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Nissan & Concept.


Our 2014 Nissan Navara V6 turbo diesil and 2012 Concept Vision 6 metre.

We wanted a dual cab with performance and the Navara with its 3 litre V6 diesel 170 kilowatt, 550 nm of torque mixed together with a 7 speed auto, had that but came with a  price tag,

We opted for a ARB aluminum bull bar, ARB canopy, ARB long range tank and a sliding tray for inside the ute tub. I recyled the driving lights, dual battery system, CB radio from previous vehicle.

We had the suspension up graded with new springs and shockers for comfort, safety and making the vehicle a better tow vehicle. Its awesome now.

The Concept Vision was purchased second hand is proving to be a great touring caravan. We added 340 watts of solar, now 2 batterys and a new vin plate giving us a nice working gross caravan weight of 2750kgs. I needed to move a few things around to get the tow bar weight to 275 done by moving the gas bottles closer to the caravan, pole carrier to the back and not putting much in the front boot. 

The second hand caravan had a slide out bbq and a washing machine fitted 2 items which I was going to pull out thinking why carry this weight but using both items on our first 2 month tour I guess they will be staying.

When we weigh bridge the unit it comes in around 5 500kgs gross combination weight.20180407_070223~01~01.jpg20180425_134549~01.jpg20180521_100154~01.jpg20180405_153100 Bendemeere Rodeo Ground~01~01.jpg20180521_100135.jpg20180521_100216~01.jpg2016 09 24 011.jpg

 



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Nice, very nice, Ralph.

You both should be very happy with that set up. Enjoy.

Out of interest, on the right side of van what looks like above fridge on roof there is a box looking thing, what is it mate?

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Dougwe wrote:

Nice, very nice, Ralph.

You both should be very happy with that set up. Enjoy.

Out of interest, on the right side of van what looks like above fridge on roof there is a box looking thing, what is it mat.

Hi Doudwe, thank you.

 The exhaust for the 3 way refrigerator.

Near the rear of the refrigerator is a lot cooler then previous caravan, I can tell you that for free.



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Perfect Rig enjoy...



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Nice Radar, looks like its sitting good too. Standard suspension on Nissan?

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Impressive Radar the interior colour scheme is similar to ours we thought that the predominately white ceiling and walls would gave it a feeling of being roomier (and it does). I also like your BBQ set up we were a little restricted on what we could have at the front when we opted for single beds - enjoy.

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STRETCH ARMSTRONG wrote:

Nice Radar, looks like its sitting good too. Standard suspension on Nissan?


 Hi Stetch.

Suspension had been upgraded to suit our needs by Fulcum with constant 300kgs load rated springs and Bilstein shocker adsorbers.

The springs did raise the car slightly by 42 mil. My wife being a bit short dose not notice getting in the car but slides out noticing the extra height..

I did have some communications problems with the suspension people, most were selling upgades to suit 4 wheel driving where Fulcum listen to my needs come up with the 300 constant load upgrade.

I wanted the suspension primary for road comfort then towing, yes we do a small amount of 4 wheel driving but we do a lot of unsealed road driving and this is where this suspension really is good. We are road tourers, doing 2 to 3 months at a time away from home, sitting for few days before moving a little further down the road. A reason trip was near 3000ks to attend event 90% of that was towing our 2750kgs caravan

In all we both are enjoying the suspension upgrade even with the cost.

As the old saying goes."Standard cars just don't cut the mustard". 

Enjoy your travels. Ralph



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Radar wrote:
Dougwe wrote:

Nice, very nice, Ralph.

You both should be very happy with that set up. Enjoy.

Out of interest, on the right side of van what looks like above fridge on roof there is a box looking thing, what is it mat.

Hi Doudwe, thank you.

 The exhaust for the 3 way refrigerator.

Near the rear of the refrigerator is a lot cooler then previous caravan, I can tell you that for free.


 

Thanks Mate.



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