Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey,

Is anyone here wrecking a 2door vitara? I need the passenger side window and a locking hub..

I'm considering the wreckers but its kinda expensive.

Cheers

Paul

Thought of something older to save on the initial purchase price? That way you can chuck the savings into a high interest saving account and accrue a little interest. Then spend it on mods(if thats you thing) or on fuel and servicing. I really dont think you can go past the NL Pajero(3.5 petrol) in ...

the power to weight ratio on the xtrail is INCREDIBLE! - which means low-range is not so important.. Fail. If sand is his thing, an X trail may do the job. ( I should hilight the MAY bit) For that sort of $$ I would look at a Paj on gas .. mine running LPG is significantly cheaper to run than the ...

my budget is 8 - 14k thanks for the suggestion of the kia, might be worth looking into.. I'm hoping to find a car that uses 10L/100kms or less.. also hoping for less that 150,000kms the navara, hilux and triton petrol models seem to use 13L / 100kms or more.. not sure about the diesels, but i get ...

hey Purplebus..

Yeah a mate of mine has a new mitsubishi triton turbo diesel which goes well, and is prob ok on fuel but is prob a bit above my price range.. so yeah some diesels are good.. but most of them are in pretty heavy cars and not so good on fuel

yeah.. im considering the bigger grand vitara, also considering the xtrail or rav4 (yeah I know they arent as hardcore offroad but i mainly do sand driving) diesel cars are a possibility, but unless its a significant economy boost (like less than 8L/100kms) then I'd prefer to stick with petrol due ...

hey guys,

I want your suggestions for fuel efficient mid-sized 4x4s and utes.. I currently have a pretty efficient efi vitara.. but its only a 2 door and I need more room so ive been thinking about slightly larger 4x4s, just trying to find one thats relatively fuel efficient... suggestions?


Paul

hey,

just wondering what you guys thought of rav4's performance in the sand dunes? ive been driving suzukis for years and im curious about how a rav4 would go... they seem to have a pretty good power to weight ratio

and i know you probably couldnt mod them much.. or do crazy rock-crawling

ive heard of cv joints and locking hubs needing replacing on the newer models for no apparent reason.. (not from hardcore offroading) The kind of driving I do is fast sand-dunes driving (yeah it gets pretty bumpy when u are going fast or up steep inclines) and a little gravel/mud stuff... mostly ...

hey, So I get the impression that the older vitaras are tougher than the newer ones.. I have a 1.6efi 2 door vitara and i was looking at the newer v6 ones but they seem to break stuff easier like cv joints etc.. can anyone confirm this? im considering upgrading to a newer model, but I don't want ...

99.99999% It's the same as the carby box. They seem pretty durable - I'd just get a wrecker box and throw it in. Steve. thanks for the tip. what is the 0.1% difference then? don't they all have different ratios like the early 1.0 to 1.3 and then the 1.6 vitara to 1.6efi vitara, id assume the ratios ...

be prepared that the gearing in sierras is difficult, its the only real down side to a sierra imho. They rev very hard to do 100-110, but their offroad gearing is average (too high). The offroad gearing can be rectified fairly easily by changing to a 1L tranny or getting a gearset put in, but this ...

hey, just wondering if anyone had the clutch pedal and interior brackets for a 1.6efi vitara? the bracket in mine broke so my mechanic welded the pedal up to fix it but now it sits pretty high.. does anyone have these parts kicking around? also my clutch cable seems to come loose now, especially ...

thanks for the tip, but my gearbox is a 1.6 efi one..

if comfort and power bothers you (the main flaws of the sierra) get a vitara... they arent quite as hardcore offroad, but they make up for it with the extra power and comfort

and, I like the extra challenge offroad =)

the last time I spoke to someone about the gearbox, they were talking around $3500... im not sure if they were talking about re-co-ing the old one or a new re-co one.. but to me that seems like a waste of money. what kind of price should i expect for a re-co'ed gearbox? and what if one of the cogs ...

Hey guys, So I have a 1996 2door vitara with an efi engine with an oil leak and a gearbox that 'crunches' into second gear when changing at speed (to keep the momentum in the dunes) so I'm thinking about putting in a 4agze and a new gearbox. every efi vitara ive looked at has some sort of oil leak ...

standard filter eh... are you talking about a ryco or something like that? where is the cheapest place for this kinda stuff? snorkels... do they give less restriction or more air restriction? because the air has to travel further.. also, are there any cheap snorkel kits? whats the best way to do it ...

hey,

me and alien the other day tried lifting the rear seats in my 2 door vit the other day with no luck.. i can fold em down but couldnt put them up... anyone know how to do this? the lever on the back right hand side (standing at rear) didnt seem to do much either.

Cheers

Paul

on my last car - the feroza I swapped in a unifilter foam type filter into the standard airbox location and it made a noticeable difference to performance (improvement).

Does anyone know the best / cheapest performance filter recplacement for the factory airbox in a 1.6 efi vitara?

are tow bars good for snatching and stuff like thaT?

ive always recovered and been recovered from tie downs with no probs

hey guys, i just got a stock 96 vitara.. was wondering, can i just use the normal tie-down points to tow people from or should i get a bullbar to use for that kind of thing? what is the best way to tow and get towed in a vitara swb? ive also heard some people say its silly to tow from a bull-bar ...

yeah ive considered front mount... whats the best way? just get some sort of bar and screw it into the front bumper? will they get in the way of the radiator cooling if i mount em in the middle? and what do you mean mount them properly on top? why do cops not like the top ones? has anyone ever been ...

hey, has anyone here mounted spotties on the roof of a vitara?

- how do you do it?
- does it add roadnoise?
- does it decrease fuel efficency through aerodynamics?

cheers

Paul

hello,

i searched all through this forum but couldnt find anything about getting a stereo or radio out of a vitara.. does anyone know how to do it?

also is there a vitara manual pdf floating around?

i have the 1.6L efi 1996 model vitara.

what the!!! i thought that would be a ridiculous idea, seriously, but i guess it wasnt quite so crazy afterall

*lol*... with all the discussions about 250kw 4age engines and skyline turbo engines, i thought I'd ask..

has anyone ever thought of putting a hyabusa or similar motorbike engine in their zook?.. what about a harley davidson? hehe ;-)

hey guys, im chasing an outercasing for a vitara, does anyone have any or know a good spot for me to get one?

sorry if its slightly off topic, but it thought it would be the best place to ask

hey guys, i just bought a vitara but want to adjust a few things 1) one of the locking hubs wont budge, how do i take it apart and fix this? 2) the clutch pedal is a bit loose and i think the clutch needs adjusting a bit because it catches when going into reverse as if its not properly dis-engadged ...

hey guys looked at a 96 model vit tonight, looked pretty decent, a little oil around the engine (rocker cover gasket?), but that seems usual on these vitaras.. my main issue with it is: it was a bit tricky to get into 1st gear sometimes.. it seems a bit 'sticky'.. but doesnt make any bad sounds or ...