Terracan suspension

cdt,
My dad has a cdri terra that he has just had the ironman suspension upgrade fitted to. He recons that it has made a great deal of improvment. He went with the new torsion bars and shocks front and coils and shocks rear. 35mm lift in the front and 60mm in the rear. Recon's that it has stopped it "diveing in" around corners and is a heaps better ride. As for the lights just fit a decent pair of spotties
Matt

Having owned a 2005 CRDi Terracan I can say that on average they are a very good vehicle, but they need the after market suspension upgrade which is available from different mobs. I wouldn't waste my money on the Trek'n'Tow as you can get a aftermarket one for half the price. The lights are very poor on low beam, & I think a lot of this is because they have a projector beam. High beam is OK. I can assure you they will show their heals to any 3ltr Nissan Patrol both on the straight & up hills & mine was an auto. In fact comming back from Rockhampton to Brisbane one time I gave a Turbo 100 series Landcruiser a hard time & in fact I may have had enough to overtake him on one hill had I wanted. If you want some answers got to the Terracan owners forum or eventually Jimbo may answer some of your questions on this one. The reason I sold it was because I already have a Turbo Landcruiser & traded the Terracan on a Turbo Falcon, due to the fact that it was a bit silly owning two diesels with the price of fuel these days. You could do a lot worse like buying a 3ltr Nissan with the bonus of taking a guess as to when it's going to blow a piston !

Is the Terracan a Korean made vehicle..??

YES

But having said that, I think the Koreans are quickly catching up on the japs, pricing too.

Track and tow is crap

Regards

Col

Ironman suspension is superb.

There is an article on it in the October edition of Overlander. I can vouch for it as they used my car.

Also have a look at www.terracan.australia4wd.com

Hi,

I was referred to the terracan forum, got a lot of advice.

I am just about to place an order for the terracan, with suspension to follow.

Thanks

TonyG

Think they should have called em "Jerrycan" as they have about the same good looks.
Doesn`t matter what ya buy they all need suspension upgrades.

Hey TerraFirma,

I think the next time you get up the a-rse of a Terracan on a hill you are going to be in for a rude shock. As I previously said I have a Turbo Cruiser manual & the Terracan was half as fast again on pickup. The main reason why I kept the Cruiser over the Terracan was that I owned a boat that weighed 2 1/2ton on the trailer. The Mrs has never let up over me selling it for the Ford, but having a BA XR8 before it, I decided this time to go the Turbo ( can't do without my power). But I still miss the Jerrycan, value for money there isn't much to beat it.