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Good morning everyone. Thanks for signing up for the drive. Since the names are almost the same we had in last Badayer drive, thought will give you an idea about whats expected, for you to reconsider your joining or not. Mahafiz is not Badayer, at least the first half of the drive. It is more of mix of technical and bowls where side sloping is nice to do. Second half where we reach Al Faya, will more of climbing and maneuvering, but nothing like badayer. At the end, it is all fun, and desert will be always good to visit. Below the list of names joining so far Attendees Rob S @Rob S Vaibhav @Vaibhav Mohamad Anwer @Mohamad Anwer Daniel Rodas @Daniel Rodas Simon Dawood @Simon Dawood imranaasghar81 @imranaasghar81 Joji varghese @Joji varghese JamesThorn @JamesThorn Waqas Parvez @Waqas Parvez topgear @topgear Waitlisted Attendees Rajiv Sam @Rajiv Sam. Glad now you changed your name Rajiv, was always a problem typing your name before with s 😂 Beide Worku @Beide Worku Dear Beide, being FB+ drive, I am afraid you can not join the drive, as I see your rank is FB. Unless expected to be promoted to FB+ by weekend, you will be for sure welcomed.

Finally some Good news! Rubicon is out and ready to fly again! I went back with a spare battery along with an excellent offroader cum mechanic(Abuali) and then a team of recovery in separate car-Patrol (sent by Oman insurance....) Thanks a ton to everyone @Pieter Potgieter@Manoj Soman@Quresh Pajero @Jona @Patrick van der Loo @Tareq Al Turq @ASAD. @Joseph Raju @AlexM @Morshedi @Gaurav @Davie Chase. @Sunil Mathew @Beide Worku for all the patience and support and sorry that we had to cut short our ride because of what happened .... @Gaurav..simply Hattsoff to your leadership skills ..patience, knowledge, support, guidance, follow up...the list can simply go on and on.... looking forward for a drive with you soon! @Morshedi..Many thanks for the support and guidance....Believe we shall be good friends and looking forward to drive along...! AbuAli was really helpful & smart...3 in One- good mechanic, offroader and genuine...Lastly thanks for dropping me back at home! @Davie Chase @Sunil Mathew @Tareq Al Turq @Joseph Raju @Quresh Pajero @Beide Workuguys thanks for being there and cheers to all the support and patience ..You guys rock and happy to be part of such a group where team work is above all!.. @Sunil Mathew,..i hope the battery fluid didn't do any serious harm..and everything is ok....pls update Lastly i always had a question in my mind "what would happen if a vehicle had a complete breakdown in mid desert"....Can someone really leave their car behind in the desert ever?....naa.....never it can happen.... it must be either Towed by the team or may be .Police/Insurance will send chopper to airlift..? :)....hahaha.. ..now not anymore...The question stands well answered ..Now i can give detailed answers to lot of questions to anyone! ... PS:- Problem was with Winch wire,,,(as you can see in pics)..which made the short circuit....and battery popped out!

in my offroad version i had stock bilstein shocks, i was happy with the performance no complaints, when it was time to replace i went for dobbinson stage 1 monotube shocks. compared to bilstein its bit harder on road and it absorb the rough terrain much better than stock.

Good evening, with so much excitement everyone is having, and after thinking how to push more adrenaline dose's, thought and after acceptance of all joiners, what about changing the drive to badayer. As I said earlier, mahafiz is not as good as badayer, when it comes to adrenaline levels and excitement. All are requested to confirm their acceptance to arrange. @Simon Dawood @Rob S @Waqas Parvez @Vaibhav @Mohamad Anwer @Daniel Rodas @Joji varghese @imranaasghar81 @JamesThorn @topgear @Rajiv Sam

@Deepak 11 @Andrew McCarthy @Osama M @Ali Shah @Amr Aydin @Murtaza Bhuria @Vasja Zupan @Awais Zuberi @Yerem Davtyan @Karthikeyan Govindarajan @Anna Dillon @Haitham Khattab Thank you for signing up for the drive. As a heads-up please ensure that you have the mandatory required gear which is radio, pressure gauge, compressor, flag and most importantly a full sized shovel.

Thanks guys for the feedback, @Thomas Varghese I wouldn’t agree more with you in regards to lift, there are a lot of other factors that needs to be considered when you decide to add a lift to the car. the 2.5” i’m referring to is actually the diameter of the shock not the lift. I guess I will go with the bilstein shocks for now and save the extra money.

Dear @Lawrence_Chehimi the total expense will not stop at 9 to 10k. Its better you leave the suspension of Xterra as stock. I drive my Xterra onroad and offroad in stock condition. To be frank the car behaves ok even as stock condition. I have not cut my bumpers too. As it is the Xterra has good ground clearance. For the sake of a lift of probably upto 2.5" let me tell you what you will encounter. When you lift up the car you need to change the upper arms which is around 3000 AED. The wheel spacers, the wear and tear on the axles and the wheel bearing. And at the end of the day you get a car whose center of gravity has gone up - prone to roll overs. Xterra in stock condition itself is a very able car as Dr @M.Seidam has put it. Just like him I also changed my stock shocks (mine is not Off Road version) to Bilsteins. A skid plate, and radiator bracket reinforcement and a flag mount is all what I have done to my Xterra. Ohh yes I changed the tow hooks too. Never experienced much headaches from the car so far. Yes the off road version has rear diff locks (electronic) but understand thats at the cost of km/l as gear ratio is slightly different. Not much. 1 more problem with rear diff lock versions are if you bust it, its very difficult to source the second hand same version differential. Please understand Xterras are now ageing vehicles. The last 1 came in 2015. The good quality of the car is all parts are available 2nd hand at unbelievable prices. I haven't seen any other car which had a nasty roll over coming out of the garage after spending just 3500 AED which includes painting. Most of the time a roll over means the car is a total loss. Anyways upto you to lift your car. If you feel its necessary for your off roading experience please proceed. But I wouldn't advice to change the dynamics of the car.

