I see you are planning to enter China.
You are aware of the massive tour guide costs ?
Not a simple procedure, and does take several months to arrange.
Gra
As for our suspension: we have decided for, not yet bought, Koni Heavy Tracks (not Raids). As we are not going to push our LC to the max for the relatively small parts of off roading we'll do.
What made you choose those, Daan? I have similar requirements and have decided on the EFS shocks and springs, so just wondering what swayed you towards the Koni's.
Cheers!
Just this morning I picked up 10 25kg bags of cement in the LC so not quite to the weight of the OP. This was laid 4 wide across and then on top of each other in the area where the rearmost seats would normally be, of course I was only going to travel 4/5 kms but in all honesty I did not notice they were there. Only a few hundred yards up a river bed, again no test but I am going to stick to my guns on this, and state I would happily do any journey with 350 - 400 kg's WITHOUT modifying the suspension rates.
Daan, most of my 80's annual mileage is done in Morocco with approximately 80% of it off road.Koni's have a very good reputation and are easy to buy in The Netherlands. EFS I havent come cross yet
I think I' ll may go for Koni, OME or Terrain Tamers. These have been recommended by different specialist in The Netherlands I have spoken to. Raising the car doesn't seem necessary, but changing the springs together with the suspension seems to come recommended. Since the springs are 20 years old probably wise
If you know you will be travelling 35000km with a 350kg constant load with a very large portion of the roads in what Europeans consider to be in terrible condition (trust me, see my link), it would make sense to have a suspension set up biased to a 350kg load. This will significant improve handling, ride comfort, safety and improve reliability of said suspension components.
This is what they look like after a fairly hectic 2-week trip. Not good ....
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