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Hi Gaurav, Eager to join in on my 1st drive...! no prior offroad experience driving myself.. have been on AN Carnity drive with a friend... Vehicle Details - 2014 xTerra OR... Clearance is there and standard recovery points front and back.. Excited for the weekend!

Thank you all.. will explore if any options in Umm Ramool.. Looking forward to driving with all of you soon

Hi All, Very useful post. Could see all the Xterra gang is on this thread.. I finally ended up getting an XTerra 2014 OR version recently. With all the above mods being suggested, can you also please suggest which garages specialize in Xterra modifications or checks. I'm sifting through some of the old threads to gain more info on this. The one I bought does have a squeaking sound and I'm not sure if I need to get the shocks replaced. Also, read in some thread by @Foxtrot Oscar that engine and gear mounts need to be checked for used Xterra's - good pointer, thanks. Is there any garage/specialist in Dubai where I could get things checked out as well as eventually getting the required mods mentioned here? Thanks in advance.. Thank you again @[email protected]@Rizwanm2@Zixuan Huang - Charlie for all your recent feedbacks

Thank you all for your valuable inputs. Unfortunately it was sold as they got a better offer 😕 The market is inflated at the moment and ppl are willing to pay even more. Please do let me know if any good xterra is available.. 🤞🏻

Thank you for the quick feedback.. just curious if the diff lock can be installed at a later stage? If its a possibility!

Hi, I'm new to the club and currently on the lookout for a good off-road vehicle. I'd shortlisted on the Patrol Y62, but I've come across a decent Xterra which I've my mind set on. Needed some expert advise on what to look out for and the expected price. I've test driven and it was very smooth, well maintained with all service records intact and great condition.. Its 2015 basic model, around 77k driven.. 2nd owner purchased from Alfuttaim used cars in 2018.. However, its a standard 4x4 variant.. Is 45k a good price for this vehicle? @Mukundan Naircan you plz share your feedback as well.. we'd met in one of AN drives a while ago this is the vehicle I'm talking about - Thanks in advance

Thank you all for the valuable inputs Will keep in mind.. @Zixuan Huang - Charlie Lovely, will keep looking Thanks @Rawad, its a great explanation and love what you've done with your ride ❤️

Hi Experts, I was wondering if I could get some right guidance in terms of using Patrol Y62 for off-roading. As a background to this, I'd recently joined this club and found out my AWD (2015 KIA Sorento) was not a capable off-roader. I was lucky to join one of the Absolute Newbie drives with a friend and rightly understood why so. Wouldn't have made past few climbs itself 😅 I've progressed further from it and narrowed down on investing on a Patrol - my requirement is a capable off-roader and a spacious 7 seater family vehicle. And I personally love the Patrol. Have gone through quite a bit of advices in the forums here on how the members have done some standard mods on the bumpers and skid plates. I'm looking at Patrols of around 2011-2014 with my budget of 55-65k. I could find some vehicles of similar models run around 150k kms more or less. Is this a good and reasonable option to proceed? Kindly advise. Also, I'm in favor of LE. However, is SE a good option given the similar pricing? Or even if there are some other options I could consider here? Given my budget and requirements 😵 @Frederic hope to catch you soon on some of the drives and would love to hear from you as well. Thanks in advance.

Dear @Frederic, Thank you so much for your clarification. This was actually my main concern. I'd checked the spec sheet and found the 7.3 inch clearance. And initially checked the FAQ and it suggested "We highly recommend and encourage everyone to drive their stock vehicle first to assess its capabilities." which encouraged me to go on with this. Probably that was the reason no Sorento mentioned in the list of vehicles. Although I saw SantaFe and CX9 both of similar specs and thought why not. Can you please advise what is best for me to do next? Is modifying my ride a good option or best to patiently wait and invest on a more capable vehicle? So I suppose joining this weekend's ride wouldn't be possible in that case. Will better withdraw so others could join in. Thanks.

Hello Vanessa, I do not have any previous off-road experience. I'll be joining in a Kia Sorento. It's an AWD. As per the instructions I checked the height of front and back bumpers, it seems to be over 8 inches as required. And the tow points are circular hooks as shown here. Please advise if this is good enough? Thanks.