Portals and 37s

[TD5-90]

I think better an original vehicle than a souped up offroad monster. These are my thoughts, because such a conversion does not increase the application possibilities for the normal user. It is merely a matter of posing.

Fair enough. Also if others like "monsters".
Got the point?? I guess no... Otherwise you wouldn't define what's the "normal user". The old German thing...

Live and let live. And I mean LIVE, not vegetate.
In a society that's so much forced-into-line to me everything and everybody that doesn't follow mainstream is something positive.

 

[To]

Fair enough. Also if others like "monsters".
Got the point?? I guess no... Otherwise you wouldn't define what's the "normal user". The old German thing...

Live and let live. And I mean LIVE, not vegetate.
In a society that's so much forced-into-line to me everything and everybody that doesn't follow mainstream is something positive.

Yes, but all future Grenadier drivers will live under the same sun.

 

[Tazzieman]

Yes, but all future Grenadier drivers will live under the same sun.

Unless they live in places where it's mostly cloudy

 

[AZGrenadier]

One nice thing about portals is generally you don't have to worry about rehearing the diffs as there is a reduction built into the portal. If they end up being in the 20k range it may not actually be that bad of a deal. Figure to fit 35s on a stock Grenny you would be looking at probably 6k for a quality suspension lift and another 3k to re gear assuming you can even find gears. This you don't have to worry about the suspension or gearing so you are roughly twice the cost.

 

[PanoramaJJ]

Suspension Kits and Body-Lift - a short story:
A good friend of mine once owned a Toyota Landcruiser J9, the short one. Original 1.75m high. He worked with suspension kit, with spacers, with body lift and bigger tires - at least his short Landcruiser became 25 cm higher - 2 meters!
He was very happy about it - but afterwards he got a new problem - now he always was afraid, that his Toyota could fall over, when he had to drive slant...
My own Toyota (with spare wheel and a tent on the roof) is only 1.70m wide (without mirrors) and now almost 2.50m high - okay, sometimes i´m afraid, too....

 

[PanoramaJJ]

Here is a foto of this J9...

 

[Tazzieman]

Suspension Kits and Body-Lift - a short story:
A good friend of mine once owned a Toyota Landcruiser J9, the short one. Original 1.75m high. He worked with suspension kit, with spacers, with body lift and bigger tires - at least his short Landcruiser became 25 cm higher - 2 meters!
He was very happy about it - but afterwards he got a new problem - now he always was afraid, that his Toyota could fall over, when he had to drive slant...
My own Toyota (with spare wheel and a tent on the roof) is only 1.70m wide (without mirrors) and now almost 2.50m high - okay, sometimes i´m afraid, too....

The Principle of Moments is a sobering lesson!

 

[DenisM]

The Principle of Moments is a sobering lesson!

Very important to be sober...otherwise there may be Moments of no Principle !

 

[jeremy_matrix]

Thx for the link to emax's thread on LeTech.

I'll add another rig (G-Wagen) on portals and 38s, from a different supplier I have a relationship with...
THIS is going to be fun with the Grenadier!

 

[DaveB]

Thx for the link to emax's thread on LeTech.

I'll add another rig (G-Wagen) on portals and 38s, from a different supplier I have a relationship with...
THIS is going to be fun with the Grenadier!
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Looking forward to seeing the pictures/video of that one

 

[jeremy_matrix]

Looking forward to seeing the pictures/video of that one

In talks with them now. Will post info when appropriate!

 

[trobex]

Now this gets some movement in my pants ...


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Still not enough for the Aussie market! You see, the higher and bigger you go, the better driver you are, here in Aus it's a fact

 

[Deleted User Account.]

I think better an original vehicle than a souped up offroad monster. These are my thoughts, because such a conversion does not increase the application possibilities for the normal user. It is merely a matter of posing.

Want some haterade with those hater tots?

We get that you don't like it.

 

[jeremy_matrix]

Want some haterade with those hater tots?

We get that you don't like it.

"because such a conversion does not increase the application possibilities for the normal user. It is merely a matter of posing."

What does normal mean? <popcorn>

 

[DaveB]

"because such a conversion does not increase the application possibilities for the normal user. It is merely a matter of posing."

What does normal mean? <popcorn>

I don't think you are allowed to use the term "normal" anymore.
It isn't inclusive and accepting
Maybe you could say people who identify as a typical user

 

[emax]

Amazing! From emax’s (and a consensus) opinion this is a highly respected and admired shop. How much would this cost to do, once the development work has been validated? Asking for a friend, lol! Is this doubling the price of the vehicle? Maybe 30%?

On the Abenteuer Allrad show, a LeTech rep mumbled something around 40K Euros. That's nothings official, however.

 

[jeremy_matrix]

On the Abenteuer Allrad show, a LeTech rep mumbled something around 40K Euros. That's nothings official, however.

Wow, that's more $$$ than any portal manufacturer in the world, including 74Weld and their billet portals (not for IG at this time)! LeTech is proud of them, no doubt from their notoreity on factory Mercedes G 4x4^2.

 

[MileHigh]

On the Abenteuer Allrad show, a LeTech rep mumbled something around 40K Euros. That's nothings official, however.

Uhm, I’ll just buy a whole Jeep…