Gaurav

Nice choice of area for waking up intermediate drivers whole night. Can't miss it.

One time it was me pulling him from a soup soft sand pocket as he ignored my radio of "Don't Come". On third little harder tug frontend was out, it was because of back design partially as hook was not on frame.

Sharjah shops for original spare parts are relatively cheaper than in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

500%, as brakes are always pressed under full load and when heated up, they wear the brake pad faster than melting ice. 35K on single pad is pretty decent and actually good knowing you have done mountain descend too.

I'm hearing this now since few years and as per the recent podcast along with Glenn Power who was the panelist in Automechanika Academy we discussed this same topic. It seems that too much work involved in grading 30-40K workshops and that too it should be done every year like in KHDA for school rating as people leave workshop and join new ones every year.

Sorry it was carreport.com and not .ae Showing just the vin data for 99 dhs, crap.

And please dont buy that car report site .ae for 99 dhs, its hell useless. Bought it for my range and laughed at it, I even requested refund but they never replied.

Not yet, as every part dealer do a hush hush pricing and don't wanna disclose their pricing online.

https://carnity.com/search?&q=toyota&type=cms_records5&nodes=83&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy Majelan, Amani, Dhanya, Samira are generally good shops

Hmm that's why that 2016 law announcement never made it to the surface to grade the workshops. I still feel give a call to consumer rights and get a clear picture than trusting on one sided story.

Have you checked with Al futtaim if they accept Dynatrade services for warranties, it must be almost at par with dealer standards as they officially import and service Omani Toyota's in UAE.

You can get the quote from outside good workshops like Dynatrade, AAA and Al Futtaim will still cover the warranty as it's been under the latest law (In 2016) as car dealer can't force expensive service for retaining warranties. https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/transport/automobiles-agency-warranty-abolished

Superb research and fact finding to help everyone with the ballpark numbers before we carry out any recoveries. Also any idea, if Xterra would have would used both side tow points, would have helped...? Also any vehicle towing capacity and pulling capacity is same?

That's also not possible now, as Patrol GQ springs lifting LWB pretty high (3-4 Inch) and SWB will shoot over the sky as per my latest digging.

As per habtoor OEM springs is only one type showing with my chassis number - MB932851 Priced at 784 for one (not pair) as a special order from Japan, available after 30 days. As per online these springs are same for 3.0, 3.5, LWB, SWB, hard top, soft top etc. Good source for Mitsubishi owners: https://mitsubishi.epc-data.com

While searching to find the OEM coil height and weight with part number, I stumbled on KYB catalog for shocks that has the detail for my adjustable shocks that I was searching locally with no luck, lol. http://www.kybme.com/assets_web/pdf/KYB_SHOCK_ABSORBERS_2018.pdf

My concern is not to lift other than what I was using (barely 2 Inch) to not to disturb the geometer of IFS, that already cracking my front axle once every two years. I was very happy with ride height and stiffness with 2 inch spacer + OEM spring + torsion twist. Stock adjustable shocks has enough travel to accommodate 2 inch lift happily without loosing any on road comfort. Looks like in today's little jump or landing either spacer failed and move spring and broke it or spring was just old to take any more load. So now opting for new coil spring with 2 inch lift is my best bet. While researching now, it seems Patrol GQ spring fits perfectly with 2 inch lift in Pajero, but I can't get clarity of swb vs lwb Pajero, so if anyone has a GQ stock springs, I can try before I buy.

Of course I'll change both rear springs together. I want to go OEM but height is an issue and instead of adding 2 inch spacer as a temp fix, better to drop an oversize spring to gain 2 inch lift at back, while at it. Remember in cruiser and range we have had oem option of standard springs or standard oversize heavy duty springs, that's what I'm torn in between. Yeah model year and type is a big pain for finding aftermarket parts. I have to research on height and type and then match with other available ones in market.

Just now broke one of rear spring in desert, nothing unusual but just a little jump but nothing flying off, done that million times before. Seems like it was the age and due time for it to go. Appreciate any suggestions for Pajero lift kit or heavy duty 2 inch lifted springs brand, type, suggestion or any other things to consider or avoid. Thanks in advance.

What about car noises if something breakdown, ting tang ding dom boom clank clink, just spotted one few hours back in desert. Broke my rear spring of my beloved Pajero. I read this post before that and I was about to reply same, but I rushing out for drive.

Welcome back

Good question, like everything has a life or rather "USABLE" life. Same for 4x4, and there usable life depletes faster than on road use. Sri gave an example of 5 times the load / stress while offroad and I can confirm that he is spot on and may vary from 3-5 times depending on the driver. So if 4x4 supposed to have 300K kms onroad life, it may have 100K kms offroad life. Again this is very variable, but I am just trying to put in numbers to make it easy to understand.

Very nice question asked @Keithryan, well done for putting this doubt in mind in writing. Totally agree with @Frederic and @Srikumar These are called detailing shops and they are in abundance these days. Back in 2008 it use to be rare and every detailing shop used to charge 1000+ now you can get full car detailing inside out in 300-500 dhs depending on your negotiation skill and size of the car. With such detailing you can only clean up the sand presence and not the offroad toll what Sri mentioned. Quick look around and under the car can still reveal its been regularly offroad or not. 1000000% YES No offroad 4x4 or SUV will ever fetch same resale value as opposed to on road use car. Short Answer: YES Long Answer: Depends on following criteria No: 1 point what Fred mention: Define your offroad - Camping vs dune bashing. 99% of buyer wouldn't mind camping vehicle, but definitely stay away from dune bashing vehicle. That's why Safari driven "White LC" has the lowest resale value. If buyer looking for offroad vehicle for dune bashing he/she will not buy previously offroad vehicle to have spare life for his next ownership. If buyer is buying 4x4 / SUV for road commute, then he may buy if you sweeten the deal little. You may find a dreamers on dubizzle advertising 100K wrangler with 50K mod as a 150K selling price, but they will never fetch anyway close to the unmoded vehicle price unless they wait for 3-6 month for a one in million right buyer. So heavily modded 4x4 do attract lot of buyers but minus the cost of all mods you have done, as no one pays a dime for aftermarket mods, unless buyer is a genuine enthusiast. Capable 4x4 looses very little value even with regular offroad use, if its well maintained - LC, Patrol, FJC, defender etc. as oppose to not very capable 4x4 or SUV when offroad use considered as an abuse. Lady driven is a curse these days, that people stay away from this overly used term that raises truck load of suspicion, unless lady answer the call and comes out during viewing.

Same here and that's why power nap is my super last option when everything else fails. I rem taking a nap for 30 min with two alarm set on my both phone and must have snooze 100 times to actually wake up after 2 hours, but I reached home safely after that.

Not really in this vibration under braking scenario. Have you changed them recently then maybe yes, depending on their life, tread, balancing etc. If you are running two diff tires since long before this vibration episode, then its not related. If you got this vibration under braking after you changed two tire, then its 100% related and first thing to doubt.