AS A motoring journalist, most of us could be forgiven for thinking we’d seen it all. We’ve written dozens if not hundreds of articles on every permutation of a custom 4x4 anybody could imagine, and there’s very little we have not seen. Every now and then, however, we come across a gem. A vehicle that’s so comprehensively built that it beggars belief. A rig that is not only finished to the utmost standards but resets the modification bar a notch or two higher than it was before. They can render even the most steely-eyed journos weak at the knees and incapable of coherent thought.
They blow you away with every conceivable mod you could ever imagine, then they melt your face with the custom work that’s been done. By the time you’re considering the sheer audacity of expending so much time, energy and cost on a rig, none of which will ever be regained, you’re breathing with the aid of a paper bag.
This is one such build.
Modified GU Patrols are nothing new – people have been tweaking Nissan’s workhorse since they first came out – but very few are taken to the level Mat Saban has
