Almost4x4 Off-Road Club Forum

Chinese snorkels for Sale-FJz

Duck Commander — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:02:22 GMT

Guys and Girls;

I have placed an order for Chinese snorkels for my self and 2 other friends,,
The shipment will arrive hopefully end of this week.
7 snorkels are available for sale, price will be approx. 500 Ds/snorkel.
Put your name if interested:011:

Mini Me Challenge

Miss D — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:47:47 GMT

:056: OMG!!! Beep Beep Beep!!!:010: What a crazy trip this was�.

If im gonna write about the entire trip then it would be wayyyyyyy too long and will turn into a novel�

So this time I�ll try to make it SHORT! It was yet again a great day thanks to Almosters �.

This was the max I went so far� The highest dunes, sliding, drifting, cresting, soft sand, big bowls, tricky dunes, super-fast track, no mercy, no waiting, takeover and run for your life, 15+ cars in 1 bowl at a time, cars facing each other while driving�. was all that was happening in this trip!

There were many times during the drive that I was talking to myself and saying�WHAT ON EARTH WAS I THINKING WHEN I PUT MY NAME IN FOR THIS CHALLENGE???:035:

I must say SHAMSI was not there in the trip�� he went home to sleep after the morning NEWBIE drive and in exchange he sent his EVIL TWIN :014: who has no mercy at all!!! But at the same time he made it fun and challenging too!

YES I did get stuck, YES they had to tow me, NO they dint leave me alone there!

Naser & Silvester were great help all the time in guiding me whenever I needed it.

Bashar, Diver, Delta, Falasi, Rashid all were of great help too and not to forget the great DL for cursing me all through the drive��..

OK OK I remember I said I will make this SHORT!

Thank you once again ALMOSTERS for a great day!

A big thanks to :014:Shamsi�s EVIL TWIN, :028:The legendary Silvester and :003:Guardian Angel Naser!

See u all in sand soon�.:038:

Sands of Time.

bombays — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:06:40 GMT

We all met at Nazwa Shops at 7 onwards. This trip was for Club members and Newbies restricted to 20 drivers.This drive had fastest response and thread was closed on the same day. I had requested Yoghy to accomodate me. he did accomodate .Thanks for that .We had a club member who was at meeting point. He was accomodated in the drive by our lion hearted Shamsi and Capri.Thanks for that too. Convoy was divided into two. One lead by lamboo , Sweeped by se7 and other convoy lead by khatib, Sweeped by Abu jimmy. I was in lamboos Convoy. We were moving swiftly and it was much of a pleasure to drive with lamboo. Reached iftar bowl had a brief halt there. Due to demand by drivers that instead of waiting we should drive.Shamsi agreed and we moved on . Now the drive was leaded by our one of dearest MARSHAL CAPRI. Exciting start and awesome drive again. Only some minor delays due to technical problems with se7 car. anyways lamboo and se7 sorted out and were back on track. We were now sweeped by alfalasi. I had an opportunity to drive behind NEHA. Trust me guys it was an good learning experience to drive as there was lot to learn from her. Reached badayer at 11.

It was an wonderful trip. Thanks Shamsi , Capri, Se7, Lamboo ,Alfalasi ,Khatib,Abu Jimmy and all Team members of almost.
YOGHY missed you and hope for speedy recovery of DODGE...

The Sands of Time

Warrior — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:04:05 GMT

it all started when i got a call from my dear friend
asking me to join him like old days for this amazing trip
so i got registered
it was thursday
all the waiting was about to end in next few hours
i didnt have a desert trip in quite some time
i came back from business 11:30 even tiered went to fuelup my car and buy supplies for next day
got all packed and went to sleep 2:00 o clock
all excited for the next day
thinking gonna release all my tension , the anger , the frustration pilingup from long business hours
it was friday
the alarm rang , wokeup for salah ,
after salah saw the time and though yoo man still have lots of time lets rest a bit more
and there it was the yoo man attitude , took away my fun
damm
now i am here sitting on my leptop eating the chips , fruit , juice i bought for the trip ,
eating while seeing pics of ppl who actually went for the trip :038:

