Thread: Bolt on Portal Drop Boxes?

There is a big long thread on here where someone (in Germany) fitted them to his 130.

There is nothing specific on the site about D2s, however They say they can make them fit almost any axle.

Maxi Drive did make them

Once

Yepp and what great portals they were.
Sadly Mal Storey isn´t making them anymore and I finally got my hands on a set of these.

Because I couldn´t get them for years I was looking for someone who could build me a set and that´s how I found Tibus.
It wasn´t too difficult to persuade him to build bolt-on portals for a Defender, just took me 5 months and a lot of calls

As things go, it´s now that I finally find the MaxiDrive portals (after trying to get a set for more than 5 years )

So long,

Robert

I have just picked up a set of the maxi drive version to fit to my 130, still awaiting their arrival. I looked into various versions. Your mate with the D2, if he goes down the Marks Adapter line, he can use GU fronts and 80 series landcruiser rears to align the pumkin then make the suspension mods. There are two ratio choices-a 1.4-1 & a 1.2-1. By the time he buys the diffs to exchange and aquires some lockers he will be over $20k. Tibus in Germany was very prompt with his email reply and is currently working on a 1.2-1 ratio version that should be available by next April/May. Currently he has a 1.6-1 version. The exchange rate makes these a better option, less hassle. The problem is the laws governing modifications to vehicles again comming under review. If you wait for the sensible touring version you may have missed the opening to install and engineer them.