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Re: Blue Rag Range Track 22-24 November
Posted: Thu 15 May, 2014 6:58 pm
by Poz93
Talk is I'm posting out in December so this could be one of my last trips the Southern Zookers! Looking forward to it!
Re: Blue Rag Range Track 22-24 November
Posted: Thu 15 May, 2014 7:17 pm
by luigi
Hi Fellas.
Hi Luke, sure hope you can make it. It will be a trip to remember.
Regards, Wayne.
Re: Blue Rag Range Track 22-24 November
Posted: Fri 16 May, 2014 5:33 pm
by LouisGV11
Hey Mike,
Wife and I are interested in going on this trip.
Louis.
Re: Blue Rag Range Track 22-24 November
Posted: Fri 16 May, 2014 5:57 pm
by Mike57
Hi Louis. Good news. Do you have any under body protection on the Vit?
Re: Blue Rag Range Track 22-24 November
Posted: Fri 16 May, 2014 6:26 pm
by LouisGV11
I sure do.
Are there large rocks or climbs to worry about?
Louis.
Re: Blue Rag Range Track 22-24 November
Posted: Sat 17 May, 2014 7:21 pm
by Mike57
Louis, There will be climbs for sure and they are long and steep. There could be rocks as we discovered on the last trip unexpectedly but we are not planning on doing any rock crawling. Chen went down Billy Goat Bluff last trip without bottoming out on anything. I was the only one scraping the rocks. The under body protection is just a good insurance policy. It is very difficult to get a non drivable car out from some of the tracks we might drive. You certainly don't want to roll up with any pre-existing cooling issues.
Mike
Re: Blue Rag Range Track 22-24 November
Posted: Sat 17 May, 2014 7:46 pm
by LouisGV11
Thanks for the info Mike.
I have protection thats in 3mm and 5mm plate under the car as well as the rock siders.
The Suzuki will have a service before the trip that will include a radiator flush and new oils in gearbox and diffs.
I understand that failure ain't great for trips.
Louis
Re: Blue Rag Range Track 22-24 November
Posted: Sat 17 May, 2014 9:08 pm
by Mike57
Louis
Then you have more than me. You will be fine.
Mike
Re: Blue Rag Range Track 22-24 November
Posted: Sun 18 May, 2014 9:06 am
by Poz93
Sounds like I should get some underbody protection before then!
Re: Blue Rag Range Track 22-24 November
Posted: Sun 18 May, 2014 6:27 pm
by Mike57
Luke
All you need is a transfer case guard. There are a few places that supply these. The transfer case is a little susceptible to damage and having the electrics ripped off. That is all that is really necessary.
I only recently fitted skid plates to the radius arm mounts and I have had skid plates on the rear shock mounts for a while but both of those are optional. I have been thinking about a fuel tank guard as well but again that is optional. A knock to any of these won't stop the car.
The reason I asked Louis about this is that the new Vitara has a lot of stuff underneath than can get damaged.
Mike