Isuzu Dmax Owners [continued]

[beta675]

May napanood akong crash test ng ISUZU DMAX 2008 mdl, bakit ganon parang ung chasis niya ay nayupi pati ung body nalukot i thought matibay ito naicompare ko ito sa STRADA durable tlga ang body hindi nalukot ung roof..... Isa ako sa isuzu lover sana naman mas tinibayan nila ang gawa. i have ISUZU D-MAX 4x4 X-MAX series 2011 mdl nagkaroon ako ng fear dhl dun sa nakita ko ..... tnx sana masagot ung katanungan ko.

...Isuzu Dmax's 3 star score sa ANCAP is very reasonable and acceptable. Pansin ko din maikli yung front end ng Dmax, the impact was absorbed mostly sa cabin...the chassis is ok. Overall evaluation is still on top of other articles. I LOVE my DMAXiado ..

[beta675]

May napanood akong crash test ng ISUZU DMAX 2008 mdl, bakit ganon parang ung chasis niya ay nayupi pati ung body nalukot i thought matibay ito naicompare ko ito sa STRADA durable tlga ang body hindi nalukot ung roof..... Isa ako sa isuzu lover sana naman mas tinibayan nila ang gawa. i have ISUZU D-MAX 4x4 X-MAX series 2011 mdl nagkaroon ako ng fear dhl dun sa nakita ko ..... tnx sana masagot ung katanungan ko.

...Isuzu Dmax's 3 star score sa ANCAP is very reasonable and acceptable. Pansin ko din maikli yung front end ng Dmax, the impact was absorbed mostly sa cabin...the chassis is ok. Overall evaluation is still on top of other articles. I LOVE my DMAXiado ..

[hinDMaxsiado]

Sir Beta675,

Love ko din hinDMaxsiado's namin ahoho....




Maging itong isang 3.0-litre DMax 4JH1-TC na gamit namin pang-harabas sa trabajo ---- sa ngaun halos 350,000 km na odometer nito sir pero it runs the same way pa rin at ito pinaka-matibay sa lahat ng services namin dito, walang tatalo (Hilux, Fortuner, Triton/ Strada, Pajerosport/ Monterosport, Prado)!

[beta675]

Just wanna share some pix of my Dmaaxiado sa fuel....

[babkalakal]

I like it!

But, I would like it more, if it had rear disc brakes.

Ciao!

Uncle Nick.

ahh yes rear disc brakes would be better nga!

locally runstop can retrofit rear discs to the Dmax kasama retrofit ng handbrakes

[hinDMaxsiado]

[hinDMaxsiado]

[hinDMaxsiado]

No male testosterone on-the-high here ---- except for the cameraman himself, guys at the back are curiously paying more attention to the DMax VGS Turbo engine than to these models

[ganjaman]

gud day to all.. im a newbie here. i have been back reading and i definitely learned alot about the dmax. i own a 2011
dmax 4x2 LS model.

[Benzmizer]

Nice pictures! Love the rear foglights too!

[Uncle Nick]

Nice pictures! Love the rear foglights too!

You have an Eagle eye, Benz, I had not noticed those rear fogs.

The truck is a real beauty, eh?

Ciao!

Uncle Nick.

[ganjaman]

You have an Eagle eye, Benz, I had not noticed those rear fogs.

The truck is a real beauty, eh?

Ciao!

Uncle Nick.

looks like it has bigger set of rims too. pang sporty ung dating

[hinDMaxsiado]

The DMax iTEQ VGS Turbo posted above is the French "Urban Jungle" DMax series.

It's the same model as these ones previously posted:






Kind regards.

[Uncle Nick]

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The DMax iTEQ VGS Turbo posted above is the French "Urban Jungle" DMax series.

It's the same model as these ones previously posted:



Thanks for posting these pics-----I really enjoy them.

Is there some rationale (that you are aware of) behind the installation of only one rear fog light?

Ciao!

Uncle Nick.

[Benzmizer]

Is there some rationale (that you are aware of) behind the installation of only one rear fog light?

Slight OT:

This is a feature standard for European cars. In Germany, for example, they only have 1 rear fog light so that it stands out against brake lights. This is apparently to prevent them from being mistaken as brake lights.

As for the location (whether left or right side), the rear fog light is to be located to where the drivers' side is.

