Tuesday, Jan 27, 2004 at 22:00
>> I’ve got a stock 97 Range Rover and pushed it as far as the wife will let me off road but the bug has hit me. I’m getting myself a Patrol 3.0TD but, as they come from the factory, they are okay but, reading all the mags on 4x4s I want to play/tour with the thing in the dirt.
Get the 4.2 GU to start with.
>>> All the articles I’ve read make an assumption that the reader has had some experience in setting up a 4x4 for playing in the real dirt and living out of an Engel 40lt fridge for a week.
All depends on what you want to do with the car, how serious you want to be.
>>> I’m not looking to setup a vehicle for a full on tour of the deep red but, one I would like to.
The GU would be the tourer, the Rangie the hack.
>>> So, is there somewhere that I can go to, to work out what kit I should add in what order to give me an ever increasing capability?
Rangie Auto in Melb is a good start, www.outerlimits4x4.com heaps of
places, you need to figure out what you want to do with each, and setup a budget for both.. To setup the GU for outback touring will be $10k at least, to setup rangie for SERIOUS offroad work will be $5-10k....
>>> Has anyone see something where a person has written up a conversion story on a vehicle from scratch over a period of time? I not worried about what vehicle is used or the make of the equipment, more they approach they took and the order they did things in.
Theres a thread on outerlimits on this at the moment.
>>> I know half the fun is in the trying but, its expensive kit and I do not want to waste time/money if I can learn from those before me?
Work out which does what first.
>>> Can anyone recommend a good club, with a heavy Patrol influence, to the East of
Melbourne? I’m based at the end of the Eastern Freeway.
Nissan club Vic, meeting tomorrow night.
Meetings are held first Wednesdays at ~ 7.30pm.
Aline Burgess Hall,
English Language Center
Cnr Thomas and Douglas St's
Noble Park
Melways 89 F3
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