An expedition truck on portals...

[Oilworker]

It are Hutchinson Double Beadlock military wheels as used on the Mercedes G (Wolf)
As the bottom flange of the bolt-on portals can easily be replaced with one with a different bolt pattern I choose the Mercedes G bolt pattern for my regular driving and expeditions.
For the planned winter trip I will change the flange to match the Hummer H1 bolt pattern as I will then use 40" tyres on the H1 wheel with the run-flat ring.

So long,

Robert

 

[xcmountain80]

Oh that will be one sexy beast when you are finished!

 

[Oilworker]

....some more sexy images as the work progresses...

"Daily driver" tyre size is, for the time being, 315/75R16 (roughly 35").....and now we´re fiddling with the CTIS lines....

 

[Oilworker]

...and because curiosity is bigger than patience, we just lifted the front axle to it´s new hight, placed the tyre....

....and checked the height above ground....

29 1/8" (74cm) ain´t bad for starters

 

[revor]

That's some good stuff there!!!!

 

[Oilworker]

Well, just im time for lunch.....IT´s DONE!!!! :wings:

More images to follow...I just have to go for a longer ride :smiley_drive:

 

[Lynn]

I have to disagree. That is NOT a sexy rig. Porsche's are sexy.


What you have there is tough.
Manly.
Macho.
Si, muy Macho.

I'm admittedly not a LR fan; I used to drive 110s and 130s as part of my job and hated 'em. But what you 've done here...

Well done.

 

[SeaRubi]

rover porn du jour ... wow :coffeedrink: great job on getting everything buttoned up!! when can we expect a field test report? :sombrero: The CTIS is icing on the cake. congrats!

cheers
-ike

 

[Root Moose]

That's just pornography.

 

[Harald Hansen]

Somebody needs to add "portal axle envy" to the dictionary! I've certainly got a case of it now... :drool:

 

[Oilworker]

Shall I drive through Norway on my way to St. Petersburg this summer then? :smiley_drive:

But don´t worry, it´s just the same for me as I dreamed of mounting portals for the last 5 years and never expected it to look that great...:wings:

 

[UK4X4]

Very nice !

don't say the P*rnography word too much otherwise the local internet police will cut me off !

 

[revor]

That's just soooo nice!

 

[RETROFIT]

Now that is some sweet work right there !

And those wheels !!! What are those !

God if I had time and money and lets not forget talent to come up with such a ride !

Keep us posted with further test and a evaluation of costs for such a project.

Thanks for sharing !

Pat

 

[R_Lefebvre]

Congrats, that's awesome. Any noise from the straight cut gears?

I probably just missed it, but is that a 110 or 130?