I hear people who dont know trackers, samaurais say this all the time.  I have wheeled and ran on road trackers, samurais both lifted and stock and never have come close to rolling or tipping.  I think in extreme situations its possible, and does happen but almost any suv in the right situation will tip or roll.  If your doing something that extreme ya I see, it but its probally not going to be the case.

I currently own 2 95 Sidekicks, a 97 Sidekick Sport and a 99 Grand Vitara.

My daily commute is a snake of a road, known as Golden Gate Canyon, from Golden, Colorado to Colorago Highway 119 in Gilpin County, where I live.  In addition to dozens of hairpin curves, you go through a net of almost 4,000 feet of elevation change.

The Gnewt, a 95 2-door with the Calmini 6" lift package has a lot of body roll (at 5 to 15 MPH OVER the speed limit).  Well, it's supposed to - that nice soft suspension that makes 4-wheeling so easy, makes cornering at highway speeds more...interesting.

My 95 4-door takes the canyon at 15 mph over without problems, as does Caprica (my sixth Sidekick) the 97 Sidekick Sport.

The 99 Grand Vitara corners like a GAZELLE, and Mrs. Bobzooki slams that poor girl up and down the canyon at insane speeds.

Tip?  How about 4-wheel drifts?

Wheeling in the Gnewt, even in insane off-camber situations, she's never come close to rolling.

This is about the limit before it will flop over.

Game, Set, and match to Mud Child.      Thats a good picture.


So bottom line,  everyone THINKS these vehicles are unstable,  but they are just ill informed.  

I took my 4-door out last night into the concrete field, and tried my best to get it to tip, but just managed to get it to full suspension extension.   but i'm currently running reeeeeallly small tires.   PLUS, i have a 60lb roof rack on top.    


My bottom line is, i'm not worried.

Let's see...