West Coast Easter 2009 (10-13 April) WESTPORT

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kiwipete wrote:
hillfilly wrote:Looking at this pic It's no wonder I kept getting stuck :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Sorry for all the hold ups guys,
time I looked at lifting and bigger tyres

what have you got/done on the Terrano?
Mine just had a suspension lift when I first went to the coast on a club trip and surprised most of the members at how far it went, esp with a novice behind the wheel.
I am looking at 33 or32's at some stage, but have done a body lift all the same now.


More or less stock standard.
Run 30 allterrains and have a 1 inch block in the springs ,
learner ( 4wd )driver, excellent tutor though :D :D :D :D thanks nuts

May need to ask your advice big time though :roll: :roll: :roll: ..... when I get the chance to do a lift
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Sposed to come out with 31's as stock, that was the case of mine cos 31's made the speedo read true
Nuts is a good kiwi bloke, take all the advise you can get there.
No worries getting info from this end either.
Ok people, move along. Nothing to see here. Thank you, move along.
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kiwipete wrote:Nuts is a good kiwi bloke,

its all lies im really twisted ...im insane even ....:twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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nuts wrote:
kiwipete wrote:Nuts is a good kiwi bloke,

its all lies im really twisted ...im insane even ....:twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

This I know only too well, I was just leading her into a sense of delusion. :? :? :?
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well my ride is all fixed, a couple of u bolts and a bit of elbow grease and all done
ready for another adventure :D
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nuts wrote:
kiwipete wrote:Nuts is a good kiwi bloke,

its all lies im really twisted ...JUST LIKE MY BULLBAR AND CHASSIS .... :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Smurf wrote:
nuts wrote:
kiwipete wrote:Nuts is a good kiwi bloke,

its all lies im really twisted ...JUST LIKE MY BULLBAR AND CHASSIS .... :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

all streightend now rewelded cab mount brackets bak to chassis ... repaired winch 2day and doing bullbars 2 morrow :wink: :wink:
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finally back in Dunedin now,

Went and hit up beaurepaires tis arvo, Didnt really have to much luck,
I tried speaking to the manager he didnt care and got the guy who fitted the tubes.
He recon they not 2nd hand tubes they were brand new and they are the only tubes you can get, so therefore he recons the guy in westport must have bin smoking saying they were 2nd hand.

He couldnt explain why I got to flatties within a km of each other thou, and offered me the free life time puncher repairs which i kindly declined.

He reconed there was no way i could get a refund as I asked for tubes, he fitted tubes, I got puncher - he'll repair the puncher.....

He did offer a free wheel alignment for my hassels which I managed to convice him 2 give me two one for the terrano and one for the subaru, thou Im not sure I want him touchin my tires again, and he also offered to do my next set off wheels for either vechicle at cost and free fitting and balancing.

So I guess it will have to be a $200 leason bot tubes not sure what I learnt thou, As with the Suzuki I was always popping the tyres of the beads so i fitted tubes and I never had a problem since with the suzuki so thats why I thought I was doing the right thing with tubes in terrano wheels.

Bugga

Anyway, its happened now,

Cheers every1 for an alsum weekend especially Nuts, Bob and PR for orginising it all I had a good time
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Find a good small owner/operator tyre business and stick with them. You will get better service and quality in the lonfg run as you build a relationship with them. As for the offer of free fitting and ballancing, that's standard. When you go back for your freebies, stand oveer them and watch them. If they tell you to get out, leave and slander their arse off. I find this works really well. :wink:
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You guys were real lucky to go to the deliverance ranch. Was boonie on the veranda with his banjo?.Will give nuts a hand to sort out a couple of new tracks there for next time. :lol: :D
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Armz wrote:finally back in Dunedin now,

Went and hit up beaurepaires tis arvo, Didnt really have to much luck,
I tried speaking to the manager he didnt care and got the guy who fitted the tubes.
He recon they not 2nd hand tubes they were brand new and they are the only tubes you can get, so therefore he recons the guy in westport must have bin smoking saying they were 2nd hand.

