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thinking of trading up my shorty (2" lift and diff locks) for an earlier model (80 - 85) 2 door range rover if i can find a nice enough one with a few more mods.

Partly because i`m sick of changing gears and want an auto and partly because I drove a mates one the other way and was amazed at how much extra vision over the bonnet he has compared to mine.

can anyone out there give me a bit more insight into what else i might find majorly different and put me off the rangi

Weaker diffs and axles?

You want at least an '86 that is when they started putting ZF4 speeds in IIRC

Tom

up2nogood wrote:Weaker diffs and axles?

True! IMHO the patrol is a stronger basis to build a great rig on! But as everyone knows

PATROLS ARE LIKE ASSHOLES EVERYONES GOT ONE!

Rangies have the perfect wheelbase for off road work at 100".

They have style..

Cheap to buy and fix (for the most part)

Dont suffer from rust anywhere near as much as a pootrol.

Not too big and not too small

Other things you will understand once you own one

Like my brother said when I got my Disco;

"So, you bought yourself a hobby then?"

haha, my hobby is datsun 1600's. the fourby is so i can go on trips here and there with mates and not have to sit in the passenger seat and to tow with.

but unfortunatly i`ve caught the bug and want something a bit more capable than what i`ve got.

shakes wrote:haha, my hobby is datsun 1600's. the fourby is so i can go on trips here and there with mates and not have to sit in the passenger seat and to tow with.

but unfortunatly i`ve caught the bug and want something a bit more capable than what i`ve got.

SweeeeT sounds like another rangie man to me!

Rangies offer bang for buck....literally bang. There diffs and axles are weak as sh1t. I just finished putting GQ patrol diffs in my RR, mind you there are other ways of making them stronger by getting aftermarket bolt in parts.

RR are better length, alloy, comfy as all hell, heaps better viewing position, better suspension design in the rear. and look better

why not settle for both? just put gq running gear under the rangie

just like i will be doing

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by putting the patrol diffs in did you also transfer the dreaded gq 'wobble' into the rangie? this is the only thing i hate about patrols .

which dreaded GQ wobble is that??

I had a very tight and good steering vehicle when I first fitted the diffs, but then all the radius arm bush's (that were cracked when I fitted them) finally ripped totally and I got a front wobble if i hit big bumps. I am fitting new front bush's (rubber ones, OE) that will fix this problem

i was referring to the inherent probems with vibration/wobble in the front ends of gq's. some due to tyres, some due to wear and a lot due to poor factory design.

just hoping they didn't come along for the ride with the conversion .

Hi I owned a MQ 3.3 diesel for 6 odd years and yes as a sherman tank in the recovery game it was great. My vehicles spend time recovering race trucks from our mud racing venue in Darwin. It served a very hard life. I still did two gearboxes though and many bearings. It was rough uncomfortable poor brakes no pip or stick under the bonnet and very hot. Did I mention Noisy.

The new machine a 2 door 76 now rebirthed wears the same 35" M/T and 2" cab lift. What a difference. I look well over everyone, it's soooo comfortable. Articulation without mods and with great low range factory gearing you have power to pull that sherman. I still havent got that A/C going yet but not far away. I now have to watch for speed cameras as you cruise casually and quietly along.. Same weight as a MQ but 40 plus KW's more. Good brakes. Don't waste time find a straight one maybe suffering mech failure and find a bent one with top notch mech. Never have to many spares and very cost effective.

Enjoy.

Patrol against rangie no contest rangie has better vision all round and more cumfie to drive on and off road, yes they have week diffs but fit Maxi Drives as we do to most of our customers cars call me if u want any info. Adrian at Rangie Automotive may even b able to hunt u up some second hand maxis 97396989