet ride! Sensible mods all the way.
So pure, so raw.
Hi fantastic episode, Just a down to earth build that works for what he needs and not keeping up with the others, cheers.
Looks like possibly an ARB bar a factory Steel
This is probably the first modified episode that the owner doesnt have a debt and loan sunk so far into their car they still live at home with their parents. Proving you dont need all the wank factor to get out there.
Awesome shorty.
As far as I know that Facebook bar is ARB hit the up for lights make sure you get the plastic square plugs to mount them to the bar also cheers
Planning on getting a 4x4 soon. Can’t wait to fix it up and mod it slightly and then go off-roading
hahha Devil Driver, Coal Chamber!! awesome. Hail Heavy Metal!!
Just missing a TB48 powered patrol modified episode👌💪. Mines close to finished haha
The bar might need indicator surrounds that the indicators sit in that would probably fill out the gap
R31 skyline indicators.
It's an early ARB bar
ha, ha, ha. Liked the intro
Nicely simple set up! Good Stuff! I like the gullwing openers.👍
used to see water bags everywhere when wheeling was not so much about look at me
Cool old rig! Love it!
If you close your eyes you would think Ronnie was talking to Harry from fire to fork 😂
That seems to be a common thought
more GQs please
its a tjm bar. both led and bulb will fit it. @ronny
Nope, that's an ARB bar.
@@k2svpete It doesn't look like an ARB bar to be honest. The ARB upright posts start at the top of the bumper and not the bottom like the one on this GQ. If it was ARB he would be able to replace the indicators and wouldn't have to hunt around. Plus there is a part number plate welded and then stamped on the inside of the bullbar, passenger side wing.
There's a really clean Safari (JDM Patrol +/-) for sale here in the US through a broker. It's an '86 with about 50k miles (80k km). They're asking $16,900 USD ($24,336 AUD). Crazy price for an old car for which we can't hardly get parts. It's still tempting though.
Love the new transitions ronny, nice subtle change
I really like watching the more budget build. This is very relatable to my build Facebook bull bar and side steps. eBay rear carrier and UHF good brands seccond hand.
Love the na 1hz in the 105 with the good economy and being frugal I get to spend more time on the road. Because of that I have spent alot of traveling in the last year and seen some amazing parts of this county.
The trasharoo gear bags are the absolute best value for money rear bags on the market for sure, I’m also gonna be devils advocate and go against what every other person is saying, although the budget builds are great and I love them I also do love to see a phat 79 or GU or troopy with some coin dropped, both have their place
Old school and realistic budget build 😎👍🍺
Looks like the arb bull bar
Good day Mates🙋♂️,,
Great budget (Facebook)😂
build. I'm working on my project,(02 Mitsubishi Montero Sport) in the States, and always looking for fresh ideas. Such a classic rig. Does this GQ have lockers?,, it appeared so🤷♂️. Thanks again,
PaydayGabe in beautiful Boulder City Nv. USA 🇺🇸. Cheers 🍻
Howdy partner ! Haha
Nah no lockers at all
Just a factory limited slip in the rear and open in the front
Never needed them so can't justify the cost
I'm in South Dakota working on a 97 sport . Manual tranny. How you liking the sport so far.??
Bar is a factory gq winch bar
I didn’t even know n/a diesels existed 🤦♂️
Number1HeatRocka they do and they shouldn’t, the most reliable and slow vehicle I have ever owned was a factory engine 450,000 MILE Mitsubishi delica NA diesel 52bhp at the wheel, 3 minutes to 60 but the mileage sums it up lol
My 89 GQ n/a goes the same as my 3.0 litre turbo hilux. Turbo means more heat and more moving parts to wear out. Bugger the turbos
I haven't seen water bags since I was a kid. Late 70s my parents took me (then about 4 years old) around Aus in a little land rover that was stinking hot and noisy and gutless with two water bags on the front refilled from jerry cans. Always cool water and i remember the canvas taste still haha. We kept them into my early teens when we replaced them with cooler jugs. Haven't used one of them for a while either.
My grandfather used to tell me about my great grandfather using canvas bags as water "bottles" / coolers on the old open-air pto harvesters. Times have definitely changed, but maybe some of it is coming back full circle.
