I go along with what Mikescuba says - I have been to North Africa a few times recently and my advise is to keep it all as standard as possible - my only additions as well as taking lots of spares are underbody protection, HD genuine springs and AT tyres. I have a winch but that was only added because I have been with only one other vehicle and if on sand one other vehicle is sometimes not enough. Forgot, a second diesel tank is slung under rear wing linked to main tank. The overland shows are good for ideas but at the end of the day they are there to sell goods that are often not required. Happy to have a meeting to discuss and will travel from the wilds of Wales.
 
james6546 said:
6.5k should make you a pretty kick ass 110.

I am also in the market for a steering guard and tank guard(s).

I'm currently fitting a dual tank system, so that should be ready to go by then once I figure out where to put the fuel filler.

Mine will have had all round new shocks and springs, will I still need spares? I have some serviceable track rod ends that I will bring along.
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Depends on what shocks you have. On the last trip we took loads of spares. Several of us said after the trip that they would rethink what to take next time. Spare ball joints and wheel bearings I would definitely take along in case you hit a large object. Out of five vehicles the only failure we had was on the 90 which broke a rear diff and front half shaft and we didn't carry spares for that. We still managed to tow them to a garage. I have ProComp shocks which some chap said he burned his out on the first day. Mine survived without any problems and will probably be good to go again. I might replace them as they aren't that expensive. If you take it steady they will last longer. Dual fuel tanks sound nice. I just took 4 X 25Lt Jerry cans. A couple of the guys fitted dual batteries which is handy if you want to run lights when camped up. I took a rechargeable torch and a hurricane lamp. The Hurricane lamp got smashed on about the third day together with a couple of jars of Bolognese and some soups. One jar ended up on the windscreen after going over a large bump. Any mods you do have to be secure and able to take a bit of punishment which is why I prefer to leave mine as standard as possible. Up grading parts for heavy duty I'm in favor of. What I did learn is next time I will plan how to store things better and do a bit of kitting out. we just threw everything in the back which ended up in the front most of the time. All good fun though. Nearer the time we should do a spares list and see who is taking what. No sense in everyone taking the same thing.
 
mikescuba said:
Depends on what shocks you have. On the last trip we took loads of spares. Several of us said after the trip that they would rethink what to take next time. Spare ball joints and wheel bearings I would definitely take along in case you hit a large object. Out of five vehicles the only failure we had was on the 90 which broke a rear diff and front half shaft and we didn't carry spares for that. We still managed to tow them to a garage. I have ProComp shocks which some chap said he burned his out on the first day. Mine survived without any problems and will probably be good to go again. I might replace them as they aren't that expensive. If you take it steady they will last longer. Dual fuel tanks sound nice. I just took 4 X 25Lt Jerry cans. A couple of the guys fitted dual batteries which is handy if you want to run lights when camped up. I took a rechargeable torch and a hurricane lamp. The Hurricane lamp got smashed on about the third day together with a couple of jars of Bolognese and some soups. One jar ended up on the windscreen after going over a large bump. Any mods you do have to be secure and able to take a bit of punishment which is why I prefer to leave mine as standard as possible. Up grading parts for heavy duty I'm in favor of. What I did learn is next time I will plan how to store things better and do a bit of kitting out. we just threw everything in the back which ended up in the front most of the time. All good fun though. Nearer the time we should do a spares list and see who is taking what. No sense in everyone taking the same thing.
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I like that idea. Have a set of front bearings already as I bought some to put in with the swivel rebuild, but there wasn't anything wrong with the current ones.

As I said before I am doing a complete rebuild, so it seemed stupid not to fit an extra tank. Had better put tank guards on too while I am at it.

I only have a cheapish terrafirma medium duty suspension kit, so may get a couple of standard shocks to take.

Hopefully I will have a dual battery setup of some kind by then, and some spot lights.
 
We managed to break a brand new Terrafirma HD shock on ours.
We took wheel bearings, brake callipers and replacement filters. Next time we will take half shafts and diffs as these are the expensive parts out there.
I hope to fit a second alternator for the second battery, this way we will have a spare plumbed in just in case. It get's bloody hot in the middle of the desert too. Got to 44Deg one day, while we were removing the diff from the 90, and when we came to start the motor, the bloody alarm had melted and the siren wouldn't stop. Ended up having to cut the wires to it.
 
