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Yes, I’ve found them very slow to respond to emails.
Just needs a V8, bigger fuel tank and central tyre inflation and of course a major GVM upgrade, otherwise awesome.What has this to do with the Grenadier?
Until today, before our visit, the project was all day hidden behind a big screen, and nobody was allowed to see it - except Sir Jim, which had visited LeTech ...
Before we went there, I asked on the telephone whether I may take my camera with me, but Mr. Kriso only said "Hm, I'm not sure ... we'll see ... ". And today, upon arrival, he said "Ok, we have decided to now show the project to the public. You may take the photographs and are allowed to show it in the Grenadier Forum".
So Mr. Kriso brought us to another building and showed us, what was hidden to the public until today.
And so I may proudly present their result to you all which are now the very first witnesses to see the "LeTech Portal Axles Grenadier":
Here it is
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A sample to get a feeling for the height:
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37" tires:
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The front axle, left side:
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The rear axle, right side:
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The rear axle, right side, a bit brighter:
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Front axle, left side:
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Front axle, right side:
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Real bead locks (2-parts rims):
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Before you now order this setup: It's a five figure investment, and it's not in the low five-figure range. I'm not to tell more.
LeTech will be with this Grenadier on the Abenteuer + Allrad in summer in Bad Kissingen. I will be there.
I can not thank LeTech enough for the generous openess they have granted me, as a pure enthusiast and not being a jounalist, let alone from a big magazine. It was a pleasure and an honour to me, and I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. Thank you, Mr. Kriso!
The LeTech roof rack, if it is ante portas, will be my first candidate to look at, that's for sure. And they offer drawer systems and other stuff as well.
Thank you @Pat-Ard and @Arkaig - Banking details I got were correct - Must be just Aussie Banks being over cautious re scams - I spent another 2 1/2 hrs at my other bank this morning before I could finally convince them to pay my invoice and then it was “all on my head” if anything went wrong.
I had exactly the same hassles when recently making a fairly big purchase. I appreciated the banks diligence, but once I specifically said I wanted the money transferred, they still didn't do it for another couple of days. Very embarrassing all round. I would have appreciated that same diligence a few years ago when scammed of four and a half thousand pounds!
I've been using the services of https://wise.com/ for international payments as being simple to set up, very much quicker and cheaper than domestic banks and with a tracking service - I can recommend.
Revolut I use, similar. Haven't compared fees recently compared to others but a good option compared to regular banks all the same.
@ADVAW8S
I haven't, sorry
I just emailed her. Auto reply said she was out of the office until tomorrow. I'll let you know if / when I receive a reply.
That is expensive. I like their stuff but not going to happen. Maybe BSI will get their US distribution set up and we can ask Thomas to make a jerry can ladder similar to Le Tech.
So E1,700? ~ $1800 just for the ladder?
That's all in including taxes and shipping. It's basically 1k to pay the duty tax and shipping and 892 for ladder. Crazy, just crazy.
I emailed them, asking about their winch mount. I got an overnight response from Sonja with a detailed quote. Excellent!
It seems that shiping is the big barrier buy things from abroad. Hopefully options Stateside will begin to materialize.
