| Dictionary |
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| Rig (n.): The thing you drive. ie. Your
vehicle! (HINT: Do not use this term if the farthest offroad your vehicle has been is the
dirt parking lot at the soccer fields.) |
| Lift, Lift Kit (n.): Modifications made to your
vehicle that cause it to ride higher. There are two types (suspension or body) which are
implimented depending on your vehicle. A body lift simply uses spacers (placed between the
body and frame) to raise your body (doors, hood, seats, etc.) a little bit higher. Unibody
vehicles cannot get this kind of lift because they have no frame. A susension lift
modifies your vehicles suspension (springs, shocks, etc.) to cause your vehicle to ride
higher overall. Many times a suspension lift will also alter (hopefully favorably) the
handling characteristics of your vehicle (make it stick to the road). |
| Winch (n.): A device attached to your vehicle
that uses mechanical force to reel your vehicle (or somebody else's) out of a sticky
situation. Winches either use electrical or hydraulic power to pull. The
benifit of electrical is that it can work from your battery even if your engine is dead.
A hydraulic winch uses your engine to provide its pull power and if that is dead so
are your chances of getting unstuck. |
| Hi-Lift Jack (n.): A nice big heavy-duty verion
of that old favorite, the bumper jack. When used properly, a Hi-Lift can get you
unstuck from some bad situations. |
| Off Camber (adj.): The situation denoted by
that sick feeling when you realize that your vehicle is sideways across a steel hill.
See Roll. |
| Lockers (n.): Mechanical devices in your axles
that force both wheels to turn regardless of slipping tires. This true four
wheel drive. If a vehicle doesn't have lockers and one wheel slips, the other stops
turning. This can be bad. |
| Skid Plates (n.): Nothing magical about these
babies. They are big pieces of steel that prevent the underside of your vehicle from
getting munched by rocks, sticks, etc. |
| Roll (v.): If possible, try to avoid rolling
your vehicle. You might scratch your paint. |
| Snorkel (n.): A tube that raises your engine's
air intake above a potential water source. There are few worse sounds than those of
an engine that has gulped water into the cylinders... |
| GPS (n.): Stands for Global Positioning
System. A littel device that you can take with you that listens to sattelites and
calculates your exact position on Earth. |
| Rock Sliders (n.):Similar to Skid Plates, Rock
Sliders are big pieces of steel that mount along the bottom of the sides of your vehicle.
They will save your sheetmetal if that tree you tried to cross was a little too
big. |
| Push Guard, Bull Bars, Brush Gurad, Roo Guard
(n.): More armor for your vehicle. Traditionally these pieces of equipment attach to
your bumpers and protect your lights, grill, and front end from damage. |
