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Chris C
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3rd Oct 10 at 20:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Anyone do it or done it?? Looking to get myself a 4x4 for a bit of fun over winter, there a few off road tracks near me so would hopefully would be using those from time to time.

So what I'm wondering is what's the best 4x4 to go for really, don't really want to spend anymore than £1500. Ideally a big enough boot to chuck dog in.

Cheers chaps



[Edited on 03-10-2010 by Chris C]
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3rd Oct 10 at 20:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Suzuki SJ
Gary
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You lol but they are awsome for a bit of fun!

Lift kit and some decent tires and you'll be laughing!
Ingham
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My mate has an SJ, awesome little thing especially for green laning!
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quote:
Originally posted by glb
You lol but they are awsome for a bit of fun!

My wasn't meant in a negative way, otherwise I wouldn't have suggested it
harrisp
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Frontera, £1500 will get you one easily, a grand will get you one easily including tyres and a lift, Sjs are awful on the road (driven a couple) and a none rotten one is rare, vitaras are good off road but same as the sj they rot not quite as bad due to being newer, are a bit better on the road too.
Norcy91
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My brothers mate has a LWB SJ with the Swift GTi engine and a straight through exhaust, loud as fuck and its quick as well, gave my brothers nova gsi a run for its money... He uses it for off roading and it does it pretty well as far as i know
harrisp
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Sjs are horrible on road but very capable off road.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1967459.htm
Cole
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Speak to John c20xe on here he does it alot
Chris C
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quote:
Originally posted by harrisp


Sjs are horrible on road but very capable off road.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1967459.htm


yeah saw that one, looked pretty cool.

There's also a disco for £795 I think but it's a v8 but LPG. I'll try and find the link
DaveyLC
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Section 59 has totally fucked up most off roading
Chris C
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http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2120588.htm

Also, what's geenlaning?
Tomnova16
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I have a frontera for sale. 69k miles. Red absolutly mint. It's going on eBay in the morning.

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
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James
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We had an SJ when we went on Fraser Island in Australia.

It was surprisingly capable until the 4 wheel drive broke and we got stuck on the beach

richc
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My jimmny got stuck on the beach this year too in greece

I use to have a vitara. Cost 350 quid, spend 200 quid on tyres and 80 on a 2 inch lift and it went everywhere (its been all over the country, in snow in the derbyshire hills to mud in the yorkshire moors, drove all the way to plymouth etc) and never put a foot wrong.

It went green laning, pay and play days, commute to work etc as was awesome. Dont know why i sold it
harrisp
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quote:
Originally posted by James
We had an SJ when we went on Fraser Island in Australia.

It was surprisingly capable until the 4 wheel drive broke and we got stuck on the beach



Thats a jimny not an sj, jimnys are good off road too basically a new version of the sj, got a lot of mates into offroading with quite a big variety of 4x4s.







All those pics on a greenlaning trip (stanage edge).






Standard jimny had to get a group of us to lift it over some rocks


[Edited on 03-10-2010 by harrisp]
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http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2113895.htm
Chris C
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They all look awesome, I need one!!!

Tom unfourtunatly I won't have the money for a few weeks yet otherwise I would've had a look.

Lol @ having to lift the jimny over rocks
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i am selling an mot failure we got in, its a frontera, fuel pipes are shot, he didnt want to repair. £300 as it is if interested, four very good tyres too
Chris C
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Need any other work doing to it??
baza31
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nope it drove fine , i think we advised on a few bits. its been parked up a year at least. i tried starting it but petrol was coming out of the lines so fucked it off. But it def will run with some new lines. i was going to do it myself and offroad it but i have no time at all at the moment
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Even shitty Frontera's can be setup to have some articulation
Cole
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http://www.offroad-armory.com/

a friend of mines company built some mental offroaders
James
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quote:
Originally posted by harrisp
quote:
Originally posted by James
We had an SJ when we went on Fraser Island in Australia.

It was surprisingly capable until the 4 wheel drive broke and we got stuck on the beach



Thats a jimny not an sj, jimnys are good off road too basically a new version of the sj, got a lot of mates into offroading with quite a big variety of 4x4s.



My bad I thought SJ stood for Suzuki Jimny

[Edited on 04-10-2010 by James]
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by harrisp
quote:
Originally posted by James
We had an SJ when we went on Fraser Island in Australia.

It was surprisingly capable until the 4 wheel drive broke and we got stuck on the beach



Thats a jimny not an sj, jimnys are good off road too basically a new version of the sj, got a lot of mates into offroading with quite a big variety of 4x4s.



My bad I thought SJ stood for Suzuki Jimny

[Edited on 04-10-2010 by James]


Suzuki sj:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr8eEWyKQHM

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