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Title: What should I do to my Vitara?
Post by: daveo on April 12, 2011, 10:53:00 AM

Hello from Yorkshire, UK  ;)
Iv not long had my  '98 SWB Vit, Its only covered 57,000 from new but been a little neglected for a couple of years.
It was still running the original cam belt!
Anyway iv done lots of small and large jobs to get her up and running well.
I want to use the vit this winter for game shooting and need to know of any mods or improvements that are recommended before I embark on a season of (ab)use.
I was thinking of fitting some decent tow points front and rear incase i get stuck.
Is there anything else i should consider?
Cheers Daveo.

Title: Re: What should I do to my Vitara?
Post by: Drone637 on April 14, 2011, 12:36:07 PM

Some good 235/75 R15 tires and a set of bumpers will do pretty well.  These are pretty capable rigs out of the gate, if your looking to toss some mud a rear locker might not be a bad idea.

Is this just for bombing the back roads?

Title: Re: What should I do to my Vitara?
Post by: daveo on April 15, 2011, 09:39:19 AM

Hi, Yes basically!
 Its for bouncing up and down tracks and mybe abit of boggy fielding.
Nothing too serious but plenty of oppotunities to get stuck.
Thanks for the advice.

Title: Re: What should I do to my Vitara?
Post by: Drone637 on April 15, 2011, 10:18:51 AM

You should check out BRD HNTR's rig.  It started out as a simple hunting rig.  Then kind of went off the deep end.  :)

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