irich

Any body have any experience of dealing with either:

Al Rimaya in Riyadh (They advertise that they act as a stockist for ARB)

ARB UAE in Abu Dhabi?



I have an urge to equip the Patrol with stuff.

shiva

Be prepared to pay well over the odds in the UAE, if you can ship from oz you'll save a fortune. No idea re Saudi though. Try me4x4.org

Tockalosh

I have shopped at ARB when I lived in AD and was in there looking for a snatch strap a couple of months ago for my Disco back home. They have reasonable stock with all the usual stuff, winch bumpers, winches, straps, deflators, compressors etc.

No idea on price comparison with any other regions to be honest

Located right on the entrance to Mussafah industrial on the other side of the road so dead easy to find and there is a garage next door which may or may not be part of ARB that I have seen fitting lift kits to Jeeps (though that was a couple of years ago).

Bluelionesse

Boy's Toys??

Can't a girl equip her nissan capsula for the desert?


ARB in AD are expensive and have looked into shipping from Oz but not really worthwhile.

AEV in dubai and now AD have a good range of stuff too, and can be cheaper, they have a good website with online buying facility - free shipping on orders over 300aed.

paca

Is it christmas yet?

irich

Thanks. The AEV site is pretty good, but they don't appear to stock anything for the Patrol. I assume it is because the Patrol wasn't a US model.

Bluelionesse

The AEV site does not cover all the parts - might be worth a phonecall.
What parts are you specifically looking for?

One thing - metal bumpers/bull bars and other things will possibly fail your car when it goes through registration. You may also be stopped by the police and threatened with a fine and impoundment unless you remove your ARB metal bumper - it happened to me in Al Ain. (Yes I have noticed that the police cars have them!)

irich

Looking for an expedition roof rack, hand winch, spot lights, jerry cans and maybe some suspension stuff for a Nissan Patrol.

I'm based in Saudi. Heard last night that the local Al Rimaya stores may be worth a visit.

Bluelionesse

If I were looking for that stuff here in Al Ain I would go down to the industrial area first - much cheaper. Sorry I know nothing about Saudi, terrible place, I couldn't drive there, but I assume they will have similar industrial areas to the UAE. Good luck with your purchases!

irich

Thanks for your help BL.