Suzuki 4WD Club of Victoria

Hey all,

me again.

Wondering how to tell a widetrack from a narrowtrack suzuki sierra? My understanding is that widetracks are more stable and better handling on and offroad?

I think I read somewhere that factory flares on the wheel arches tells a widetrack from a narrowtrack but id like to see photos of both if I could so I can know for certain.

ALso, did the Vitaras come in WT/NT or were they just a standard size?

Bit confusing really...

Cheers!

Widetrack sierras have body coloured steel, or body coloured plastic (during 1988 production) flares which are about 100mm wide.

Other changes:

Widetrack sierras have rectangular dash vent, and a large rectangular one piece cover over the instruments, narrow tracks have round insets in the binnacle with the instruments all individual, along with round dash vents.

Yes, the WT is a bit more stable, but it also has better parts availability as the US market only really received the widetrack - so that's what all the heavy duty parts are made for.

As an off road car, a Narrow track Sierra converted to wide track is preferable but this involves fabrication, and is a sure sign the car as been used off road, so it's not necessarily a good buying feature.

Vitaras -

Yes, there actually is a wide track and narrow track vitara.

1.6 litre engined cars are narrow track. All 2.0 litre engined cars are wide track. Wide track vitaras have narrow flares. I think the same is actually true for grand vitaras, but as I've never spent much time playing with the rare 1.6 grand vitaras I can't tell you for sure.

Steve.

The narrow track/wide track thing isn't such a big deal on a Vitara as they all have more track width than a Sierra. The Vitara's can be picked up pretty cheaply now and like Sierra's have advantages and disadvantages depending on your needs/use.

Perhaps if we know a bit more about what you are really expecting to do with it, your mechanical skills and total budget we can make some suggestions on possible options for you with respect to different models.

X2.

Vitaras are pretty cheap now and can work very well offroad.

Steve.