Advice new to off road

[IshamFazal]

Hi guys, 

I would love to seek some advice from you guys regarding Off-Roading. I'm new to all this, I recently purchased a Pajero 2012 3.8 vehicle for off-road. I have multiple questions regarding upgrading some parts onto my vehicle and I hear a lot of opinions from all around so I thought of seeking some advice before I start on this journey.

Questions

1) Do I need a skid plate front and back? (I believe my car comes with a front skid plate in-built), let's suppose I need one where can I get it done with an affordable price as well as the type and other stuff? bear in mind I don't want to dump all my money hence I would like to go for a reasonable place. I'm still in the air of understanding whether I have it in me to go on off-roading.

2) Do I need an ABS kill switch? if so the best place to get it done. also, what drive mode do you guys drive in? Should I use the R/D lock mode while driving?

3) Do I need an AT cooler with extra fans on it?

4) Do I need an Extra fan for the Radiator? if so what's the size and the brand and the place to buy them and a decent garage to fix it as well?

5) Do I need a compressor? if so, what's a brand of a decent compressor. and where can I buy them?

6) Do I need a lift kit to start? 

7) Do I need a recovery rope to start?

Apart from this, I would like any other suggestions that you guys have, and feel free to tell them all. also if you guys know the prices of the items feel free to add them as well.

 

 

[Frederic]

Welcome to Carnity ! @IshamFazal

1) Do I need a skid plate front and back? (I believe my car comes with a front skid plate in-built), let's suppose I need one where can I get it done with an affordable price as well as the type and other stuff? bear in mind I don't want to dump all my money hence I would like to go for a reasonable place. I'm still in the air of understanding whether I have it in me to go on off-roading.

Initially as beginner (first couple of drives there is no need, but after that yes it's advisable to have a custom front and rear skid plate).

2) Do I need an ABS kill switch? if so the best place to get it done. also, what drive mode do you guys drive in? Should I use the R/D lock mode while driving?

No need. On the Pajero you can pull the relay. See below procedure:

 

3) Do I need an AT cooler with extra fans on it?

Not immediately, but some Pajeros run a bit hot without them. Using tiptronic instead of "D" seems to help a lot. There's lots of topics here on the forum about it.

4) Do I need an Extra fan for the Radiator? if so what's the size and the brand and the place to buy them and a decent garage to fix it as well? NO

5) Do I need a compressor? if so, what's a brand of a decent compressor. and where can I buy them?

 

 

6) Do I need a lift kit to start?  Absolutely not

7) Do I need a recovery rope to start? Not if you start in a club environment as newbie. Once you are Fewbie+ and beyond you should get one.