Thread: D4 Beach Work

I kinda agree, I visit Robe every 2 years, & will be going this weekend also.
I also visit Warnambool often & the coast. I dont see any effect on any of my vehicles as long as you give them a good wash with fresh water there & on return.
It is not like the USA & UK where they salt there roads because of snow.
Thats a different problem altogether.

Cheers

Originally Posted by sniegy

I kinda agree, I visit Robe every 2 years, & will be going this weekend also.
I also visit Warnambool often & the coast. I dont see any effect on any of my vehicles as long as you give them a good wash with fresh water there & on return.
It is not like the USA & UK where they salt there roads because of snow.
Thats a different problem altogether.

Cheers

Thanks mate, I'm off to Frazer Island at the end of the month...should be great.

Cheers.

Celtoid. D4 SE 3.0TD

In my D1, I did a couple of beach runs and found one of those auto car washes that had the full underbody wash and just used that. The high pressure was did wonders too. I had looked at the sand that was still under the car when we go home and knew it had to go and as the Karcher had gone to a mates (too lazy to drive 100km round trip to fetch) I found the car wash. Cleaned ALL the sand out, and a couple of chunks of dirt I had missed with the Karcher - they were in the middle of the car wash at the end.

When I purchased my D4 the salesman mentioned about removing the bumper covers pre-4WD trips, to expose the hitch/recovery points.

I'm off to Fraser Island on Monday and have been getting my gear ready. I've just taken the front cover off but now the bottom of the radiator appears very exposed.

Am I worrying about nothing? Am I doing the wrong thing...as in, should I just leave the cover on until it needs to be removed?

Cheers,

Kev.

Kev, Take them off & leave them at home, that way you wont put them down when/if needed & leave them there.....Thats frustrating!

p.s. Robe was excellent & a LOT of fun.

Cheers & have a great trip.

Originally Posted by sniegy

Kev, Take them off & leave them at home, that way you wont put them when/if needed & leave them there.....Thats frustrating!

p.s. Robe was excellent & a LOT of fun.

Cheers & have a great trip.

Thanks mate, will do.

Great to hear.

Yeah I'm really looking forward to it.

Bought a set of Maxtrax.....couldn't bear the thought of having to be recovered by my mate in his Prado....

Originally Posted by Celtoid

When I purchased my D4 the salesman mentioned about removing the bumper covers pre-4WD trips, to expose the hitch/recovery points.

I'm off to Fraser Island on Monday and have been getting my gear ready. I've just taken the front cover off but now the bottom of the radiator appears very exposed.

Am I worrying about nothing? Am I doing the wrong thing...as in, should I just leave the cover on until it needs to be removed?

Cheers,

Kev.

Kev,

The front one in particular is quite flimsy and I removed both of them for my first beach trip and have left the front one off ever since. Having done a bit of both beach/sand work and bush tracks etc I have yet to have anything pose a problem to the radiator.

The main problem with the front one off is putting the stupid thing back on, it has they little receiver clips where you seat and turn the studs, however if you push too against hard the receiver pops out of their little seats and are almost impossible to recover and reposition.

i could imagine the front one getting ripped of quite easily in sand and last thing you want to do anyway if you are stuck is have to mess around removing a cover to access the recovery point.

So that as a long answer to your question, the short anwsers are;

1. Yes - you are worrying unnecessarily;
2. Yes - you should remove the covers and leave them at home until you retunn;

Enjoy the trip,

George

Personally I dont remove the bumper cover... waste of time if you have the maxtrax. If you dont have the maxtraxs worst case get snatch backwards and all you need is a 10cent coin to open the cover.

I've been bogged a few times now in the Disco from:

A) 7 boys in the car and
a heavy disco

= Epic Fail in soft sand.

But the maxtrax - low range, works everytime! :d

Dorko