Portals

tried serching through the forum for threads on portal axles but no joy. question is; are they worth bothering with? do they effect motorway driving? and are they easy to fit?. hmmm should have said "questions are"

saxon101 said:

tried serching through the forum for threads on portal axles but no joy. question is; are they worth bothering with? do they effect motorway driving? and are they easy to fit?. hmmm should have said "questions are"

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you answers in order of the questions asked

No

Yes

No

saxon101 said:

tried serching through the forum for threads on portal axles but no joy. question is; are they worth bothering with? do they effect motorway driving? and are they easy to fit?. hmmm should have said "questions are"

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and have you seen the cost of them

And can you afford em?? last time I looked some plonker wanted £4k for a set

Oooh great minds think alike hey Wilts'ey

redhand said:

Oooh great minds think alike hey Wilts'ey

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well I guess that sews that one up then.thanks for the sound advice

Perhaps just some bigger wheels then

going to drive down to morocco next year and I wondered if the portals would add a little somethinsomethin to my defender

saxon101 said:

going to drive down to morocco next year and I wondered if the portals would add a little somethinsomethin to my defender

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Yeah about 6" in height and an increased fare on the ferry for been over 2mtrs tall probably.

ahh well I'll scrub those off the shopping list then.

Whilst I got a thread going, I might as well change the line of question. is it better to fit a roof rack directly to a roll cage; or to the roof as normal?

roll cage makes more sense. but what makes more sense is attaching whatever you have directly to the cage thus saving up top weight (bad) my RTT is fixed directly to the cage.

G

oh, so its possible to fit a roof tent to a roll cage then? that would save a few bob

Its possible to fit anything to anything if you think about it long enough

saxon101 said:

going to drive down to morocco next year and I wondered if the portals would add a little somethinsomethin to my defender

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Portals are waaaaay over the top for a trip to Morrocco. I went in a 300Tdi D90. A roof rack, a snorkel and a set of Goodyear MTRs were the only mods

arnt portals off moggys ? as in unimogs

bloat1992 said:

arnt portals off moggys ? as in unimogs

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Volvo C303 and Pinzgauers too,....to name but two

mmmm pinz

Haflingers? portals?

and yes I agree. portals are over the top. you can do most of Morocco in a fiat panda so why portals?

what exactly are they ?

A fiat panda is a small 4 seater fiat produced in the early 90's, also available in 4 wheel drive

Portals are axles which have drop gears at each end allowing the diff to be higher than the centre of the wheels, thus giving around a foot of ground clearance, maybe more. They are usually fitted with leaf springs but can be heavily modified to take springs. Most sets of axles come from malaysia nowadays. Correct me if im wrong