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thanks @DP1011 for the drive, great weather for it. drive faced quite a few issues throughout however all manager expertly by our team of Marshalls. Thanks @Islam Soliman and @Looper for supporting the drive. hope your jeeps okay @Julien Recan and hope you didn’t take too much longer to get out that last patch with the overheating vehicle @Islam Soliman thanks to everyone in the convoy for an enjoyable morning in the desert @Davie Chase hope you can appreciate my flags shown in the first picture in person soon. Flying proud!

Thanks @Shaun J .. yes actually was a stupid one.. just a lose nut causing bad connection .. once we tightened it all was ok and we drive out with no issues. thanks @DP1011 for a wonderful drive .. route, pace, and overall one of the best. Was pleasure to meet and drive with you all and special thanks to @Looper and @Anoop Nair for staying back and keeping company until we found the lose 🔩.

@Shaun J yes they are flying high and proud, well done mate I will look out for a St. George’s cross just for fits and giggles lol

I am at the garage now, will update soon. Thanks all for the short but intense drive 😁

Except for Liwa, this was my first trip to the AUH desert. The drive yesterday was full of issues but the way we as a team faced it made it non-issue. Personally, I discovered that my deflator was off by 5 psi. It was a good fun day out blessed with kind weather. Hope to be back !

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Pop out or not, looks like the team is always in the good mood

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@Islam Soliman I hope the issues with your car is nothing too serious @Julien Recan I hope yours are not too serious as well. Have a great week everyone.

Guys having adjustable suspension: how do you select your drive settings when going on a fewbie desert drive where most of the time you are just cruising below 30km/h? I have seen a few times guys (and our leads) adjusting their shocks to the max stiffness when deflating tires (on coilovers with damping settings). How do you guys set it up? I did a few drives with different setup (max, min, couple in-between), and so far I lean towards as soft drive as possible unless the crew I am chasing is raptors and ranges and they plan on doing full baja cruise over flat lands.... But then the minute I dive into the ditches with max stiffness setup, there it's like getting into soft sand - you never know when it would dive in and get stuck. While when it was softer (20/30% of the scale), the ride is just smooth as butter and predictable (and spectacular as well, when you look at the recording of how nicely it picks up all the uneven terrain at medium speed). what's the general consensus for this? How would you set your suspension going on a technical drive with @Looper or @DP1011 vs going on a vertical hill climb with @Ale Vallecchi ?

@Marek from my personal experience it’s purely based on preference. My adjustable shocks are very straight forward and just adjust stiffness, whereas depending on the type you go for, may have more settings and different knobs that slightly change your experience + handling. based on trial and error I tackle my stiffness settings purely on the environment however doesn't change much. For reference my shocks have got 20 stiffness settings. For rear (as per long base) I usually adjust these to 15 or 17 (these minor adjustments vary on level of drive + weight in the rear or if there was rain the previous day ‘I would decrease’, so with gear and passengers I may go as high as 18 in optimal weather conditions) for the front shocks I don’t change the number variable much and I’ve personally found 13-15 is the sweet spot. keep in mind changing your shock stiffness will massively affect your on road handling and most importantly your offroad handling I highlight this because your vehicle will also experience a slightly different weight transfer which could be uncomfortable at first, or may even influence loss of control. my final point would be avoid maxing your shocks straight away keep them around a medium setting until you get comfortable, experiment and when something doesn't work out try a different setting again. If you do however max your shocks remember while your shocks are absorbing more energy they may be even putting more wear and tear on other components. (I’ve set my shocks too high before and instead of absorbing the energy the shocks felt solid sending energy throughout the body)