Frederic

the semi-circle cover is fine, we drove for 4-5 years with our Pajero and the spare tyre never seemed to degrade much from that. It was parked in the carport during the day. So if the Pajero would not be in a covered parking it's perhaps worth looking into covering it completely.

Great ! 90% of our drives are in the sand, but we do the occasional wadi run and head out into the mountains if the weather is pleasant enough. I would def not go beyond 2 or 2.5inch. First there is no need, and secondly the center gravity would be affected too much. In sand we are very mindful of this to keep the original center of gravity, so that means whenever we lift, we will make sure we widen our footprint as well, either with spacers, or rims with different offset.

Welcome to Carnity @JamesBY ! The Pajero 3.8 is a fantastic off-road vehicle for many purposes and for driving in the mountains it can indeed benefit from the following: - Bashplate and perhaps some added skid plates underneath to protect vital components. - Good All-terrain tyres. Would not recommend to change the size of the tyres itself, as it's the 3.8 you have 18inch rims so you are limited already, unless you plan to change the rims then a 17inch rim with 265/70/17 would be nice. -2 inch lift kit will give you a bit of extra clearance, which could be helpful in navigating boulders. If you head out in the mountains in summer, the additional SPAL cooling fan for the transmission is definitely recommended, and during low creeping speed you will start to face overheating soon. In those scenarios it's better to be at home anyways The Pajero has indeed a great traction control system for the mountains, so no need for a kill switch. Deflate to around 25psi when you head into the mountains, it will increase traction significantly and dampen the bumps a bit as well. In the winter we have the occasional wadi / scenic drive with the club, so would be great if you could join us. Take care !

Happy birthday @Carnity!

It's a bit Wild West here. Anything that looks like a jerry-can here can be purchased from any place. A lot of them are local made. I personally prefer metal ones. Refueling is indeed no issue at all. Only one time the guy asked me for my EID. Best option to store is outside the vehicle if you have a proper jerrycan holder. Another option is inside the car properly strapped in the boot, but i would only advise this if this is for a couple of hours or 1 day, like a Liwa trip or Desert Challenge

that chime is probably used for other safety related alarms as the poster stated. Another option might be to put a small switch inbetween the chime light, so whenever you hit the highway and plan to drive +120km/h you could disable the chime by flicking that switch.

Fantastic @Asif Hussain we will shout as hard as we can to get your convoy to the maximum scores !

@Zed you’re a force to be reckoned with, and anyone who has driven with you will see the resilience, positive attitude and teamplayer skills that will be key elements of the challenge ! The best of luck !!

Well done @Rafey Hashmi !!

Well deserved @Ahmad Nerat !

Thanks for joining today guys ! The original plan of looping around in the Al Hayer South area was dropped when i came to realize our boys from Abu-Dhabi took 1h45mins and more to reach the meeting point. For us Dubai residents it's a rather short drive so i decided to make our way deeper towards the famous Nahel-Sweihan area. All of you drove superbly, and apart from a couple of nice self-recoveries there was hardly any work to do We succeeded to find Old Lady Dune, but found it scattered with crosstracks and that made the climb less fun than a couple of weeks ago. It felt like 50 clubs went through it in the same morning. @Naveen Raj @Rk ram@Patrick van der Loo@Gary F@Zulfikhar Naiyar@Zed@Kailas@Ahmad Nerat@Anoop Nair@Jona@Karthik_LC200 Enjoy the rest of the weekend and see you all soon in the sand again ! https://www.relive.cc/view/vXvL1g2yK1O