Outer Limits 4x4 Board

just doing some searches onlijne and found this, thought some might be interested,

http://www.4x4offroads.com/49-inch-modi ... chevy.html



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if only australias lasws were a bit easier

Go the sandman van look!

hows the write up, they upgraded diffs becasue the GU items wernt holding up to 44" rubber, so they also went up too 49" tyres

Thats insane!!!! Where the hell would you find any tracks difficult enough though?

dont look liek it would have much travel

suzi_on_46s wrote:dont look liek it would have much travel

True there's no decent upward travel left.

suzi_on_46s wrote:
dont look liek it would have much travel


True there's no decent upward travel left.

Umm, me thinks its for use in Iceland etc, where they just need big-arsed balloon tyres to make their way through the snow......suspension travel not so important.

Rainbow Warrior wrote:

suzi_on_46s wrote:dont look liek it would have much travel

True there's no decent upward travel left.

They have big tires so they can float on top of the snow. Allmost no air in them, just a few psi. They have an inboard compressor to inflate the tires.

They have not much suspension-lift, using bodylift instead and alot of cutting in the body.

The biggest 4wd modifying company in Iceland, Arctic Trucks built a few 80 series Landcruisers for an Antarctic expediton some years ago. they have 44" tires on 14" wheels. It has a 4" bodylift and 2,5" suspension lift.

This company is also based in Norway, not far from where I live. Have seen this expedition truck a couple of times, it is huge!!

From what I have seen in some aussie 4wd mags, there is one 80 series in OZ built by a guy from Iceland, with the same huge fenderflares to cover the tires on it, I think it has 46" tires.

What ever people think. I still want one.

Had a read of that site though and they do somethings that I think are wierd. Like on the LR Def that is running 38"s. They cut all the mounts off for the suspension and lowered them. I would have thought it would have been much easier to put a spring lift in and long bumpstops to stop to much uptravel and tyre scrubbing.

turps wrote:What ever people think. I still want one.

imagine crusin thru the cross, or chapel st in that

NUTS

bogged wrote:

turps wrote:What ever people think. I still want one.

imagine crusin thru the cross, or chapel st in that

Going to need a big doff doff to be heard over the tyres.
But yer would be fun. Its nice now pulling up next to a lowered VB with a new paint job. In the shorty now with 35's.

From their site and remember this water is probably less than 5 degrees

That's not a river crossing...

lol, yeah mines that big too. I wish. That things massive.

Cossie wrote: Thats insane!!!! Where the hell would you find any tracks difficult enough though?

Across 3 metre deep soft snow, crevasses, etc etc etc

Bazzle

mmmm, i'l take 2! :O

would make a good tow rig for my F truck....

Jeezus,

forget the truck...how tall is the driver?

Gulliver.com??????

he is a monster, nearly as big as shrek

all that water and i dont see a snorkle anywhere
tyres dont stop the motor blowin up
suck squeeze bang blow suck try to squeeze blow up spare parts and a frozen driver

mavzilla wrote:all that water and i dont see a snorkle anywhere
tyres dont stop the motor blowin up
suck squeeze bang blow suck try to squeeze blow up spare parts and a frozen driver

Sheeit you're right.

Unless he's one of those folks who has plumbed his air intake into his glove box or something...

Jason


BTW I got a red X for that pic, here's the link if anyone else did: http://www.xstream.is/myndir/truck/Comi ... skvisl.jpg