Recent content by BJJ84

I don't think it's fair to say hardlids aren't practical, depends what you use the ute for. Day to day, my hardlid is great, has some basic tools, straps, compressor etc in the back and is locked and secure. If i go for a surf, boards fit in the back (except the mal!) and are locked and secure...

There are only two negatives I can think of with a canopy. Firstly you can't easily remove it by yourself if you need to - which is redundant because as you said, you have easy access to trailers and the other is reversing visibility. Other than that, they give you much more room and...

I would go Steinbauer if I were to chip mine. I have a mate who fitted one to a King Cab D40 and it destroyed 2 DPF's, Nissan replaced the first under warranty but blamed the chip for the second, not sure if it was the chips fault but that was what happened to him. In saying that, it didn't...

quite a few people have had issues with later model D40's and have needed to put a 6mm (or thereabouts) hole in the centre to let the EGR sensor read something

I believe the 550's have a wider chassis to fit the engine, hence why their suspension components are different, would be worth looking into that good luck!!!

to answer the original question, the best way is to solder and heat shrink, this will give you the most secure join. that's not always needed tough. for mine, I just used one of the joiners that go around both cables then you drive a steel plate through them both making the connection. easy to...

personally I think Rhino are full or shit, they'd only need to make two mounts with an angled base and the bars would be level. If TJM can supply then with a drawing of the canopy so they have an accurate measurement on the angle of the roof, it would be piss easy! It would mean the mounts...

a mate of mine bought a new STX with the V6, even his mechanic who did all the work on his Pootrol comp truck thought he was made for wanting to chip the V6. BUT... one can never have too much power LOL!

the mounts for the bars look like they're just a universal set designed for a flat surface. mine look like they've been custom facricated to take the Rhino bars and keep it all level. I'd take it back and question what they've done. as for the packers, a bit of both. you could custom make them...

hey mate, welcome to the forum, sounds like a great ute, almost everything is already done, nice score!

have you got some pics you can put up mate? it would vary between manufactures, but if all you want to put on the racks is a tray, it won't matter if it's on a bit of an angle. it would only matter if you wanted to run long lengths of something across the canopy and roof racks, but even then, it...

I think charging wise it would depend on how your dual battery system works. I've never looked at them so I don't know, but if the alternator charges both batteries - assuming it can't do both at once but charges one til full then charges the other, it wouldn't matter which battery it's...

it still would as the car is holding more fuel than it thinks it is

I'd still watch your brake line on full flex, if they were tight before and you're still running the same shocks, when the rear flexes they'll be tight again as the shock length is still the same. might be OK when jacking it up as the springs aren't flexing

that's speaks volumes about their customer service, doesn't it! easy fix, don't get Nissan to service it lol, I bet if we had a poll on who lets a stealership service our trucks, far more people self service or get a local mechanic to do the work, mine only sees a stealership for recall or...