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You mean with 500K and not 500 Dhs. lololol. @AKR bash plate was a must in your case and good you sorted it out. You should have discussed the thickness here before getting it done as 4MM is borderline OK and might bend with a hard impact. Ideal bash plate thickness should be 6-8MM at least.

It's a good decision @syedyaseer to have a separate offroad ride than your daily driver. Go through this classic post, solely made for this advice

Thanks for this heads up @G.huz I always wanted to try these out to be honest after seeing several marketing videos. However, I have spent all my life in marketing and advertising so believe too little on those videos and always shy to buy these stuff because of my single concern: Breaking or damaging flaps inside the wheel arc. Can you please explain more in detail how these can damage the wheel if the car has enough clearance?

Guys, please sign up anyone drives out of two posts, both are on the same day, time and place, but diff levels. Absolute Newbie and Newbie level Fewbie and Newbie + level If you have signed up for both in the calendar, please remove from anyone drive.

Guys, please sign up anyone drives out of two posts, both are on the same day, time and place, but diff levels. Absolute Newbie and Newbie level Fewbie and Newbie + level If you have signed up for both in the calendar, please remove from anyone drive.

Then there will be special permission from RTA in such order: Monday: Green Tuesday: Yellow Wed........!

Superb article on almost all points well covered. Slight addition I like to make on a few aspects: Kinetic recovery ropes or straps have plenty of advantages of softer pull, elastic effect but also has few downsides. After every tug kinetic ropes need some time to recover the elasticity. You can't or shouldn't use kinetic ropes on stuck that require hard tugs to reposition vehicle nose or back - when stuck in a wedge situation. Straps if it's from a proper offroad brand like bushranger or TJM, they need not be a 3-4 inch wide and still do the job very nicely for years as per what they are rated for. I think @Srikumar using one of those and still works fine. Industrial Webbing, often confused with rated straps as they look similar but that's where the logic of 3-4 (min-width) plays an important role. I'm still using (occasionally now) 5-inch wide Liftek Webbing Sling since more than 10 years now and its really capable of dragging heavyweight uphill or giving a hard tug to reposition vehicle with jerks, as sometimes you need these jerks when straight recovery isn't possible. @Mujtaba @Melvin Martin now you know when buying your next webbing, brand rating and width is very important than breaking them frequently.

Hi Gordon, we have another senior techy from Ireland @Barry you are not alone now, lolol For calliper painting, if I may suggest opting for powder coating instead will last very long and also looks nicer than the paint. My friend has used http://rainbowpowdercoatings.com/ for his wheels and he was pretty happy with the pricing and quality offered

Congratulations @yogic72 for reaching the fewbie level with Carnity Offroad club. Within last few newbies offroad drives you have shown tremendous progress and well deserve this new offroad rank. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Fewbie: Number of drives 10 (16 regular drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune reading Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor (recommended) Drive teamwork Observe recovery from a safe distance and offer help when needed Drive posting/joining Join newbie and fewbie level of drives only Forum participation Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery Social media sharing & inviting friends & family to join an offroad club is highly recommended for faster upgrades at all levels.

Welcome to the crazy future advancements of Digitized Protection Film seems like quite an innovative way to take the conventional Paint Protection Film to the next level. Actually the job of paint protection film was to wrap the car with same or different color for protecting the original car paint. Later that advancement has taken to another level when people started using the car paint protection film for decorative and temporary color change purposes, like we have seen nice body wrap of UAE flag and its colors during the national day. Now this digitized protection film is going to surpass all level of imagination, if its true what it looks like in this instagram video.