@@jacksonholmes1459 some old ideas are still good ideas. They just get buried under decades of new stuff. Cast iron cooking gear and standard old swags are still around. And that makes me happy haha
wondering why the facebook bullbar must also be as cheap as possible can. Everything on this mod nissan gq is cheap but what does he do at night in his shortbed.?
My grandfather had one of the water bags back in South Africa and I can still remember how cool it kept water. If this one work I would like to own one.
Would it be colder than water out of a tap? If so that's awesome
loved it.......... hit 5 stars when devildriver was taylors meditation lol - country hero's....
Try Nissan d21 turn signals
My GQ Bullbar takes R31 Skyline Front Indicators ! Try That.
Can confirm extractors fit both petrol and diesel. I did opposite put diesel extractors on petrol
Bullbar is arb, if you go on eBay and type in arb led lights there’s heaps 🤙🏼
It not an arb bar
Have been told by a few arb reps
Looks genuine
Or a different brand but definitely not arb
DAW 4X4 mines ARB and looks exact same even with the indicator holes on it, either will still be able to type in arb bullbar lights and they will fit, I’ve only ever seen one type of bullbar to have the inlet indicator screws and same as mine
Owned one for years. This episode made me want to buy another. Legendary.
Is that FTF Harry's bro? Sounds very similar 😁 great vid Ronny 👌 like the budget modifieds . . . . Keeping it real 🤙
I was thinking the same thing🤔
I’m glad I’m not the only one, has to be !
Not quite
Good mate tho
My brother from another mother
Yes it is
Great to see Taylor again. Get him on more if you want. Good review - because of Taylor :)
Ronny reminded me of Yoda, mmm whats in here? Interesting it is. Adaptable and humorous, awesome mate.
More of this please . I dont care for stuff i need to sell my mother to afford
Get a Suzuki samurai indicator. That will fit.
Never underestimate a short wheel base!
Ebay lights for the facebook bar haha
I've got a 1985 3.3td "MK" Shorty, full grandpa spec. Looking at this it's hard not to dream of some touring mods down the track. Nice Rig Mick
So wonder if they know that tb42 and td42 same block just gotta change piston and head and bam diesel
Canberra Beers
One of the best modified episodes yet without all the expense an bling straight out wat u need to get by without the flash an overkill great truck slow an steady reliability wins the race. Last part Ronny said gu is that correct or was he talking about a Gu blinkers for that shorty GQ
Devildriver is the best driving music🤙🤙🤙🤙
Parkway drive are also very good to drive to
I just realised i've seen this GQ on Alex's youtube channel - Intents Off-Road.
Love these SWB GQ's. I would love to have one myself. Had a petrol MQ SWB many moons ago, good vehicle but always wanted a SWB GQ. Proof you don't need the latest & greatest of anything & still have all you need.
Tell him S3 r31 skyline front bumper indicators should fit
Hi I'm looking for cheap 4x4 to drive every day and sometimes go for camping, offroading what options would you suggest? Currently looking to jeep grand Cherokee 2004 2.7 diesel.
The canvas bags sure jogged the memory. We had them in Canada too. That reminds of cars with a rubber strap that dragged on the road -for the radio I think.
I know some vehicles have a grounding strap for working with electricity or power plants.
One of my fav intro's hahahaha. Beer? GQ" Modified? XD
Extractors? I think your talking about exhaust headers?
Hey Ronny? How you going? Big fan! Got a Gq patrol for a future episode that you'll be interested in!
This video, the chap with the unknown bullbar. Well I'm pretty sure I have the same bull bar and in the same boat! Apparently it was an arb bullbar that was a factory option when they sold the Gq from the dealership and apparently with the lights, they're the stock front bumper lights, they just take them out and put them in the bullbar. But catch 22, the light has no serial or part number what so ever and they don't make the parts anymore!
Been searching for a couple years now to find it! TJM has blinker lights from one of they're bullbars. With some slight modifications, they'll fit right in!
Hope it's helpful
There is something about an old Nissan Patrol...
This is me all over. Own a GQ and drinking craft beers 👍🏼
For once a sensible build on the channel. Money spent wisely on essential items, bloke has his priorities right.