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Oh what fun we had!!!! :):)
 
3extruckers said:
We managed to break a brand new Terrafirma HD shock on ours.
We took wheel bearings, brake callipers and replacement filters. Next time we will take half shafts and diffs as these are the expensive parts out there.
I hope to fit a second alternator for the second battery, this way we will have a spare plumbed in just in case. It get's bloody hot in the middle of the desert too. Got to 44Deg one day, while we were removing the diff from the 90, and when we came to start the motor, the bloody alarm had melted and the siren wouldn't stop. Ended up having to cut the wires to it.
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:D must have been bloody hot to do that! I'll look forward to it, not having aircon and all...

I think I'll get a higher output alternator, then take the old one as a spare.

Thinking of building my storage in the back using this stuff, what do people reckon?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Key-Clamp-Fittings-Steel-Pipe-Scaffold-Tube-Railing-Kee-Klamp-Compatible-/271582055684?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item3f3b8d4d04

Shouldn't be too heavy if I use the 27mm pipe.
 
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Sure i had more pictures that this.
Basically we ripped everything out from behind the two front seats. 18mm MDF framework and top then drawers made from slightly thinner stuff. No fancy drawer runners, just used same MDF as sliders. Held together really well and the all the side pods kept spares in.
The drawer section was removable so we could take it out and get to the spare wheel and tools stashed in there.
French customs had a ball with us, taking everything out.
I'll get some more pics next weekend when i go up to the car.

Cheers
 
oh, we took the air con out too. Personally i wouldn't bother with air con over there. You're in and out of the car so much it's pointless.
On the long drives it's nice to have the warm air blasting through the windows.. helps with the tan too ;)
 
3extruckers said:
oh, we took the air con out too. Personally i wouldn't bother with air con over there. You're in and out of the car so much it's pointless.
On the long drives it's nice to have the warm air blasting through the windows.. helps with the tan too ;)
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Ha, sounds great!

That storage looks really good. Mine will be slightly different tho, as I need my 90 the rest of the year to put the dog in, so was thinking of making some full height shelves at each side, then something removable in the load bay area.

I can see it in my head better than I can explain it...

How much water storage did people take?
 
we took 3 x 10 litre plastic water containers which we used for washing and cooking with. Drinking water we bough while out there in 5 litre bottles then decanted that into the small drinking bottle and popped them in the fridge :)
You can buy bottled water all over the place there, no real need to take loads with you. We took 20 litres of bottled water when we went playing in the desert for a couple of days.
I also had a water purifying kit with me, small and compact but will give drinking water from pretty much any sort of water.

Cheers
 
Another thing to give some thought to is any old clothes you might have or kids clothes. You can use it almost like currency out there.
 
3extruckers said:
oh, we took the air con out too. Personally i wouldn't bother with air con over there. You're in and out of the car so much it's pointless.
On the long drives it's nice to have the warm air blasting through the windows.. Helps with the tan too ;)
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+1.
 
I'm going to ditch the lift kit idea, and just replace everything with quality components leaving it standard height. Picked my new truck up today, so I will start assessing it over the weekend, I am going to get some Cooper Discoverer SST jobbies on black steel modulars this week though and ditch the Boost alloys.
Had a brief look about for a fridge, and they are either £800 or £150 heating and cooler types, any suggestions where to look other than eBay?
 
MrNasty said:
I'm going to ditch the lift kit idea, and just replace everything with quality components leaving it standard height. Picked my new truck up today, so I will start assessing it over the weekend, I am going to get some Cooper Discoverer SST jobbies on black steel modulars this week though and ditch the Boost alloys.
Had a brief look about for a fridge, and they are either £800 or £150 heating and cooler types, any suggestions where to look other than eBay?
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Found a not stupid money one on here.

ARB FRIDGE 35L £480.00 - ARB - Fridge Freezers Flatdog UK

I think ARB ones are good, but don't quote me on that.

I'm keeping my freestyle alloys, mostly cause I can't afford to change them. Should I take one spare or two?
 
Dometic fridges are quite good too, and no where near as expensive as ARB and the likes.
I'm replacing the one we took with a Dometic, bit more space in it for more beer :)
 
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