DuNeS BoUnCer

Yoghybear — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:25:54 GMT

Well, for sure an amazing night....from every point of view!
The driving was interesting and challenging, my second night driving ever, really something special what do you feel...
Some problems for some car, and at the and a big problem to my car :035:......coming down from a dune, easely and slowly, the engine suddenly has switched off and there was no way to restart.
All the team did an amazing job, someone from a mechanical point of view, someone else tried to raise my spirits.....thanks to all, all of you are amazing people :027:
At the end it was decided to tow out Tornado....not an easy job, very heavy car, in the middle of nowhere, at night...we had all the ingredients for a perfect nightmare.
But we are Almoster, and we did a fantastic job, special thanks to Alosh and his Jeep, but thanks to all of you. Another trip to put in the book of special memories, I will never forget driving a few meters behind Alosh without engine = no power steering and no breakes :013: ....and not in a flat area......
I was feeling sad all the night, but a good chit chat with Abu Jimmy all over the night helped me a lot, thanks bro!
Lesson learned: never do a night trip if the following morning there is a trip organized by yourself.
Any way, proud to be an Almoster

Some interesting FJ info

bennaccio — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:24:08 GMT

it might be a little bias as its from the toyota webside but interesting none the less for vehicles with similar features
:051:

The Sands of Time

Yoghybear — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:33:18 GMT

Organized by: Yoghybear – 055-6607990
(with the great support of Master Capri :021:)

Leading Marshals: The names will be announced at morning briefing,
before the trips

Level: Club Members + Newbies

Registration Start: 15 May 2012
Registration End: 17 May 2012

Meeting Time:18 May 2012 somewhere and sometime in the morning
Event End: 18 May 2012, 11am (hope so)

Meeting Point: It will be announced by PM

This training desert drive is dedicated to Club Members and Newbie drivers

This Simple training desert drive is dedicated to Club Members and Newbies. The track is expected to be interesting, to improve the skills in off-roading, to avoid panicking, to release the stress. Usual mandatory gear applies. Those who have radios and GPS, please bring them along. Carry enough petrol, water and refreshments.Before trip it is advisable to read club notes on safety and driving in convoy.

Trip discipline & compliance rules !!

Off-roading Equipment - What you need

Driving the Convoy in the Desert

Copy & Paste

Please kindly register with your nick, phone and car model.

Copy and paste the following complete section in your reply to this thread and replace '..' with your credentials. (If this type of registration is still too complicated, pls kindly let us know.)

Club Members

Newbies

Marshals/Explores

Xterra suspension

Clga — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:55:00 GMT

Hi
I am planning on an update to my 2009 Xterra Off-Road suspension. Stock is much to soft, especially the rear. Does anyone have experience/feedback on Ironmans complete 2" liftkit ?
I had Fox shocks on my JK and would love to get the same for the Xterra, or alternatively Bilstein 5100's, but haven't found anyplace to buy either yet. Advise please.

Kind regards
Claus

Desert Wild

bobpavan — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:56:45 GMT

Dear all,

This is gonna be my first Trip Report and its high time that I do one. So, here it goes this way:

The trip started with Greetings :047: to/from the members who were present at the meeting point while I reached at 3:20pm. The whole fun went upto 8:30pm in the evening, was still not enough and didn’t want to leave the sweet people out there.

Firstly, at the meeting point, members were split into 3 convoys as Club members, Newbies and Intermediates respectively. We newbies being 7 cars + 2 marshals proceeded towards the deflation point. At the deflation point we were delayed by 15 mins as the Marshals had to rescue a Non-Club member who was kinda stuck and had to deflate the tires. This was really kind of our Marshals, after which, we straight away took off our toys into the desert, swinging away the dunes off like no one could stop us…for about an hour. Then we stop at Pink Rock for a smoke break, where the Intermediate driver cum Crew-Geni comes up to us to share Pizzas and garlic breads. It was really nice of her..Thanks Geni…from there on, we again start driving-away the dunes in opposite direction heading towards the starting point. The whole experience was far-fetched. Once we reached the starting point, we turned back and entered the desert for second round of drive.

