Nissan Patrol GU/Y61 Overview:
Meet the legendary Nissan Patrol GU/Y61 — a true 4×4 icon built for Australia’s toughest conditions. Renowned for its rugged durability and off-road capability, the Patrol GU/Y61 has long been a favourite for touring, towing, and serious outback adventures.
With its bold, no-nonsense exterior and proven body-on-frame design, the Patrol is engineered to handle harsh terrain with confidence — from beach runs and bush tracks to remote outback touring and heavy-duty towing.
Inside, the GU/Y61 offers a practical and spacious cabin designed for long-distance comfort and functionality, making it ideal for families, tradies, and adventurers alike.
Powered by reliable petrol and turbo-diesel engine options, the Patrol delivers strong low-end torque and dependable performance where it matters most — whether you’re towing a caravan, hauling gear, or tackling challenging off-road tracks.
Built tough for Australian conditions, the Nissan Patrol GU/Y61 continues to be a trusted companion for touring, towing, and off-road exploration across the country.
Upgrade your Nissan Patrol with Clearview Extendable Mirrors
Clearview Towing Mirrors are more than just practical, robust accessories for your Nissan Patrol GU; they’re a pivotal safety measure. They’re engineered to address the shortcomings of conventional mirrors, offering a wider view that aids in reversing and increases the driver’s awareness of nearby and overtaking vehicles. Given Australian laws mandating towing mirrors for towing anything wider than your vehicle, the utility of Clearview mirrors is undeniable.
Make sure you get the right fit for your setup. Use our mirror filter on the website to find the correct Clearview Towing Mirrors for your Nissan Patrol GU/Y61.
Towing a caravan, boat or jet ski with your Nissan Patrol GU/Y61? Before you head off, it’s important to make sure your 4×4 is properly set up to handle the extra load safely and confidently.
Towing places additional demands on your vehicle — impacting braking performance, stability, handling, and rear visibility. A well-prepared towing setup helps reduce strain on key components, improves control on the road, and enhances overall safety for you and other road users.
Below are key tips and essential upgrades to help you equip your GU Patrol for a stable, balanced and confident towing experience across Australian conditions.
Upgrade Your Vision with Clearview Towing Mirrors
You cannot tow safely if you cannot clearly see what is behind you. Standard factory mirrors on the Nissan Patrol GU/Y61 often fall short once your caravan, boat, or trailer is wider than the vehicle itself.
To improve safety and control, we highly recommend installing a set of out Clearview Towing Mirrors, engineered specifically to suit the Patrol GU/Y61 and demanding Australian towing conditions.
These mirrors integrate seamlessly with your vehicle while extending outward to provide a significantly wider field of view. This helps reduce dangerous blind spots and makes reversing, merging, and lane changes much safer when towing.
Built to handle tough use, they’re also designed to complement the Patrol’s rugged styling, delivering a clean, factory-style finish that looks right at home on the GU/Y61.
You can select the mirror style that best fits your driving habits
Both models feature a discreet design that retracts close to the ute body when not in use. Most people will never guess you have towing mirrors installed until you extend them for your next big trip.
Our Next Gen and its twin mirror design is suitable for towing anything from the smallest of trailers to the largest of vans.
The Next Gen’s dual mirror design provides the best of both worlds; a large flat top mirror helps with reversing into parking spaces or aligning a hitch with a trailer, and the smaller convex mirror provides a better understanding of what’s happening around the vehicle.
Our Compact Towing Mirrors are just like a factory Mirror, with the additional advantage of the extra visibility that our towing mirror extension provides.
A large convex single mirror reduces the objects that it reflects, allowing the driver to have a much wider field view and diminishing blind spots.
Build the Ultimate Towing Foundation for Your Nissan Patrol GU/Y61
Proper towing mirrors are just the beginning. A properly set up Nissan Patrol GU/Y61 needs a few essential upgrades before you hitch up a caravan, boat, camper trailer, or heavy load and head off on Australian roads and off-road tracks.
Watch Your Payload and Weight Limits
It’s easy to overload a Nissan Patrol GU/Y61 once you start adding accessories like bull bars, winches, roof racks, drawers, and recovery gear. Every modification reduces your available payload capacity.
Your payload is the maximum total weight your Patrol can legally carry — including passengers, fuel, accessories, and the downward force from your trailer (tow ball weight). Exceeding your GVM (Gross Vehicle Mass) or axle limits is illegal, unsafe, and can void your insurance while causing long-term drivetrain and chassis damage.
