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Originally Posted by Rafter
Hi everyone,
Just love the look of it and sounds like it is half decent off the blackstuff. No doubt I'll be wanting a lift not too far down the line, although not planning anything too hardcore. Will be my first ever new car so will be treating it pretty well I expect 
Martin |
Congrats. I thought the same when I bought my 1995 XJ. Then when the engine was broken in [across the Nullabor Plain], I bashed the living crap out of it out in the deserts. Back then, people at William Creek, the west Simpson and Tanami sayeth to me: "how could you bring your new car out here?" as it was a cut above the agri-CruiserRoverPatrols they were driving. My response: "that is what the car was made for"...
If you are going to enjoy your car, it will be under warranty and new, when bits and pieces don't fall off easily. Thrash it, smash it, go where angels fear [their cars] to tread. Only then - will you have an appreciation for the car. No point letting it get old. Have fun NOW!!! [Having said this - safety is paramount and only do what your skills and vehicle allow].
Put the underbody protection on immediately....as for lifting it? It might not be a priority depending on where you want to go first... If it is desert trails for example, the lift can wait. I saw XJ Ltds as new traverse the deserts with their stock shocks, tyres and height - nothing happened to them....
I only got my XJ lifted last year after belting it around for 11 years in the deserts ...
