Diadvantages to having a lift?
Administrator
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 25,707
Likes: 107
From: Denver, Colorado
RE: Diadvantages to having a lift?
Go down to your local dealer and ask to watch a camel run, then you go and try and duplicate what they did on the trails. You couldn't even begin to do what they were put thru.
TReK
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,111
Likes: 2
From: Dallas TX
RE: Diadvantages to having a lift?
ORIGINAL: unrealtrip
Camel trophy trucks were not lifted because they did not operate under any conditions that required greater amounts of clearance than the stock tires provided. With all possible due respect, the Camel trophy was not even remotely the "extreme" off road challenge it was touted as, even back then.
Camel trophy trucks were not lifted because they did not operate under any conditions that required greater amounts of clearance than the stock tires provided. With all possible due respect, the Camel trophy was not even remotely the "extreme" off road challenge it was touted as, even back then.
different from 96 and back it was Extreme, 1997 and forward it was tamer.
One year the last two teams floated their Disco's to the finish line the team that won
Disco didn't sink,( no boats just Disco's) in 20 feet of water.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
From:
RE: Diadvantages to having a lift?
ORIGINAL: Disco Mike
Go down to your local dealer and ask to watch a camel run, then you go and try and duplicate what they did on the trails. You couldn't even begin to do what they were put thru.
Go down to your local dealer and ask to watch a camel run, then you go and try and duplicate what they did on the trails. You couldn't even begin to do what they were put thru.
I've seen plenty of them...
Recovery Vehicle
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 940
Likes: 4
From: Ballston Lake, NY
RE: Diadvantages to having a lift?
ORIGINAL: unrealtrip
Camel trophy trucks were not lifted because they did not operate under any conditions that required greater amounts of clearance than the stock tires provided. With all possible due respect, the Camel trophy was not even remotely the "extreme" off road challenge it was touted as, even back then.
Camel trophy trucks were not lifted because they did not operate under any conditions that required greater amounts of clearance than the stock tires provided. With all possible due respect, the Camel trophy was not even remotely the "extreme" off road challenge it was touted as, even back then.
Recovery Vehicle
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,019
Likes: 0
From: San Francisco, CA.
RE: Diadvantages to having a lift?
I always figured the point of running stock LR's for the CT was to show what these things can do without mods. I agree with the higher center of gravity too. Pictures from the CT always show the roof rack loaded to the hilt with gear.
Camel Trophy
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,959
Likes: 11
From: Tulsa, OK
RE: Diadvantages to having a lift?
ORIGINAL: jkid
Nobody mentioned thata lift usually gives you poorer fuel economy.
Nobody mentioned thata lift usually gives you poorer fuel economy.
Winching
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 548
Likes: 1
From:
RE: Diadvantages to having a lift?
Haha the lift was the best choice I ever made down here at NC State. All the parking garages on campus fill up by 8 or 9 in the morning, but theres a row of spots for 'over clearance' vehicles. The lift on my Blazer puts me 'over clearance'[8D].
If you start paying attention, most garages and lots will have better parking for oversized trucks, which a lifted vehicle usually becomes!
If you start paying attention, most garages and lots will have better parking for oversized trucks, which a lifted vehicle usually becomes!
Mudding
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From:
RE: Diadvantages to having a lift?
Insurance rates go up
LR factory warrenty can be questioned
Wear & Tear on interior upholstery if you don't have running boards or a step ladder
And most noticable - Parking garages!
But it looks as it should with 2" lift and 31's...for sure!
LR factory warrenty can be questioned
Wear & Tear on interior upholstery if you don't have running boards or a step ladder
And most noticable - Parking garages!
But it looks as it should with 2" lift and 31's...for sure!