The second round started off happily but after a kilometer or so…Two of our members cars were kinda stuck…but not really..however, had to pull it off to continue further. So, Shamsi comes to rescue a member and was successful after a lil hick ups out there…mean while, from no where, a non-club member shows up with his Prado and he gets stuck too in the bowl.. by claiming he wanted to help our 2^nd member who was stuck. Now, since he was claiming this way and was with his family.. the Big hearted and sweet Father Mr. Shamsi proceeds to rescue them first, but happened to park it in 30 degree angle :011:where the front part of the Prado was at the edge of dune facing upward direction peeping at the desert:038:. Then, Abu Jimmy joins with his Goldy to pull the prado off but somehow was not happening. Then, tried out with Armin’s Silverado and were still unsuccessful. So, leaving the prado there for a while Shamsi proceeds to rescue our 2^nd member and now, guess what,,,,,,he happened to park this car in 45degree angle:011: where, just the nose of the car is at the edge of dune facing upward direction looking at the blue sky and counting stars:054:.

Further, Shamsi goes back to rescue prado which took some time to sort it. However, this was one of knowledgable experience to all of us as Newbies. Anyways, meanwhile our dude Arminjune proceeds to pull our 2^nd member’s car and stop that car from counting stars. He was successful in doing it and did an amazing job out there with his powerhorse. It was worth-a-watch scene..... now coming back to Mr. Shamsi, he thought it might take some more time in rescuing the prado and realizing the fact that we have no enough time to proceed further with the drive, he tells Abu Jimmy to take us to the dropoff zone/starting point and all of a sudden tells me “BOB..YOU WILL SWEEP”…. For a moment, I was all boggled and thought may be he said it by mistake but he actually meant it. This opportunity was for quite a small distance only, however, realizing the fact that this is just my 4^th drive and being given a oppurtunity is a good sign:045:. So, I walk up to my Jeep with happiness and confidence but still w/o believing the instance completely,,,while..Abu Jimmy walks up to me and says, Bob- we have 7 cars in the convoy..so.take care and then I was like…..WOW…adding a feather to my cap I walked up to my car and all pepped up to do the given job.. but my unfortunate was that, Shamsi just amazingly rescued the prado which supposedly he guessed it would take more time. Then, he says on radio that,all of us are good to go now…lets move. So, I missed my given oppurtunity:012:.

Finally, we head to the drop off zone. Upon reaching this spot, Shamsi invites us to the Chit chat campaign:031:…which was supposedly the BBQ place as decided before.. So, we all proceed to meet our older drivers at the chit chat zone which was just opposite the Big Red dune.

Everyone is chatting and some of them sharing few experiences and some of them selling Tire Valve stems in the desert:011:…went uptill 8:30, after which, some of us left and some of them were still there talking. On the whole, this was a great experience and looking forward for much more.

Thank you all the Marshals, Organizers and founders. Truly Happy to be with the club and all of you.

Finally, would like to share a few words to the person who is always kind and calm, treats every almoster with soo much of respect and making us all understand / realize that…..first as an Human Being and then as an Offroader-by teaching effective offroading skills.….Its none other than Mr. Shamsi…not the chinese one..please stay away…lolz:027:.

Mr. Shamsi….you are one of a kind person that I have met and you are a truly respectable Individual. Your Down-to-earth quality, respect towards the Human Nature, Level of Patience is just tooo goood…You are a good Human being and God bless you.

Last but not Least, yes, I shouldn’t forget to thank Miss D for making me join such a wonderful club where words are just not enough to talk about and this is after all just in 4 drives of mine with almost4x4.
Thank you D.

p.s. - Also, heard about the mtalel’s Incident. We felt really sorry for you but were very Happy that you are safe. Take care & Drive safe dude.

Note: the words above might not say it all. And so, no disrespect towards any Individual. Please notify me, if my heart has spilt out any words or sentence in a wrong way ;)

Who needs a driver?

Jeff — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:37:17 GMT

Driverless cars will soon be a reality on the roads of Nevada after the state approved America's first self-driven vehicle licence.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17989553

Desert Wild

caprihorse — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:26:45 GMT

Organized by: Caprihorse / 050-4564265

Level: Club Members and Newbies

Registration Start: 7 May 2012
Registration End: 10 May 2012, 18:00

Event Start: 11 May 2012, 3:00 pm
Event End: 11 May 2012, 8:30 pm

Meeting Point: It will be announced by PM on 10 May 2012, 18:00 to invited drivers. If you registered and you didn’t receive PM, it is not a problem with your connection or our server. You will get other option soon to participate in the similarly attractive event.

