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Our Sponsors

Who are they?

Suzuki. What more can I say really? As common world knowledge (or not as the case may be), they're one of Japan's most prolific motor vehicle manafacturers and damn good ones at that. Why else would we choose to drive one of their cars a third of the way round the earth?

What have they done for us?

Having visted our local suzuki garage in Chiswick, south west london, the team kindly agreed to give our car a full service and provide any maintence required to make sure our journey is as trouble free as possible. We probably wouldnt be able to make it without them.

Halfords

Who are they?

The Halfords business is made up of four key product categories: car maintenance, car enhancement, cycling & travel solutions. They're a pretty big company; Halfords has 428 stores across the UK and Republic of Ireland.

What have they done for us?

They have agreed to provide the sound system for our journey, not least because the sound of each other solidly for 30 days would send us both up the wall...or off a cliff for that matter. Basically, we can't live without music.

Rhino Force

Who are they?

A Suzuki SJ & Samurai specialists, dealing in used parts and accessories at affordable prices. They break SJ410, SJ413 & Samurai's regularly.

What have they done for us?

They provided us with a stero casing for our head unit.

Who are they?

I Want One Of Those sells a wide selection of cool stuff including gadgets, gifts, gizmos, lifestyle accessories, boys toys, experience days & adventures and all sorts of fabulous "difficult to find" goodies, making us the perfect present buying solution for "hard to shop for" people

What have they done for us?

They sent us a solar-powered Scotty Pro Charger for all our charging needs. Handy for saving our battery's juices!

Who are they?

Established in 1992, outdoordesigns is a team of specialist designers and outdoor enthusiasts who endeavour to develop the world's finest range of mountain accessories. From gloves and hats to mountain shelters they take an innovative approach with the use of the latest technical fabrics and ground breaking designs, field tested by leading mountaineers and explorers in the world's most extreme environments.

What have they done for us?

They sent us a bundle of goodies that will ensure our camping experiences will be as pleasant as possible.

Who are they?

Five fish are a print and design company, specialising in all manner of areas from vehicle and office/retail graphics, to exhibition/conference and portable display graphics.

What have they done for us?

They are help make the car a bit prettier by providing us with all the car graphics for our various sponsors.

Who are they?

Now established for more than 2 years, Surrey Rolling Road offers the independent tuner a state of the art rolling road for all their tuning purposes. They also offer amongst the best facilities for power tests and rolling road days. They welcome all enquiries from private enthusiasts to race teams and manufacturers.

What have they done for us?

We took the car down there one day to measure the power output and fuel consumption on the car, amongst other techincal things I have no idea about.

Who are they?

Suppliers and breakers of used Japanese parts/spares - Daihatsu, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Proton, Suzuki and Toyota. They also purchase vehicles for dismantling and salvage, mail order specialists.

What have they done for us?

Currently they have given us a very much needed spare wheel for the suzuki. They also said that they'd happily have a hunt around for anything else we may need for the trip. Awesome.

Who are they?

Ultraseal is a special blend of 24 chemicals in a viscous liquid state which coats and clings to the inner wall of the tyre. Utraseal is a "permanent" puncture preventative and tyre life extender/conditioner.

What have they done for us?

Given us some free Ultraseal!

Who are they?

With over a decade of experience in design and manufacture of off-road parts and modifications for Suzuki 4x4s, THE OFF-ROAD ARMORY is able to offer a colossal selection of robust off-road parts and modifications for a wide range of vehicles and self-builders alike.

What have they done for us?

Technically not one of our sponsors as we gave him money, but he was a great help and sorted our engine out when it blew up on us.He also did throw in a few prop shafts/springs and a transfer box mount, as well as knocking £25 off our service charge!

Who are they?

Sheen Tyres is a rapidly expanding company specialising in the high performance car tyre market. Their strength is our independence, which means the customer gets the best possible friendly advice along with our price guarantee. They are able to provide an extensive range in motor vehicle tyres and alloy wheels at an easily affordable price.

What have they done for us?

They gave us our two needed spare tyres!