Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Not Anything Listed Above.... => Topic started by: cookiemonster84 on February 20, 2008, 03:07:41
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ford mavericks .... what are these like off road??
been looking to day and i want a new 4x4 but unsure there to go
i had a sportrak and i miss it millions
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You might be better off posting this in the Nissan section (assuming you are talking about the earlier Maverick which is a Nissan Terrano 2 rebadged)
Mine does everything I ask of it, 60mm body lift, 1½" spring lift (LWB rear springs in a swb and wind front torsion bars up) and a set of 30/9.5 Muds, you can get 31's on a standard truck with a little triming of plastic work.
Main drawback is there isn't much gear available for them, winch bumpers/snorkels etc need importing and then they're too expensive - but if you're handy with the spanners and a welder then you can build stuff yourself. My next project is rock sliders then, winch bumper and snorkel. The running gear is bomb proof though, same basic rear axle as a patrol and the front diff is related to the impreza WRXSTi one. Engines good too, gearboxes can be an issue but only on some trucks.
(http://lh4.google.co.uk/sptbentley/R7i_JoCFHSI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/HIFjbM0b06M/IMG_8328.JPG?imgmax=800)
Some more photos of it in action HERE (http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sptbentley/KORC)
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And itll keep up with landies eh sptb?apart from shutting the road up near litton with uxb,s (gas tank really) :lol:
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And itll keep up with landies eh sptb?
Most of the time, though lost out on that climb due to small wheels/tyres in the rutts I think
apart from shutting the road up near litton with uxb,s (gas tank really) :lol:
Tank now sorted, serious straps not the thin things they're usually on with and much higher up and out of the way, you can just see it in this shot
(http://lh5.google.co.uk/sptbentley/R7i_R4CFHWI/AAAAAAAAB3w/2cg1OX3yo28/IMG_8357.JPG?imgmax=800)
which kinda shows that its a lot further up now.
Further to what I put above they do seem to be going cheap these days.
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We are goin to whitworth on sunday if you are interested,and im glad u got maverick sorted :D