If your setup exceeds factory limits, a GVM upgrade may be required. This involves upgraded suspension components designed to safely and legally increase carrying capacity for touring and towing setups.
Plan Your Build Today
Start your Nissan Patrol GU/Y61 towing setup the right way with the essentials first — Clearview Towing Mirrors, a correctly rated towbar, and an electric brake controller.
We also recommend weighing your Patrol at a local public weighbridge before adding accessories, so you fully understand your real-world load limits.
Build it properly from the start, stay within legal limits, and enjoy a safer, more controlled towing experience on your next adventure.
Manual Mirror Glass Adjustment option is also available for GU/Y61 models without Electric Mirror Adjustment as standard. Manual Mirror Glass Adjustment refers to the use of your fingers to manually adjust your mirror glass to your preferred position, horizontally and vertically.
Electric Mirror Glass Adjustment – Electrical Vertical and Horizontal adjustments to suit your preferred driving angles. Clearview supports this feature throughout our range. Single Mirror models can offer electric adjustments of the mirror. The double mirror models can only offer top glass mirror electric adjustments, the lower bottom glass is a manual adjustment.
All features are only available on vehicles that are already equipped with the relevant factory functions, such as electric mirror glass adjustment. The mirror itself does not add new functionality to the vehicle. Imported models may also differ in available features and specifications.
Our Compact Towing Mirrors are just like an OE Mirror, with the additional advantage of the extra visibility that our towing mirror extension provides.
A large convex single mirror reduces the objects that it reflects, allowing the driver to have a much wider field view and diminishing blind spots.
Our Next Gen and its twin mirror design is suitable for towing anything from the smallest of trailers to the largest of vans.
The Next Gen’s dual mirror design provides the best of both worlds; a large flat top mirror helps with reversing into parking spaces or aligning a hitch with a trailer, and the smaller convex mirror provides a better understanding of what’s happening around the vehicle.
Ready for serious towing!
Very large top mirror 1:1 ratio. This large, flat mirror reflects true distance for reversing.
The smaller, convex mirror allows the driver to have a much wider field view and diminishes blind spots.
If you tow a trailer, caravan, boat, or horse float, towing mirrors aren’t just a safety upgrade—they’re often a legal requirement. Australian road rules state that if your load extends beyond your standard mirrors, you must have mirrors that provide a clear view along the sides of your vehicle. Clearview Mirrors improve side visibility, reduce blind spots, and make lane changes, reversing, and cornering significantly safer. Even occasional towing can benefit from this essential upgrade.
ROCK TAMERS® are the premiere adjustable and removable mudflap system, providing the ultimate protection when towing caravans, fifth wheelers, horse floats, trailers and more – the perfect solution for anyone wanting the utility of heavy-duty mudflaps whilst maintaining your vehicle’s stylish appearance.
Protect your investment. A quality mud flap system will help protect your vehicle and trailer, caravan, or boat from preventable damage.
There when you need it. Easy installation and removal with no drilling required, makes Rock Tamers® a convenient solution for when not towing full-time.
Save money with Rock Tamers®. Not only are dent repairs, paint touch ups and broken rear windscreens costly, but Rock Tamers™ can be transferred from vehicle to vehicle, extending the usable life of your purchase!
Convenient Access for Everyone: Whether you’re taking a quick pit stop on the side of the road, camping, fishing, or on a family road trip, enjoy the luxury of having your fridge contents accessible without the hassle of stretching, heavy lifting, or bending over.
Smart Storage Solution: After use, simply raise the slide and return it to its stowed position to store your fridge or freezer securely, maximising space efficiency within your vehicle.
The Clearview Power Slide® epitomises sophistication and ease in outdoor refrigeration management. It’s a smart investment that promises convenience, reliability, and endurance – must-have attributes for any serious tourer or outdoor enthusiast. Say farewell to awkward access and hello to simplicity with the Clearview Power Slide®
Turn to Clearview Accessories today, where we combine safety and innovation to deliver the finest extendable towing mirrors on the market. With Clearview, you can embark on your journey with confidence, knowing you’ll have the optimum visibility while transporting your valuable cargo. Clearview Accessories – your dependable ally for all your towing requirements.
As we build our mirrors here in Australia, spare parts are readily available in Australia, allowing us to minimise turnaround time to replace the broken part, faster!
We offer a range of videos demonstrating how to replace the part, allowing you to repair it quickly to get back on the road again.
Did you know that we include a range of spare parts available here on our website?
If the part you’re looking for isn’t there, please get in touch with us, or one of our dealers.
