Gaurav

Well if he like to sell the car, then he should be comfortable in answering these test discrepancies.

If its not a rare car that you are after, I would pass on smallest red flag on chassis or engine.

This sound either a discrepancy on RTA system or wasta to pull out and conceal things. God knows.

Can you answer my previous questions....?

I have used Euro gulf early this year for my range small hole in bumper and they seem to do a good job in fixing the hole and painting whole bumper.

Only stupid stuff I spotted that Euro gulf location in google maps is different where they send you to drop your car, nearby but stupid that RSA can't give exact location other than just Name. I dropped car in Europe rent a car workshop - maybe sister concern.

Can you open the details of these?

Looks like at some point chassis had some issues and I will be very curious to know how did it passed again after few days.

Second seems tires, must be old so he changed for renewal - normal

Cylinder case is also doubtful that it shows car had 6 cyl engine, but owner changed to 4 cycl - why.....?

• Error in RTA data - It's OK
• Customer change engine - why, where, which, at what kms etc. etc.

30 minutes ago, treks said:

It's a question of what comes first- 

A) the springs settling, or B), Gaurav's spinal vertebrae giving out...  

Good one, but tbh Pajero OEM suspension is a blessing that gives that Soft, Medium and Hard setting with a flick of single button. On soft setting it's same as before on road so no complaint at all abt back or spine, its just the body roll on roundabout is scaring me little due to new COG but I guess I have to learn if spring doesn't settle down by an inch. So far in last 3-4 days, no sign that it will settle down.

On the contrary, these new heavy duty springs were super awesome in dunes, rough patch and rear high clearance allow me to escape from narrow pockets far easily than before.

59 minutes ago, Barry said:

I will hire a jeep from jeepers and follow you to hell 

Guaranteed.

1 hour ago, Barry said:

and back ❤️

Not Guaranteed.

I thought it was weight loss Carbs, and I was like No....!

51 minutes ago, Javier M said:

I don't think the stiffness will go away, this comes with thicker springs  🤔

I kind of agree, I also doubt as I had Aragosta rally breed suspension in my Patrol and even on softest setting it use to kill my back on long drives.

Congratulations @shadow79 for reaching the Intermediate level with Carnity Offroad club. 

Welcome back to offroad after a long gap, hope you have missed the sand enough, to continue now without any breaks.

As per your few years of offroad experience with all of senior members here and as per your last refresher drive, you have shown adequate skills and behavior for well 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.

Keep up your great contribution on the forum and get socially involved in the newbie and fewbie drives to impart your knowledge.

Once you have all the required gear, you are most welcome to join the intermediate level drives with Carnity offroad club.

Intermediate:

 Social media sharing & inviting friends & family to join offroad club is recommended for faster upgrades at all levels.

Hahaha, It's not so bad to change drive style just little bit stiff even on comfort settings. On the contrary this heavy duty rear springs + fully stretched shocks (i guess) eating bumps like tarmac. Tried few hard run on rough patches and didn't feel a thing.

6 minutes ago, desertdude said:

Told you to look for other Pajero variants springs. Not possible to have only one for so many different variants. I can bet you eveb swb and lwb are different

I told you too, that Pajero in that year had same spring for SWB and LWB as per the product number search and habtoor adviser. Same have been confirmed with scrapy too today. They have tons and tons of petrol springs, like in hundreds. 

Now this was a new turn in story about diesel, which I never expected even with scrap here in UAE, but Jabal tokyo main work is bringing Japanese scrap and exporting to various other diesel loving countries.

Here's the latest update. After enough research today was the action day.

Researched options:

• Habtoor = 1400+ and 30 days wait for 2 springs
• OME (ARB) = Started Pajero from 2000 onward, mine is 1999
• Dobinson = 3500 for whole suspension +6 weeks wait, as changing 2 springs will kill my stock suspension soon.
• King Coil = 750 for 2 springs, 7 days wait.
• Scrap = 200 for OEM springs.
• Iranian craftsmanship = Not convincing of there cutting and making it fit ideas.

Today morning went first to Iranian shops to see what they have and they can propose, but overall feedback was very shaky, dicey and scary that I left that market in 10 minutes.

Now my concern was If I go with OEM again and continue with rubber spacer, it might relocate the spring and break them again (50% doubt). So went to my favorite Pajero scrapyard Jabal Tokyo, sat and explained my concern to the big boss and he said then go with Diesel Pajero spring that comes in thicker coil and lesser used due to export. Upon checking this diesel spring is an inch shorter in height but thickness must be 24 mm instead of 18 mm (stock). Looks very solid and heavy duty, with Pajero seating shape molded on one side, makes a perfect fit. So I picked both diesel and petrol springs, to experiment and on first attempt diesel ones sat perfectly well without a 2 inch spacer and even gave me little more than 1 inch extra than before. As per mechanic this 1-1.5 inch will settle after a week, as spring must be sitting for a while. I really hope this settle down, as right now rear rides very stiff and body roll is a bit of concern on speed.

Wheel arch spacing:

• Before: 5.5 Inch 
• Broken side: 5 inch
• Diesel Pajero Springs: 7 Inch

This is still work in progress, so if after couple of drives ride height reduce little and flex comes back, then i will keep these or else I will order king springs and finish it off. 

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

12 minutes ago, Barry said:

I haven’t seen this mentioned yet. Giving a sharp tug or snap may very well exceed the rated capacities. One of our resident off roaders who has lost his front end in more than one occasion can maybe comment on this 😬

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.

1 hour ago, GumbyAKhan said:

so often traversing through hard rocks or coming down on steep gradients can also effect brakes I guess? 

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.

1 hour ago, syedyaseer said:

Even i was told the same thing. Grading structure is under process and will be implemented on completion and approvals from relevant authorities. 

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.

2 minutes ago, syedyaseer said:

@Gaurav bhai thanks. Do we have any websites in UAE on which we can check/compare prices of these genuine spares?

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

3 minutes ago, syedyaseer said:

Yes. They said only services done at AF will keep warranty intact. Also in regards to my prado. I rechecked with Automall. they said its automall warranty and not Toyota. If in case i service other than automall or AF-Toyota warranty will be void.

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.