He couldnt explain why I got to flatties within a km of each other thou, and offered me the free life time puncher repairs which i kindly declined.

He reconed there was no way i could get a refund as I asked for tubes, he fitted tubes, I got puncher - he'll repair the puncher.....

He did offer a free wheel alignment for my hassels which I managed to convice him 2 give me two one for the terrano and one for the subaru, thou Im not sure I want him touchin my tires again, and he also offered to do my next set off wheels for either vechicle at cost and free fitting and balancing.

So I guess it will have to be a $200 leason bot tubes not sure what I learnt thou, As with the Suzuki I was always popping the tyres of the beads so i fitted tubes and I never had a problem since with the suzuki so thats why I thought I was doing the right thing with tubes in terrano wheels.

Bugga

Anyway, its happened now,

Cheers every1 for an alsum weekend especially Nuts, Bob and PR for orginising it all I had a good time



did you tell them you belong to the largest 4x4 organisation in nz ? then tell them they are full of shit and will be black listed if they dont sort it fast :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: i hate places that dont back up there shonky jobs :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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The guy who did the tubes nor the manager didnt give a shit bot anything, The fact I had 2 leave my truck in the bush and that the tubes lasted less than 24hrs had nothing 2 do with him as far as he cared
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beaurepaires is a nationwide company, call the head office. That usless store manager also has a boss..
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Yea thats what I was thinking as well, Just got to find the time to write something good
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people think i have a problem with insanity .... i dont i enjoy every minute ..... 0278900597
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start of day one
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solid rock driving

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nuts rock hopping
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hillfilly rock climbing

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drove up this
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up this stream
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up this, tailings
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down this
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through this


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few more pics :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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suzuki almost dissapared down the bank :oops:
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1rugger wrote:few more pics
climb out of tailings
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Just a correction this is the climb from the Little Totara. The Tailings was the 1st river.

Did everyone drive it this time ?

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no, :twisted: my safari hasn't a lift yet
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i dont know about drove but i bounced ,leaped, skidded ,thrashed, bashed and busted things on me way up :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
but i didnt use mwe winch :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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Looks like you guys had an awsome weekend :twisted: sorry I was unable to make it.

Where are the rest of the photos and where are the vids
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Anne tells me easter is at the end of the month next year we may not be able to come down
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PR wrote:Looks like you guys had an awsome weekend :twisted: sorry I was unable to make it.

Where are the rest of the photos and where are the vids



You had more important committments this year PR,

There is always next year though. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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coxsy wrote:Anne tells me easter is at the end of the month next year we may not be able to come down


Not cool Coxsy, who's going to mind my back :lol: :lol: :lol:
Anne you could always disassemble the calendar and bolt it back together in a better order :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Still to do your disc :oops: :oops: but it's coming. :D :D :D
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Just a bit of food for thought, next year is War Birds over Wanaka. Years ago we used to run a central otago trip doing three days of fourwheeling and spend the sunday at warbirds. If you have never been it is awesome. Been waiting for my boys to get a little older to take them and next year is the year. I'm going to organise a trip in central around going to wardbirds. Keep an eye out for thread early next year. With any luck and easter at the end of the month, there will be snow around the old man range to play in.
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albundy wrote:Just a bit of food for thought, next year is War Birds over Wanaka. Years ago we used to run a central otago trip doing three days of fourwheeling and spend the sunday at warbirds. If you have never been it is awesome. Been waiting for my boys to get a little older to take them and next year is the year. I'm going to organise a trip in central around going to wardbirds. Keep an eye out for thread early next year. With any luck and easter at the end of the month, there will be snow around the old man range to play in.
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I'll be down that way around then;-)
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got a note from a member of manukau doing wow next year as part of a easter trip, see what the year beings , if anne can get somebody with a good head to do what see does end of month work. as she has to work over xmas to get end of year finished ,two weeks at easter is not a hard ask is it
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Looks like I better get looking into it all then hey!
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Just checked the dates for easter next year, 2,3,4,5 april 2010.
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Annes going to ask for a easter break againfor next year :D
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