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lneil

Great trip, good bunch of fellas. West coast 1, Richs truck 0....went bang 4km from my house :( Bloody hell! Who would have thought it Rich? And when it had been so reliable & trouble-free all weekend too... :mrgreen: I, on the other hand, only got as far as Springs Junction before having to be...

lneil

Hey Ineil - I'd be keen to do mine trip Sat. Not sure how your rivers are looking at the moment, assuming they're pretty normal we should be able to get through before they get up too much. I'd say they'll be cranking by Sunday. My 2C. Catch you somewhere Fri nite or Sat morn. Cheers, Steve (blue L...

lneil

Got permissions for the mine trip and over into the Waitahu, so I'll take that on either Sat or Sun (gotta be the weekend). If the weather's as wet as it's supposed to be the river will be pretty dodgy to cross so exiting via the Montogomery's track will be a no-go except for deep/swift-water capabl...

lneil

Sorry Smurf, with the forecast shyte weather and Lisa in a wheelchair I don't think overnighting at Thompson's Flat is going to be an option, but we'll still be in for a day-trip in and out. Reefton Friday night till Sun Hosehustler (Tim) with Al Rick P with Rude Rick C CCS (Jason) H2olova (Jas) wit...

lneil

Check out the bars that 'Loppee' (here on ORE) has done. I run one and he can ship them.

lneil

Can anyone suggest shocks to use with a 2 inch lift and where to buy in nz? The new ones on trademe seem steep especially front struts Struts aren't very cheap but you can get by quite adequately with flipping the strut-hats for a two inch lift. For the rear shocks I eventually found a Gabriel shoc...

lneil

Yeah could be the way forward..........................trawling through EBAY an found these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-Vitara-X90-Tracker-sidekick-sunrunner-complete-2-coil-spring-lift-kit-/221238268871?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3382d413c7&vxp=mtr thoughts? i dont ...

lneil

That's interesting considering that 4wdriving kept the town alive for many years. Now the gold and coal is flowing again they don't need us anymore... Al Hahaha. The gold and coal are both looking pretty unstable at the moment so we'd better welcome all you 4WD boys with open arms. Otherwise we mig...

lneil

ToyZuki wrote:I did use the search function but I am also asking if anyone has any springs that they would like to sell, search function doesn't help with that.

So you are, my bad!

lneil

To be honest the more I read about what other people have done the more confused I am. But I like the sound of flipping the strut hats. If its possible could you or someone give me a list of exactly what I need to do to the front, and the rear to fit 30's.(with no rubbing) just so theres no confusi...

lneil

As far as your question about 31s, I run them and really like the size. It does take a bit more work to ensure guard clearance but it's worth it in my opinion. I've got about 2" body lift, 2" suspension, hammered footwells and slightly cut front guards. With the 8V motor's torquey nature I...

lneil

Aah, the good old search function. What's that?

Spanky's budget Vitara lift thread never gets old, just a little dusty from not being searched enough!!!!!

lneil

Pico42 wrote:Leigh, you are up late? How's it going?

Hi mate, all good here

Nice to see you still helping out new zukers, you should just send the specs on your truck, lol.

lneil

If you fit the lifting springs you'll need to fit extended shocks and either strut spacers, extended struts or flip the strut hats. Otherwise you'll lose a chunk of articulation with the struts/shocks set up to work over a stroke that's offset from your new spring stroke. None of which is a biggie, ...

lneil

Okay, try phoning Robert Mabon at Nelson Bays Service centre (Nelson's Suzuki parts & service agents).

Tell him Leigh suggested you ring him. He was always extremely helpful to me.

lneil

If you're looking for a reason not to buy one, then just don't. No matter what fuel economy you get, you're not going to be happy with one. If you're really considering one, then in standard form the 1.6s will get around 8.5l/100kms when nana'd on a trip, dropping to (in my case) 10.5l/100kms on a r...

lneil

Negative offset sticks out further than zero offset. Offset is the measurement of how far away from centre the hub mounting face is. Zero is centre, positive offset is mount towards the outside, neg offset is mount towards the inside, therefore the wheel is positioned further outwards as offset decr...

lneil

15x7 rims (don't feel 8" is necessary for 31s), 31" GT Adventuro muds on about 1inch neg offset, and 31" Super Swampers on 0 offset. Both tire/rim combos give a little rub inside guards on high upward flexing, with footwells beaten back and minor front wheelarch trimming.

lneil

Reefton Friday night till Sun Hosehustler (Tim) with Al Rick P with Rude Rick C CCS (Jason) H2olova (Jas) with Jas Mike with Bro and nephew Smurf (Keith) and Family, grade 3-4 Quadracer bob Pressy (Tony) Andy lneil (Leigh), 3-4 Big and my sidekick (Keri adn Al) 2.8 Surf (Dale) Turoa Muddyplumber(Ric...

lneil

Try ringing Shelfie at Te Puke parts world.

lneil

Actually sounds rather interesting, we work out a good time ild be pretty keen to tag along. How long is the trek to there? It's only about 10 minutes from Reefton to the turn off, then a short run up a metalled road. A bunch from the ChCh Suzuki 4wd club came up for a look and by the time we'd bee...

lneil

Thanks Wop, will do. I was just hoping someone on here might know off the top of their head. This site makes you lazy, it's too easy to just ask the question here and expect infinite knowledge and wisdom

lneil

Would anybody coming on this trip be interested in a jaunt up for a look at the open-cast Echo coal mine here? We could continue over through the (inactive) Island Block mine site and down into the Waitahu river, cross over and come out via the Montgomery's hut track. It would be a shiny trip as far...

lneil

Does anyone know if the Warn Tabor 10K can be fitted with rope instead of the supplied cable? It's on a Suzuki so weight is definitely an issue for me!

I don't know squat about winches and seem to recall hearing that some winch drums are not suitable for rope.

lneil

Edited to stay on topic.

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Edited to stay on topic.

lneil

Yeah, that'd be great thanks Keith. No BNT down here obviously!

lneil

Hi all. I have a 65mm OD steel snorkel and am sick and tired of losing the inevitably-insecurely mounted 75mm snorkel hats. Does anyone know of a smaller type that would fit the 65mm tube? I can't engineer worth a damn (definitely true, just ask anyone who knows me) so would rather buy one than try ...

lneil

I've got a 2.5 V6 Levante. It's a V6 Vitara with Grand Vitara running gear in it. The engine seems good but it's really thirsty on the gas, 10L/100km open road and 13-15L/100km around town. Good torque and power even though it has to be revved to get anything from it. The 2.0l 4cyl are supposedly p...

lneil

Depends very much on what use you have for it. You can spend over a thou' for a really good electric one! Petrol are great if you can't guarantee safe power supply where you want to work, or if you need substantial blasting power. For most purposes though, a decent electric will do the job fine. If ...

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