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These are the mentioned wheel spacers ... I had a bit of e-mail ping pong with the guys and apparently they are doing this for 15 years without failure/breakage (military, nascar, drift-cars, etc.) Remember from the initial post, I will only require spacers in the back, as the front axle is the...

FYI: ____________________________________________________________ G'day Tommy Spacers are made from steel, benefits of having the track the same are very important if traversing on soft ground. Fuel ecomomy plus the drag on the truck and camper making new tracks with uneven footprints is...

... LOL, you really are THE DUDE, aren't you? :bowdown: :elkgrin:

ntsqd, you just scared the living crap out of me ... my wife rolled our VW Bus 2 years ago, following a tyre burst in the middle of nowhere 50kms away from her sister's farm - I was 8500kms away in Germany when it happened ... my then 1.5 and 2.5 year old boys were in there - nobody was hurt...

Sorry, this may be a stupid question or one of those "lost in translation terminology thingies" ... what do you guys refer to as the "rotor"? BTW, talking to various people today, who should IMHO know what they are talking about, the tendency is towards spacers in the back to align the tracks -...

Thank you all, much appreciated. Dude, are your spacers steel or aluminum? RocKrawler, I suppose they should be machined not cast, yes?

Fact is, the new Land Cruiser LC79 Pick-up has a front track 4” wider than the rear track (or axle). This was apparently done to accommodate the larger V8 Turbo Diesel engine, which absurdly may not even become available in Southern Africa. Common sense dictates, and some seem to have...

Great trips, great pictures, can't wait to get going myself :drool: Thanks for sharing Tommy

Very interesting ... I don't think I've ever seen or heard about that one ... as a 70 it's gonna get you there though, wherever that is Have Fun Tommy

Hi David, Unfortunately the TLC 79 comes standard with super-thin, totally useless (unless you are a farmer) kind truck tires on steel rims. I had the ones you see fitted, they are 285/7516 Bridgestone Mud Terrains. Cheers Tommy

Hi All, Thank you very much for all the visits to our Blog, we sure hope that you keep coming back. Infact, we had more than 3000 visits over the last 10 days, this forum being one of the main referrers. Judging from especially the return visits, there seems to be quite the interested...

Very cool rig, I love Troopies ... keep it coming All the best Tommy

Hi Dace, This is what it looks like at the moment: http://www.wohni.com/uploads/picture-177.jpg I will keep the blog updated as we go. Probably today I'll post a new one with plenty of plans and sketches. You won't believe how much I want to see the thing :drool: ; especially standing in our...

Thanks Harald, I see you have a busy website yourself ... not that I understand much:o All the best Tommy

Howdy All, We (family of 4) finally have our 4x4 Camper coming. It was a long wait, planning, research, hold-ups, etc. ... About mid November we should receive our TLC, which is being converted to a Camper at the time of this writing. The mission of this extremely off-road capable, converted...