Tibus portals

With the exception on oil leaks, I dont have any real issues with portals on my Haflinger - well maybe stability in some circumstances.

Like all modifications there are swings and roundabouts - portals increase clearance but reduce stability - now there are ways around this but the main solution is to be aware of your higher CofG and drive accordingly.

garry

I was lead to believe that Tibus portals were not up to rock crawling - which is where Chook73 had issues. Wheel spinning and a single point of impact seemed to stress load the portal and transfer this stress onto the stub axle. I think there were oil leak issues as well - but this could have been due to type of gasket and/or correct torquing of bolts.

Oilworker give his portals hell, but in a different way - high speed rough roads.

I am always dreaming of portals, but i am not sure how engineering of these will go in QLD. Especially with vehicle mods currently under the spotlight thanks to the QLD police "Operation lift"

That being said, the Patriot Campers 6 Mega Tourer 6x6 sits on Marks Adapters portal boxes and is engineered for road use (on 35" tyres) here in QLD

If MR were to ever fire up production, i'd be seriously considering a set.

Oil workers portals were a different design.

Well, at $21k plus shipping and tax etc you can all forget I asked. Thanks for answering though.

Shame we can not refinance our defenders like investment property

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Originally Posted by johntins

Well, at $21k plus shipping and tax etc you can all forget I asked. Thanks for answering though.

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$21k - thats about what my EV conversion cost , Hmm portals or EV ????. Im glad I went the EV route. Best buy a Bollinger B1 . best of both worlds Portals AND EV .

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Originally Posted by Marty90

Don't bother if you're going to Qld

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But they didn't say anything about stability control when i bought it[bighmmm]

They recon the next thing they are going to ban is GVM upgrades for all non commercial 4WD's.[biggrin]

So the LC200 soccer mums,with the kids in the car, are going to have to do two trips to the supermarket,instead of one, in case the cops are hiding around the corner[biggrin][biggrin]

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So the LC200 soccer mums,with the kids in the car, are going to have to do two trips to the supermarket,instead of one, in case the cops are hiding around the corner[biggrin][biggrin]

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Especially if they feed the kids at the "drive through".

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$21k - thats about what my EV conversion cost , Hmm portals or EV ????. Im glad I went the EV route. Best buy a Bollinger B1 . best of both worlds Portals AND EV .

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12,800 eu. Not sure I want an EV, but that is the cost, when all other costs are factored in, of a 130 Mulgo conversion. I was really only after more clearance, and I reckon the airbag setup like Weeds has would be sufficient for my needs. Heck, 35s would probably do... Oh, I forgot to mention,the conversion also requires new wheels, as Rover wheels don't fit. WTF?

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$21k - thats about what my EV conversion cost , Hmm portals or EV ????. Im glad I went the EV route. Best buy a Bollinger B1 . best of both worlds Portals AND EV .

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Never heard of it so looked it up. Awesome Bollinger B1 | Bollinger Motors