Hands down best modified
One of the best recent episodes. Cool reasonalbe rig, great Q&A. Cheers Ronny!
its old mate from intents offroad, great episode
I had a GQ trayback n/a for about 7 years, fantastic old truck. Went everywhere, never had to be towed out of anything, and apart from a few batteries and a water pump, never spent anything on it. Always wanted a shorty tho..
Bar looks almost identical to factory Toyota bar that was on my hdj they where made for Toyota by both arb and tjm to Toyota's specifications wich included the weird indicator cutouts replaced mine with bumper lights from a parado perhaps Nissan did the same Thing?
Thanks , i love nissan patrol .... ❤️
SWB Patrol looks really beautiful
Sweet Patrol. Keep up the good work Ronny. Love from Alabama
what a piece off shit !...... love it mate ! you dont need a electronic degree to find whats wrong, all mechanical is the best, perfect.
Intro's are getting better. @0:00 you call it eye candy, it's just you on screen then tho, what are we to conclude from that?
He sounds like Harry thought it was him for a bit
biggie juice for the win :)
His bumper lens look a lot like the ones on my Jeep TJ ARB bumper. He may wanna check them out
Bfg all terrains,worst set of tires I've ever owned
Very over-rated. So disappointed with their performance, especially in the wet.
Funny, I've had no probs going where bigger, more powerful rigs on muddies go for the last 80,000km & on sand I can always go further. No issues on road in the wet but I've set my suspension up properly. Most likely if you have grip issues in the wet, your suspension is set up poorly.
@@gqwarrior6694 I've had KO2s for the last year, stock suspension and carrying essentially no extra weight that would require suspension work. They're shit on wet roads, I have to crawl through roundabouts. Pretty decent off road, but I won't be sticking with them when I have to change
@@penguinchampion Stock suspension is your problem. Vehicles come from factory with suspension & tyres designed for road use. The moment you go to a tyre designed more for offroad use, the suspension can't deal with it properly. Some tyres will show up the issue worse than others but putting an offroad touring suspension set up in your rig would solve 60% of the issue & changing to a thicker front sway bar would solve the rest but you may not be willing to do that so a more road oriented tyre may be a better choice for you. Personally, even in my 29yr old rig with a heavy old diesel up front, I have to brake really late to load up the front end & push it hard into a corner to get it to let go. Straight line braking is limited by my rigs brakes rather than the tyres & I need a lot of right boot to get the rear end to let go. For me, they are a great tyre. So good in fact I'm putting a new set on tommorow with about 20,000km tread left on the old ones.
@@gqwarrior6694 worst traction tire I have ever had always.stuck sidewalls tear very easily also changed to mud tires solved problems
May I known the Wheelbase distance? Kota Kinabalu Sabah. Thanks
" Beer" ..."GQ".... Ronny you kill me :D :D :D
Bar looks like an arb. Look into it.
that owner is a legend
Love the fridge slide!
Smart choice with the stedi lights
Budget build done right . Nice old truck 👌
It would be good to see you do a modified with Graham Cahill and his SWB patrol. Iconic video that would be
Mate I’m down and open for that!
@@Ronny_Dahl This reply has made my entire year. your videos inspire me to get out there mate. loving all the new content and the amazing quality.
You can spend $1000 a light and the first roo that goes through the bar will destroy them 🦘💥💰. Or you can buy second hand IPF hids for $100 on gumtree. Don't get fooled by the expensive light hype
Mate what's a good website to buy a cheap forbie?
Favorite episode and first comment on your channel. I dig the guy, I dig his rig and his attitude. Most of my parts are Facebook found and I’m able to purchase more within my budget.
Love it
Is that Harry’s brother?
I think so talks just like him I’d be shocked if they aren’t related
No
Only related in our mutual love of beer, fires and beards
Fire to Fork get him on a video, we need a voice comparison 😜
@@rxpking I reckon that's a bloody good idea hahah
Lovin the modified series👍🏻
That bullbar looks identical to the ARB one i had on my fj62, including the indicator cuts and mounting tabs. It accepted the factory indicators from a 60 series. Maybe those will fit yours?
Love the GQ shorty 👍