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Newbie - Is a Pajero suitable?
Disco Matt:
What I will say (and this goes for all vehicles) is that as a newbie you don't want to wade straight in with a lift and bigger tyres. You will develop far more as a driver if you keep it standard but fit all terrain tyres (and maybe some underbody protection). Keep the lift for when you feel as if you've reached the limits of what a standard truck can do, in my case has taken about three years so far and I don't want a lift, just slightly larger tyres on stock height suspension.
Most of the lanes in Mid Wales are rocky/gravelly stuff, so A/Ts will be ideal. Extreme mud patterns are actually worse on wet rock, as well as being annoyingly noisy on road, increasing your stopping distance in the wet and being overkill for laning.
If you want some locals to show you the routes and maybe give a bit of driving advice then post in the laning section, there are a few of us in that part of the world.
skids:
--- Quote from: Disco Matt on September 16, 2009, 21:28:06 ---What I will say (and this goes for all vehicles) is that as a newbie you don't want to wade straight in with a lift and bigger tyres. You will develop far more as a driver if you keep it standard but fit all terrain tyres (and maybe some underbody protection). Keep the lift for when you feel as if you've reached the limits of what a standard truck can do, in my case has taken about three years so far and I don't want a lift, just slightly larger tyres on stock height suspension.
Most of the lanes in Mid Wales are rocky/gravelly stuff, so A/Ts will be ideal. Extreme mud patterns are actually worse on wet rock, as well as being annoyingly noisy on road, increasing your stopping distance in the wet and being overkill for laning.
If you want some locals to show you the routes and maybe give a bit of driving advice then post in the laning section, there are a few of us in that part of the world.
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Second that :)
freenote:
Righto, cheers for all the advice.
It's about five weeks till I get my money, then I can go and buy my new toy! Can't wait! :dance:
dxmedia:
In short IFS is the massive limitation on a lot of modern trucks. You NEED things like lsd's and difflocks to get an IFS truck to places where a live axle up front will 'just work'
For road use, IFS is more stable and a 'better' ride, but for offroad, there's no comparison.
Depends what you want.
If your OK chopping and changing cars every few years, then get what you want and take it from there. If you want to get something to build on, then the basic layout is of upmost importance. IF you want on offroader to take you to the next level and carry on, then start with live axle both front and rear, I recommend Jeeps since for the money you won't beat the reliability or the spec. (landrover can't touch them). If you go IFS in the near furture you'll be looking at a solid axle swap (swapping the IFS for a live axle)
I'd say that this is in my opinion, but unfortunately it's not, live axles are the way forward (pun intended) up to the point where you talking dakar spec independent suspension with massive wishbones portal hubs and huge money.
Disco Matt:
It really does depend on what you want to do.
If you want the vehicle to be a daily driver that goes laning at weekends, then IFS won't be a problem. I know people who use Delicas, Freelanders, all sorts with IFS for this. You don't actually want an extreme off road swamp monster for this as it'll be a pig to drive on the road and will quite possibly get you more aggro on lanes.
I would say that a Pajero will be absolutely fine for laning if you fit some all terrain tyres and consider bashplates for vulnerable components. The only thing you will need to learn is how to drive an automatic off road - your left foot braking will improve dramatically!
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