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Confirm @Chaitanya D! 😃

dear Dr @Chaitanya D, please add me to Waiting List as this will be my 2nd Drive this weekend (1st one I'm joining Kailas's Fewbie drive). I've removed myself from RSVP to make room for others who haven't joined any drives...

Hi @Anish S, since I've done a lift I can answer this: 1. You need to look into BODY LIFT (not suspension lift), this moves the body away from the frame (but not giving you a higher ground clearance like suspension lift), so your tyres will not rub the top. 2. If Body Lift is not an option, or after you did Body Lift there's still rubbing, look into "Pounding/Hammering the Pinch Weld", this is best shown in pictures here >> Finally, the Pinch Weld Mod – ADVENTURETACO 3. There's a 3rd option if you don't like modifying your car and keep it as much stock as possible: downgrading your tyre profile. Currently it's 265/70 = 70% x 265mm = 185.5mm = 7.3 inch sidewall. If you decrease the sidewall, say getting a 255/70/R16 = 70% x 255mm = 178.5mm = 7 inch sidewall, less 0.3 inch. Will lessening sidewall to -0.3" prevent rubbing? You need to test this... if you have friends with 255/70/R16 who are willing to lend you their tires for testing all good, else it's a bit of a hassle to hunt for 2nd hand tires and re-sell them if they still rub or you don't like the lower profile... Good luck with whatever choice tho 🤙

Thank you @Islam Soliman for leading the drive, @Hisham Masaad having a senior member behind me was comforting in case i get stuck. Haven't seen bowls after bowls like in the Big Red, so it was well worth the drive from Abu Dhabi (and waking up at 1:30am) 😁👍🏻

As long as the Tools work bro, be it Ikea chopping board for the jack or plastic fasteners for the exhaust later upgraded to "borrowed" barbed wires from abandoned property fences 😂

@Frederic next time please announce it on the radio and the whole group will gladly follow you to help another Carnity or non-Carnity convoy i'm sure. I was late to find out only after inflating, @Hasan Wahlan told me of the incident but i didn't know where to go to help, so we could only pray for all your safety 🙏🏻 Looking forward to Part 2 of the Switcheroos, and you weren't kidding btw, there were a lot of crest switches 😂

@Islam Soliman it's 4:12am and i'm at the Google Maps point but no one here, did I get the wrong gps? Sorry first time from Abu Dhabi here 😁 See photos:

Get well soon @Tero Vallas, dear @Islam Soliman i can move back & take Sweeper position if you want...

just realized this is near Khaznah Desert, oh it's gonna be fun. There's a famous photo opp spot too here 😄https://www.instagram.com/p/CLwMjuQsjdr/?utm_medium=copy_link

With 3 very senior members, looks like they've upped the ante for tomorrow's drive 😁. @Warren Flay we're gonna miss your cat-less chip-tuned almost-turbo Pajero! 😄

The Land Cruiser 100-series, the Y62 has been relegated for mall-crawling and carrying bags of Carrefour 😂

Dear @Islam Soliman, please WaitList me for 2nd drive this weekend. Forgot that I can only RSVP for the first one in weekend 😅

hi @Jerry Han i think recommending garages are now discouraged in forums, so I will WhatsApp you as I live in Abu Dhabi and know some offroad garages. I had some Pajero friends who'd done it too...

Thank you for the Duo Leads @Vanessa8580 & @Srikumar, you both might start a trend now: with 1 focused on driving and the other on communications & Gaia-checking 😄 Thank you also to @Luca Palanca Falsini who was like an ambulance, always rescuing the princess in her royal crest venture 👍🏻 Score today, Luca 2 vs Shovel 0 😂 Also the Sweeper who has to have the most patience watching 10 cars go before he could step on the gas Mr @Ruan van den Heever 😊 Great drive everyone, Sri was right we had to bring our A-game... this felt like Ultimate Fewbies: lots of tall-climbing and more fast-paced 👍🏻 Great way to test my mods and check for Return-on-Investment 😂

Radio-talk: Z: "Look up can you see my 3 meters Red Flag hoisted from the roof rack?" W: "Negative" Z: "Look down can you see a track left by a pair of 285s and a sand stamp 'V8 was here'" ? W: "Affirmative, convoy now moving" 😂

Welcome @Jerry Han, first if it's caused by accident, the Insurance will cover it, especially if car is still under mortgage the first 3 years have to be Agency Repair, so in any case it will be repaired by the Agency. Second if it happens after the accident & repairs, the general answer is "It Depends" as usually they will first raise it for approval. Some magic happens in the backend and then you'll find out 😄 But lemme tell you my story: my Nissan Patrol 2019 is still under warranty for 3 years, when the windows could only come down but never go back up (regulator or motor issue), first they asked "Didn't you have offroad accident before?" To which I replied, "Yes but the car is still under warranty" 😊 And then later I got new regulators for all my 4 windows 😁

Was browsing Ace last time and saw AOR's 2T Jack selling for AED 150 with a nice casing

yeah bro @Lakshmi Narasimhan , we may need your winch again *oh nooooooooo 😆

Thank you for not cancelling @Tamas Hoffmann and thank you @Srikumar for stepping in 👍🏻 Looking forward tomorrow morning for the drive 😊

Dear @Hisham Masaad very nice of you to offer the community 👍🏻 If we're on the same drive, can I check the thickness of it? If it's thicker than my current Ikea chopping boards, I might gift the old chopping boards to the wife and take your offer 😅

Well after seeing you're more agile than before in driving your newly-modded Pajero bro @Warren Flay, I "mistakenly" deleted my Cat too, and we'll see on Friday if it "relieves" my car and is more efficient in getting rid of these gases from the engine too 😅

Ain't crazy bro, try buying the cheapest LC200 you can find versus cheapest LC100 + mods, a very different & satisfying feeling to get LC100 on the cheap and able to customize it to your liking 😄

Thanks @Frederic for the opportunity, after the trip my wife asked me for the photos, and after post-processing I showed her the below shots... then she asked why can't I get the moon bigger, and I replied "1. Need to buy 600mm lens, 2. This 12MP is just good for video, for still photos I need the 40MP+ one" then she replied "Your photos are good enough, no need to upgrade" 😂😂😂

From Sharjah! You my friend got my respect ✊🏻😊. So I guess the Marshal must be amazing that he's worthy to follow, or Sweihan is calling to the dune-lovers, or both! 😁

Rest well marshal @Tbone, to be at 4am in Abu Dhabi looks like you gotta leave Dubai after midnight 😂 Looking forward for reunion with some Abu Dhabi regulars tomorrow 😊