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InterFJ, great pics Is that Defender on 35s as well?

I think a big factor here, IMO, is if LR is also aiming at commercial contractors or not with the new Defender. That will play a big role on how it is: - sensibly priced - robust - payloads - capable without being too reliant on gadgetry - configurable LR can mess around with this if aiming...

Don't know about you, but around here a very big chunk (if not the biggest) of the 4x4s heading to Morocco, etc are Defenders

From our last trip

That's a dynamic load rating, in other words the load they'll manage on the move. Static load (stopped vehicle, with people inside the tent) ratings are generally much higher

Thanks, I like it too It's actually a kit from Terrafirma, TF775 or 774, can't recall, really obscure part. I only fitted the bottom part, it should be more than enough and keeps better mechanical accessibility

Koni or Fox 2.0

Hi all, Had a good deal of upgrades lately. First got new wheels and ditched the spacers. Went for 16x8 steels, -25mm offset. To be fair, spacers never gave me problems but I prefer the simplicity of the directly attached wheel. The 255/85R16s fit better on the 8J rims than on the former 6.5J...

Hi all, I'm so sorry for the delay in the report. Got a new job last March, much, much better than the previous one, but 12h days became a norm and time es verte precious now. Thank you so much for your patience

Just my 2c. I feel like there used to be a quite liberal stance (excessive?) towards putting stuff in the roof rack, which then progressed to an "you can't possibly put that tuna can in the roof!! Rollover at first corner, guaranteed". I've done 10s of thousands of km with 4 jerry cans (80l)...

Thanks guys, hope you enjoy it. My whole life I spent countless hours reading trip reports from other travelers. I can't describe the pleasure of reading a good expedition report on a forum or blog. Way better than a book for me. If I can provide, at least a bit, to other what others gave to...

It was a crazy night from then on. Being very close to the Algerian border meant we had to cross some military checkpoints. Then the VW Syncro engine died with kms and kms of very narrow, step and rocky tracks to go. Then several hours later the Toyota towing the VW (which was way behind...

The sand was getting harder We then started our towing service business. Crazy profits, that's where it's at Then things started to go south. The Portaro lost 4wd in the sand. We had to spend hours opening the transferbox, only to find the selector fork was overriding it's socked. That...

Can you spell butt sag? We then had a looong stretch of narrow hardpack tracks "Want to buy some stuff? Like 100kg of cr@p of the 1500 we have in the back?" Our foremost (and only) sponsor. Making blood, tears and people generally miserable since 2014 (or 2013? I have no idea) The tracks...

Hi all, Sorry for the loooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnngg delay. Absolutely zero time lately to sort the pics, etc. Anyway, here it goes Day 4 Er-Rachidia - Mhamid (30-12-2016) Night from day 3 to 4 was really cold. -4º cold. Living the Portuguese dream. Notice the red wine, Barcelos rooster...