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After looking around locally here for a rack, I had the choice of chinese aluminum in various forms and a decent ARB from Dubai...for $ 1000 and a 9hr round trip Being handy and having a few tools I decided to embark of making my own Inspiration for the design I think is pretty obvious...

Well after a few days pottering about running the bike in, and a fresh oil change yesterday I went on my first trail ride with friends... Oh god I hurt today The group went from newbie like me to an experienced rally raid rider .. Being a road biker in the past dirt and gravel was driven...

Due to the wife suggesting LIPO and me hating gym's we settled on me joining the local enduro bike club. So its the bike that weigh's not me-well at least not yet.. Considering we attend all the BBQ's I thought it was about time I lifted more than a mouse and got my gently enlarging rear end...

I go today to purchase my first offroad bike, used to be a sports bike guy but have gone over to the dark side as there's more desert here than roads. I'm looking for some gear reviews, desert tuned for trail riding ie the bikes a 2008 left on the shelf 450 CRFX with lights and street legal...

I recently fubar'd my engel 45 fridge here in Oman by messing up and plugging it into 220v rather than 110 volts. I contacted engel europe and received no replies to my request for support then contacted Engel Aus who cc'd europe.....europe still did not reply Aus finally sent through a quote...

Does anyone have have any pictures of the factory winch tray for a 2000 up Nissan Patrol..? Ie Nissan make one that fits behind the standard bumper, and then you just trim the plastic for the fairlead.

Just a few shots of the families recent trip to this lovely verdant green Island located off the South east corner of India, formally owned by the Brits untill 1948 and called Ceylon during our reign, formal British architecture was seen everywhere, giving it a very colonial feel. Working...

One step up from the average sketch applicable to other vehicles- not sure if the graphic will work...but the thread contains some excellent work vorsprung durh technic Just skim the german and absorb the diagrams ! not my work but good ideas on this and other threads If you head to the...

I have noticed that my trailer when being towed never seems to sit quite still it has firestone airbags, set at half travel, independant suspension arms and some old landrover blingstiens gas shocks. When towed it just seems too "active" it does not move enough to physically notice in the...

Its a promo vid, but shows some pretty good shots of the frame flex- camper movement and some close ups of the box mounts., installing and being machined If your thinking of frame mounting a box on some rubber hocky pucks ,this may change your mind...

Well I'm two weeks into owning this benemoth on wheels, and still like it ! 4.8 ltr with 280 horsies under the hood and 425 nm of torq at 3500rpm Manual Factory roll cage 95 ltr main tank and a 40 ltr sub tank with electric switch Light guards front and rear I painted the rears already- the...

For educational purposes only no superb stuck pictures ! nothing serious just a basic explanation Here in Muscat we have loads of desert as you might expect, not much to do here, so most expats head out to explore the countryside. most with little or no prior offroading experience. One of...

My goat herders truck is getting sick, It had a dak dak donk on start up once the oil gets round it goes away Oil pressure was low so I fitted a new pump and seals.....dak dak dak is getting more regular and louder. Oil pressure at idle did not improve. The truck is very underpowered as is...

red light on dash glowing.. OK maybe a basic Q The handbrake light is full on Disengage the hand brake and the light stays glowing. Normally this means the alternator is history... But the battery is full The voltages are good both engine running and off The switch on the handbrake is good...

I have an oddball RJ77 landcruiser and wondered how you grease the front swivel balls. On landies theres usually a grease nipple, on this axle I only find an oil plug Its probably as per the 80 series....anyone ? Does it take a thick goopy oil rather than grease ?

Having just bought a cheap RJ 77 for a toy and a beginer at LC recognition.... I sadly went the local TOYO dealer here in Oman and got a surprise..... seemingly we are classed 3rd world by toyo and can order some of the odd trucks direct from japan- choice is limited...3 month delivery and...

Here's a short post to introduce my oddball... 1993 70 series 4 door with 4 cylinder 2.4 from the factory, badged as a landcruiser II Looks like a venezuelan macho but LWB and 4 doors....it looks like this well not this exact one......mines not done up, standard with a furry dash cover, some...

I have manged to find a few ex lease high milage diesel LC's, around four years old with around 250,000km ..... They are ex oilfield vehicles with internal roll cages and dual tanks I know its not a US released vehicle , but wondered if anyone has any experience of this truck ? ie what issues...

Well I've landed in Oman, having left the US with my family and dog... now the truck finding starts.......I had to give my disco away for almost nothing....it was worth more in parts than the price I got. So.........the mission is buy something here to use for the 2-3 years of my contract then...

I use a Nikon D70 and are'nt really a camera buff, but enjoy a good quality picture. Due to my move to Oman and selling a bunch of garage stuff i was thinking along the lines of some new glass. Wide angle for the desert, and a zoom for the serrengetti... "kenya and tanzania just got a whole...