All it takes is maximum 2-3 drives to really unleash all its power in your hand. It just that your work schedule is not letting that happen

16” Rim-265/70/16 = 30.6 Inch 17” Rim-265/65/17 = 30.6 Inch 18” Rim-265/60/18 = 30.5 Inch 19” Rim-270/55/19 = 30.7 Inch 20” Rim-265/50/20 = 30.4 Inch You can calculate your stock tire height first and then upgrade to any other wheel size + downgrade the profile of tire to result in overall similar height, to avoid any rubbing issues. Here's how to calculate tire height Example: 16” Rim-265/70/16 = 30.6 Inch 265 x 70% = 185.5 mm (One side profile height of tire) 185.5 x 2 = 371 mm (up and down profile height of tire) 371 mm = 37.1 cm = 14.6 Inch (Total profile height of tire in Inches) 14.6 Inch + 16 Inch Wheel = 30.6 Inch total tire height

Hello Dr. Srini, good to have you back and surely you can join this drive as this is intended for newbie+ and fewbie level.

Now its clear, what's your current tire size like 265/55/R17.....? And what's the stock tire size mentioned in owner manual?

An enthralling offroad experience awaits for absolute newbies to self-drive their 4X4 to venture through the desert safely with offroad experts. It's time to enjoy an early morning sunrise and adrenaline dose in fresh sand dunes to challenge your senses and 4x4, with the best offroad enthusiast's. This drive is perfect for absolute newbie and newbies, of course, others are most welcome to join and support and enjoy the chilled out morning drive. This drive offers a perfect opportunity to learn offroading in a very safe and easy track to medium rolling dunes. Looking for an easy relaxing drive for everyone with plenty of opportunities to learn and grow, hill climb, and ridge riding. Newbies will have a great chance to see and learn the real fun that off-roading offers in a very safe and organized environment. When: 19 April 2019 Meeting time: 6:30 AM, the convoy will move at sharp 6:45 AM Where: ADNOC on Maliha ROad GPS Coordinate: https://goo.gl/maps/1W6B6SKNbrz Level: Absolute Newbies and Newbie and above Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 10 inches of ground clearance. Plan: Drive, train and enjoy till about 11:00 AM What to bring along: Snacks - whatever you like with little extra to share, water, liquids, smiles, stories, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 11:00 AM Please RSVP on the below calendar:

I haven't understood your question clearly, what exact advise you are looking for.....! 17 inch itself is borderline acceptable for offroading if you bump to 18 or 19 with a low profile or medium profile tire its a COMPLETE NO for offroading. I really doubt you can add normal profile tire on 18 or 19 without lifting 2-3 inch or else it will result in rubbing the wheel arch on turning.

Go to Deira Naif market opp Hyatt Regency and you can buy this on any big accessories shops like Al Doha, Al Ghazal, Golden Wheel, Golden Seat, City Star etc. Send a guy with physical sample than an image and its easy to source.

Audi A5 is a beautiful car and I second with Fred on everything he said. Check the oil consumption as that can tell a lot about turbo and engine health. It's slightly expensive to maintain (not overly) but good looking and fun car to drive. If the car is well maintained and regularly looked after then it's nice.

It was a really nice intermediate drive in a sandbox after a long time

Congratulations @AKR for reaching the fewbie level with Carnity Offroad club. Within last few newbies offroad drives you have shown tremendous progress and well deserve this new offroad rank. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Fewbie: Number of drives 10 (16 regular drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune reading Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor (recommended) Drive teamwork Observe recovery from a safe distance and offer help when needed Drive posting/joining Join newbie and fewbie level of drives only Forum participation Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery Social media sharing & inviting friends & family to join an offroad club is highly recommended for faster upgrades at all levels.

Congratulations @O.Farahat for reaching the fewbie level with Carnity Offroad club. Based on your last (first) newbie drive you have demonstrated skills required deserving this new offroad rank. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Fewbie: Number of drives 10 (16 regular drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune reading Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor (recommended) Drive teamwork Observe recovery from a safe distance and offer help when needed Drive posting/joining Join newbie and fewbie level of drives only Forum participation Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery Social media sharing & inviting friends & family to join an offroad club is highly recommended for faster upgrades at all levels.

Problem is Old Pathfinder was not vrooming at all, she was zzzzzing on top of a nice dune.