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    some Friday light entertainment 😁
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    that's quite the off-road test...
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    Picked up the Puma yesterday with the new shocks fitted, what a massive difference, especially on the rear (where the TFs were): the workshop also had a 110 come in last week with both rear TFs broken, same failure.
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    video highlights:
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    Video highlights from our stay at Londolozi Game Reserve
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    My friend with the same failure just messaged me now, and thinks he's found a solution: "The chromede rod diameter is 16mm , but the thread diameter holding the rod in the top mounting is 12mm. There is a sharp change from the rod diam to the thread, and this transition is the point of failure because of the combined bending and tensile load when the axle is hanging off the shockabsorber. I am going to rethread the rod to 16mm. The load bearing area goes from 12 squared (144 mm2) to 16sq (256 mm2) .....almost 2 x."
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    First time going off-road with plenty of cross-axles/articulation. Friend of mine in a D1 comes on the radio and says he's dislocated a spring and needs a hi-lift jack, so we drop one for him and keep going. A few minutes later I start hearing a knocking sound, and the two vehicles closest to me stop to ask me if I've broken something. We drive back to the rest camp, and whadayaknoe. This is a 6-month old damper, fitted at the beginning of Nov 2020: So the friend in the D1 who needed the hi-lift? Yeah, same TF shock, broken in exactly the same place, also on the left rear wheel. He also fitted these around the same time, also bought from the same distributor. ditching these TF p.o.s and just ordered a full set of Bilstein B6s.
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    After Thornybush and Londolozi, the final stop on our recent safari trip was Marataba Mountain Lodge: https://www.more.co.za/marataba/ After the plentiful game we saw at the first two reserves, Marataba was a bit of a let down except for the many, many rhinos we saw (I don't post photos of rhinos online for obvious reasons), but the scenic view and the one night under the stars in their treehouse made up for it. One of the highlights was spotting & managing to photograph the elusive African Wild cat.
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    rest of the photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EzdzCiaNXj4ev8WC9
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    way too many photos to post all of them, but here's a link to my Google Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/yS1Bprq8Rs6koecH8
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    the next leg of our safari trip was Londolozi, one of the oldest game lodges in ZA - since 1926
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    yes, we went on safari. again 😁
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    https://carbuzz.com/news/land-rover-defender-stars-in-new-overlanding-documentary "The A&E network and Land Rover North America are partnering on a new documentary called "All You Need To Know: Overlanding." The 60-minute doc premieres on Sunday, April 18 at 10 p.m. We're guessing LR loves this project as its cars, particularly the Defender, have been historically known for the practice. Though they haven't been the only ones. ..."
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    There is a caveat to this: some endangered species are constantly monitored and there is even active conservation/veterinary intervention. A good example are wild dogs, cheetahs, and rhinos: they are all DNA-catalogued, tagged, etc. We got to see a vet darting wild dogs for rabies & distemper at Madikwe, a sad situation due to encroachment by humans and domesticated dogs.
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    TFL just did another comparison with the Wrangler:
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    Leopards sniffing around/rubbing themselves on trees is perfectly natural - that is how they mark their territory, and how the females let the males know when it's time for mating. As for the vehicles, well, they are habituated to the vehicles since they see them all the time, and they ignore them as they are neither predator nor prey. To them a vehicle is just something that is not going to eat them/that they cannot eat, so they ignore it. We have also done a number of bushwalks around wild animals, there is really nothing scary about it as long as you listen to your guides and stick to the rules. We have been within 10m of cheetahs, and about 50m of a big herd of white rhinos (we even had our sundowner G&Ts at that spot) - it's all about risk management and not being stupid. And these are far from domesticated animal: recently an anti-poacher ranger on foot patrol was killed by lions at one of the game reserves, and a few weeks ago a tracker at another reserve, also on foot, was killed by a pair of lions. People have also been killed by elephants, hippos, etc. Since KLM are still flying to/from ZA, how about you book a holiday to one of our amazing game reserves - we could definitely use the €€€ Alternatively, you can watch Live Safaris every day on the WildEarth channel:
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    Errr, to what 'abnormal animal behaviour' are you referring exactly? I'm not sure if you're joking or not... If you are not, then you are really ignorant about African wildlife. FYI, Sabi Sabi is part of the greater Kruger area, nothing domesticated about it.
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    Yeah, the 4" & 6" lift kits are a lot more complex, with new propshafts, etc, whereas the 2" seems a bit more 'restrained' 😅 If this fits the L494, I'd be keen on it. I'd then run the car in -2" height mode for everyday use, and only go to Default height when going off-road, which would give me the extra lift I want.
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    Why do you say this?
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    https://www.instagram.com/p/CNF05GYDpbP/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CNGy6gyLMBy/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CNG8E1WsFj1/ "Patented 2inch subframe lifts are now available from New Defender Mods. Pictured here is the 2inch subframe lift/bullbar combo with lift rods still in (in off road mode) Last 2 pics are subframe lift with rods in normal height. Rods will be removed soon to give full 2 Inches of lift with no compromise. Why is this such big news? Well this lift is like no other lift on the market, it keeps suspension 100% stock as @landrover intended and lifts the combined body/frame up off the suspension subframe. This means you get a full 2inch lift, keep your downtravel thats usually lost with lift rods and your susp geometry is as close to factory as possible.
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    This lodge was on our bucket list due to its inclusion in the National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World
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    Having had a Disco4 and now an L494, in retrospect I would have gone for an L320 - easier to mod, easier to off-road IMHO, and cheaper to maintain due to sharing parts with the D3/D4. But the Mrs vetoed the gangster model 😅
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