saxon101

saxon101

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tried serching through the forum for threads on portal axles but no joy. question is; are they worth bothering with? do they effect motorway driving? and are they easy to fit?. hmmm should have said "questions are"
 
saxon101 said:
tried serching through the forum for threads on portal axles but no joy. question is; are they worth bothering with? do they effect motorway driving? and are they easy to fit?. hmmm should have said "questions are"
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you answers in order of the questions asked

No

Yes

No
 
And can you afford em?? last time I looked some plonker wanted £4k for a set
 
well I guess that sews that one up then.thanks for the sound advice

Perhaps just some bigger wheels then
 
going to drive down to morocco next year and I wondered if the portals would add a little somethinsomethin to my defender
 
saxon101 said:
going to drive down to morocco next year and I wondered if the portals would add a little somethinsomethin to my defender
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Yeah about 6" in height and an increased fare on the ferry for been over 2mtrs tall probably.
 
Whilst I got a thread going, I might as well change the line of question. is it better to fit a roof rack directly to a roll cage; or to the roof as normal?
 
roll cage makes more sense. but what makes more sense is attaching whatever you have directly to the cage thus saving up top weight (bad) my RTT is fixed directly to the cage.

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saxon101 said:
going to drive down to morocco next year and I wondered if the portals would add a little somethinsomethin to my defender
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Portals are waaaaay over the top for a trip to Morrocco. I went in a 300Tdi D90. A roof rack, a snorkel and a set of Goodyear MTRs were the only mods :)
 
mmmm pinz :)

Haflingers? portals?

and yes I agree. portals are over the top. you can do most of Morocco in a fiat panda so why portals?
 
A fiat panda is a small 4 seater fiat produced in the early 90's, also available in 4 wheel drive :):)

Portals are axles which have drop gears at each end allowing the diff to be higher than the centre of the wheels, thus giving around a foot of ground clearance, maybe more. They are usually fitted with leaf springs but can be heavily modified to take springs. Most sets of axles come from malaysia nowadays. Correct me if im wrong
 
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