Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Well on friday im off to north stradbroke island camping for the weekend. Im goin to be taking my fj45 cruiser ute over. This will be its first beach trip and also my first beach trip in my own car. What i would like to know is what should i do to prevent damaging any parts on the car, or just protecting it from the harmful salt water and sand.

What do you guys do to ur rigs when you take them on the beach? What equipment should i be taking just in case something nasty happens?

Any advice would be very higly appreciated.

thanks
matt

tyres down and basic recovery gear.

U got other vehicle going?

Could try spray fisholine (sp) around to stop rusting and give it a good wash when get home.

Nic

Let your tyres down. 16 psi. Take another vehicle to snatch you out. Take a snatch strap. and take another one for when you break the first one.
A good compressor and tyre shit so if you roll a tyre off the bead you can fix it.
As for the car just make sure it's in A! nick. Sand is heavy going, cooling system and driveline working overtime. Shouldn't bust anything unless you do something silly.
As for the salt and sand.. well if you can find a fresh water river as soon as possible after you leave then drive through it heaps!! I usually find a river about the depth of the top of the tyres and drive slowly through it several times to get lotts of water through the chassis and stuff, other wise lots and lots of washing the chassis with a hose.. inside more than out.
Hope this helps! Cheers

come back before the 16th of June before level 3 water restrictions come in and you can't use hose any more.....

Fishoil everywhere. But atleast 3-4 weeks before you go or the sand will stick to the still wet fish oil

Air down to 16psi??? Will be much easier on the car to go down to about 12. I've heard of people going to 6psi to get them out of trouble, but personally I wouldn't go lower than 8-10 unless really desperate.

16 psi was a starting point. If he's never driven on sand before i dunno if it's wise to throw him out there on 12 psi and hope he does roll a tyre. Best he gets a bit of a feel for it first maybe?

Yeah, i agree.. first time I drove sand I drove straight on at 38psi. I then aired down to 20psi just to get the feel when we went on the dunes. Car went fine on this pressure, although I will go lower next time.

i have always driven on 20 psi on sand. soft or hard just dont drive over 80km/h. 7 days on fraser wih this pressure. i never got bogged just remember momentum is your friend on sand.. Dirty weekends book is good for tips too.

Park on a sprinker when you get home (front & back end), that will wash any salt and crap off.

Regards

Daniels

So i take it you not living somewhere that has water restrictions daniels?

water restrictions are a load of crap. tilll the council does something about their piss poor response times to mains leaks, i'll still be usin the hose...especially after driving on the beach

antt wrote:water restrictions are a load of crap. tilll the council does something about their piss poor response times to mains leaks, i'll still be usin the hose...especially after driving on the beach

Stick it to the man

antt wrote:water restrictions are a load of crap. tilll the council does something about their piss poor response times to mains leaks, i'll still be usin the hose...especially after driving on the beach

dont forget that cambell is spending 500million on tunnels so when it does rain they should be super rain catchers

I just run about 12-15psi on radials and 10-15 on bias tyres. Don't stuff around, just drop them. I've never done a bead at those pressures, but it probably depends on the rim you use and how you drive it.

Slunnie wrote:Don't stuff around, just drop them.

listen to this man. i run my asthmatic diesel MQ down at 12psi and even i rarely get stuck, unless i'm trying to

Ruffy wrote:So i take it you not living somewhere that has water restrictions daniels?

Not that im aware of, even so I just do it when your aloud to water the lawn ( after a certain time etc ).... and just happen to park the 4by of the same sprinkler..

on an old beast like that you probly should have hit autobarn a month agao and mixed 2 parts tectril and 1 part diesel and sprays til it was dripping from every crack and crevice including your own

theres generally alwasys somewon to pull you out if you trouble so just take a snatchy and drop tyres to 20 only as a good happy medium...... in my opinion any less just causes more dramas.......

and sneak into the industrial sites and use firehoses when you return.... it's a safety thing makeing sure they woek when there really is a fire..... but make sure you wash away your mess to keep all involved happy....

id say start at 20psi too.
i run 10psi on my pajero and when i put my stauns on my pootrol they bagged far too much at 10psi so i went back up to 18psi.
it depends on what tyres your running and how heavy the car is, but 20psi is a good start. just keep an eye on them and adjust accordingly

You can reverse out of pretty well anything as long as you don't dig yourself in first. :)

watch the tides

its easy to get caught out on main beach by big tides and a long wait if ya do

just got back from straddie. all went well except my front right hub is bout to ceaze up i think so i have to pull that apart and replace it, had to use 2wd most the time which made it interesting. Had the tyres on 20 psi, the claws are ok on the sand but once u stop in 2wd ur stuffed. rolf. all in all was a good trip.

i have a gal chassis so didnt worry to much bout it, but still gave it a coat in fish oil. and gave it a good was out with very hih powered gearny(spelling).

cheers
matt

did you just do beach driving or did you do some tracks aswell.

i just came back a week ago, went up to tripod lookout and than jumped some rocks and drove some fire trails, some wicked hill climbs around, came down one that brings you out near the golf club

nah didnt do any tracks. i couldnt cause my hub was playin up, couldnt hardly use 4x4.

Matt_88 wrote:just got back from straddie. all went well except my front right hub is bout to ceaze up i think so i have to pull that apart and replace it, had to use 2wd most the time which made it interesting. Had the tyres on 20 psi, the claws are ok on the sand but once u stop in 2wd ur stuffed. rolf. all in all was a good trip.

i have a gal chassis so didnt worry to much bout it, but still gave it a coat in fish oil. and gave it a good was out with very hih powered gearny(spelling).

cheers
matt

I hope you put the fish oil in after the gernie.
A powerful one will blow paint off and squeeze water past seals - not necessary, just a hose will work down the chassis rails.