Kuhl Reveals Engraved Nissan Y62 Patrol at Tokyo Auto Salon 2017

Believing that no vehicle should do without its fresh aftermarket treatment, Kuhl Racing has voiced an interest in plenty of unusual vehicles. For now, we'll just stick with the Nissan Patrol, although we have plenty of other exciting surprises from the Tokyo Auto Salon.

Unless I'm not mistaken, the Y62 Patrol is not the most popular car in Japan. It's more familiar with Middle Eastern gas junkies who like to install nitrous and race up sandy hills. And I bet they are going to eat this stuff up.

There aren't any details available at the moment because this is just a demo car, but I've seen enough Kuhl projects to know what I'm looking at. The metal bits are the work of another company called Artis, who specializes in engraving using those Dremel bits you see at the hardware store.

At the front, revisions include a new grille that's largely the same as the factory one except it's got Range Rover-like perforations. The fog lights have received new surrounds, while a chin spoiler gives this SUV an undeserved and unneeded race car look.

The side features new mirror caps, inserts for the doors and the fenders. Meanwhile, the fancy VERZ alloy wheels have been wrapped in Falken tires. Around the back, we only have a few elements which are easy to spot, the stupidest of which is a diffuser.

Remember, the Patrol is a body-on-frame SUV powered by a large naturally aspirated V8. This Escalade from Japan certainly looks good in black and silver, but we'd imagine all those custom aero bits look stupid without the engraving and metal paint.