Thread: Nice 130 on portals

Originally Posted by uninformed

There is plenty of threads on AULRO regarding portals. There have been and still some members within Aus that have portals on their Land Rovers. Some great experiences some not so great.

I must be be one of the lucky ones I guess.
I have had my tibus portals on my 130 for 7-1/2 years now with no issues.
Its been all over Australia and many places in between and going hard.

Originally Posted by tact

...it does look like a neat setup. May not scale well to full size vehicles tho...(?)

Double triangulated 4 link. Can be very very good if the packaging allows it.

Originally Posted by Pateyw

I must be be one of the lucky ones I guess.
I have had my tibus portals on my 130 for 7-1/2 years now with no issues.
Its been all over Australia and many places in between and going hard.

This is great to hear. Which version did you get?

and how did you go getting them engineered?

Pictures please!

So...I may have send Mr Wolfgang Tibus an email last night...and the reply was:

"the price for the Portals for the Defender 130 is 12800 Euro excl. tax + shipping
The 16x8" double bead lock wheel is 680 Euro each excl. tax and the fender flares are 600 as a set of 4.
I do not know how much the freight will be but I guess around 500 Euro."

Ouch! Current conversion puts the portals at AU$20k (for the set of 4), the wheels at AU$1050 each and the flares at AU$925

Not sure of the tax rate on each of these, then there is freight at around AU$800

Then there are tyres (315/75 R16), fabrication and engineering.

It'll be tax free at the export end, but you'll get hit by the Aus government when they arrive.

I don't think there's duty on car parts any more but there is the 10% GST (and thats paid including the freight cost!) .

So lets say you get the portals, 4 flashy wheels and the flares - the taxman will hit you with a bill for around $2,500. So that's some extra ouch ! Brings it up to around AUD $27,500.

You can get a whole kickarse Defender for that !

Also add hydroboost or larger brake master cylinder ,as the standard cylinder doesn't have the braking capability for the larger brakes.
also allow for braces to the portals,l didn't like Wolfgangs bracing .
if you go the 5" portals you will need to change your transfer case gearing to 1.003 to bring back to normal for on road use .
my portals were the prototypes not the ones Wolfgang is producing now.
very happy with them .

Originally Posted by VladTepes

It'll be tax free at the export end, but you'll get hit by the Aus government when they arrive.

I don't think there's duty on car parts any more but there is the 10% GST (and thats paid including the freight cost!) .

So lets say you get the portals, 4 flashy wheels and the flares - the taxman will hit you with a bill for around $2,500. So that's some extra ouch ! Brings it up to around AUD $27,500.

You can get a whole kickarse Defender for that !

If I had the spare funds to spend $25,000 + on some accessories / mods for my car, I don't think I would be too worried about factoring in the 10% GST.............BUT, I definitely haven't got that sort of $$$ to throw at my car anyway , so it's not something I'll be dealing with any time soon

Cheers, Murray