I drive non off road trim Xterra . I have put on the bIlstein mono shocks long time back and till this moment I am happy with them . Also the difference on road comparing to stock not that much of hardness . regarding other suspension systems are many in terms of quality and stiffness and this will depend on your budget and how frequent you will be using your new Xterra on road

Bilstein are some of the best monotube shocks and are nicely priced as well. They are a bit hard for the road but perform well off-road. I installed them on my XJ and they have lasted for all the abuse that I have put on them with no issues. You need to first decide your budget and then you would be able to narrow down on which shocks suits your budget.

Hello Desert Wanderers, I’m currently buying an Xterra after I totaled my beloved Y62. First thing I’m planing to modify is the suspension. Wondering what most of you guys owning Xterras are using? I found plenty of options in the market, such as profenders 2.5, oldman EMU BP-51, dobinsons MRA etc.. There are also cheaper options with no external reservoirs Any advice you can provide? Reading online I found that the offroad version/P4X comes with Bilstein shocks, I’m buying the standard trim so I guess it won’t have the bilsteins.

Dobinson is well known brand Xterians much like especially stage 4 .. it’s a lot for your Lowe back really 😅 You won’t regret it . Personally I am running on “cotton” on road on daily bases and the Panadol in my glove box still sealed and about to expire 🤣 offroad even with IM level driving still I am ok . It’s all about the style and skill regardless of drive level as well I believe

Thanks @M.Seidamand @Srikumarfor the advice. With this being a much cheaper option, I guess I will give it a try first and see how it goes before spending 9-10k.

Can't wait!!!!!!! This week is dragging!

Can't wait to hear " Yalla push 1. I have bought 2 new radios same model as yours Hisham 2. This will be a very special drive for me. My father who is coming from the UK will be joining me and he's an adrenaline head so I'm hoping for a few nice high climbs and beautiful scenery not too much pressure hisham

Thank you @Chaitanya D for all your patience, pulling, and digging to get me here!

@Lawrence_Chehimi the Bilsteins you get from Arabian Auto is model 4600 and is priced at 1800 for all 4. If you can get the Bilstein model 5100 from abroad it will cost the same. The difference is 5100 are adjustable shocks.

I think this time we can really push and learn. Like an intermediate drive but let’s name it fewbie plus 🤫

@Paolo Pellegrini @Anthony Tan @Ivan Pironi I have added you on to the drive as this is your first drive for the weekend. Please confirm your partipation.

you should not have mentioned this @imranaasghar81, now will keep thinking what will do to please your father 😃. Might need to prepare for a good espresso time 😉

Thank you all for the encouragement. @Hisham Masaad @munkybizness @Davie Chase @Vaibhav @Shaaz Sha @Looper @Islam Soliman @Gaurav Will strive to live up to all your superb standards.

@Hisham Masaadi have been in one of your drives like this type and I enjoyed it. Hope we can hear “Yalla Push”

Thank you @Waqas Parvez ☺️

@Hisham Masaadwe enjoy your drives even if you are driving in sabkhaz 😃😃, yallah bring it on.

@Haitham Khattab PCR is not needed any more to visit Abu Dhabi, it is only needed to enter into some buildings there such as shopping malls.

Congratulations @Sita Sharma! Enjoy the new level

Congratulations @Udit S! Enjoy the new level

Congrats @Sita Sharma well deserved

Congrats @Simon Dawood enjoy the new level

Congratulations @Simon Dawood! Pajero power 😁

Congratulations @Sita Sharma, we need more girl power 😁

Bravo @Sita Sharma.. well deserved

Congrats @Harshal been long haven't heard the roar of your tundra. Looking forward to catch up sometime

@Harshal Congrats buddy !!

@Beide Worku congratulations, well done

@Jessica Lambert congratulations, well done. Enjoy the new level

Thanks @Hisham Masaad for the very interesting drive , it was awesome. I loved the pace as it felt more as rollercoaster 😂🤣. but you should have seen my face when you said " We finished worming up and now we will start the drive 😅😂😲" Thanks to all the wonderful convoy members @Joji varghese @Tom B @topgear @Vaibhav @Waqas Parvez @Shaaz Sha @Daniel Rodas @Brette whom made this drive a nice experience . i have uploaded some pictures in the galery . you can see the worm up video in the link below . looking forward to see you all soon

@Hisham MasaadSounds like a great plan

Congratulations @Sanjay Malik

Congratulations @Juzer Gandhi! Well done and enjoy the step change this level brings

Congratulations @Farook Veettil! Well done and enjoy!

Thanks a lot 🥳

Congratulations @Abdul Basit Khan !

Thank you @Vanessa8580

Congratulations @Sanjay Malik well done 👍

Congratulations @Serhat Yalcinkaya well done 👍

@Gurcharan Mehta congratulations, well done

Thank you @Rob S

Congrats @Amr Aydin!

Congrats @Jessica Lambert always good to see another prado make it to the next level!

Congratulations @Jessica Lambert