Here is a good read:



In Europe and other countries adhering to ECE Regulation 48, vehicles must be equipped with one or two bright red "rear fog lamps" (or "fog tail lamps"), which serve as high-intensity rear position lamps to be energised by the driver in conditions of poor visibility to enhance vehicle conspicuity from the rear. The allowable range of intensity for a rear fog lamp is 150 to 300 candelas, which is within the range of a U.S. stop lamp. For this reason, some European vehicles imported to the United States have their rear fog lamps wired as stop lamps, since their European-specification stop lamps may not be sufficiently intense to comply with U.S. regulations, and in North America rear fog lamps are not required equipment. However, they are permitted, and are found almost exclusively on European-brand vehicles in North America — Audi, Jaguar, Mercedes, MINI, Land Rover, Porsche, Saab and Volvo provide functional rear fog lights on their North American models. The final generation Oldsmobile Aurora also had dual rear fog lights installed in the rear bumper as standard equipment.

Most jurisdictions permit rear fog lamps to be installed either singly or in pairs. If a single rear fog is fitted, most jurisdictions require it to be located at or to the driver's side of the vehicle's centreline — whichever side is the prevailing driver's side in the country in which the vehicle is registered. This is to maximise the sight line of following drivers to the rear fog lamp. In many cases, a single reversing lamp is mounted on the passenger side of the vehicle, positionally symmetrical with the rear fog. If two rear fog lamps are fitted, they must be symmetrical with respect to the vehicle's centreline. Proponents of twin rear fog lamps say two lamps provide vehicle distance information not available from a single lamp. Proponents of the single rear fog lamp say dual rear fog lamps closely mimic the appearance of illuminated stop lamps (which are mandatorily installed in pairs), reducing the conspicuity of the stop lamps' message when the rear fogs are activated. To provide some safeguard against rear fog lamps being confused with stop lamps, ECE R48 requires a separation of at least 10 cm between the closest illuminated edges of any stop lamp and any rear fog lamp.

[SIZE=2]-taken from Wikipedia on Automotive Lighting-[/SIZE]

[hinDMaxsiado]

Good day Unk Nick.

The rear fog light is to add more horsepower haha!

I wish it does though hehe

Kind regards.

[hinDMaxsiado]

Because of my bone-stock hinDMaxsiado as a bike hauler, we as a group, get to explore and enjoy lots of sceneries with our bikes ---- we get to traverse trails that are hard-to-access or inaccessible to 4x4 vehicles.

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And so far in our list as a group of trailriders, we've been through the mountain ranges of Rizal, Bulacan in Ipo Dam area, Pampanga, Zambales and Tarlac (specifically the scenery at Mount Pinatubo area)....









So far, it has been a very satisfying relationship with the DMax

[hinDMaxsiado]

All an Isuzu DMax needs is a committed pilot, 'coz when the DMax is at it, IT'S AT IT GUARANTEED!
....The possibilities are endless!

See this DMax VGS Turbo chugs and torque its way up this steep-rocky hill where basically the Hummers H1/ H2, Land Rover and Jeep are hard-up on their winches traversing it to the top (see 5:59 min to 6:28 min, and beyond til the end of the footage, the DMax is always up there waiting for the 2 Hummers hehe....)




Another footage-take of the same hill




No wonder why the DMax VGS Turbo is the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Europe's best midsize 4x4 pickup after series of testing and voting, and Australia's best 4x4 UTE for 2009 and 2010 by Australian 4WD Action and Delivery magazines....

[Uncle Nick]

Love the pics!

In Canada, our off-road adventures are usually man made and/or farmer's fields.

What you have here is spectacular.

You don't climb a mountain, like we do, just because it's there, but for the rewards up on top.

I am really green with envy.

By the way, do your winch owning friends know about, and, how to use snatch blocks?

Maybe offroad could/should be a new, separate topic.

Ciao!

Uncle Nick.

[hinDMaxsiado]

Good day Unk Nick.

Not to hijack the thread dedicated to the DMax.... We do offroading only with our bikes, not with our pickups, which most of them, are basically just 4x2 models. We also know that we could cover a lot more offroading with dirtbikes, like climbing a mountain through "goat-tracks" or through creeks, which obviously are inaccessible for 4x4's.

i have also observed that a lot of offroading in North America are mostly done in what we call as "backroads" or "fireroads", although there are some that are really gnarly, just like those ones being ridden by hardcore enduro riders in Hawaii and in some parts of continental US.

In the Philippines, however, we have varying trail sites ranging from highly-weathered volcanic, tuffaceous origins like those in Rizal, Antipolo, Laguna and we have those that are typically sandy and rocky trails like those in the Cordilleras, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales, as far as i know.

Kind regards.