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00kingi
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 19:37    Post subject: new,, what mods?? Reply with quote

i have just brought a t reg 1.6 vitara i was wondering how good it actuallys is off road, iv taken it on some tracks but nothing to heavy and my 4 wheel drive is down right now, but neer to me is a fairly hard track wet and deep mud. My fiend owns a big rangerover with dirt tires ect he copes ok. i dont want to look like a complete fall, and kep getting stuck. So do i need to mod it? some people say there rubish and some say there really good modded and standerd. I understand they are no landrover but shorely cant be far off.? since i was a boy i wanted a vitara now im 21 and have one im really beginning to dout it. Cheap mods or keep standard??? or scrap it and go back to a normal car, even tho i love to off road?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 23:28    Post subject: Reply with quote

correct, theyre no land rover

thats because in standard form against a landrover, the sj or samurai will pi55 all over the landy.

modding is a matter of choice but the first thing to look at is tyres. from there, its all down to where you want to go and what your budget is
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 13:27    Post subject: Re: new,, what mods?? Reply with quote

00kingi wrote:
scrap it and go back to a normal car, even tho i love to off road?


SCRAP IT!?!?!?!?! YOU JELLY????????????

i'm 26 and had as shogun and now moved on to the vitara and found that its light wait lets me go to much more place's

Get some tyre's on at and get in there you'll soon get the hang of where it can and can't go!!!
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 14:12    Post subject: Reply with quote

HA, thanks thats boosting my confidence allthought im strugaling as i think my head Gasket has gone, now im in tears lol.....

So where is good to get some tyres that are ok on road as well?
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 14:44    Post subject: Reply with quote

I put mud terrains on mine and it was fine at a wet and slippy pay and play day, it was ground clearance under the diffs and chassis that got me stuck twice, i would advise fit some good tyres first, and then get it a few inches higher if you can, im gonna jack mine up a couple of inches and then fit a rear LSD after that.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 14:46    Post subject: Reply with quote

00kingi wrote:
HA, thanks thats boosting my confidence allthought im strugaling as i think my head Gasket has gone, now im in tears lol.....

So where is good to get some tyres that are ok on road as well?



got Khumo KL71's on mine, better on road than the cheap road tyres it had on it before.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 15:01    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool il have a look on eBay Smile , any one got any ideas how to unsiez a free wheeling hub ?
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 15:58    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm running Colway C-trax 235/70/16 on mine 16's due to it being a LWB

there a lot like the general grabber patten and not to bad on the road but fairly dig in.

got the 5 new never fitted of them off gumtree for £85 Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 17:02    Post subject: Reply with quote

where are you from?,, would have to be local?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 18:20    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another thing id like to know is how to highter my vitara?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 13:33    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm just out of Keith, moray-shire

have a look on eBay for a lift kit normally comes with longer springs and spacers. wood be worth fitting a Polly bush's at the same time
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 17:42    Post subject: Reply with quote

have a hunt around the forums and youll find the easiest way to lift your vit a couple of inches Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 20:53    Post subject: lifting a vit Reply with quote

00kingi wrote:
Another thing id like to know is how to highter my vitara?


Get some grand vit springs and chuck them on this will lift your vit by 2" with no other mods needed for more articulation extedn your shocks and remove anti roll bars
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 0:07    Post subject: Reply with quote

00kingi wrote:
Cool il have a look on eBay Smile , any one got any ideas how to unsiez a free wheeling hub ?


Unbolt the hub, pull it apart, clean it up, regrease it, re-assemble it, bolt it back on. They are a very simple mechanism that you will quickly figure out once you have it apart.
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