This training desert drive is dedicated to Club Members and Newbie drivers. We will drive from meeting point towards evening BBQ place, to meet our older drivers, arriving with their own convoy, to exchange the off-roading experience.

Don’t forget to bring enough food&wood&goodmood to share with others.

Objective:
To start learn in a soft way how to pass over different types of dunes, in different situations and improve stress and panicking behaviour.

Before trip it is advisable to read club notes on safety and driving in convoy.

Trip discipline & compliance rules !!

Off-roading Equipment - What you need

Driving the Convoy in the Desert

Copy & Paste

Please kindly register with your nick, phone and car model (famous Almost4x4 copy & paste technology).

Club Members:

Newbie Drivers:

Marshals/Explorers:

Top Secret Pic leaked

FSL — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:38:30 GMT

Guys take a look at what Caprihorse was doing last weekend :011::011::011:

This is the reason why there was no trip last weekend as the LEGENDARY PATHFINDER was having a cosmetic surgery done to it.

silvester.jpg

Notice the 6 inch lift and MT tires :059:

Desert Honeymoon Permit (Need Help)

walihali — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:18:39 GMT

It is hard to decide to get a second wife, but finally manage to get one. Now planning to have a permit to go for a honeymoon under the moon in the desert with ALMOSTers. Before that I really need a big help from you, ALMOSTers. Thanks in advance for that.

First of I would like to introduce her. She is from US, she is hot and temper. I do not how to control her temper. Easy to get angry, once she was angry and she fought me in the middle of the road in Abu Dhabi. Everyone was looking at us when I was fighting against her and it caused a little bit traffic jam. Some people even honked at us. It was a nightmare, well actually afternoonmare? Still, I love her actually I have to love her, I married her remember?

Her name is Cherokee, some people called her Jeeb (with b not p) Chorki or Jeeb Cherki, you can find it in dubizzle. Whatever they call, yes it is her only. My second wife.

I searched for threads in ALMOST4x4 forum archive that related to her and I found thread trail started by Speed last year I guess. It is very helpful. Thanks to Speed and ALMOSTers who shared their information related to her.

Yesterday I called Speed to get some more information about her. I decided to go to Sharjah as suggested by Speed, but here is the problem:

No contact of any Garage or Part Shop for her in Sharjah
No one help me to check her prior to go to garage
Basically I do not know what to do/check with her

But I have a clear purpose:

Wanted to cure her temper (over heating), maybe reducing her blood pressure or something.
Wanted her okay/healthy (a major service?)

Could you please help me ALMOSTers.

Thanks a lot,
walihali

Her Additional info:

US Spec, 2001, sport.

Emergency First Response.

alshamsi_m — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:17:40 GMT

Dear Members

To inhance the safty in our community we are going to arrange for EFR course which is going to be held (Time & Place will be discussed later) so if you are intrested, please add your name below:At Emergency First Response, They specialize in providing CPR, AED and first aid training to meet requirements for clubs just like ours. They are committed to providing the utmost in customer service and can customize Emergency First Response courses to meet our specific emergency response/workplace safety requirements. Emergency First Response courses are solidly grounded in state-of-the-art educational material that provides program flexibility to meet our scheduling needs.Their delivery methods minimize the amount of time in the classroom and away from the job. Student materials are designed with an independent-study component which develops foundation information and allows the instructor to focus time on skill practice rather than lecture time. This reduces classroom time while increasing skill retention. This model is proven to inspire student confidence to provide care when a medical emergency arises. You can learn more about Emergency First Response through our website at: http://www.emergencyfirstresponse.co...:
1. 500 Dhs ( International license )
2. 600 Dhs ( International license + EFR student manual ) - more recommended

-Maximum class size will be limited to 12 participants to one instructor, as a policy to ensure the maximum quality.

Anyone can register but the priority will be for MARSHALS, EXPLORERS & ADVANCE members or whoever going to GO for the LICENSE

Best Regards

New Arrival

Riazj — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:28:22 GMT

The almost 4x4 family is growing in more ways than one......

All praise to god and we have been blessed with a healthy babygirl on the 1st of May.... Baby and mum are both well

Take careandsee youall soon!